Chapter 24

"Bring her to me let me see for myself." Osun stretched her hands down towards the maid since she was almost twice their size and towered over them.

The maid swam closer and placed the child in Osun's hands. Immediately the baby's body had contact with Osun's hands, she instantly went into a trance and her eyes glowed white.

Osun saw everything that had transpired; from Enitan being stuck in the fisherman's net to being bludgeoned to death and burned up with her lover. She heard Enitan's curses and the faces of all the men except the one who had raped her daughter; his face was rather obscured.

After seeing all that there was to see, Osun snapped out of the trance suddenly let out a loud thunderous scream that shook the river. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" 

The other mermaids staggered in the water, trying to keep their balance in the water as big drops of tears dropped from Osun's eyes.

"WO N TI KPA MI LOMO!!! (They have killed my child!!!) ENITAN!!!" Orisa Osun screamed in anguish. "ENITAN!!!" The river began to swirl as if a tempest was about to happen and the other mermaids trembled.

Handing the baby back to Labake, Osun shot her hands forward and a great wave swelled in the river then shot with great speed towards Adigun's farm, destroying things in its path. The great wave of water swept into the hut, wrapped up Enitan and Adigun and brought their bodies back to the river, presenting them before Osun. 

Using her powers to control the water to separate Enitan from Adigun, Osun carried the lifeless body of her burnt daughter in her arms and two big drops of tears escaped her eyes again. "I've been nothing but kind to humans, but just see what they have done to me!" She lamented. "They have burnt my beloved daughter and mutilated her too. O, Enitan, you shouldn't have hidden yourself from me. You probably knew that I would never approve of the affair with a human lover and that was why you kept me in the dark all this time."

Then she looked up to the sky and cried out loud, her voice filled with sorrow and anguish."O Olodumare! Olodumare, hear me now! Can you see that these mortals have taken my beloved from me and have visited my abode with grief?! Can you see that they have dealt me a blow that I'll never recover from?! They dared to defile and beat Enitan to death!

That was not even enough, they set her ablaze too! Ha, Olodumare! You can see all! Nothing escapes your sight! Why did you let this come to pass? Why didn't you save my daughter from this cruel fate? Why did you do nothing?!" Looking down at the body again, Osun dove into rhetorical questions.

"HAAAAAAAAA! ENITAN, WHY HAVE YOU HIDDEN THIS FROM YOUR OWN MOTHER?! WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL FOR HELP WHEN THOSE MEN TORTURED YOU?! WHY DID YOU LET YOUR LOVE FOR A HUMAN WEAKEN YOU SO MUCH AND MADE YOU SO HELPLESS AGAINST MERE MORTALS?! WHY DID YOU COME TO THE SURFACE TO MINGLE WITH HUMANS WHEN YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I FORBID IT?!