Enchanted

Her best friend introduced her to her husband 
Her best friend was a very beautiful woman 
The type whose iconic beauty was grudgingly 
acknowledged by other ladies 
She didnt let the looks get into her head 
She was easily the most beautiful girl on campus 
when they were in school 
Naturally, men flocked to her best friend 
Beauty desires to be possessed by many for 
different reasons 
For some of the men just boasting that 
they were wooing her was a feather in their cap 
Her friend was cordial to all the men who 
showed interest in her 
She had a good eye for a good character too. 
They were on holidays when her best friend 
called her up and told her about a guy 
Her best friend said the guy was a great guy 
Her best friend said the guy asked her to introduce 
him to a good lady with whom he can build a life 
Would she be interested?  
She had nobody serious in her life 
She really didn't fancy the idea of dating one of her 
friend's admirers but she didn't want to seem snobbish 
Finding herself in a tight corner, she agreed to a date! 
He invited her to his school's departmental dinner 
at a golf course in Osun State 
He treated her very well 
Everything turned when the organizers started 
doling out awards 
He won everything 
Mr Brain! 
Most sought after 
Problem solver 
Egg head 
Paper tiger 
Mr Selfless 
He was also voted "Most likely to become a SAN first' 
by his colleagues 
Wow! 
She was swept off her feet 
His attitude and reaction to all the awards and 
accolades was equally a testament of the 
type of man he is and will become 
He was humble, willing to share the stage, 
grateful and even cried at a point! 
She forgot all about her reservation 
Her friend had offered her a gold mine  
She took it After that night, he took her out 
on two more dates before asking her formally 
to be his woman 
She accepted! 
He graduated that year and went off to law school 
She still had a year of schooling to do
 As predicted, he was destined for a golden future 
The stars lined up
They were married four years later, her best friend 
was in Florida with her own man at the time 
The wedding was glorious 
They had their first child within a year of 
getting married He started his chambers 
She also became a chartered accountant 
and landed a good job at a top firm 
Five years and two children later 
Her husband went to Florida for a conference 
It was a three weeks event 
They had video calls daily 
He was always mindful of his family 
Focused and dedicated 
He returned with gifts 
He told her he met her best friend 
Life has not been kind to her 
Her best friend had stayed abroad out of shame 
She had somehow gotten into drugs recreationally 
and gotten hooked on heroine 
She was a shadow of herself 
She was broken and battered 
She slept with all sorts of men just to have a 
decent meal and a roof over her head 
It was horrible  
She told her husband they had to help 
They did 
They sent some money and helped her get into rehabilitation 
They called her daily 
Helped her through the tough time 
She mended 
Her husband also made some calls and got 
her best friend a job 
Something to keep body and soul together 
Her husband went to Florida a year later 
The firm in California invited him again 
He took time out to see her friend 
He returned a changed man 
Suddenly he stopped paying attention to 
the things that used to matter 
He started traveling more frequently 
She didn't pay attention at first
One day he traveled to California and 
forgot to call She waited in vain for his usual
 "I have arrived safely message" 
She called his number It was switched off 
She assumed something had happened 
She called her best friend's number 
It was also switched off She called and called 
She called the firm that invited her husband 
She didnt mention that she was his wife 
She said she just wanted to know if he would 
be speaking at their event 
The receptionist put her through to another lawyer 
She was told he was not scheduled to speak at 
their event for that year 
She knew something was afoot! 
She called the family that her husband discussed 
with to get her best friend a job! 
They informed her that her best friend had resigned 
and gone off to Vegas to get married! 
It was as she suspected! 
She just knew something was off! 
She reached out to the brother in Jeans and T-shirt! 
My husband is getting married to my best friend
 in Las Vegas 
He had been acting strange but I paid it no attention 
The marriage was supposed to hold in three days 
I have made calls and gotten all the details 
Please! God should not let this happen 
They prayed! Perhaps it was the lack of sleep 
due to worry and detective duty over the last 
few days She dozed off! 
She saw her husband, wearing a feminine waist chain 
on his neck like a noose 
Walking, no, wandering and stumbling through a fog! 
She woke up drenched in cold sweat! 
She called the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt "
This is what I saw I believe he had been enchanted! 
I want him free today! Once the wedding is done, 
it becomes another matter!" 
They prayed again 
After the prayer, she picked her phone and 
called her best friend's mother and father!  
Her best friend was from a very respectable family, 
with a good name in the country and abroad! 
She told them she had pictures, embarrassing 
pictures of their daughter as a prostitute in 
Florida, pictures of their daughter on drugs, 
evidence of payment for rehabilitation 
If their daughter does not leave her husband alone, 
she would share it far and wide and drag their 
family name and legacy through the mud! 
By the time she was done, they wouldn't be 
able to walk about freely during the day! 
(She said it was the only play she believed she had!)  
Her husband called her later that evening 
He was as mad as a hatter! 
He just rambled and cursed and vented 
She kept her cool! 
The wedding didnt hold! 
Her friend somehow got a call from home and
 relapsed into drug use 
She overdosed and was returned to rehab! 
Her husband returned 
For a week he didnt talk to her He just kept to himself 
She gave him his space too 
She was hurt and felt heavily betrayed! 
Eventually, he came to ask her for forgiveness 
She invited the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt 
to their home the next day 
She just wanted him to pray for them 
Her husband kept saying "I didnt do this intentionally, 
please believe me! I know most men will say this 
but I am not lying! I don't know what happened!" 
The Brother in Jeans and T-shirt led him to Christ 
He got filled with the Holy Spirit 
His eyes became as clear as day! 
The spell that worked on him was the cheap type 
The ones peddled on the internet by demonic agents 
selling enchanted waist chains, powders, rings and 
so on to hopeless ladies aiming to enslave men 
rather than find love 
As intelligent as he was he had no resistance 
You need Jesus!