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I never thought I would be the one to say this but if you're under any kind of pressure and you're thinking of doing something crazy just to have a child anything that goes against your own Common Sense stop now because what we did it destroyed our lives and looking back I realized the signs were there from the beginning but we were too desperate too blind to see them I'm not here to scare you but I wish someone had scared me it's funny looking back now how it all began ad and I were both what you would call educated modern professionals living in Lagos Nigeria I worked in a marketing firm and ad was an engineer we had been married for seven years and had everything going for us except one thing we did not have a child the first two years after our wedding was fine we were not in any rush we wanted to have ourselves to each other before the children came we had heard that as soon as the children start coming we would get too busy with raising them so this was our time to be just by ourselves so we were not even trying for children at this time but by the third year The Whispers began you know how it is family friends even colleagues started asking the same question when will we hear the Cry of a baby in your house some people meant well but after a while it just became annoying and then it became unbearable every phone call from my mother-in-law started with any news and every visit from ad sisters ended with them sign dramatically about how we were getting older and needed to start having children ah I won't lie I hated it I hated the looks of pity and the way everyone assumed it was my fault as if ad wasn't part of this too but in Nigeria you know how it is the woman always carries the blame by year five the pressure was too much it was truly unbearable my mother-in-law even suggested that ad should take a second wife I remember sitting in her living room that day listening to her and thinking is this really happening ad didn't say anything he just sat there silent while I tried to hold back my tears that night we fought for hours I did not understand why he would not stand up to his mother but then again what did I expect him to do he was so silent that I did not even know what he was thinking the truth is we were both tired we had tried everything doctors fertility treatments prayers fasting name it but nothing worked I didn't know how much more I could bear me that was very cheerful had become a sad mess carrying a long face all over the place my appetite was nonexistent so I was losing weight and the one scaring husband I married was now spending more and more time in the office I hardly saw him I would cry to God for hours until I had no more words I did not wish this on even my worst enemy this sadness and burden was just too much one day after yet another argument with ADI about trying IVF again after three failed painful attempts a friend of ours told us about this doctor she had heard of Dr FY she claimed he was different she said he had helped many people who were told by every doctor that they could never have children H ad and I were skeptical but we were also very desperate so we agreed to meet with Dr Fey the day we went to his Hospital I remember feeling uneasy it wasn't the type of place we expected the clinic was located in a rundown building on the outskirts of the city not exactly a place you'd expect the so-called Miracle Worker to practice the sign out outside read FY fertility specialist simple and unimpressive when we entered the waiting room it was deeply lit with old cheers and walls that hadn't seen a fresh P coat of paint in years there were other couples there but everyone kept to themselves no one made eye contact I felt an ay silence hanging over the place as if people were afraid to speak a n event called us in to see Dr Fey he was a middle-aged man with a kind face wearing an old lap cut he greeted us warmly though I noticed that his eyes seemed too sharp too observant like he was reading us before we even spoke sit down please he said motioning to the tears in front of his desk I've heard a bit about your case and I want to assure you there's nothing to worry about you will have a child it sounded so simple too simple in fact ad and I exchange glances we've tried everything doctor I said my voice shaking slightly we don't want false hope H Dr Fe smiled leaning forward I understand and you're not the first to feel that way but what I offer here is different this is not about traditional medicine this is about following ancient methods that have been hidden from modern science methods that work something about the way he said hidden sent a chill down my spine but are they ever the rational one asked what exactly does this method involve the doctor leaned back in his chair folding his hands on his desk it's simple Zuri he looked directly at me you will stay here in my clinic for 2 months during that time you will undergo a special treatment which includes eating certain substances and following a strict regimen ad you will also have to perform a task but don't worry it's nothing dangerous just a way to ensure that your energies align with the process I blinked stay here eat what the questions stumbled out of my mouth before I could stop myself Dr FY nodded as if he had heard it all before yes you will need to eat a specific dish every day it's a mixture of rare herbs and animal parts that work to prepare your body for conception it's very powerful but I must warn you it might not taste Pleasant I stared at him my mind racing ad was silent beside me his Bros fled in deep thought everything the doctor was saying sounded absurd ancient methods eating strange things staying in the clinic for 2 months we were educated people and yet here we were seriously considering this madness I I don't understand I stammered how is this supposed to work what exactly would I be eating Dr fe's eyes darkened slightly his smile fading the details are not important zri what's important is that you trust the process this method has worked for countless others people who had given up hope if you want a child this is what you need to do I should have walked out right then I should have grabbed a hands and left that clinic never to return but instead I sat there nodding slowly feeling the weight of the years of pressure on my Shoulders ad finally spoke what about me what do I need to do the doctor turned to him his expression serious you will need to visit a secluded place a certain Hill just outside the city there you will offer a sacrifice an animal you must do this alone and you must not speak to anyone about it once you've done this the path will be clear for your child to come a sacrifice a heal it sounded like something out of an old Nollywood no movie something that should not should have been laughed off but ad didn't laugh neither did I we were too far gone too desperate to think straight we left the clinic that day in silence both of us lost in our thoughts when we got home I sat on the couch staring at the floor trying to make sense of it all are we really going to do this I finally asked ad sat beside me his face drawn his eyes full of doubt I don't know Zuri I don't know but what if he's right what if this is our last chance I wanted to scream to tell him that this was Madness that no educated person should be doing things like this but I couldn't because a part of me was starting to believe that maybe just maybe this was the only way the next week I packed a small bag and moved into the doctor's clinic the place where I would be staying was even more rundown than the waiting room the bed was small and uncomfortable and the walls were thin enough that I could hear the distant sounds of traffic outside every day the N brought me a bowl of thick dark soup the smell alone made me gag but I forced myself to eat it I didn't ask what was in it I didn't want to know ad meanwhile went to the hill the doctor had mentioned he wouldn't talk about it afterward and I didn't ask but the tension between us grew thicker every day the they stun in two weeks every day I ate the disgusting soup every night I lay in that cold heart bed praying that this would all be watered The Other Women in the clinic kept to themselves and I followed their lead there was a strange silence in that place like an unspoken rule that no one asked questions no one talked about what we were really doing Dr Fey came back to check on me occasionally always with that same eery smile it's working he would say your body's responding well but there was nothing to prove it no tests no scans just his word one night I remember lying awake staring at the cracked ceiling wondering what I had gotten myself into how had I a modern woman with a degree and a career ended up here eating God knows what staying in a Shabby Clinic following the advice of a man I barely knew but every time this doubts crept in I thought about the pressure The Whispers The TS from my mother-in-law the looks of pity the thought of living the rest of my life childless and I would Brave myself and go on for another day ad visited me once a week each time I saw the tool it was taking on him he looked more and more tired as if the weight of what we were doing was crushing him he still wouldn't talk about what he did at the hill about what the doctor had asked him to do I didn't push we were both barely holding it together it was around the sixth week when things started to change one night I woke up in a cold sweat my body felt strange heavy uncomfortable I rushed the bathroom for the first time in months I threw up everything in my stomach at first I thought it was just a reaction to the horrible soup but then the nausea wouldn't stop morning after morning I woke up feeling sick my stomach turning at the slightest smell of food I should have been worried but instead a tiny flicker of Hope spared inside me could this be it could I be finally pregnant I told Dr Fey about the symptoms and for the first time since I had arrived his face lit up with genuine excitement yes Zuri this is the sign we've been waiting for the process is almost complete just a little longer it felt too good to be true but I let myself believe it then one evening I overheard something I wasn't supposed to I had just finished another meal of that foul soup and was walking back to my room when I heard voices coming from the doctor's office it was Dr Fey and one of the nurses I froze standing just outside the door straining to listen what are you going to do about her the nurse asked her voice low but urgent nothing Dr F replied she doesn't need to know by the time she realizes what's happening it will be all too late my heart stopped what were they talking about I pressed myself against the wall my hands trembling the conversation continued but the words were muffled I only caught bits and pieces something about a payment something about a promise but it was enough enough to know that something was terribly wrong I ran back to my room my mind raising what had I done what had I gotten myself into the next morning I confronted Dr Fey I couldn't take it anymore what are you really doing here I demanded standing in front of his desk my voice shaking What's in the soup what are these rituals tell me the truth he didn't even Flinch he just looked at me without same cold calculating gaze Zuri calm down you are under a lot of stress everything I've done is to help you to give you what you want help me you are lying to me I know something is not right I heard you talking last night what are you hiding he stood up slowly walking around the desk until he was standing directly in front of me you want to know the truth fine here's the truth the soup you've been eating the rituals you've been following they are not what you think they are they are not just herbs and animal parts they are ingredient to bind something stronger I felt my stomach twist in horror bind what what are you saying a spirit he said calmly as if you were talking about the weather an ancient Spirit one that can give you a child but it comes at a cost a cost that you've already agreed to I stumbled back my hands flying to my mouth what a spirit what do you mean what cost you will have your child Zuri but that child won't be yours it will belong to the spirit and in exchange for this child you and AD you will still have to give something of equal value I felt like I couldn't breathe I couldn't think it was all too much a spirit a deal what had we agreed through what had we done I ran out of the office my heart pounding in my chest I had to get out of there I had to find a day we needed to leave to stop this madness before it went any further but as I raced through the clinic I realized something terrible there was no way out the doors were locked the windows were bad we were trapped I don't remember how long I sat there huded in a corner of the hallway subbing the realization hit me like a punch to the gut we had so our souls our future for a child we might never even get to keep and they God that day he had no idea he still thought he were just following some strange but harmless ritual he didn't know the truth when ad day arrived that evening I told him everything he didn't believe me at how could he it sounded insane but when I told him what I had overheard when I described the doctor's words I saw the color drain from his face we need to leave I whispered now but it was too late the doors were still locked the staff the doctor they were all in on it we were prisoners in that clinic Pawns in some Twisted game we didn't even understand that night we tried to escape but as we crept through the dark empty Halls we were caught by the doctor and his staff there was no fight no struggle they simply dragged us back to our rooms as if they have done this a thousand times before the next morning Dr Fey came to see us one last time it is almost time he said quietly the process is almost complete soon you will have your own child but I didn't want that child child anymore not like this not with the price I think we would have to pay I never did find out exactly what they did to me in that clinic all I know is that a few weeks later I discovered I was pregnant but instead of Joy all I felt was fear dread for what was coming for the child I will bring into the world we never went back to the clinic but the pregnancy was uneventful and after 8 months I gave birth when our baby arrived the world around us seemed to pause for the first few weeks all I could see was this tiny perfect child he had the smoothest skin the softest hair and eyes so dark they almost looked black and when I looked into his eyes I saw something else something dark something that didn't belong to us ad and I named him AI meaning the king loves me because we thought that after everything we had been through we had finally won the greatest battle of Our Lives we were parents after I gave birth we cut off all contact with everyone we knew but the shadow of what we had done followed us everywhere I was scared of the baby he was normal on the surfice but I could not get the words of Dr Fey out of my mind I observed that for one Obi never cried not once from the moment he was born he was silent almost too silent you would expect a baby to wh and scream but not about Fe he just stared at us with those black piercing eyes as if he already knew more than a newborn should I tried to talk to ad about it but he brushed it off saying it was a blessing he's just a good baby ad they said we should be grateful and maybe he was right maybe he was just first time mother nerves so I let it go but as aafi grew so did my own ease by the time OB was a tobler the tension between AD and me had become unbearable our once loving home had turned into a house of Whispers and distance we barely talked anymore except to discuss the child I threw himself into work staying out later and later every night avoiding the unspoken Fair we both shared and I well I stayed home with AI watching him studying him trying to understand why my own child filled me with such fear there were moments when I would catch a staring at me and it wasn't like how a normal child looks at their mother his gaze was too intense too KN him he never played with toys like other children no he preferred to sit in silence his little fingers tracing strange patterns on the floor I would walk into a room and he would already be there standing perfectly still waiting How could a three-year-old behave like this where was the laughter the giggles The Joy the worst part was that Opa had an uncanny ability to predict things he will tell me something was going to happen and then it would almost exactly as he said one time I Was preparing dinner and he quietly whispered the pot is going to fall before I could even react the pot slipped from my hands and crashed to the ground I stood there shaking looking at him but he didn't Flinch he just smiled that same Eerie smile he always had I remember once it was at's cousin's wedding a big family event we had been looking forward to for months the type of gathering where everyone comes together aunties uncles friends and family friends you know how it is in Nigeria weddings are like reunions I remember that day so clearly because it was one of the first times we took our son to a big family function I was excited but nervous too I kept thinking this is our chance to show everyone our son that our prayers have finally been answered as the ceremony started everything seemed fine at first our son was quiet sitting by my side but there was something off about the way he was looking around it wasn't the usual childlike curiosity it was unsettling his eyes had this intense almost predatory glare he was scanning the room like he was searching for something then came the reception the music was blasting people were dancing and the smell of jolof rice filled the air and that was when it happened in the middle of all the dancing my son stood up he was just a toddler barely walking properly but he walked with this strange confidence like he knew exactly what he was doing he made his way to the center of the hall where the bride and groom were dancing and he just stood there staring at them everyone thought he was cute at first but then he started laughing not the innocent laughter of a child but something deeper darker like he was mocking them I will never forget the way his voice echoed through that Hall it sent shivers down my spine the laughter was so out of place it silenced the whole room people stopped dancing the music even seemed to fade and then without warning my son launched at the bride he grabbed her veil and yanked it off her head pulling her down in the process the bride screamed stumbling to catch herself and the groom rushed to help her up there was chaos people rushed to the scene trying to separate him from the bride but he was holding on to her veil so tightly it took two men to pry his tiny tiny hands off I was frozen I didn't know what to do my husband ran to grab him but when he picked our son up the boy started biting his arm drawing blood the way he looked at us like we were nothing to him it wasn't the look of a child it was the look of something far more Sinister The Whispers started that day people said the child was strange that there was something not right about him the bride was terrified and the rest of the family stayed away from us for the rest of the event it was the beginning of the isolation after that incident my husband's mother insisted on taking care of her son for a few weeks she said maybe it was because we were too modern that our parenting was soft and that we needed to he needed to be around his roots so we reluctantly agreed hoping that maybe our traditional ways would calm him down at first she was proud she posted to everyone that she was taking care of her grandson the one everyone was whispering about he just a boy she would say boys are tough they need discipline not this soft approach I could feel her resentment towards me but I didn't argue I hoped she was right but after just one week everything changed my mother-in-law's confidence quickly faded she stopped taking him out to the market like she used to and she would call us late at night saying this boy is strange she never went into detail though that is until one evening when she refused to take care of him anymore she came to our house sweating and frantic holding my son's hand as though she was afraid to let go come and take this boy I cannot do it anymore she said her voice trembling I asked her what had happened and at first she refused to say she just kept Ming this boy is not ordinary he's not normal after pressing her she finally told us the story one afternoon she had left him in the sitting room while she went to the kitchen to prepare dinner she was chopping vegetables when she heard a loud bang like something had fallen she ran out only to find him standing in front of the mirror in the living room staring at his own reflection but it wasn't just the reflection that scared her she swore that in the mirror the boy wasn't alone she said she saw a Shadow another figure standing right behind him even though there was no one else in the room when she blinked it was gone she tried to brush it off her mind as that her mind was playing tricks on her but then something worse happened later that evening she tried to feed him his dinner but he refused to eat instead he just sat there smiling she said she didn't notice it at first but when she looked closely the food she had just placed in front of him had disappeared not a single grain of rice was left in the plate and she hadn't even seen him eat terrified she asked him did you eat it and he just smiled that same Eerie smile he had at the wedding then out of nowhere he said I don't need food from this house a child barely speaking full sentences said something like that H it was a impossible that was the final stug for her she didn't sleep that night and by morning she refused to keep him anymore my mother-in-law the woman who had pressured me for years to have a child now couldn't stand to be in the same room with her own grandson from then on even family members stopped visiting us people said they couldn't explain it but that there was something wrong with her son he didn't behave like other children he would stay for long long periods of time and nothing he would laugh when there was no joke and people swore they heard him talking to someone even when he was alone and I his mother was left wondering what had we done to bring this child into the world the more these strange occurrences happened the more isolated we became finally that had once prayed for us to have a child now avoided us like the plague my mother-in-law we used to call every day asking for grandchildren stopped picking my calls are they sisters who once came to our house on unannounced full of excitement now stayed away there were no more visits no more celebrations just silence everyone acted as though we had done something unspeakable and maybe we had when started school things only got worse we tried to give him a normal life hoping that being around other children might make him more normal but it didn't work he didn't make friends in fact the other children were terrified of him the teachers called us multiple times complaining that Oba was too quiet that he refused to participate in activities and that the other kids would burst into tears whenever he came near them we tried different schools different environments but it was always the same him AA would sit by himself his dark eyes following the other children but never engaging there was one incident I would never forget it was his seventh birthday and we decided to host a small party trying to create some semblance of normaly only a handful of kids showed up most parents made excuses and didn't bring their children but halfway through the party one of the boys started screaming uncontrollably he ATA crying about how aafi had made the likes to come on and off no one else had seen it but the boy was inconsolable his parents wxed him away fast and that was the last time anyone ever attended anything we hosted at night I would hear AA whispering to himself in his room but when I would ask him who he was talking to he would just shrug and say the man what man I wonder there was no man in our house but I never had the courage to press further the distance between AD and Me grew even wider we were barely living together more like two strangers occupying the same space we both knew what was happening but neither of us wanted to say it it was too terrifying Too Real by the time AA was a teenager he had grown tall mean and striking but that same uning presence clung to him like a shadow he barely spoke to us and when he did it was always in a cold detached way he never laughed never smiled at least not like a normal person his smile was always that strange Eerie knowing grein one night I woke up to find AA standing in our bedroom doorway just watching not sleep my heart nearly stopped me what are you doing I asked my voice trembling he didn't answer he just stared at me those black eyes piercing through the darkness then without a word he turned and walked away H ad and I barely slept we couldn't the weight of what we had done the realization of what our desperation had brought into this world was too much to bear ad they started staying out late sometimes not coming home at all when he was home he avoided oathy at all costs I often caught him staring at our son Fear And Regret etched across his face I knew he was thinking the same thing I was what had we brought into this world oba's Behavior became even more disturbing strange things started happening around the house objects would move on their own light would Flicker and sometimes we would hear footsteps even when no one was there I couldn't shake the feeling that we were being watched not just byi but by something else something darker the final st came when ad and I returned home one night to find the family dog dead in the backyard its body was untouched no sign of violence or attack but its eyes its eyes were wide open filled with Terror I knew deep down that obam had something to do with it but how could I prove it how could I even begin to explain what was happening and you know the worst part people have started disappearing in our neighborhood a young girl here a boy there I have never seen anything but my mind tells me that our son is responsible for all these disappearances but how can I prove it who do I tell and how do I know if we wouldn't be next how we had sold our souls for a child and now we were paying the price the thing that lived in our house the boy who was once our son was not what we had hoped for the spirit that had given us this child was now demanding it due of course we had no friends no family my mother-in-law who had once been so desperate for a grandchild now wanted nothing to do with us she couldn't even come near the house there's something wrong with that boy she whispered to me her voice trembling with fear I don't know what you did but that is not a normal child every day I was haunted by the thought of what we had done the desperation that had driven us to that clinic to that doctor had destroyed our lives we had been so blind so desperate that we couldn't see the truth staring Us in the face and now it was just too late but no even though we thought it was too late somehow God's mercy finds us it found us somehow I don't even know how it was many years later when Obi was older that I began to pray today I wonder why I didn't start earlier maybe it was just the guilt or I felt that God will not hear me I don't know but one day I prayed at first it was out of fear but deep down in me I knew we had to do something my husband and I had been so isolated cut up for everyone that it felt like we were living with a stranger in our own home it was as still a dark cloud hovered over our family and no matter what we did it wouldn't go away one night I couldn't take it anymore I fell to my my knees in our bedroom and I began to pray frantically I prayed for Mercy I prayed for forgiveness I prayed for a way out of the mess that we had created I prayed for God to save us to save me my husband those skeptical eventually joined in we had no other choice we knew we had to do something we knew we had to do something fast we had done something terrible something that went against everything we believed and now we're suffering the consequences but something strange happened every time we prayed the house would come Alik with strange noises like Whispers coming from the walls soft tapping That Grew louder and louder until it became unbearable and then our son would appear stop it mom he would say in that cold chilling voice of his his you are making it uncomfortable for me the first time he said it I froze how did he even know we were praying he hadn't been anywhere near the room it was as if he could feel it every time he prayed he would become more agitated more Restless he stopped eating with us stopped talking to us completely except for warning us when we prayed this house doesn't like your prayers he would say I don't like them either it was in those moments that I realized huh this really was no ordinary child he had come into this world through unnatural means and now he was warning us not to call on God as if the very presence of Holiness Disturbed him but I didn't care I couldn't stop the more uncomfortable he became the more I prayed and the more I prayed the more noises intensified there were nights I was convinced that something or someone was moving in the shadows of our house watching us wanting us to stop and then one day out of the Blues the doctor appeared at our door yes doctor Fey it had been nearly 16 years since we had seen him but when I opened the door there he was unchanged not a single wrinkle not a single gray hair he looked exactly the same as the day we met him I've come to collect he said his voice cold his eyes shifting toward son who was standing in the hallway watching us with an unusual cam I didn't understand at first Colette what did he mean the doctor stepped into the house Uninvited his gaze fixed on our son the deal was made you wanted a child I gave you one but you knew there would be a price I shook my head in disbelief but my husband my husband just stood there silent maybe he he had already figured it out maybe he knew all along that this day would come before I could say anything our son stepped forward his face emotionless I'm ready he said no I screamed you can't take him he's our son but the doctor smiled a wicked smile that sent chills down my spine is he was he ever truly yours my son or the child I thought was my son turned to me one last time there was no emotion in his eyes No Love No recognition and with that he walked out of the door with the doctor we were left in Silence the house which had once been filled with unsettling noises was now very quiet it was as if the darkness that had surrounded us for so long had finally lifted my husband and I sat in the living room unable to speak still trying to process what had just happened days passed and we slowly began to pick up the pieces of Our Lives the nightmares stopped the strange occurrences ceased for the first time in years I felt a sense of Peace but there was still an emptiness inside me we had lost our son or whatever he had been I was now childless again hm I was childless but somehow deep in me I had this peace I knew God had forgiven us I was satisfied at this point to be without a child I had accepted my fate but then something unexpected happened you won't believe it a month later I started feeling sick at first I thought it was the stress but then I realized I was late at first I ignored it but but when the feeling of sickness continued I finally went to the clinic they did a test and when the result came out positive I couldn't believe it 25 years of marriage 25 years of waiting praying and hoping and now after all this time I was pregnant with a child of my own a real child a blessing I broke down in tears over by the mercy that had been shown to us God had heard our prayers he had taken away the evil we had brought into this world and replaced it with something pure this time it was different this child was a miracle a true gift from God as I sit here telling you this story I'm holding my newborn daughter in my arms she's everything we ever hoped for and more and though the pain of what we went through will always be with us I know that we've been given a second chance if there's one thing I've learned from this experience it is that patience and faith will always win over desperation no matter how much pressure you face no matter how much pain you endure never take matters into your own hands in a way that goes against your conscience the consequences are never worth it I'm telling you this not to scare you but to warn you I'm telling you this because I want you to understand what desperation can do to you how it can make you blind to the truth blind to reason it can make you do things you never thought possible it can lead you down a path you can't come back from if you're struggling if you desperate for a child I beg you don't do what we did don't let that desperation drive you into the arms of people like Dr Fey because some deals once made can never be unmade and once you bring something into this world you may never be able to send it back I know that not having a child for years is very tough and very painful but learn from my story learn these lessons number one desperation can lead you astray when ad ad and I were so desperate for a child we didn't think clearly no matter how strong your desire never let it push you into making choices you might regret forever two always seek genuine help we went to a so-called specialist who promised us the world but all we got was a nightmare if you are in need seek out real trustworthy help don't be SAR by promises that sound too good to be true there are people out there who generally want to help but you have to find them and not just settle for any quick value your family and friends our relationships with family and friends were ruined because of the chances that we made and then understand that some deals are irreversible the most painful lesson of all is that some decisions cannot be undone once you make a path to desperation there might be no turning back you might find yourself living with the consequences for the rest of your life be cautious think carefully before making choices that can all your path forever I hope this lessons reach someone before it's too late the journey we went through was a dark one and sharing if sharing our story can prevent even one person from falling into the same trap then maybe just maybe there will be some light in this Darkness thank you so much for watching I invite you to like the video and please share with someone you know who may need to watch it as well stay well until we see in the next story God bless you