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EPISODE 5
As I la-id down to sleep, my phone rang. I didnt want to pick but the phone just won’t st©p and so I picked it and it was a strange number.
Me: Hello,
Caller: Hello dear, its me.
The first thing on my mind when I heard Isaiah’s voice was to scream at him and scold him and accuse him of all the things he’s been doing and the way he’s been treating me. But surprisingly I was calm.
Me: Isaiah, why? Why ”I asked amidst the h0t tears that fell from my eyes” why are you ma-king me shed tears on the eve of our wedding, Isaiah why?
Isaiah: Baby am so sorry, it was not my intention to do that and I dont even know or un-derstand why I did those things. Am so sorry I hurt you dear , plea-se forgive me.
Me: where are you? Is there going to be a wedding tomorrow?
Isaiah: Definitely honey, there is going to be a wedding. No matter what the devil has tried, there is going to be a wedding. Its you I love and its you I choose.
Me: I love you too dear, just come to me.
Isaiah: I am running to you baby. Just dont st©p praying for me.
Me. I won’t dear.
I ended the call and I was happy, I felt at peace. My Isaiah had not spoken to me like this in a long while. p@rt of me wanted to be glad that I made that threat of no wedding tomorrow. But another p@rt quic-kly reminded me that it was God in action. Then I knelt down and I gave him thanks. Tomorrow I will be married to the man I love.
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I was beautifully dressed in my wedding go-wn. I stepped into the car with my brides maid, I was happy that today is finally come. I wanted to hear my sugars voice before I get to church. And so I picked up my phone and called him.
Me: Hello sugar!
Isaiah: my love how are you?
Me: Am very fine, where are you?
Isaiah: Am alre-ady at the church waiting for my bride to come.
I giggled and laughed when I heard him say that.
Me: dont worry I will be there soon.
Isaiah: Daniella, I love you so much, I can’t wait for you to be my wife.
Me: I love you too sugar. Don’t worry, in few hours I will be yours forever.
Isaiah: enough of the calls and hurry here immediately I am waiting.
Me: yes sugar. On my way.
I ended the call and urged the driver to hurry. I was excited and glad that things had gone back to his it originally was.
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The church was filled up with so many friends and family members. Papa and Mama were at the alter smiling , I could tell that they were very happy for me. I marched forward in my beautiful white wedding go-wn. I saw as some of the choir members smiled, you could tell they were happy for me. Others were whispering from ear to ear, you could easily tell they were gossiping. But I literally cared less. Am getting married to someone I loved, that was all that matters. I marched forward and waited as Isaiah marched in. He was smiling big. He was looking handsome as ever. I was happy.
Papa gave a very beautiful sermon, encouraging Isaiah to be a good husband and I a good wife. At the end we were joined as husband and wife. There was a loud cl@p from all around the church. Men and women ran out to congratulate us. They pres£nted us with gifts, it was a beautiful moment for all of us. The service finally ended. And just as we were about to step out. She stepped in.
She was dressed in a black go-wn, black shoes, and she wore a black shade and carried a black purse. My heart skipped when I saw her walking towards us. When she got to where we were she stretched her hand to my husband and shook him.
Marvis: Congratulations to you Isaiah.
I watched her roll her eyes in a s£dûçt!vemanner, and my facial expression changed. She noticed this and then she let his hand off and shook hands with me.
Marvis;: Congrats Dani, you finally got him. Make sure you keep him.
I didnt un-derstood what she meant by that but I quic-kly held onto my husband ti-ght. I watched her laughed in a mocking way and then turned and walked away.
Me: (to Isaiah) there is something strange about Marvis. She has really changed a lot. Something is not right with her.
Isaiah: stay away from that girl dear, she is evil and possessed. Do you un-derstand?
Me: yes I do.
He k!$$£d my head and we walked up to our car. As we drove off I saw Marvis again, this time she win-ked at me and smiled wickedly. I ignored her and held my husband again as we kept on driving off.
The p@rty continued at home, there was lots of food to eat and drinks was surplus. Surprisingly Marvis c@m£ to the p@rty.
She kept on rushing to us and shaking hands with us. I was no longer comfortable with what she was doing and I noticed my husband wasn’t either, bit we couldn’t just walk her out in the middle of all this crowd. And so I kept my cool, after all in few hours the whole thing should be over and done with.
She was drinking anything she could l@yher hands on including alcohols. I was so surprised because Isaiah and I didnt buy any alcoholic drink. But we kept on seeing her drink from one bottle to the other.
She picked up a wra-pped parcel and c@m£ to me and handed it over smiling.
Marvis: This is my wedding gift to you.
Me: Thank you (I said collecting it from her, from the moment I collected it I knew I was never opening it, my husband was just looking at her with her drama. She turned and left).
About two hours later, the p@rty ended and everyb©dy left.
Isaiah: Ah! Finally I can now have my wife to myself.
He lifted me and carried me inside our h0tel room. When we were inside he put me down and looked me straight in the eyes.
Isaiah: Daniella, my love, my wife. I want you to know that I love you so much, you and no one else. You are everything to me. No matter what you will hear about me, do not judge me by it. I have never journeyed on this p@rt before but I am choosing to journey it now along side with you, I may not be perfect or strong as you expect, but do not give up on me. I may be weak along the p@rt, be strong for me and for both of us, I may be blind in a lot of things but be my eyes at that point. Dont ever leave my side.
Me: (with tears in my heart and with joy in my heart I said) Yes my love. I promise I’ll be with you always…..
We hvgged and k!$$£d and slowly he re-moved my Zi-p and we fell on the be-d still k!ss!ngand just as we were about to make sweet love his phone rang.
Me: Honey just ignore it plea-se!
Isaiah: honey this is the last one. Just let me answer plea-se.
Me: okay honey, just this one. (And then this)
Isaiah: hello
Caller: Mr Isaiah could you plea-se come to no 13 grace street.
Isaiah: who is this plea-se.
Caller: well am a good Samaritan, there is a lady here who just had a serious accident and she is battling with her life, your name is the only number on her phone that’s why I called.
Isaiah: a lady? What Lady!
Caller: well from the ID card on her bag her name is one MARVIS OKObe-dO! Do you know anyone by that name?
Isaiah: Jesus ! Marvis had an accident ? Where and how?
Caller: just come over sir. Thanks and bye.
Me: honey who was that?
Isaiah; I dont know but I think Marvis had an accident on her way from here.. I must go to her.
Me : and you are the one they called? What about her parents ?
Isaiah: I dunno o. I have to go to her
Me: no wait. I will call her family.
Isaiah: Honey she is battling with her life. Dont worry I’d be back before you Even know.
Me! Okay dear but plea-se return abeg
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Hmmmmmmm….. Inside life….
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EPISODE 6
It was alre-ady pas-sed midnight. I paced up and down as I wondered where my husband was. Its been 4hours since he left and not a word from him. I was beginning to get scared. His number was switched off. I didnt have sister Marvis number. What might have happened? Did Marvis die? Was the accident critical? Or did my husband get into an accident. Various thoughts filled my head as I paced from room to parlour and back. This is my wedding night for crying out loud. Why me? Why Isaiah? Why would they call him ? Of all the people why call a man that got married on the same day of his wedding.
I decided to try the number again, and it was still the same thing. It was almost 2am. I was really terrified by now. And so I decided to call my mom. At first she didnt pick but after two more tries she answered!
Mummy: my child, you are not supposed to be calling me, you are on your honey moon.
Me: (crying) mummy!
Mummy: (I could feel her jump and sit up upon hearing me crying) what is it? Why are you crying?
Me: Mummy, mummy help me(/I cried even more)
Mummy: talk to me D, what is it ? Why are you crying on your wedding night? Where is your husband?
Me: Mummy that’s why I am calling. I don’t know where Isaiah is?
Mummy: what do you mean you don’t know where your husband is?
Me: mummy that’s the truth, I don’t know where he is.
Mummy: I am not un-derstanding, oya calm down and tell me what happened.
Me: Mummy we were together o, and his phone rang, someb©dy told us that sister Marvis was involved in an accident and nee-ded to be rescued immediately and that it was only Isaiah they could call. He left since 8pm and up till now he didnt come back. I have called him over and over again but his number is switched off.
Mummy: The devil is a liar! That Marvis again.
Me: mummy I wouldn’t have let him go o.
Mummy: shut up and st©p crying, you shouldn’t have let him go but you did and we’ve past that stage. Now is not the time you should have or shouldn’t have. I can’t have my daughter crying on her wedding night.
Me: Mummy what do I do.
Mummy: You and your husband are no longer two but one, your spirits are connected and so you alone have the control over him, you are going to pray, you are going to call your husband home. The God I serve never fails, he has never failed and he won’t start now. And so you will get those knees on the ground and you are going to pray. That every power that is holding him down should lose their grips over him, weather spiritual or physical. Are you hearing me?
Me: yes mummy!
Mummy: Listen to me, the marriage has just started. Every marriage is a war zone and only a prayerful woman wins in that fight. The moment you said I do, your opponent springs forth and the battle begins. So its either you are re-ady to fight or quit. Are you re-ady?
Me: Yes mummy, I am re-ady.
Mummy: then st©p those tears and get your knees on the floor, and call your husband home. As I speak to you I am alre-ady on my feet.
And then mummy started blasting in ton-gues, I was immediately charged up in my spirit and so I started praying too.
Me: I prayed for four hours, casting and binding, speaking in ton-gues and setting lose every rope that had been tied. I prayed and prayed until I sle-pt off.
I woke up by 8am in the morning. It was the sound of knocking on my h0tel that woke me up. I jumped up and ran to the door, I had prayed and cried myself to sleep. Thank God he is finally back. I swung the door opened. It was mummy!
I will not say I was disappointed when I saw it was mummy but I was not happy that it was not my husband.
Mummy: Is he not back?
Me: No mom, he isn’t back.
Mummy: Do you have an idea where he went?
Me: no mom
Mummy: do u have any of his friends contact?
Me: Isaiah does not keep friends , the choir members are all the friends he has.
Mummy: What about that Marvis? Do you have her number?
Me: No ma I don’t.
Mummy: you don’t?
Me: no mom, I used to have it, but then I discovered she told a lie to me some time ago and so I deleted her number.
Mummy: okay, do you have anyones number who can possibly have her number?
Me: Yes, sister Mary from the choir keeps the contact of all the choir members.
Mummy: call sister Mary.
Me: But mummy I am supposed to be in my honey moon. Should I be calling?
Mummy: This girl it’s like you don’t un-derstand what the devil is trying to do, the devil is about to destroy your marriage right before it begins and you are there speaking English. My dear call sister Mary.
I quic-kly gr@bb£d my phone and dialed sister Marys number, my heart was beating as she picked the call.
Sister Mary: hello
Me: Hello sister Mary, good morning .
Sister Mary: The youngest wife in town I greet you ma. I must say I surprised to get your call. I hope all is well.
Me: yes sis. I just nee-d you to help me with something.
Sister Mary: What is that Dani
Me: I nee-d to call sister Marvis, but I can’t find her number on my phone, so I nee-d you to help me with her number plea-se.
Sister Mary: oh sister Marvis. Its alright, but I will have to text it to you, because its sto-red to the phone.
Me: “That will be no problem , thank you so much.” And I ended the call. Not long, she s£nt the number and I gave it to mummy.
I watched her as she pressed the figures on her phone and waited.
Mummy: ehn! Erm, hello.
Marvis: Hello, who am I unto plea-se?
Mummy: plea-se put Isaiah on the line.
Marvis: what?
Mummy: I said put Isaiah on the line
Marvis: who is this plea-se?
Mummy: my dear, I am his mother inlaw and I want to speak to him so give him the phone or ask him to put on his phone.
Marvis: (stammering) erm erm, sorry ma, he is slee-ping, I can’t wake him up.
Mummy: He is slee-ping, marvis he is slee-ping, a married man is slee-ping in your house Marvis. Not just a married man, a married man that got married yesterday. And to my daughter is slee-ping in your house.
Marvis: Am sorry ma, but I was busy before your call, I have to go.
Mummy: Before you go, tell Isaiah I said he should pick up his phone and come home, that his wife, my daughter, is waiting for him. And my dear, do not forget that p@rt of the Bible that days ”I will visit the wicked in my anger and bring upon them my wrath”
And mummy ended the call. I was filled with anger.
Me: mummy so you mean to say Isaiah is with Marvis and sle-pt in her place and Marvis was never in any accident. Is that what you are saying mom.
I quic-kly gr@bb£d my bag and packed in my things there was no nee-d remaining in the h0tel. Once we were out. I st©pped a bike that would take me to my moms place. But then she st©pped me.
Mummy: where are you going?
Me: mummy I am coming with you, there is no way I will wait here for that man.
Mummy smiled and then answered me.
Mummy: did he go with his house keys?
Me: No ma, we moved most of my things to his house yesterday and so the key is still with me.
Mummy: my dear you can’t come with me.
I was shocked to hear mom say that.
Me: what? Mummy what did you say?
Mummy: you heard me baby, you can’t come with me.
Me: so where do I go to?
Mummy: you have to go to your husbands house
Me: what husband? Someone that abandoned me on our wedding night and went to some other woman? God forbid I won’t go there o.
Mummy: You will go. You and your husband have become one. And you will not let some devil take him away from you. You will fight for what is yours.
Me: mummy what are you saying? What am I fighting for?, someone who left me on our wedding night? Ah no na.
Mummy: do you think Isaiah loves you?
Me: I know he loves me mom, I know this, I just don’t know why he changed. Even last night he was reaffirming his love for me before all of this.
Mummy: Listen to me D, you will go to your husbands house and you will fight for him. We will not let the devil win, we will fight and win this one. Do you un-derstand me. Go to your house and pray and I will pray OK?
I reluctantly agreed. Even though I was confused at what mom was saying. She st©pped a cab for me and told me she would lead me to my house before leaving me and that was exactly what she did.
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