Chapter 44: My Ultimate Protector

                 ***My Ultimate Protector***

As I strived to circumvent, I saw another woman, this one was very old and I cannot discern her face, she came with a well-sharpened machete, then she said to me with her scary face which looked like the faces of the witches in Nollywood movies. The old woman pointed at the huge fire which was made by the lady who looked like Cynthia, I wouldn't like to call that witch Cynthia. Di, the old witch told me, that I would be killed, and I will be used for a fish pepper soup, now I got even more scared as I tried to plead for mercy but my word came out unclear, now the other two ladies stood and started laughing at me, the gave out a peal of loud evil laughter as the old witch raised the machete up to cut me, this was when I woke up from my sleep. Now I woke from my sleep, and with a sleepy eye I found someone bending over me, I got even scared and screamed out loud.

"I am not a fish!" 

That was what I screamed. Before it became clearer to me that it was my mom who had come to my room to wake me up, she had been hearing me making funny sounds from my sleep so she noticed that I must be having a nightmare do she came to stop the dream by waking me up.  When I found out it was her, I quickly bumped to her and hugged her tight. You know, before I even know that God is the ultimate protector, my mom had been the one that I placed in that position, I used to believe that no harm can ever come to me in the presence of my mom, and funny enough, it has always been so.

"What is the problem baby?"

My mom asked me as she saw the level of fear in me.

"Bad dream mom, I had a very scary dream." 

So I said.

"Oh my baby, sorry honey, and what about the fish part? Why did you scream that you are not a fish?

Mom asked looking very serious about the fish part.

"In the dream, I turned into a fish, and some ladies tried to kill me and make a fish pepper soup out of me."

So I explained, this explanation got my mom tensed, she became so terrified, she also said, 

"You are not a fish my boy, you are a human, not a fish. Will you like to join me in my room?"

My mom said and offered me the option of sleeping in her room till its clear dawn, and without any hesitation, I accepted the offer, so I stood up and joined her in her room. Did you know that throughout my stay in my mom's room, all she was saying was:

"He is not a fish, he is a human."

She kept saying it repeatedly, and it became weird to me, almost more weird that it was even scary in the dream.