"Father Taye, there is nothing that I know that I am keeping from you Father, all of this that is happening right now is strange to me, I am scared, it is unclear to me why my husband hates me and our child, you can see it, he is rejecting her even in her presence. Indeed, she is still a baby, but she also has feelings, I do not know anything Father, but I just want my husband back to his senses. I heard the nurses discussing that he had on strange illness, I think they said it is Amnesty."
"Amnesia?" Father Taye quickly corrected her when he saw her struggle with the word.
"Yes, that was the name. So, please, help me plead with the kind doctor to help us cure him of that." she cried.
"Father, this man's case is not medical, I am sure you will understand what I am talking about. Amnesia makes one lose memory, it does not create a new memory. It does not teach English." the doctor quickly interrupted the lady.
"You are right, I have been thinking something already, but never mind, we will have to get to the parish, and then we will have to know what next to do." the Reverend said. It was only when they were talking about them that Alejandro began to make some reflection on what could be the cause of his predicament.
He began to have some recollections and remembered his last encounter with the Old spiritualist. In no time, he dove into his thoughts and began to picture some past occurrences.
Flashback…
(It was sick and old Chief Charles, he was already I'll, but not that ill, he had called on the lady for some spiritual advice. Chief Charles had known the Old lady for a very long time. Her name was Gitana, she had come to visit the sick Chief in his castle after he had invited her, he wanted her to tell him the source of his problem, but that day he did not get what he wanted, he had her telling him things he had no interest on.
"Hmm… I see you embarking on a spiritual Journey, hmm… Is it a soul swap? This will be a divine adventure, you will have to be careful, for you have been given a second chance, and you will take good advantage of it and be fast about it because it might as well not last." so she said, and she veered around in her toes and fell to the ground right in the middle of the candle she had set in a circular form. The entire place reeked of burnt incense and candles.
"Gitana, what is the meaning of this? What did you just say?" he asked her looking confused, but the Old lady seemed to be even more confused himself, she stood up looking so confused and lost, she quickly picked up her belongings, quenched the candlelights and stuffed them into her bag and headed to the door to run away, Gitana, even if you won't answer me, are you fleeing from your money too? You and I know that you are a lover of money." Chief Charles said to her, but she paid no attention, she left without asking for money.")
End of Flashback…
Alejandro, after remembering this, turned to the Father saying.
"Padre, I think I now know what is wrong with me, and please, I will like you to help me get to the Federal Capital, I can help myself if I get home." He said to the priest. He had already settled it in his heart that his predicament was caused by no one else but the old lady Gitana. The Chief already knew that the woman was a money lover, as a matter of fact, he knew that the lady sees herself as a scam, but he knew that she was not, he belied that there are things that she will do without her knowledge, and they still work. So wig was with that, that he decided to believe that she was not a quack, even though she believed she was.
"My son, let us get to the parish first, then we will know what to do next." the Father said to him. All he wanted is that they leave the hospital, even the priest hated the smell of the hospital, but he had no option, he must be there to help a member of the Church in need.
Alejandro and Cecilia came back home that very day. The Rev. Father had to ask the woman to take her husband home, he thought that when he got home that he will have to understand that he had no other family but his wife and daughter. And he made the crowd believe that he was bringing him to the church parish where he resides, he never wanted him to think or suffer.
Though Father Taye meant good, he never meant for him to go home and suffer, by the time that they got home it was late already, so, the woman made him sit while she quickly made them dinner. And Alejandro was in his best condition, he had been promised by the pastor to assist him back to the Federal capital if he proves to be of good conduct.
Alejandro sat on a little wooden chair just outside their door.
He was so scared to even go into the room, it was a one-room, and he felt like the house stunk. He sat out there while waiting for her to finish with the food.
As she went to prepare the food, he sat there looking at her, he wondered what he could be doing with her, she was still young, but she was in no way presentable, when she passed his place, he could perceive her body odour, it was almost like she never showered that day, and definitely, she had not washed, she had gone to the farm with her husband, and came back with a dead man, and since then, she had not had the time to wash until they got home now.
The baby on the other side, stood there looking at him, he also looked at her wondering what could be in her little mind.
That night, after she was done with the food.