SORROWS OF AN EAGLE EPISODE FOUR

From the writer of
Nude bed
Death after life
Cold Desert
Hot Eyes

Abhynha Yankey takes you on a journey where faith determines the fate of the king of the sky, "Sorrows Of An Eagle "

"Sorrows of an Eagle"
Episode 4

Oheneyere Asantewaa kept quiet and continued to sob.

Two months after she saw the blood flow on her legs,she had her menses without any failure. The blood was as pure as crimson.
Sure God wasn't helping her, or was it that He was taking some days off? Perhaps, the words of Oheneyere were too harsh that it pushed God far away from them.
How could they continue to live without a child. She wasn't growing any younger,likewise Nana Aduhene Sekyi.
There needed to be a way out. Something needed to be done.
If God was asleep, then surely his subordinates were awake. If indeed man was made in His own image, then the fetish priest could also work like God, but where would she find a fetish priest.
That was another hell of a problem. She started thinking of it.

Day in day out, she would walk around the surrounding villages just to know if she could get one fetish priest to consult.
That also became another headache for her. She had sleepless nights over this. She wanted a child of her own,if not a male child. She denied herself of food till she became hypoglycemic one night.
She was so weak that she couldn’t even talk.
Nana Aduhene Sekyi summoned the herbalist for the necessary care to be rendered to her.
She looked so pale. How could she starve herself when there was soo much to be eaten?

The herbalist gave her a calabash of sugar solution to drink, to give some energy after realizing she's been starving herself, hence her condition.
She was made to rest and the necessary palpation made on her.
Hmmmm...herbalists are soo good when it comes to palpations. He would soon figure out the problem, that is, if there was another.
He continued to palpate her in the presence of Nana while the kinsmen waited patiently outside.
"Oheneyere, may I please ask? When was the last time you had your menses?", the herbalist asked.
She was too weak to answer so Nana had to come in. He told the herbalist she's been menstruating all these while,but before then,she wasn't menstruating for two months which indicated she was pregnant because she felt the symptoms of pregnancy. Two months after that,she had a miscarriage and since then, she'd been menstruating.

"Really?", the herbalist exclaimed.
He took the hand of Nana to one corner and said, "Our mother here is four months pregnant. She must not starve herself or engage in any straineous activity. She did not have a miscarriage. It does happen, people get pregnant, yet have their menses. Please take very good care of her. All she needs is enough rest with good food".

Nana was soo happy. He didn't need to ask any more questions for clarifications, because he knew it was the work of God.
Soon after, Oheneyere woke up.
The news was broken to her. Though she was happy, she was scared the baby might not survive.
Necessary education was given to her on how to go about her normal duties. She needed not to stress or starve herself.
They thanked the herbalist as they left in the company of the kinsmen.

 

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