CHAPTER 10- ” CORDELIA”
©️ Opeyemi Akintunde
As Inspired by the DEEP ONE
After Cordelia came out of Father’s quarters, I knew one thing for sure…
I couldn’t wait any longer.
If there was a test to write, if there was a way out, I was ready to risk it.
Two days later, I walked boldly up to my Mentor Saint, MS Laura.
“I want to take my test.”
She blinked, like she wasn’t sure she heard me right.
“Are you sure you’re ready?”
“Yes,” I said firmly. “I’m positive.”
Her lips tightened. She nodded once, but I caught the flicker of surprise in her eyes.
” I will inform Saint Israel”.
That evening, Father came to minister again.
And like clockwork, my chest betrayed me.
“Why does my heart always skip at the sight of him?” I asked myself
“Why does my knees feel weak whenever his eyes sweep the crowd and pause…too long…on me?
I was torn…. Between his innocent look…and the monster I imagined hiding behind those quarters.
He preached like a man who owned heaven’s library. His voice was liquid thunder, his words flowing like honey dipped in authority.
Then he asked the question.
“In love and sacrifice, which is the greatest?”
Hands shot up across the hall.
Some said, “Love!” Others, “Sacrifice!”
He listened, nodding slowly. But his eyes… they weren’t satisfied.
Then, he walked down.
Closer.
Closer.
And stopped.
In front of me.
“Saint Mabel,” he said, his tone like velvet rope.
“What do you say?”
My heart slammed against my ribs.
“They are… interwoven,” I replied. My voice was low and unsteady.
“You cannot love without sacrifice, and you cannot truly sacrifice without love. They walk hand in hand.”
I managed to say
A hush fell over the room.
Father’s eyes widened. His lips parted slightly.
He was blown away.
Then he smiled.
Slow. Measured. .
“I need to sit with you.”
The hall erupted…not in noise, but in whispers.
Soft, shocked whispers, like air escaping a hundred punctured tires.
My heart skipped.
The quarters! I am finished!
I thought he was about to summon me there.
But then he said something that was strange ..
“Meet me at the Garden of Eden.”
The Garden? I knew there was a garden but it seemed no one used it.
Gasps. Silent yet Audible gasps.
I looked around and suddenly realized….this was a big deal.
Faces.
Expressions.
For the first time since I arrived, I could read them.
Surprise.
Betrayal.
Disappointment.
Unbelief
Shock.
Dazed wonder.
But the one that struck me most?
MS Laura.
My mentor.
She looked like she had just been fired. Her jaw clenched, her eyes hollow.
She wasn’t smiling.
She looked… ruined.
Why? Why was the Garden of Eden such a big deal?
And why were their expressions so different from the expressions they wore whenever Father summoned someone to his quarters?
This one carried something else.
Something heavier.
I scanned the room, desperate for a clue.
The guy with the pity eyes? This time, nothing.
No warning. No pity. He looked away blankly, like his soul had shut its window.
Cordelia?
Her head was bowed; shoulders stiff. Refusing to look at me.
The whispers still rippled around us.
The Garden of Eden.
What did it mean?
Why was it shaking them more than the quarters?
And why, deep inside me, did I feel like I had just been chosen for something…
Different… Unique…
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TJ where art thou?
I’m getting tensed
Mummy I love you so much,God bless you
Replying to @Jonah Jordan Idachaba
Exactly where is Tj oo I am getting scared
Replying to @
One of the grace(s) I celebrate in the life of our mummy is being unable to predict what next in her writings.
More grace Ma
Replying to @Jonah Jordan Idachaba
Tj ooo Abi you are in the Father’s Quarters too
Please where is TJ?
I’m short of words right now. Father Lord protect and shield Mabel from all evil. That’s all I can say for now.
Omo is all I can say at this point..
Dear Lord, please preserve Mabel o. You preserved TJ. Please preserve her too and deliver both herself and Cordelia..
If Father has any ungodly plan for her, please scatter it o!
Give your daughter victory oh Lord🙏
More grace ma
Okayyyy
Now I can’t wait for the next part 🙃
Lord have Mercy.
This is starting to give mixed feelings.
It could be the start of a deliverance.
It could be the end of Mabel herself.
Am still wondering why Tijesuni isn’t there yet..
Oh Lord, have Mercy.
Mummy G.O. is in the making, but people are praying for her so she can not perish in the love Garden forever. Maybe to be mummy G O is the way to the deliverance of Cordelia. Mabel loved and came to sacrifice herself for Cordelia
Replying to @Titilope
Ummm 🤔🧐
Lord please have MERCY on saint Mabel oh 🙏
Mummy G.O. is in the making, but people are praying for her so she can not perish in the love Garden forever. Maybe to be mummy G O is the way to the deliverance of Cordelia. Mabel loved and came to sacrifice herself for Cordelia
Garden of Eden a place where the first sin happened…I hope your flesh will not betray you Mabel ,these one that you’re already shaking at the sight of Father. What will happen at his touch,what will you do? I pray heaven strengthen you that you don’t loose yourself while saving Cordelia.
Toor o Lord follow your daughter to the garden of Eden o
God Abeg. Please protect your daughter Mabel.
Hmm youths beware o! Not all churches are churches.Some are big time cults.
Replying to @
This is getting more interesting.
I can’t wait for the next one.
okayyyy something is up🤔
What kind of suicide mission is this? Do you really have to lose yourself while trying to save another?
May God see you through o, Mabel
Hmmmmmm. This is scary.
Hmmmmm. Garden of Eden or he meant garden of love? It’s well. Mabel you are preserved by God
E be like say Father don fall in love and this is really a twist
Lobatan! 🫢
Hmmmmm
..and to cap it, this thing called Flesh is on the way….
I’m reciting The Lord’s Prayer right now…
Lord, please help, and deliver Mabel o, and others in her shoes
Thank God The Church is praying for them, (herself and TJ) abi?
More grace ma
Oshey love garden, or I could be wrong
Toor which one is Garden of Eden again oo
God please help your daughter Mabel
I just pray she won’t be raped
Hmmmmmmm hope is not what I’m thinking 😕 🤔
Hmmm, it is well ooo
Replying to @Chizzyjuby
This is getting serious
God abeg o
Guess I was the first to get here 😁
Garden of Eden ahhhhhh
Are you sure he’s not planning to make her his mummy g.o???
That’s why ma Laura was upset
Run ooooooo
Jesus oooo