CAPTIVES OF THE ALMIGHTY Episode 2

He commended everyone’s comments especially their little children’s interpretation of the bible passages with a promise to take them out and give them a treat for answering well. Though their interpretation of Scriptures were a bit childish, he praised them just to encourage them to do better next time.

Their fourteen years triplets after the morning devotion left to their various rooms with excitement to prepare for school as Nmasinachi reminded her father of his promise of taking them out for a special treat.

“Daddy, I do hope you remember your promise?” Leaning on his shoulder, she asked him and waited for his response before going upstairs.

“Yes, my beautiful Angel. I’ll do that when you return from school in the evening.” He assured her with a great show of affection then she jumped over his body, thanked him and ran upstairs to prepare for school.

Nnamdi fulfilled his promise to his kids that evening when they returned back from school, he took them out alongside his wife but Nnaemeka was more reserved to himself and didn’t seem to be interested in most of the things his siblings were doing.

At a point, Nnamdi and his wife had to signal each other and she left with Nnamdi junior and Nmasinachi under the guise of going to pick some things from shopping mall leaving father and son to talk.

“Nnaemeka, are you okay, is there anything you need?” Nnamdi broke the silence when others left.

“Nothing.” He replied avoiding his father’s eyes.

“But you look unhappy, tell me, what’s the problem?” He pressed on him gently.

“I’m fine dad, just that I wish to go back to uncle Uchenna’s house but Mummy said I wouldn’t be living there with him anymore.” He replied in a complaining manner.

“Okay.. You still love to go and live with your uncle?” Looking at him carefully, he asked and he answered in the affirmative.

“It’s alright, I will speak with your mother to know why he doesn’t want you to go and live there and see how to convince her to allow but you have to promise me first that you will be my friend from today and will not hide anything from me, will you?” Nnamdi said, searching his eyes and he nodded his head in the positive.

“Good!
Now we’re friend and there’s no hiding of secrets anymore. One day, I am going to take only you out and tell you the story of my life when I was at your age.
Will you like to hear the story?” He asked him beaming with smilies.

“Yes Dad, when would that be?” For the first time he saw excitement in his son’s eyes with a sincere show of interest.

“Uhm… That would be when I am sure that you are truly my friend if you tell me everything about yourself and everything that happens to you at home or school or anywhere; if you start telling me about them, I will be taking you out twice every month to tell you my stories..” Nnamdi said, trying to sound childish at his level.

“Okay then, I will tell you what my friends in school are saying.

Dad, is it true that being a worldly musician is more trending and rewarding than being Christian musician?

My friends in school said that Christian musicians are poor because Christians don’t support their talented young people but people of the world supports their own people who sings or do things for the devil..

Dads it true that Christians don’t support their talented young people and that worldly musicians makes it more than Christian musicians?” Nnaemeka asked to his father’s amazement but he quickly hid his shock as he didn’t believe that as young as the boy was, he and his age group had already made their discoveries and were already discussing such a serious matters among themselves.

He knew that the young boy has strong passion for music and would without doubt become a musician and that’s why they have been doing everything possible to groom him into using that gift for God by allowing him to minister alongsid with Uchenna and in their programs.

Though there was an iota of truth in what those his friends in school told him, he didn’t want to rush at answering his question immediately, he wanted to know what led him and his friends into that kind discussion.

“Did you tell them you want to become a Christian musician?” He asked him with a calming tone.

“Yes Dad, Jimmy said he wants to become a lawyer when he grows up and Tobi said he wants to become a hip pop star and a businessman but I told them that I want to become a music evangelist because I don’t want to sing for the devil and they started laughing at me.

They said if I want to become super rich and popular like Lyn Skido and Marley Mario, I should forget about Christian music because Christian people are not supportive and I will end up being a poor local musician.” The fourteen Nnaemeka told his aghast father who was just staring at him.

“Okay.. And what did you tell them again?” Nnamdi asked curiously.

“Nothing..” He replied.

“Nothing? Does that mean you believed everything they said?” Searching the little boy’s confused eyes, he asked.

“I think I believe them Dad, because I sees hip pop stars on the television more than Christian musicians and they show their money and expensive cars and many people sing their songs too more than Christian songs which are only sang in the church.

Dad, do you know that the richest musician in this country is worth over thirty billion naira in his bank account and he is not even a Christian musician?”Nnaemeka shocked his father yet again….

Please, let’s pray for our country Nigeria.

To be continued..