Polygamous Pastor

Pastor Derrick is happily married to Barr. Gabrielle and he is the Senior Pastor of a Church at the city center. His wife was unable to conceive after 5 years of marriage.
A particular Saturday Evening, he was on air delivering a live telecast of his weekly Sermon when Rita, General Fabian's maid got a glimpse of Pastor Derrick and collapsed.
Rita surfaced at Pastor's Derrick Church the following day on a Sunday service astonished by her presence, Pastor Derrick stopped his sermon and stuttered uncontrollably until his Assistant took him away from the podium.

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Rita was Pastor Derrick's first wife who was kidnapped on her wedding night, killed and buried
Could it be her ghost? Pastor Derrick said to his Assistant Pastor Joshua.
Do you believe in ghost or reincarnation he further asked in amazement.
Derrick and Joshua went to inspect the new Church building at the out sketch of the city when a call came to Derrick's mobile it was Rita's Dad. He wanted to see him urgently...

Perplexed by the turn out in event, he travelled with Joshua to his in-law's place and was warmly welcomed by Rita's Dad.
He got more shocked when he saw his first wife, Rita there and hugged her amidst tears.

Rita's "reincarnation " wasn't what actually happened as she was never dead rather, she was kidnapped on her wedding night while Derrick was away with his best Man at their hotel room.
The Kidnappers had earlier stole some money from a Politician lodging at the same hotel with the newly wedded couple and placed the Politician with both arms and legs tied at the boot of their car.

Rita was taken to an uncompleted building and was threatened to kill the Politician but she couldn't. A member of the gang pulled the trigger and shot him.
A lady was passing by to fetch some water at a water tank around the premises of the uncompleted building where the kidnappers held Rita hostage.
The Lady was shot and her dress was replaced with Rita's wedding gown.
Rita luckily escaped and got hit by an incoming vehicle from General Fabian. Who later took her to a Hospital, treated her and made her his maid.

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Weeks later, the dead lady in Rita's wedding gown decomposed and her body was found by the Police who put a call across to Derrick. Rita's family and Derrick organized a burial for the lady who was presumed to be Rita.

Derrick on seeing his wife, Rita at her Father's place, asked for permission to travel with his wife to his base and offered her a better life.
Barr. Gabrielle, Derrick's wife was upset about the turn of event and the sudden reappearance of Rita who had been presumed Dead and even buried.
Derrick was faced with a dilemma on keeping two wives not just as a Christian but as a Pastor too...
Church elders met with him and advised him to choose just one between both Women.

Pastor Derrick claimed to exhibit equal love between both women and said he couldn't choose between them.
A month later, he resigned from his work as a Pastor on announcement during one of his Sermons.
He had an affair with Rita and got her pregnant.

To be Continued....

This is a fictional story. Any similarity in the characters or the story with anyone alive or dead is purely coincidental and I sincerely apologize to such occurrence.