27/11/2022
With a deep sigh, she became lost in her thoughts. She was the pride of the family; the inestimable Jewel of her parents and the envy of other parents in her neighborhood as they all wanted their daughters to be like her. They even wanted their sons to emulate her virtues.Her younger ones looked up to her as a big sister worth emulating. Her church leaders used her as example and case study whenever a sermon on 'a virtuous youth' was preached.
Even the Islamic clerics around saw and cherished the beaming light around her and prayed her parents to continue in their good works of rendering good home training to her, likewise her siblings. She was just 17 and the male folks around loved to have her as friend but she was too careful to fall for their tricks. She was already in an 'intimate' relationship with one man whom she proclaims to be the love of her life and the possessor of her entirety; one whom she calls Jesus.
They laughed scornfully at her; ‘she was wasting her beauty,’ so they said. Her physic, they all wanted to ascend on; around her bosom their skinny hands wanted to revolve but she’s purposed in her heart not to defile herself with the portion of the world’s meat of youthful exuberance and untamed pleasure...https://tinyurl.com/5xz8t9z4
Excerpt from ENTANGLED: Tales of a saintly scholar (A short story by PraiseGod Wome)🎓
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