My Wife & I - S01 E14

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My Wife & I - S01 E14

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 14

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Daniel and Nora sat down

gently, both staring at each

other. Nora grabbed Daniel’s

hand and pulled him to the

basin to wash his stained

hands. “You shouldn’t have

beaten him, Daniel.”

Daniel chuckled. “Don’t you

have any adjective you can use

to qualify my noun?”

Nora squinted her face. She

didn’t understand what Daniel

was saying. She shrugged.

“What do you mean?”

“Must you call me Daniel?

We have several adjectives,

waiting to be used. For

example, why do we have

sweetheart, honey, love, baby,

mine, my life and many more.”

The two laughed. Nora felt

that day was one the happiest

day of her life so far. “Okay

honey, you shouldn’t have

beaten him!” She held him by

his shoulder.

Daniel smiled. “Now you are

talking.” He smiled turned into

a sudden grin. “If I didn’t beat

him, next time he sees you on

the way, he will still wait to say

hi, but now, he will run, even

his shadow will know there’s

a problem.”

Nora burst into laughter.

“Daniel… oh.. sweetheart!”

They both laughed again.

“Anyways, I have always

wondered and pondered on

something, baby.” Daniel

cleared his throat as he picked

up he hand towel and

mopped his hand.

“What, dear?”

“The reason why we both

kept each other in dark for so

long! Why?”

“I don’t know. You’re the

one I’m meant to ask because

you were the one annoyed

with me.” Nora replied.

“I wasn’t! Why would I? At

least, we made the same

mistake, I wouldn’t be angry

with you!”

“But why didn’t you talk to

me? And, if I cook, you won’t

eat part of it not to talk of all,

likewise.”

Daniel chortled. “Honestly, I

was always thinking thay you

were the one annoyed! Why

didn’t you talk to me too? I

always visited the food but

scared of eating, I always

thought you were angry and

the food wasn’t meant for

me.”

Nora smiled. “Okay, that’s

the first problem. The second

one, Daniel. Who was the lady

that picked my call that day?”

Daniel laughed. His laughter

was prolonged for seconds

before he brought himself

back to normal. “I was.. I was

just flexing that day.” He

laughed again.

“Flexing? You really went to

meet her?”

“I’m just joking. Wasn’t it

that foolish and I repeat,

foolish Martins that called me,

telling me he has a crush on a

lady, he had talked to the lady

but she didn’t give in. So, he

begged me to follow him,

maybe if the lady could see a

good person with him, she

would change her mind.”

“So?”

Daniel chuckled. “Everything

turned upside down. The lady

started falling for me. When

you called, I was surprised to

see your mobile number, so, I

was afraid to pick. The second

time you called, she snatched

the phone and ran away to

pick up the call.”

“Hmmn… Really?” She

dimmed her eyes.

Daniel smiled. “Sure.”

“Okay, that’s all.”

“That’s all? I thought you

would ask me one last

question, or maybe I’m the

one to ask the question.”

“What?” Nora enquired.

“That yesterday night, how

did you make your way beside

me? Didn’t you know you slept

with a guy?”

Nora laughed. “I don’t know

I got there too. By the way, is

the guy not my husband?”

Daniel blushed. “Okay, I

understand.” He chuckled.

“Let me go and prepare

dinner, you must be hungry.”

Nora said.

“No.. no.” Daniel hed her

back. “You can’t be cooking

alone, love. Why are we two?

By the way, I’ve got something

we gonna eat before that idiot

tried to spoil the day.”

Nora chuckled. “What is the

thing?”

“Let’s go.” He pulled her

hand as they went upstairs.

**

Gloria walked to the living

room with a tray of soft drink

and glass cup. She sat down

and glimpse at her sister that

was on seat. “How’s your

husband, sister?” She

enquired.

The lady smiled. “We are

doing well, dear. How’s Alex

too?” She asked.

“Urgh.. Aunty Tope..” Gloria

just called her name and kept

mum. “I know you are a

pastor and you will be able to

shed more light on this matter.

I have been thinking on

removing his engagement

ring, ma’am. I’m not ready to

marry him.” She replied as she

served Tope the drink.

Tope was her immediate

elder sister, married already

and still hoping for the fruit of

the womb. She was a pastor,

just like her husband also.

“Why would you do that? I

thought you have prayed and

you told me God confirmed

Alex for you?”

“Sister, I only said that then

because I was in haste to get

married. I didn’t know Jesus, I

wasn’t a perfect Christian then,

sister.” She said and paused

for a while. “As a christian that

I am now, I can’t enter into

that marriage and be

regretting it at the end.” She

replied.

“My sister, what exactly is

wrong?”

“Alex is not walking in God’s

way! He’s a sinner, my sister.

Though, I know I have no

right to call him a sinner, but

this, I’m sure he is.” She

replied. “I only told you God

confirmed Alex for me then, it

was because I thought I was

ageing and I needed to get

married soon, I was thinking

that no one would marry an

old cargo if I grew older than

that. I never knew I took the

wrong step.”

“My sister, choosing in life is

one of the most vital things in

the life of youths! The bible

told us in the book of Proverbs

chapter 16 verse 3, Commit thy

works unto the Lord, and thy

thoughts shall be established.

If you don’t give him to go-

ahead to work in your life,

how do you expect him to

work? You have to leave

everything to him to solve!”

“But, I even thought I really

heard God’s voice concering

Alex then, now I know it was

what I was thinking that

spoke to me. Now I know Alex

is not for me. He drinks, he

doesn’t go to church! He never

believed there’s God.”

“That kind of man is not for

you, Gloria. Marriage is like a

home that two people enters,

and immediately you enter, the

door will be shut and you

won’t be able to get out. It is

written in the Holy Bible that

divorcing is a sin, if you marry

him and later divorce, God

would ask you where you kept

you eyes when choosing him.

This is the best time to let go

of Alex.”

“Thank you, sister.”

“Nowadays, peope don’t

know what courtship means

again, dear. It is actually the

time the two lovers will rub

minds together, when you’ll be

able to tell your spouse-to-be

what you want and what you

don’t! If all that are not sorted

out and confirmed to be

sorted out, there’ll be a

problem in the marriage.

Marriage is essential because

any man you marry will be the

one you’ll be with forever.

Remember Proverbs 25:28, a

man without self control I like

a city broken into and left

without walls. If you marry a

man who’s not cultured, who’s

not in God, who has been

patching the relationship, the

marriage will collapse.”

Gloria heaved a sigh.

**

Daniel already stood by the

mirror, holding his neck tie as

he called on Nora. “Come and

do your job.” He smiled.

“You’re troublesome, Daniel.

Don’t tell me you can’t knot a

tie.”

“You’re the one I want, no

one else. Not even myself,

dear.” He grinned.

Nora collected the tie and

knoted it as he put it on

Daniel, standing so close to

him as she helped him to

dress up. Daniel was just

smiling, when last did he enjoy

that? “Are we good to go?”

“Sure.” Nora nodded.

They have eaten an were set

for their various places of

work immediately. “You don’t

have to pick your key, I’ll be

the one to drop you off at

work, I’ll come around to carry

you likewise.” He told her.

“You don’t need to stress

yourself, Daniel. I can do all

these.” She smiled.

“If you annoy me, I will carry

you from ths place to my car.”

He chuckled.

“Okay, let’s go.” She grinned.

Both rushed down the stairs

and hopped inside the vehicle.

It had been nice since they

made up.

Daniel pulled out of the

house and slotted an audio

compact disc into the CD

player, listening to shout to

the lord by Don Moen. The

journey continued until a car

started running after them,

Daniel never knew, he loved

the music so much that he had

engulfed himself in it. Shortly,

the car caught up with them.

Two hefty guys came down

from the vehicle. They really

knew what they doing

because it was a quiet arena

where no car passing that

minute. Daniel whined down

to question why he was

blocked, then he was shot by

the head. He collapsed

instantly.

The guys went on to Nora

and grabbed her. They threw

her into the vehicle and sped

off, leaving Daniel’s body in the

car.