The Thing With Women by OKOEMU OKOEMU OKOEMU

The Thing With Women

Ify's dreams has been shattered, she was driving slowly along on airport road, she knew she was leaving the world, she was taking a decision that will shake the world; she wouldn't had, but she had no control over herself any more, her mind was far away from driving. She doesn't know where or what she was going to start up with.  How she wished she died now. Too many things were going on in her head. The dreams of her marriage with Christopher, the honeymoon she had gone to in the dream in France, where they visited the Louvre Museum and spent good times at the Eiffel Tower; none of them was going to come to reality. Then it happened so fast, like a blur, a tanker of water ran her car over. The whole world stood still... she must not die, the tanker driver ran into the airport police station and surrender herself without anybody pushing her to do so. Ify has been a super diva she had prayed and yearned to meet with in her life, how can it be that the super diva she celebrates and adored was knocked down by her 'reckless' driving? The tanker driver couldn't bear such news, she deliberately ran into a moving vehicle which took her life. The news spread all over the world, Ify could not make Buckingham palace's concert. She was in coma, and was taken to the best hospital in the world; her own hospital which she built in her home country when governments failed to since 1960 and could not bear to see people dying minor or major sicknesses because they could not afford treatments in Germany or India. Best Doctors and Nurses, from all over the world flew in, Ify must survive became the catch phrase for everyone, on social media, it became the hash tag, the Catholic Church were celebrating masses for her recovery, the Pope celebrated a votive mass for her. Even protestants pastors were holding revival services for Ify, and the Muslims world wide, declared a prayer for her, she was loved by the world to the point that traditional worshipers, Hindu faithfuls, Buddhist faithfuls and the Coptic church were praying for her. How will the world be without Ify? What would be the future of the entertainment industry?
"Ify must survive" World Health organization declared, presidents, head of states and monarchs as well. The world leaders are pressurizing the Doctors, machines and equipments are flown in. Great efforts are being put in place, she must not die, she must survive.  The world is not giving up, the world is still, solemn and waiting. It is now eighteen months, Ify was still in coma. Then it happened, the same day as it was when she standing at the bridge, the rain, the wind, the thunder, the lightning, the tears... peter was there, looking at her, she felt his presence, there is a sting of joy in her heart, suddenly for the first time in eighteen months, she felt life all over her, she was still closing her eyes, but she could see him now, "oh God, if this is a dream, don't wake me up, it this is a lie, don't tell me the truth..." she prayed, and gradually she opened her eyes, faintly, the picture is blur, a bit clear, it isn't Peter this time, though since day one Peter has not stopped checking in on her on daily basis. This time, it is not Peter whose presence brought her to life, she saw the man clearly, wearing a black hooded rob, with a sinture of chastity firmly girded to his waist, his ever calm face was above her, staring, it was Christopher. Ify sat up, a broad smile on her face, Christopher smiled back, he bent and both of them hugged each other.  It was a miracle, the Catholic monk brough an eighteen months old coma patient to consciousness and life with just his presence, the news world wide carried it. The whole world rejoiced, it was like the resurrection of Jesus. Ify was glad, she thought she would never see Christopher again. They talked at lenght, she raised her feeling, but it was still the same old response with an addition "I am a Monk now... Father superior "
      When Winnie Crux advised her to lead Christopher into temptation and make him fall for her from grace, she thought about it, how can this be, a devoted Catholic faithful led a priest to fall from grace... her name will be rubbished. She made a decision, the decision that shook the world. The world went cold... her wealth, estates, fleets of cars, clothes and all she had, she gave to the church under through SSVP and Daughters of Charity, light Peter and other disciples did, leaving everything to follow Jesus, she left her fame, wealth, influence and joined the nuns at the Daughters of Charity's nunnery first as a noviciate, people thought she was playing pranks, then as a pre postulant... they thought she was out of her mind; how can such a beautiful ever young girl, most talented and most admired by all abandoned everything for the nunnery? The accident must have affected her brain. This is the lady that all men are dying to have as wife and are willing to do anything for. Even the Oba of Benin can give up his crown if only Ify would agree to marry him. In one interview, she responded, God deserved the best, he chose me for a reason. 

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