CHAPTER 217

After a few minutes of not accepting what Ruth and Nelly had heard from Naomi, they suddenly heard a knock at the door. It seemed to be knocked by a lot of people who were saying the same thing using the same voice.

" Finish the Baraka family" shouted the voices from outside. 

Nelly looked at both Ruth and Naomi with tearful eyes. She had never been scared like that before in her entire life. 

" Are...are we going to die?" Asked Nelly as she began shaking all over her body.

" You need to hide the ancestral vase, Ruth. They are her for that because Evelyn wants to take over the closed gates and we cannot let her do that. Go now and hide it. Nelly and I will take care of this" said Naomi in a commanding voice as Ruth left her room. 

" I cannot do this Aunt Naomi. I can't fight with demons...I mean the Spirits of comparison" said Nelly.

" You will have to do this if you do not want any of us to get hurt.  The Spirits of comparison are using your soul to claim to be you. You will need to help me fight them if you want to be free of them" said Naomi as she held Nelly's arm tightly.

" It's clear to me that what they want us is the ancestral vase but I will not give it to them. I promised my father that I would take care of it from generation to generation and teach my children how to protect it but I guess I was wrong. I should have taught my most precious daughter Ruth more about it. I am such a bad mother. Ain't I?" Asked Naomi who seemed regretful.

" No Aunt Naomi, you are not a bad mother. I am proud of you for how Ruth became such a courageous lady. I always admired her. She knows how to solve any problems that she goes through in life in such a way that people depend on her" said Nelly smiling.

Before Naomi could utter another word, she saw Ruth standing beside Nelly which made her freak out. She had left Ruth when she was entering her room and asked her not to leave her room. 

" Mama! Can you remind me where I had put the ancestral vase? I cannot remember" said Ruth.

" In the kitchen but I do not remember the exact place," said Naomi.

" What are you saying Aunt Naomi? Didn't Ruth go to her room a while ago? Why then are you telling her that the ancestral vase is in the kitchen?" Asked Nelly a bit worried.

" This spirit is Ruth's comparison. She has been sent to trick us in order to get the ancestral vase. As she searches for it, we will need to identify the place which she has used inorder to enter the house. We will need to seal that place inorder to prevent her from leaving and to prevent any other spirit comparison from entering out house" said Naomi as she turned towards her back and realized that the corridor window was open. 

Naomi quickly ran towards the window and closed the window. It was then that she saw the image of Evelyn on the glass window. She turned behind her and was astonished to find out that it was Evelyn who was pretending to be Ruth's spirit comparison.

" Great! So! Is this all your game plan? You are the one who has brought back the spirit of comparison. I just don't understand the main reason why you would do something like that. For the ancestral vase? Well! I am promising you today that you will never get it" shouted Naomi at Evelyn.

" What are you talking about mama? Have you suddenly gone insane? How can you be saying that I am Evelyn? What has happened to you mama?" Asked Evelyn who was still pretending to be Ruth and had no idea that Naomi already knew the fact that she was Evelyn. She had already seen her through the corridor glass window.

" Come on Evelyn. Do you still think that I am insane? I know that you are trying to disguise yourself as my daughter. Just cut the chase and tell me what you really want" said Naomi in a commanding voice.

" Now it seems that all your strength has finally been awakeb by the ancestral vase. Do you want to know much about my daughter Ruth and the ancestral vase? Then you will have to stay in this house for the next forty eight hours to prove to me that there is nothing like you trying to pretend you are my daughter" said Naomi in a pellucid voice.

" We are not going to do this today. Open the doors of this house and let me leave. Akeshia cannot stand to stay away from me for such aong time" said Evelyn.

" Now the perfect woman is pretending to be my daughter Ruth. Look at how you are begging me to open for you the windows of this house simply because you want to go to your daughter Akeshia. You cannot touch the windows to open them, right. You have awoken from the death and you have awoken the spirit of comparison into my home. How dare you do that? I will only open this house for you if you make things right. I want you to go back to the deadly world accompanied by your spirit of comparison" said Naomi in a commanding voice.

Out of frustration, Evelyn agreed to everything that Naomi had told her. She was indeed going to send back the spirit of comparison into the deadly world but there was no way that she was going to csst a spell of death in her life. She was just beginning the journey of enjoying her family and she was not going to let anyone destroy that for her.

Yet it was really hard for her as Purist and Faith found it hard to accept her. All they kept singing was for Ruth and Naomi to come back to the closer gates which kept Evelyn angry who wanted to crush them at any chance she got.

" Mama! The ancestral vase has fallen and beoken into pieces. I don't think now there is any need to let Evelyn stay here. She really needs to go back to get family. Holding her hostage won't help us with anything as what she is looking for has already broken into pieces. That is why I know that no matter what they do, they can never rule the closer gates. The real rulers are the descendants of Magdalene my beloved grandma" said Ruth as she went towards the corridor window and opened the window for Evelyn to pass who pasedd right away. Ruth therefore closed the window and went back to where Naomi and Nelly were standing.

Ruth looked at Naomi a bit tensed as she could feel Naomi's anger from her heart. After all, Naomi was her mother which brought forth alot of connections between the two of them right when Ruth was formed in Naomi's room. Instead, Naomi slapped Ruth and began to bite her teeth. She often did that when she was filled with lots of anger. 

" You still don't respect my decisions as your mother and the eldest in this house. Why then dir I become your mother? Was I meant to be that invisible in your life? Fine! From now on, I severe all ties as your mother Ruth. You too old enough to make the life decisions all by yourself " said Naomi filled with lots of anger.

" I understand what you are saying mother but you cannot severe all ties with me as your daughter. I know that it is the anger in you speaking mama. I am your only daughter left and I know that you will be devastated if I were to leave your life for good" said Ruth.

" What should I do then if my own daughter cannot listen to me?" Naomi asked the question looking at Nelly. 

" I would have taught my daughter some lesson. I would have punished her even though I knew that it would hurt me" said Nelly.

" That is exactly what I am going to do. I am going to punish her so that next time she will learn to listen to me as her mother" said Naomi.

" Yes mama. Punish me as much as you want but please don't severe all ties you have with me" said Naomi who suddenly held Ruth's arm. 

She took Ruth to the garage outside the house but still inside the compound where there was alot of cold and locked her inside there. Although, she did not want to, she still did it since she had a mission. She knew that her mission would be complete only if she did what she did.

Naomi therefore went back to the house with tearful eyes. It was her first time to punish Ruth ever since she became a nature woman. 

MARRIED AT SIXTEEN.