The Stranger Within

By Fidelia Ajilore

An intriguing story of love, tragedy and triumph.
A work of fiction with biblical undertone.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jan 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9781794855021

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The Stranger Within

THE STRANGER WITHIN

Fidelia Ajilore

Copyright ©2020 by Fidelia Ajilore

SAWO Media Publications SMP

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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, NKJV-New King James Version.

ISBN 978-1-79485-502-1

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EPISODE 1

I sat in the police van in deep sorrow. Tears flowed freely down my cheeks. I wept as a baby abandoned for death by a selfish mother. I shivered like a wet chicken on a rainy day. My voice was gone. I felt like dying. ‘Maybe it’s a dream’, I thought to myself. For the first time in my life, I am being driven away like an outcast. My mother might never survive this. What a life! What a journey! Who am I? A stranger to myself? A threat to a peaceful society? The world needs less of my kind if a sane and trouble-free society is to be built. Oh, my wife! It's all my fault. Your crime was loving me. I failed you! You risked it all but it is over now. I killed you.

These were the words I could remember from a terrifying nightmare I just had. I woke up panting like a mad dog. I was practically sweating like an athlete on the final lane. I will rather remain single than marry, kill my wife and end up in jail. This thing called marriage is not for me.

Pardon my dying emotions. I am Femi, the only son of my parents. I dream a lot, but this one is certainly from hell.

This is how it all began.

During my delivery, my mother had some complications. I don't know the details. She never knew until many years later while trying to conceive again.

One day, my dad advised she checks another hospital for proper examination.

I was with my dad in the sitting room when she got back.

'Honey, welcome. How did it go?' Father asked. 'What were you expecting?' Mother screamed at him. 'I told you to allow me to register with a government hospital when I was pregnant with Femi because they have more competent hands and good facilities but you refused. I told you to prayerfully reject C-section but you didn't take it seriously. The fertility specialist said the gynaecologist at the private hospital you recommended surely didn't tell us everything. He said I'm suffering from secondary infertility as a result of endometriosis. He explained it to be the reason for the severe menstrual cramps and pain after sex. He also said the endometriosis is resting on the fallopian tube, thereby