Cheerful new month people.
As we as a whole know, April first is for playing tricks.
I recalled years back while getting ready for WAEC exams, I got a call from my gf's number at a few minutes past 12AM (she remains in Benin and I was in Delta). On picking the call, it wasn't her voice I heard...
...be that as it may, the voice on the opposite end was insane: "Pat (not genuine name) has simply being carried to the crisis room of x clinic. She just fallen and no one recognizes what happened.
If it's not too much trouble appeal to God for her" and the individual on the opposite end dropped the call.
Chai! That was the manner by which I, my cousin and a companion who came to peruse with us began terminating petitions for over 30 minutes. We resembled Prophet Elijah petitioning God for flame to come and slurp up the waters on the sacrificial stone.
Like siblings Paul and Silas we implored, we sang and we even exceeded the colossal envagelists by applauding and moving. I am certain my folks and kin mustav thought we were petitioning God for our up and coming exams.
The air was charged to the point that if individual like bobrisky been dey around that field I can guarantee you with all modesty that the hotness of the climate would've swung him to the shade of beletete in a split second (my Warri siblings know wetin DAT one be)
All things considered, long story short, after supplications my folks backpedaled to peruse. I was allowed to sit unbothered in the post-petition session to convey my cross solo. I called and called without anybody getting.
Na from that point I take rest off.
I was shocked out of a profound sleep by the vibration and ringing of my Nokia 2626. It was a call from "her". Rapidly, I grabbed the call. The following thing I heard was a delayed episode of chuckling.
"Shioor! Who be this Benin witch when utilize recieving wire hack this call ni?" That was the inquiry that rung a bell. I removed the telephone from my ear and looked again to affirm on the off chance that I was onto the ideal individual.
At that point I heard it: "take a gander at the date, you have being tricked!"
I simply off the telephone; excessively embarrassed, making it impossible to try and tell my folks that all the time we were terminating supplications, fallen angel was simply taking a gander at us pondering which brand of weed we took.
The more regrettable part was when Dad strolled into the palour toward the beginning of the day and said "goodness! You all are at last considering this exams important. I implore God answers your supplication o".
I simply gesture my head. However, in my mind I resembled " if just you know father... If just you fucking know".
That was years prior, yet regardless I recall the scenes so clearly.