Mr. Smith went into his temple to do his normal incantations . He was surprised that every were looked different. Blood had dried from the pot of blood. Even his guiding mirror was blank. He made incantations many times but nothing showed. He knew that there was danger.

He decided to communicate with the native doctor that works for him. Thereafter, he sent his driver to go and bring him.

“Hmm! I am seeing a great danger. Only a great sacrifice will avert it. Since you started serving the great oracle, your life has turned around for good. There is nothing you wanted that the great oracle has not done for you”

“I never had joy and peace of mind” Mr. Smith thought.

“To whom much is given, much is also expected. The great oracle is demanding for a great sacrifice from you. You are to sacrifice your son or you will die,” the native doctor declared.

“I cannot sacrifice my son. Remember that I have already sacrificed ten human heads as required by the great oracle for his health to be restored. I have been expecting him to be healed why this?”

“Beware! Smith beware! Don’t question the wisdom of the Oracle. It’s the oracle that made you whatever you think you are. The Oracle can also unmake you,” the eye of the gods warned.

“I am not questioning the Oracle. All I said was that I don’t want my son to die,” Mr. Smith insisted.

“Then get ready to die,” the native doctor said firmly.

“Wise one please. What of my wife. Can’t you use her for the sacrifice,” Mr. Smith suggested.

“Have you forgotten that any day that your wife die is the day you will die? Take this stone. Throw it on your son. That will be the end.”

“Never! I prefer to die.” Mr. Smith told him.

“So be it.”

The native doctor rose and left.

Don was surprised when his dad came to his room.

“Dad” he called.

“Did you just call me dad?” Mr. Smith asked in an emotion ladened voice.

“Are you not my dad?” Bob asked.

“It’s just that since our relationship went soured. You have never called me dad. I have longed to hear you address me in that manner,” Mr. Smith spluttered in tears.

“Dad why are you crying?”

“Never mind, please try and get up .I want take you to the main building. We have an urgent discussion.”

“Dad is everything okay”

“Please ,I will explain when we get there. My time is short. ”

They moved to the main building and Mr. Smith helped his son to sit.

His wife saw them and ran to sit with her son.

“Son I must start by apologizing for all that I did against you. I did it under duress. From that day till today, I have been a walking corpse. I have offered lots of sacrifices to ensure that you regain your health.

It is just today that I discovered that all the sacrifices I have been making was in vain. Please my son avoid ill-gotten wealth. It is better to remain poor than to receive wealth from Satan. My problem started when your mother deceived me and caused problem in my marriage. She made me to believe that Olaedo my wife wanted to kill me.”

“You mean that my mum is not your first wife?” Bob asked in shock.

“Yes. In fact she is not my wife because I never paid her bride price. Her parents disowned her because of the abomination she committed against her friend. My marriage with Olaedo was filled with love and peace but your mother came in and scattered it. She told Olaedo that I was a womanizer. That was how my wife started misbehaving and fighting me for not just cause. Afterwards, she deceived her and gave her a calabash she claimed will bind us together.

Then, she came to tell me that Olaedo wanted to kill me and also told me about the calabash. One thing led to another. Me and Olaedo separated and I started living with your mother. Afterwards, Olaedo died of heart break. The company I was working for belonged to Olaedo’s uncle. They had no choice than to sack me. Hardship set in and I started searching for means to survive. My friend promised to introduce me to a lucrative business . I never knew that it was a secret cult. I have perpetrated lots of evil. They are demanding for another sacrifice but I have told them I am tired. I prefer to die.

“Daddy please don’t say that you want to die,” Bob pleaded.

“Son, I don’t have a choice in this. All the documents about my investments are in my room. Though I doubt if they will leave anything after I have gone.

They might make sure that everything crumble. I have sent some information to your phone. Give me few minutes. ”

He rushed to his room and brought a bag.

“This contains all my documents and your academic documents. I have packed everything in this bag. If anything happens to me, call for help immediately and leave this place tell Tiger and lion to take our corpses to the mortuary”

“I’m I going to die too” Mrs. Smith asked in shock.

“That reminds me. Please get up and leave his side. Don’t affect him with your bad luck.” Mr. Smith told his wife.

As he was still talking, he started coughing violently. His wife started coughing too. In a twinkle of an eye, both of them fell down . Everywhere became quite.

“Aunty Kate! Tiger! Lion!” Bob shouted in pain.

They ran and came. When they discovered what happened, they carried them outside and was pouring water on them.

He quickly sent a message to Nnenna to inform her of what happened and to ask for her help. Nnenna quickly informed pastor of the situation.

“This is war. Let me contact fellow Pastors who are prayer warriors to go with us,” Pastor told her.

Immediately they got to that place one of the pastor’s shouted with a loud voice.
“I can sense the presents of evil spirits in this place let’s launch into prayers”

As soon as they started praying, Bob shouted” My head!”

The pastor’s surrounded him and started praying and casting out every arrow that was thrown against him. They continued praying until he was relieved. As they continued praying , Tiger and lion started behaving in an abnormal way. They later ran out of the house.

After praying for a long while, some of the pastor’s took the corpses to mortuary while Nnenna and his pastor took Bob to the parsonage.

The war continued. The Oracle launched all forms of attack on Bob but the prayer of the saints kept sustaining him. The first miracle was that maggots stopped coming out from the wounds on his legs. Within a week, the wound was completely healed.

Pastor preached to him and told him the need for him to surrender his life to Christ. He yielded and gave his life to Christ . That was the end of the torment from the Oracle.

Mysterious things started happening to his father’s properties. The house that they lived in was engulfed by fire.The building was razed down. The same thing happened to another of his building. The goods that he ordered for before he died disappeared no one knew what happened to it. Even all the money that was in the bank disappeared. His banking history could not be traced. The list of the misfortune was endless.

However Bob was not discouraged. The money he kept on fixed deposit before he became sick has grown. He rented a three bedroom flat and also registered his company. Afterwards, he contacted some of his father’s business associates abroad and renewed the agreement. Money started flowing in and he established business for Kate.