My step-sister has practically disappeared from our family since she married a pastor.
She is a very beautiful lady. Shortly after the marriage, her husband began restricting what she could wear and do. No trousers. No hair attachments or wigs. No makeup. No painted nails. No earrings. He also stopped her from using social media.
At first I thought it was only Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. But WhatsApp too? She even left our family WhatsApp group.
Gradually she stopped visiting home. She stopped communicating with her siblings and her mum and our father. She eventually blocked her mother. Even when we had burials in the family, she would not show up, despite living very close.
Her brothers tried to get her out of that marriage. She insisted she loved her husband. The last time they attempted to take her away, her husband called the police on them. Eventually they gave up.
Then her mother became seriously ill. She was sick for months. This girl never showed up. She did not visit, call, or check on her. Her mother died. She did not attend the burial or send anyone to represent her.
Yesterday was her birthday. I decided to call and wish her well. She had blocked my main number, so I used my house phone. She picked up. Immediately I mentioned my name, she wanted to end the call. I begged her to hear me out.
I wished her a happy birthday. She said she does not celebrate birthdays because they are demonic.
I asked if she still communicated with her brothers. She said she had no brothers. She came into this world alone and would leave alone.
Then I asked if she knew her mother had died. She said yes. According to her, her husband had told her through a vision that her mother was a witch, and that was why she could not visit her. Now that her mother was dead, she said she could come home whenever she wanted.
I was speechless.