JUST A LITTLE SIN - Episode 21

“,Hi Tom..I feel comfortable calling you that..”

This particular usher lady that kept watching and following me around like hawk, she is begining to scare me.

What if she’s up to something or probably she is a ghost.

“.. I’m Omie, I actually mentioned my name the last time. You always looked bothered, is there a problem.. hope you don’t mind sharing just a little..”

“I’m alright On.i.mie..” I cut her in before she will finish.

She began grinning.

” I Like the way you called the name but is actually Omie..”

“Please don’t get the wrong idea about me.. over what my friend said earlier..”

I try to clear the air.

 She had a fatter grin this time on her face.

She must be a happy soul with no trouble at all

“Does that mean that you don’t like me and never thought of me all through the weekend..huh? She asked still grinning.

“Well, you’re beautiful lady Omie.. I admire you but that’s all to it.. truthfully” I said with a raise of palm

She started laughing seriously.

“Thanks Tom, that’s the nicest thing you ever said to me and I appreciate it..”

I smiled while she continued.

“…I just wanted to let you know there’s no burden Christ can’t solve. He was crucified for our iniquities, bruised for our transgressions, the chastisement that brought us peace was upon him and by his strips, his tears, sickness, pain and difficulty you’re whole, you’re free and you’re liberated from whatever that might be pining you down. Tom, Christ has the answer, taste and see that the Lord is good and he is a deliverer to them that call upon him..”

She said all of this in a very sweet and cordial way.

I might have missed some of the things she said but the echo in her voice hit me right in my darkest soul.

I stopped hearing from the part of the chastisement that brought something to me. There something she said chastisement brought to me, I got distracted and can no longer remember the rest, only the sound of her angelic voice.

Wait a second, hope I’m not gradually falling for this lady.

No, I’m not ready and might not be ever ready for another heart ach.

I’m not even sure that I’m her type of man.

I don’t fit in anyway.

“… are you listening Tom?..” she finally asked

I’m not listening, maybe you should stop bothering me with so much Christ talk. I didn’t say that out loudly, just within myself.

I only gave her a nod

“… what do you do for a living? She asked again

I was quiet and bored. I looked back to check if Konji was coming but no sign of him.

Hope she won’t start insulting me or calling me a jobless man like Chumi.

All this church girls are not to be trusted, Chumi is a good example.

“..i’m sorry, hope I’m not asking too much, forgive me if you feel bad with the way I asked.. She said apologetically

“No, I don’t have a job yet but I’m seriously searching for one and hoping to get a Job soon..”

“Oh, come let’s go and meet my pastor, I’m sure he can be of help. He will fix you up somewhere..”

“Thanks.. but I’m not interested. I will get a job by myself soon. I replied.

Her pastor getting me a job will chain me not only to him but also to his church and that’s the exact thing I’m trying to avoid.

I don’t want to be forced into something that I’m not ready for or be in a situation of not having a choice to be the real me.

“Alright, but if you really need a job my pastor is very willing to help. Don’t be too hard on yourself and let such good opportunity pass by, this maybe God’s way of drawing you closer to him..”

Konji came out in a hurry and saw me

He giggled a little seeing me with Omie

I stepped aside to meet him

“Pretender lover boy. The pastor said I should come and fetch you. The day of your repentant has come, Tomasi come and drink from the wine or water, anyone you want to drink from and taste no more. That was one of the beautiful line I grabbed when the man of God was talking to me…”

“What do the pastor want to see me for, is it for a job..or what?

“I’m not really sure is for job, he asked me if you’re a born again and I said no that you’re only born of your mother and have been filled with all kinds of sins ever since which you’re very stubborn to repent from, then he said I should come and get you. He is waiting, you better not keep a man of God waiting because is a sin and you wouldn’t want to add more sin to the multitude of the sins you have already..”

I scuffed and take few feet away from him.

“I’m going home Konji, you’re the one that really need to repent. I wondered the kind of repentance you did during Virgil because you’re as filthy as always, and maybe I never told you that your room too is filthy, it stinks badly. If you’re really going to be a new man, please don’t forget to make your place a new room by cleaning, sweeping, washing and taking out dirts. I’m not sure that the holy one.. spirit dwell in a dirty place..”

“Every little opportunity you have you use it to insult me, I really don’t blame you. You don’t even have half of my house to call yours, you don’t have a job either yet you insult anyone that cares to help you. That’s why you will always remain like this because you’re too bitter and wicked. Atleast I have a room to my name.. where is yours huh?

I smiled. “The man of God has lots of work to do on your life. You’ve become worst than before. I thought when one repent they become a better version of themselves? And I will rather be a squatter than to have a place like yours. I find it difficult to breath whenever I’m in there, that’s why I prefer staying out, the gutter smell is not too bad compared to your stinking room..”

He turned to walk away and then came back at me

“I sometimes get a woman to warm my bed but I’m not sure you know how to talk to a lady. I see how you’re struggling with the beautiful usher. Shame on you..”

I suddenly began to laugh because it was begining to sound like two market women exchanging words with each other.

I wasn’t ready to accept defeat from Konji, I need to fire back at him since he has forgotten that we are still in church.

“You and that your woman that warms your bed are pigs, dirty stinking pigs. She needs to be checked if she is mentally alright because no normal woman will be able to stand in that room for few minutes, talk more of lying down to warm your scattered bedbugs bed..”

“I will shock you Tomasi, I will get a nice pretty Lady, introduce her to you and she will help me clean up and make my room brand new and then I will shut you out, you won’t be allowed in again..”

This Konji is really funny. I laughed so loud forgetting where I was

“First, get a woman before going on with the plan..I thought you already have a bed warmer woman? Hahahaha, Konji go and repent of your sins and Leave me in peace.. lazy bone. You’re looking for a woman that will clean your room because your two hands are wrinkled? Don’t you have hands? You’re searching for who to destroy with that offensive smell.. I’m sure you haven’t even wash the clothes you urinated on. Listen, if you’re waiting for a woman to tidy up for you, you will wait till enternity, you will grow old in your dirty room and when death comes to pay you a visit after a long time of nobody coming close, you will be too excited and welcome it with open arms..”

He shakes his head sadly, said something and walked back to the church.

I heaved a sigh of relief before turning to leave.

Omie walked up to me grinning from ear to ear.

“Hey Tom, I can see you were having a nice time with your friend. I saw you laughing so hard, I almost thought you don’t laugh at all. You’re so flexible, selfless and loving when I watch you laugh, you’re not as hard as you appear…”

I nodded with a smile.

What exactly does she want from me because I don’t understand

Is this her own strategy of preaching to me. She already knows that I’m not interested.

“… while you were busy chatting with your friend Konji, I decided to ask few friends if there’s any job vacancy for the you, I couldn’t get something perfect but a friend of mine in choir said her big aunty who just returned from a foreign country is in need of a driver and domestic staff. Can you drive?

I told her no, that I can’t drive.

“Then you can learn, I’m willing to help you get enrolled into a driving school, it takes few weeks, about four to six weeks and you can officially become a driver or if you don’t like it then you can try out the domestic part of the job. I’m sure it’s not that bad. Can you cook..?

I shake my head, signaling a no that I can’t cook.

“…with the help of other kitchen staff you will learn on the job, Is not difficult at all.

You just have to be willing, start first and along the line better job will come and you will resign.. what do you think?

I was quiet, this wasn’t the exact job I wanted but Omie had put so much efforts in trying to help me and also I really needed a job to avoid further insult from both Chumi or anyone else that will use my joblessness to make fun of me.

“Alright, thanks Omie. I will take it. When should I start..”

“I’m glad to help, about starting..I will collect your mobile number and call you whenever is approved and I will be needing your full name, house address, age, guarantors details and offcourse your number so that my friend Ivina can forward it to her Aunty and from there you will be called to start..”

“I will give you whatever you need..” I replied

She smiled and asked me to hold on so that she can go and get a pen and paper.

Konji came out smiling

“You’re still here? I know is not because of me but because of woman. Pretender lover boy. Cunning man, let’s go home. Your time with the usher lady is up. If you couldn’t convince her to be yours all through the time that I was away then you definitely can’t achieve anything in life..”

I remained where I stood ignoring him.

“…see, I was given some cash and a job. Is your lost, if you have followed me you would’ve received something too. I will be getting paid monthly to clean the church along with others. The amount is tangible, I just can’t say no. I have a Job now while you remain jobless…”

I began to laugh again

“You can’t even clean your room, how will you know how to clean an entire church. Whoever gave you such a Job must have been mislead by the spirit. I thought there is a place in the Bible that says remove the log in your eyes so that you can see clear and be able to remove other people’s own. I have heard Yoara reading it severally…now I understand what it meant. Go and clean your house first before going to clean a holy place like church…”

I was still talking when Omie came out,

I left Konji standing and getting ready to fire back at me.

Omie and i sat down inside the church as she began to collect my details.