Grabbing The Hot Gate - Episode 19

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 Gladys stared from her window as the morning began to unfold itself. There was only one thing she needed at the moment, and it would take a lot of effort to have what she needed. Many of the other Christian would see Stella's house as one that had been cursed and would see anyone living in it as accursed. Yet, she couldn't leave the house alone and the power it held . She couldn't watch it being sold to another. She couldn't think of how to do. The power in that house was just too good to be true. She felt them like the blood in her veins. There should be a way.
As she took up her phone and began to browse for alternative online, she remembered Mr. Akanni. Quickly, she went to her callhistory, and began to search for his number. She hadn't saved his phone number, and that made it a bit hard for her to get his number. 
When the call got connected, he was elated and couldn't express how happy he was. She smiled as an evil thought began to parade her mind. If only he knew what she had in store for him.
'Mr. Akanni', she said with the coyest voice she could mutter. 
'Sister. Gladys'.
'I'm ready to marry you'.
'Oh!'
'Yes. But on one condition'.
'Even if the conditions are up to a million, I would surmount them

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. You're the honey in the mountain, I've sharpened my ax for your sake'.
She giggled and silently sneered. 
'Sister Stella, you know her now'.
'Who wouldn't know the fire woman?'
'Yes. She said she didn't want to live in her house anymore, and I love that house. Have you been there? That would be the most perfect place to spend the rest of our lives'.
He stopped talking for a moment, and she thought she had sent him away with her request. If he couldn't do it, she would need to find an alternative.
'I'm sorry for the silence. I was thanking God that you've even planned our future together. I will buy the house; I will buy ten if you want. This money is to be spent. And for you, my darling, I will buy the world if you want'.
She smiled as she explained to him that they have to get it urgently as it seemed Stella would be traveling soon. Mr. Akanni promised to be ready whenever she was. All she needed now was a way to find Stella. She would employ all the power she had at her disposal. The first step would be to browse the internet for the right incantation to find people. 
Then Elizabeth knocked her door and called her. Her baby was around. Elizabeth would be her first student in her school of Wicca. They didn't have such in Nigeria, in Fortune City. How would it be that the first of its kind in her country would stem from Black Town?
'Baby' She said as she opened the door. 'Why are you crying?'
'Miss. G, my dad had bought a car'.
'That's good news'.
Elizabeth shook her head. 'No. For his new wife, and my mummy is crying again'.
She looked at Elizabeth and hugged the crying girl as her mind wandered off into how she could possibly help this girl. There was a curse she learnt on how to kill someone. She muttered it under her breathe. The man had caused enough pain for this little girl. It was high time he faced the consequences for his sins, and she would be the one to carry out the judgement.
'What do you want to happen to him?'
'I want him to die'.
'Are you sure?'
'Yes. He is causing too much pain for my mummy', the weeping girl said.
Gladys' smile broaden. The first step to being evil was, most times, trying to revenge or avenge someone. She loved that.
'Okay say his full name'.
Elizabeth said her father's full name while Gladys muttered the curse again.
'Say what you want?
'I want him to die'.
'So moth it be', Gladys said and led Elizabeth into the room.
As she fondled Elizabeth's hair, her mind wandered off to how to get to Stella, and how to make Stella feel the pain of deserting her. There should be something that would make Stella feel that pain.
'You demons that reside in me, what's the best way to get back at Stella', Gladys murmured.
'What's that?' Elizabeth asked.
'It's nothing. I was only feeling bad for your mother'.
'Okay', Elizabeth said and nodded.
The demons told her the best way to make Stella most miserable was to make Japheth fall again into his sins of fornication. And the only way she could do that was to get to a girl named Alexis, the girl he was having sex with. But if she didn't go earlier, Stella would encourage Japheth to talk to the girl and that would be disastrous for them because the girl was passionate and can be instrumental in the restoration of light to Black Town. If the light came back, all the power she craved would be useless against the numerous light that would flood the place.
'Baby, I'm going out', Gladys said.
Elizabeth nodded again and sat upright. That wasn't her first time of being left alone in Gladys' house. She could take care of herself. Gladys hurriedly wore a purple bell gown and a peach heels shoe. Then, she complemented it with a peach bag. She wanted to look her best when she was having her second recruit. Elizabeth would always be her first. 
She drove all the way with the guide of the demons. She had her doubt, notwithstanding. Yet, she still drove down there. However, her fear depleted when she got to a house and asked for Alexis.
'From where?' replied a woman, who had come out of the house to answer her.
'A friend'.
The woman scanned her like a mother hen. She poked her head into the house, and shouted for Alexis that she had a visitor. If Alexis replied, Gladys couldnt tell because even after the woman dropped the curtain and stood straight, she didn't say anything. The only thing she did was to scornfully stare at her dress. Gladys wanted to check her dressing to see if she wore something bad.
 Alexis came out too, looking distraught. She was putting on a blue denim bump short, and an orange spaghetti. Even if her hair was rough, and her eyes were puffy, she still had a sultry look.
As her orange flip-flop pattered on the floor, Gladys remembered how she always admired such flip-flops on Stella. 
'Do I know you?' Alexis said as she moved nearer. Her mother stood poised as she glowered at her.
'Can we talk in private?' She said and glanced at Alexis' mother.
'Yes', Alexis replied and turned to the corner of her compound. Gladys was able to look about for the first time. The compound had varieties of trees and bushes, which must have been intended to serve as their mini-plantation. She felt disgusted by their arrangement.
When they got to the corner of the house, she didn't waste her time by exchanging pleasantries.
'I'm here to help you get Japheth back'.
Alexis dull eyes shone. 'Are you for real?'
'It's a tricky business, but its essential'.
'Are you kidding me? Anything. I will kill anything killable to get back my boy'.
Gladys smiled and explained to her that all it took her would be a member of a training she wanted to start in the month of March. 
'Just that?'
'Just that'.
'I'm all in. How soon will I get Japheth back'.
'Oh that! So soon, and this time it would be a lasting one'.
They exchanged phone number and walked out of the compound. She was preparing for her Wicca school. She was on the path to enlightening the witches of Black Town. Even if she saw nothing in the house, she saw the smile on Alexis' mother's face when she saw her daughter smiling out as they came out of the corner. That meant that even Wicca could make others happy.
All she needed at the moment was the house. She knew Stella wouldn't accept their first offer, so she would quickly go home to draft a second offer.
                        ***
As she paced the hotel, Stella couldn't help but feel grateful that Japheth called that morning to know how she was faring. He made her understand that she had been forgiven and that alone made her heart rejoice. But she still needed to preach to Gladys. Even if anything would happen, she had to give it try. So she dressed up, and boarded a UBER taxi. A lot of commendations had gone into appraising how Nigeria was becoming modernized by the presence of this UBER taxis.
When she got to Gladys' house, she couldn't forget the first day she came there. That was the day she brought Gladys home after being tortured by the demons. The gateman informed her that Gladys had gone out. She felt dejected and was about to look for the bike when she remembered the little girl that was all over Gladys the other time. If this girl became closer to Gladys without the knowledge of God, she would suffer. 
'What of that little girl that is always with her?' She asked the gateman.
'Elizabeth'.
'Yes. That's her name.

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. Can I see her? I would like to send a message to Gladys through her'.
The gateman gave her access to the compound, and directed her to Elizabeth's flat. Upon getting there, she told a woman she met there that she wanted to drop a message for Gladys through Elizabeth. Although she didn't like the subtle lie she was telling, it was worth it. Moreover, preaching to Elizabeth was a message to Gladys.
Talking to Elizabeth about Christ was relatively simple. The girl had been having a bit of knowledge about God from staying with Gladys. So, it was easy to preach to her. She gave her life to Christ, there. With starry eyes and a glad heart, Stella left the compound. But before she left, she told Elizabeth to inform Gladys of her visit. Now, she had saved a soul for Christ. She would teach the people of Black Town the reality of Christ.

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