PART 14
” RECKLESS REKKY”
©️Opeyemi O.Akintunde
Mayor sat counting every second. He never knew it was possible to count time in seconds but here he was.
Mirabel!
His mind drifted to his wife.
His tears dropped. Mirabel was not guilty of any offense. Her only offense was getting married to him…
Austin!
He also was blameless, the error of his life was been born by him.
The sound of an approaching vehicle jolted him back from his Land of reflection.
“ Austin is here!” Mayor rose up quickly. Joan joined him swiftly.
Tony alighted from the vehicle, the same minute Moko walked out of his door.
Mayor rushed towards the vehicle. Austin laid on the backseat with his mouth taped and hands tied.
“ Tony …Why? The boy is sick already, why tie him up like a goat about to be slaughtered!” Mayor said with rage
“ That’s because he is a goat about to be slaughtered!” Moko replied
“ Get him to the deposition unit, immediately and prepare him for the auction.”
“ Moko please. You can’t ki|| my son! ki|| me instead!”
“ Mayor… Lions don’t eat other lions!”
Moko said
“ Sameway, Lions don’t eat their own Cubs… My son is your son!”
“ They do, when they are starving..”
Mayor went mute as he knew he had no way out of this.
Tony carried Austin into the deposition unit.
“ Forgive the man under authority. I have to do what I am instructed to do!” Tony said.
“ Same here! I am just a messenger!” Joan said to Mayor.
Mayor rushed towards Moko again.
“Please, take my life instead! Mayor said
Moko looked at him long enough and said suddenly…
“ Fine! Prepare him instead and put the boy in my inner chamber.”
“ Thank you Moko, Thank you! Please I need to make a few calls. I will want my sister to raise my son.” Mayor said
Mayor knew Gladys, his sister inherited the love of God from their mother and was the best person to help him train his child.
“Not now!” Moko said. Moko had other plans. He was planning to still ki|| the son. Mayor was becoming a nuisance and therefore needed to be silenced.
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3 hours Later, Mayor died.
Before he drew his last breath, joan advised him…
“ Mayor, if heaven is real, this is your last chance to get in. Pray and ask for God’s forgiveness. You didn’t enjoy life to the fullest, it will be more terrible if you live your eternity in hell.”
Mayor had nodded and with the last breathe in him, he spoke to God.
Mayor found himself walking on a lonely path in a open space. There were no walls or end to its space.
“ You were not meant to be a ki||er but a saviour, just like that Madman of Gadarene. He was given the loud voice of evangelism but the devil made him mad and he was using that voice to scream in the cave instead of the streets winning souls for God. Mayowa… wasn’t that the name your parents gave you before Mokolade who also changed his name to Moko changed your name to Mayor.
Your names were significant…
You as Mayowa were supposed to bring Joy into the lives of people but you ended up snatching Joy from people.
Mokolade was meant to be wealthy by pure means, he was a carrier of wealth from the Father’s Bosom. No matter what he laid his hand upon he was ordained to be wealthy. Even if he were to sell sand, he would have made money but he wasn’t patient for the appointed time. I waited for my appointed time, though as at the age of 12 years old I was already speaking wisdom, I needed to wait till I was 30 when the Spirit of God descended on me before I launched out. Mokolade could not wait for the season of financial manifestation so the devil presented a demonic alternative to him.” The voice said
“ We are sorry!” Mayor said to the invisible voice.
“ Do you know Mokolade tricked you? He is about to ki|| your son Austin!” The voice said
“ Ha! No… Please, do something about it! “ Mayor cried
“ Too late, We don’t hear the prayers of dead people.”
“ Oh my Goodness, if only I had seen this ahead, I could have done things differently…”
“ You think so?”
“ Yes! I mean if I can go back in time, relive the past one week, I could have done things differently, saved my wife from dying…”
“ Save Rekky, Martins, Osmond, the Innocent Cab driver, the innocent passersby that the fire explosion ki||ed, yourself and Austin?”
“ Yes!”
“ Are you sure?”
“ Yes…”
“ Well my Father is the Ancient of Days, and that gives me power over time. I can do a rewind and give you the chance to see if you can do things differently!”
“ I can… please take me back”
“ Take the gift of 48 hours…”
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Mirabel kept tapping Mayor…
“ Mayor snap out of your thoughts! We will miss Janet’s wedding!” Mirabel said tapping Mayor. Mayor was standing in front of the Mirror.
Mayor snapped out. He looked around strangely. Did he doze off while standing…
“ Babe, how long have I been standing here?” Mayor asked Mirabel
Mirabel looked at him strangely. His question was strange.
“ Just few seconds… you were here initially!” Mirabel said pointing to another corner of the room.
“ Are you okay?” Mirabel asked
“ I am fine! What is today?” Mayor asked
“ Saturday…Janet’s wedding!“ Mirabel said sarcastically but on a second thought she looked at him seriously and asked “ Mayor, what is wrong?”
“ My name is Mayowa. Don’t call me Mayor again! Mirabel we are not going for that wedding again.”
“ What do you mean Mayor! That is my best friend’s wedding. The only person you have allowed me to have as a friend.”
“ Ok, you go ahead… I have things to do today!”
Mirabel was lost for words…
“But first things First, we need to start taking God seriously!“ Mayor said, but Mirabel couldn’t comprehend what was happening… she had a feeling her husband was running mad.
To be continued