BELINA (Tender Beauty)....... - Season 1 - Episode 6

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BELINA (Tender Beauty)....... - Season 1 - Episode 6

Adewale arrived at Living Faith Bible Church & met d place open. He hadn’t been to church
for more than 2months so he was surprised when he saw some changes in d church.

He headed towards the altar looking like a prodigal son &when he got there, he knelt
down & all he could do was stare blankly.

He stared at d pulpit & remembered d times
d pastor had preached on Faith but it made no sense to him then.

He held onto d pulpit & tried to say something to God but nothing seemed to come out of
his mouth so he let his thoughts do d talking.

He la!d on d altar some minutes later & felt peace from within.

All his thoughts & worries seemed to have flown away & within minutes, he was asleep.

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Tunji la!d on his extra-large bed in similarly massive room thinking about what he had planned to do for d night.

His mind kept on telling him that it was not a good idea & that it was too risky but he ignored it.

He had seen Belina at his dad’s birthday party & had instantly fallen for her.

He had bragged & told everyone that she would
be his girl soon but he had tried all his possible best and hadn’t been able to get her to at least smile in his direction for the past one month.

His phone started ringing and he when he noticed that it was Belina’s father, he picked up immediately.

After talking for some minutes, he hung up and
really had a reason to smile.

He dialed Tolu’s number and he
picked almost immediately.

“There is going to be a change of plans, meet me here in thirty minutes”, he said and hung up immediately.

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As Tony and Richard made their way home, Richard was busy thinking about the damsel in
blue gown and therefore was very silent, Tony noticed this and joked about it but Richard said
he was just stressed up.

Richard got home and made a mental note to relax well in order to banish the reoccurring
thought and immediately he opened his wallet, a passport slipped out of his wallet and as
he picked it up, his nightmares returned.

He stared at the passport of Tonia which he took her to snap about a year ago and all he wanted to do was work until dawn so that he would not sleep and have nightmares.

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Mr. Badmus dropped the phone on the table and smiled.

‘Now things are going as planned’, he
thought. If she would not accept the easy way, she would accept the hard way.

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I walked into my ever silent street around 9pm in the night after the concert.

My ministration had gone so well that I had been thanking God all through.

I banished all thoughts of Kelvin as I made my way home cos I wouldn’t want him to spoil my day.

After the service, I received so many thanks from people around and the coordinators gave me an envelope which I hadn’t opened
yet including a bag which I guess contains beverages and other things.

I had just stepped out of the church when a girl of eighteen walked up to me and said,
“Miss Belina?”
I turned around, “yes?”
“Pls ma, i love your voice, your song and everything about you and I would like you to be my mentor, plsss?”

I laughed, “for starters, I am not ma, you can call me Belina,&why not, I would definitely be
glad to be ur mentor”, I said.

She was so happy that she jumped on me & apologized later & I laughed.

We later exchanged numbers &she promised to call me.

I was about entering my compound when I made a mental note to jot down everything that happened today in my diary, d day seemed to be a blessed day.

I entered my house & I was instantly grabbed from behind.

The last thing that came to my mind
b4 I passed out was, “I don die”

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“Brother Wale..”, pastor Adewuyi called.

Adewale opened his eyes slowly & the first thing that he saw was a ceiling fan.

I don’t have a ceiling fan in my house, he
thought.

“Brother Wale, are u ok?” d pastor asked looking worried.

Adewale turned to d speaker & noticed that it was Pastor Adewuyi & became more confused. Am I here for deliverance?

He wondered but when he sat up, he noticed that he was on d altar everything that happened including the reason why he was
there became clear to him.

He looked at d pastor & said, “Pastor, I am not ok, in fact, I am distressed”.

Pastor Adewuyi took Adewale to his office & Wale relayed d events of d past 2days to d pastor.

Pastor Adewuyi sighed & said to Wale, “u have to be strong for urself & for ur friend.

The devil puts fear in our hearts in order to make us doubt God.

You need to be close to God now more than ever cos surviving a coma can only happen with God”

Adewale sighed & nodded b4 he joined hands with d pastor & they prayed for more than 20mins.

Adewale left that place feeling confident that God would definitely do something spectacular.

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Prisca dialed Belina’s number d 9th time that night & still heard” the number had been switched off. She hissed as she threw d phone on d bed.