04/12/2025
PREGNANT FOR A SPIRITUAL HUSBAND
EPISODE 3
Written by: © Gambo Elvis
She held her motherâs hand gently and pleaded, âPlease mama, just tell him Iâm not around. I donât want him to see me like this. Not now, not in this condition.â
Her mother shook her head. âMy daughter, that young man standing outside has done too much for you already. Why not go outside and talk to him? Tell him the real truth. Tell him this thing you keep saying â that youâre carrying something from a spiritual husband, or maybe itâs a spiritual boyfriend sef. I donât even know when the spirit paid your bride price that youâre claiming such a thing.â
Meanwhile, Bongajum was still outside, standing patiently, expecting to see her since someone had told him she was around.
âMama,â she whispered, her voice shaking, âI donât know how to tell him. He will never believe me.â
âAnd you expect me to believe you?â her mother replied. âA yong dze wan yikir-ah foo laang, wuu ji wu-uh yikiara foo nsai! Youâve stayed in that university long enough to know actions have results. If that boy sees you like this, he will stop sponsoring you, and with this condition, school will become secondary. You know it.â
Her mother stepped outside and told Bongajum that her daughter was not around. He offered to sit and wait, but she quickly begged him to go home.
âShe wonât come back any time soon, my son. Please just go for today. Come back tomorrow.â
After he finally left, her mother returned inside and looked at her daughter carefully.
âIf what youâre telling me is true â that for one whole year no man has touched you â then tomorrow morning you will follow me to see a spiritualist. Let him explain what truly happened.â
âIâm serious, mama,â she replied softly. âIâm not lying.â
Before dawn broke, her mother and her began their long trek to the spiritualistâs place. They reached the small reception area just as the sun was thinking of rising. They sat, and soon the spiritualist came out, greeted them, and asked t