His sinful Obsession

Morning prayer

"Heavenly Father,

We come before You today with hearts full of gratitude. Thank You for the gift of this new day, for Your grace and mercy that are new every morning. As we gather in Your house, we ask for Your presence to fill this place. Open our hearts and minds to receive Your word and draw us closer to You.
Bless this service, our worship, and the message we are about to hear. May everything we do bring glory and honor to Your name. Guide us, Lord, and let Your peace reign in our midst.
In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen."

The prayer ended with this final acknowledgment of God's sovereignty and a request for His will to be done.

Frida was feeling overwhelmed all over again. Every time she spends her time here, she get to feel this immense peace within herself. Like she was born all over again. She never felt that she was all alone in this world. She has God with her, and God will save his child from every danger.

Frida used to cry a lot after her mother's death, not that she doesn't cry now, still a crybaby and forever will probably be. Frida then came to the church to find her solace and she always felt peace here. Not knowing this will be the very first place her danger will start lurking around.

"Fairy" Daisy cried while running to Frida.

"Princess, the prayer is already over. Are you okay? Don't cry, come here."

"Momma didn't wake me up early. She said I needed sleep but I wanted to attend the prayer. I Really wanted to see you sing." Daisy was wailing.

Frida felt bad, she was holding Daisy and comforting her. Frida wiped away Daisy's tears from her face and said, " Don't cry my love. Let's go, we can pray now."

"Can we?"

"Yes baby, we can."

Going inside the church, Frida called the priest and told " Father, she was crying because she missed the morning prayer, will you bless her right now?"

"Of course my child. Come here. All the blessings with you. God loves you. Don't cry even if you miss the prayer. God lives inside us, He can see all of us.:

"Thank you father. Will God give me anything I want even if I missed the morning prayer?"

The priest laughed and said, "God will grant all your wishes."

"God please give me my fairy forever. I want her." Daisy whispered, holding her hands together, closing her eyes.

"Amen" The priest said, smiling at her.

"Are we feeling good now?" Frida asked her lovingly.

"Yes my fairy." Daisy laughed.

It was 8am now. Frida was talking to some elderly people while holding hands with Daisy. The senior women were patting her head lovingly and giving her chocolates. Daisy was feeling good because she was with Frida. Lately she has been attached to Frida more. She found Daisy a very amiable person.

Suddenly Frida's phone rang and she answered it quickly, not to disturb the serene environment of the church.

"Hello Frida, I called you to tell Daisy that I am sorry. She wasn't feeling good last night so I thought it would be good if she slept in the morning. But she is so angry with me, didn't listen to me at all"

"Don't worry Lisa, I talked to her. You definitely did the right thing. The prayer starts at 5:30 am and it wasn't good for her. She is okay now, playing with other children. Grandma Sophia adored her, gave her so many chocolates. She is laughing now. Don't worry."

"I am so glad that she is okay. She wasn't even listening to Rafael. She loves you so much I guess. Frida, is she bothering with all this?"

"Absolutely not Lisa. I love her as well. And you know how much I love to spend my time with her. Being unemployed right now, I have nothing else to do anyways."

"Oh no, can I help you with anything? Would you like to stay with us for a few days?"

"Thank you for your consideration but I have to refuse you. I am actually liking this break."

"Whatever you say, please don't hesitate to tell me if you ever need my help. You are like my little sister, I would love to do something for you."

"Thank you so much Lisa.
Daisy, come here. Your mom called.
But Lisa, who did she come with? Should I take her to your house?"

"Oh no no she came with Rafael. You didn't see him?"

"Um no, I guess I accidentally overlooked him. I don't know where he is. Would you like to call him and tell him to stay at the front gate?"

"That is not necessary, Amica mia."

Frida gasped loudly and turned around. She saw Rafael was standing just behind her. Her heart started beating loudly. She got scared. Her hands start shivering.

"I guess Rafael found you. Come home with him, have breakfast with us." Lisa was still on the phone.

"I will take her with me, Lisa, don't worry." Rafael replied.

Frida was still flabbergasted. Rafael took the phone from her hand and cut the call.

"What are you looking at? I came to the church or I came to you?" Rafael asked taking off his shades. 

"Huh?" Frida was lost looking at him.
'What is he? Why is this man everywhere? She remembered Ella warned her. Suddenly she found him in her personal space and she didn't like it a bit. This man was overbearing.' She had a frown on her face thinking all this and took two steps back out of habit.

She broke eye contact and looked everywhere other than him. She was feeling too uneasy under his scrutinizing gaze. This man is too intimidating for her liking.

"Fairy you called me?" Daisy came running to Frida and then looked at Rafael. 
Rafello!!! I got to pray even if I was late. Thanks to you."

"Always princess. Let's go, Your mom called and told me to take your fairy with us as well." Rafael held Daisy and ushered Frida to his car.

"Ah, I...I am sorry, I have to decline the offer." Frida looked at Rafael and got scared looking at his frown. He looked somewhat dangerous to her. She started stammering, "Ac..actually my dog is a bit unwell and I have to tend... to him."

"Casper will be okay fairy. Don't worry." Daisy felt sad. 

"Let's go then. I will drop you to your home." He just walked away with Daisy to his car and opened the car gate for Frida.  She felt an invisible command from Rafael and he wouldn't listen a no from her in any way. Unwillingly she had to go, and sat in the passenger seat. Rafael started driving with his shades on his eyes. Frida looked outside the window while Daisy fell asleep in the backseat.

This whole journey was suffocating her. She wondered what was happening and why. She wanted to trust God but couldn't help but doubt her destiny. It had always betrayed her ever since she lost her mother. 

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your author had a big fat massive exam. So I had to study for that and couldn't update you all. This time I will try to give you more updates. I hope you all are okay and healthy. Comment down your opinions. What do you think what will happen in the car journey? and did you notice something about Rafael? what is it? can you guess?

Happy Reading!