PERFECT WOMAN
EPISODE 1
Meeting Israel was the best thing that happened to my life, I have never known anyone so gentle and perfect. Every woman prays for a Godfearing, gentle and calm man, that was also my prayer and God gave me the best of all. Infact, God added other qualities in him like nice, loving, caring, everything good is what you can use to describe Israel.
I remember the first day we met. It was on a Sunday. I had just finished my youth service and I c@m£ home after one year. Isreal was not a member of the church before I travelled and so when the choir was called and he stood up I was surprised to saw a new face.
I am a member of the choir, but not very active because according to them I have a manly voice and whenever I sing they end up laughing and so I just sit and sing at the back of the choir. But my man voice made me well known in the choir.
It was Israel and sister Marvis that took the solo that day. As they sang, I felt like I was in heaven, the whole church was carried away by the holyspirit as there was speaking of ton-gues all over the church.
At the end of the service, pastor George welcomed me back from service and many of the members c@m£ to congratulate me and shake my hands. The choir members also c@m£ one after the other to shake hands with me. Isaiah also c@m£ with them.
Isaiah: congratulations ma, and welcome back from service.
Me: Thank you so much. It was a good song you did with sister Marvis and your voice was also very wonderful.
Isaiah: (bowing down to show appreciation) Thank you so much ma’am. I also heard you are a member of the choir.
Me: yes I am
Isaiah: That’s good. It means we will be seeing you on Wednesday during rehearsals.
Me: By the grace of God.
Just then sister Marvis rushed unto us and held unto Isaiah as if he was her husband.
Marvis: Here you are, I’ve been looking around for you. (Then she turned and looked at me) I can see you have met sister Daniella.
Isaiah: (to me) so that is your name. Daniella!
Me: yes! that’s me.
Isaiah: Lovely name you’ve got. I am Isaiah (he stretched his hand for a hand shake,/but sister Marvis was quic-k to dis£ngage them and separate our hands.)
Marvis: That’s OK, Daniella welcome back. Isaiah let’s go.
Isaiah: Go where? Are we going same direction?
The look on Marvis’s face showed anger, I was quic-k to un-derstand so I quic-kly stepped forward.
Me: Its okay. You can go, I am going anyway.
Isaiah: its alright, hope I’d be seeing you during rehearsals
Me: Hopefully sir (I said smiling), bye Marvis
Marvis: Bye Dani.
After I left I saw Marvis talking with Isaiah. I could tell she was scolding him for embarras-sing her like that in front of me. But I didnt care, I just smiled and walked away. There was a lot of things on my mind and that was where my focus was.
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During the next rehearsal, I was opportuned to solo a song. Most of the choir members laughed at my voice and called me a man, but I cared less because I was used to it, but brother Isaiah thought otherwise, he told me he liked my voice and would want me to do a song with him on one of the albu-ms he was planning to re-lease. I agreed and so after rehearsal we started working on the song.
We finished quiet late, all this while, sister Marvis was patiently waiting for Isaiah. Even though he repeatedly told her to go but she insisted on staying back. At the end of the practice, they went home together and I went my own way. When I got home I was quiet exhausted. I hurriedly had a quic-k bath and meal and fell on my be-d to sleep.
Just as I was dozing off, I heard my phone ringing. I lazily picked the call wondering who was calling at such an odd time.
Me: Hello
Caller: sister Dani, are you alre-ady slee-ping?
Me: yes! plea-se who is this?
Caller: so you don’t have my number?
Me: am sorry but I don’t. plea-se who am I talking with.
Caller:its me Marvis.
Me: oh! Sister Marvis, what is it?/how come you are calling at this time Is all well?
Marvis: All is well o sister Dani I just called so I could give you a friendly and a sisterly advice.
Me: okay! What is it then?
Marvis: Its really non of my business sha o, but I just felt I should let you know so that it won’t be like I knew and didnt warn you.
Me: Sister Marvis, what is it,? You’ve not say anything.
Marvis:Its nothing sha o, its just about brother Isaiah.
Me: what about brother Isaiah?
Marvis: nothing really, its just that I have seen how you two are getting close and I just felt I should let you know the reason he c@m£ to our church.
Me: And what can that be?
Marvis: we heard that bro Isaiah was slee-ping with his church girls, he even got two of them pregnant and denied them. I also heard that he even has a daughter who is three Years old. He denied her and the mother and when the truth about his escapades started coming out, he fled the town and c@m£ to our town and our church.
Me: so why are you telling me this?
Marvis: Nothing o, I just saw that the two of you are getting close and I dont want him to repeat what he did in his former church here that’s why I decided to tell you.
Me: Are the two of you not close?
Marvis: erm, we are close but I know he can’t do such ru-bbish with me and that is why I said I should tell you.
Me: so he can’t try such ru-bbish with you, but he can try it with me right?
Marvis: its not like that. I’m just telling you so that you will be aware in case he tries to tell you lies and decieve you.
Me: thank you sister Marvis, I have heard you.
Marvis: I hope you are not angry o, I just wanted to tell you as a friend and sister in the Lord.
Me: oh that’s so nice of you, my sister in the Lord. Thank you so much.
Marvis could s-en-se from my voice that I was irritated by her call and so she quic-kly ended the call. I took a second look at my phone before shaking my head and dropping it on the be-d beside me. I still found it funny that sister Marvis actually called me to tell me all of those ru-bbish. I just shook my head and la-id on my be-d. I didnt know when sleep carried me away.
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THE PERFECT WOMAN
EPISODE 2
As the months went by, Isaiah and I bec@m£ closer, expecially after we re-leased his second albu-m where he featured me. The song sold like wild fire. We started getting invites from one church to the other, we started going for music concerts.
I was also happy , because I was ma-king money from this. Since I graduated and finished my youth service there was no job coming forth. All the companies I had submitted my CV non has called me back and so going on this musical tour with Isaiah was actually a blessing for me.
Our travelling from one church to the other from one town to the other made us closer. We bec@m£ close that feelings started creeping in. Whenever those feelings c@m£ I was quic-k to knock them off because in as much as I was quic-k to push Marvis’s words away I never forgot them.
One evening after our ministration in one of the big churches at Abuja, we went back to our h0tel and as we ate and drank at the bar. Isaiah suddenly st©pped and held my hand.
Isaiah: Daniella, you’ve been a blessing to my life, since you joined my music I have experienced the kind of growth that I have never imagined. Who would have thought that I will minister in front of great men and women around Nigeria.
Me: Isaiah it’s not me but God at work. All glory to his name. And thank you for believing in me. Everyone always laughed whenever I sang because they said I have a male voice but you didnt laugh, you saw something I didn’t see and you worked with it and here we are. (I started laughing, but I looked at Isaiah and he wasn’t smiling)
Isaiah: Ella, you’ve been my Blessing, God has used you to change my life and my story, I do not want it to end, I do not want the blessing to seize.
Me: How do you mean? Gods blessing does not seize.
Isaiah: I know, but the truth is one day you will get married and then you won’t be able to travel with me as you are now. You are only able to do it because you are still single. No man will allow his wife travel with another man all the time in the name of singing or business.
Me: That’s true. But you have nothing to fear. Because God will give me a man who will un-derstand that I want to use my voice to glorify Him.
Isaiah: that’s possible but what if he doesn’t un-derstand
Me: (laughing), why is that even an issue right now. When we get to that bridge we will cross it. For now let’s focus on our music tomorrow and leave the future till it comes.
Isaiah: (even more serious) Ella, I do not want to wait till then, I do not want to have to face such trials. (he goes on his knees) Ella plea-se be mine. Marry me so that I won’t have to worry about anything, so that you will be with me forever. plea-se Ella!
I was shocked and surprised at the same time, I looked at Isaiah as if I didnt know who he was. Although I had strong feelings for him but I was not re-ady to just jump into his arms. Suddenly I felt anger build up in me. I quic-kly snatched my hand away from him.
Me: I see, you are asking me to marry you because of your selfish interest. So its true , all they said about you is true.
Isaiah: what are you talking about?
Me: you are asking me to marry you because you want me to always be available for you whenever you nee-d me to travel with, so that you can use me for your musical career’. What kind of a person are you?
Isaiah: no no no dont get me wrong, how can you say that?
Me: how can I not say that? You don’t want anyone st©pping me when you nee-d me and that is enough reason to marry me. Isn’t it Isaiah.
Isaiah: Why are you talking like this? Am sorry I brou-ght it out like that u just didnt know how else to express myself. Over the time I have fallen in love with you and that’s the reason I want to marry you nothing else.
I started cl@pping for him.
Me: cl@p for yourself. So this is it, this is the line you used on the four of them.
Isaiah: four of who?
Me: The four girls you sle-pt with, the two you got pregnant. The one you abandoned with your child. This is the line you used on them right?
Isaiah: (standing up). I beg your pardon. What in heavens name are you talking about.
Me: Brother Isaiah, plea-se, I do not want us to cause a scene here. Thanks for your proposal but am not interested plea-se. Let’s just be the way we are plea-se.
Isaiah: (feeling hurt) you would have simply said that instead of bringing up hurtful stories about me. Excuse me! (He turns and walks away)
Me: Brother Isaiah, brother Isaiah, (I tried to st©p him but he didnt look back. He just walked off. I could see he was really hurt by my statement. Then I began to wonder if what I did was wrong or right).
The next morning I waited for Isaiah to come so we can have our normal rehearsal before the program would start but I didnt see him, I waited for some time before I decided to call him. I called and called but he wouldn’t pick my call. Then I s£nt him a text.
”Brother Isaiah hi, where are you? plea-se pick my calls”
After the text was s£nt, for the next 15 minutes I waited but no reply so I s£nt another one. ”Ain’t we rehearsing today? What about the program ?” I waited for another 30minutes and still no reply. I bec@m£ angry and just went to my room.
All throu-gh the day I didnt hear from Isaiah. In the evening of that day, the program started. I had given up that we won’t be singing and so I just sat like other invitees in the congregation. And then suddenly the pastor announced our names and invited us to the alter. I put my head face ground because I didnt want anyone to know I am the one the pastor was inviting. And just then I saw a hand stretched towards me, I raised my head up and saw him with the sweetest smile ever.
Isaiah: Are you re-ady? Let’s go.
I stood and looked at him like an image, and then I followed him behind. And we did that song together.
”You are the love of my life”
”You mean more than this world to me”
”I won’t trade you for silver or gold”
”You are my everything”
We sang for God, and as we sang I watched him so closely, I saw the pas-sion he put into the song, I saw how de-eply he meant every word he sang. I saw he truly loved God and at that instant I fell in love with him. I decided I was wrong to just conclude on him without hearing from him.
And so after the ministration, and the entire program, he turned and walked away from me, but I wouldn’t let him go. I held his hands and st©pped him.
Me: Am sorry Isaiah, plea-se dont walk away from me.
Isaiah: its okay Daniella, you made your point yesterday that we are and can only be singing p@rtners. I un-derstand and respect your decision. I will not f0rç£ you to love me just as I do you. But I will have to keep my distance from you, so that I can teach my heart not to love you the way I do.
Me: plea-se st©p talking like that. I said I am sorry.
Isaiah: Dani trust me, it’s okay.
Me: And since when do you now refer to me as Dani. Only my friends call me that.
Isaiah : so what am I? Am I not your friend?
Me: Isaiah look, I am sorry, I was quic-k to judge you and I am sorry. There are things I heard about you, that I would have verified from you but I didnt I just believed them. And I am sorry.
Isaiah: what things did you hear?
Me: I heard that you are a chronic womaniser, and that you impregnated some girls, that you even have a child out of wedlock.
Isaiah bur-st out laughing and I just stood there watching him stupidly. I couldn’t l@ymy hands on what was funny.
Isaiah: I just want to ask you one question. At least you’ve known me for some time now. How many girls have you seen me with? And do I strike you as a womaniser?
At this point I felt stupid before him because he was telling the truth. Ap@rt from me and some of the choir sisters, Isaiah bearely spoke to ladies. And the few sisters he speaks to they even complain that he is a snob. I immediately un-derstood that everything I heard about him was a lie. But why would Marvis tell such a lie to me?
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What is your thoughts?
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