"ROMANCE WITH DEATH"

                FRACTURED FAMILY

            "ROMACE WITH DEATH "



A sense of overwhelming grief washed over me as I thought of my beloved granny, the matriarch, who had passed away. The weight of my loss felt like a physical burden, and I struggled to come to terms with the finality of her passing. I had traveled from afar to pay my last respects, but fate had other plans.

A mysterious guest, uninvited and unwelcome, crashed into my life, bringing with it a torrent of physical and spiritual affliction. I was struck with a fever that would not break, and despite medical treatment, my condition worsened. The guest seemed determined to claim me as its own, refusing to leave my side.

As I teetered on the brink of collapse, I felt a sense of eeriness washed over me. My appetite vanished, and I grew gaunt and weak. Sleep eluded me, and a relentless cough gripped my body. It was as if the very fabric of my being was under siege.

But I refused to give in. I knew that I was in a spiritual battle, and I called upon the power of prayer to intervene. Loved ones across the globe joined hands in fervent supplication, and slowly but surely, I began to turn the corner.

Just as I was regaining my strength, a mysterious incident unfolded before my eyes. Precisely on the 8th February, 2025 Auntie Ebere, accompanied by Da Alice, emerged from my granny's compound, and she performed a ritual that seemed to be directed at me. She strewed a powdery substance from a ziplock plastic bag before the matriarch's gateway and mentioned my name "Uzodimma" while Da Alice stood before the matriarch's provision store. Whatever their intentions, I knew that I had done nothing to warrant such malice.

Despite the darkness that had descended upon me, I held fast to my faith, knowing that I had spoken truth about the family's crisis. I had merely survived by a whisker, and I would not be silenced.

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