NEVER REVEAL YOUR SECRET #4

The next month, we tiwatope, the twin mother, and I went to see the witchcraft that she told us gave her a potion that made her pregnant. Remove your slippers, instructed twin mother, as we approached the door mouth of the hut we quickly obeyed. She clapped thrice and someone inside the hut responded by clapping thrice too. She entered and told us to enter. We obeyed. The witchcraft jumped to his feet and dance around in a war-like fashion, then stopped all of a sudden.

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“what can I do for you?” he asked looking “I…I…” tiwatope stammered. “My daughter,” began the witchcraft in a low voice don’t be frightened. I want a child, she said. Ogbuji did it for her, pointing toward twin mother, he will also do it for you. He said as he danced round and round. Bring some offering for gods, he commanded.

She brought out wads of hundred naira note and wanted to give it to the witchcraft, who told her, say what you want into it. She murmured some incomprehensible thing to it. Use your left hand to put it into that bucket he said, pointing to a bucket lying across the dimly lit room. He danced around the bucket and the produce two wraps of leaves that look alike. Now bring your left hand, he commanded and she extended her left hands. He put one of the wraps in her left open palm. This one should be used in bathing twice daily for a week and this one, putting it into her right pen palm, should be used in drinking twice every day for a week and you will have set of twins.

She left happy and thanked the witchcraft. “wait!” said the witchcraft sternly, you must not make any mistake. If you do it right, your husband will love you to a fault. You will be the apple of his eyes but if you do it wrong, there be unimaginable consequences. He said stressing the unimaginable to mean something disastrous. Do you understand me? He asked. Yes, she answered, separating each wrap and making a mental note of which one should be used for what. We greeted him and left for our home.