The going down of the Sun today was something different that everyone keep complaining, it was like a rainbow all over the sky, so cloudy as though its hosting rain; I closed my arms against each other calmly as I waved at her with an air kiss.
Waste no little time anymore despite the fact that I'm rushing out already... listen, Patience is most tangible virtue that very few persons possess. It gives reasons to life and make reality meet you at your point. The most important and beautiful things about life takes a little time before they happen and are mostly worth waiting.
There's a saying that, "the end of everything is better than off the beginning." A happy ending isn’t always the case in many relationships these days simply because, most people lack the grace of patience and don’t see the need to go through the refining and hard times with their partners.
Brace yourselves and put your mind in place as I take you on a journey down the memory lane of Peter and Loveth.
Peter Is indeed an example of a good and hardworking young man, he is known for giving his best in anything he does and always strived for ways to break free from the shackles of poverty that had held him bound for a long time. Due to his lack of Finance, he didn’t see the need to pursue any lady around duce to self low esteem or psychological inferiority complex, as he felt love is meant for the rich only.
Peter’s future Is really bright that one wouldn't need a sun shade to see through it, but it is so pathetic that he always failed and amount to nothing in any business venture he did, no matter how much effort he put in and how hard he tried.
Life wasn’t a bed of roses for him because he wasn’t born with a silver spoon. Peter had to work for everything he ever owned as there was no one to help him. The worst of it all was that, he was a graduate with a first class and that put a lot of pressure on him, his family members expected a miracle after his graduation, but it was sad that they were still faced with the same struggle as before. Like a thorn in the flesh he bare the pain night and day without help from no where...
Due to Peter’s condition, he kept less friends because he didn’t want anyone to ridicule his predicament. The struggle continued for a long time, leaving him friendless and without any relationship with any lady so to say. Life was often lonely for him till something happened one of those days.
Peter was invited by a wedding by a friend, it was friend's boss wedding whom he occasionally worked for, It turns out that his boss daughter was getting married, hence the invitation. At first, he didn’t want to go for the wedding so he turned the offer down but his boss insisted.
“You need to start living and stop letting your present life’s struggles get in the way. Treat everyday as a blessing and thank God that you are alive to witness it, whether broke or rich” His boss advised calmly.
Those words of advice touches him that he finally agreed to go for the wedding and at least feel the atmosphere.
The scheduled for the wedding came and Peter had no confusion on what to wear because he only had one suit; which he bought for his graduation ceremony that have lasted for over seven years, that suit was only worn for important occasions and interviews.
He rushed to his wardrobe and brought it out and prepped it for the wedding, In no time, he arrived at the church looking dapper and handsome in his fine suit and gently walked inside the church auditorium then quietly take his seat.
The couple were already taking their vows by the time so he smiled as they said ‘I Do’ to each other. This was a memory worth beholding for despite the fact that he never knew when God will answer his prayers.
Deep down in his heart, he felt broken and sad that he still didn’t have anyone to call his own still.
“When will this be me and with someone I love? When will I be this happy?” He sadly asked himself.
The sad reality of his life suddenly dawned on him at that moment but he tried to maintain a positive outlook.
The church wedding ended and everyone headed to the reception venue, he arrived a bit late after the couple had done their entrance dance but first went to greet his boss before finally sitting down to watch the whole wedding event unfold.
As everyone were happily dancing and having fun, his attention was drawn to one cheerful and beautiful lady, dancing in the crowd, the sight of the dancing lady was angelic that his heart raced uncontrollably. There was just something about her that distinguished her from every other person that danced on that stage, he swallowed his saliva continuously and started sweating under air condition.
With the look of things, he could tell that the girl was above his league but still didn’t think he could be stopped from talking to her at least. The dance ended and everyone went back to their various seats but his eyes were still glued to her. Feasting his eyes on the lady continually without knowing what to do nor say at the moment kept ponding in his heart.
He was silently going crazy as he kept thinking of what his course of action would be.
“What could I possibly offer this lady in this my current condition? These kind of girls have not come to this world to suffer and I can’t give her the kind of life she’s already used to” He thought to himself.
After much depth deliberation, he finally decided to shun every thought about the mysterious lady and focus on what he was there for; which was the wedding celebration but no matter how much he tried to ignore the thought of the lady, he just couldn’t.
He was in his early thirties and obviously needed to at-least have someone he could call his own and rely on. The reason he didn’t want to enter into any relationship was because he felt he was too broke to be in one; which is a misleading and wrong mindset.
As the wedding celebration drew to an end, He stood up and walked towards the newly wedded couple to present to them some money he packaged in an envelope. As he gave them his little gift, he headed towards the exit door to leave.
Just as he stepped his foot out of the hall, he caught a sight of his mysterious angel talking on phone outside the hall. At first, he wanted to ignore and pass but just couldn’t because he figured she was in a sad mood, so he finally summoned courage and walked towards her,
“You had a nice smile while you were dancing back there, why are you sad now?” He politely asked and she looked into his eyes.
“Don’t worry, it’s nothing actually, I’ll be fine” She replied with a faint smile on her face.
Her reply was enough to end their conversation but he wanted more.
“Is there anything I can do to make you happy?” He inquired,
“No, you have already done enough” She replied.
He took a deep breath and asked, “Can I at least know your name?” And she replied by saying
“Loveth”.
“wow...what a beautiful name” He complimented and she smiled.
“What’s yours?” She inquired.
“My name Peter” He said.
Peter realized he was slowly breaking her walls, so he decided to act faster.
“I don’t mean to be pushy or too inquisitive but I would really love to know you more because you seem like a very nice person” He said and Omeche smiled.
“What exactly do you want to know?” She asked.
“Anything you feel comfortable telling me” He replied.
They walked to a nice place and sat down as they conversed, loveth was a good company and so was Peter. They talked and laughed as though they had known each other before then, he felt genuinely happy within and wished loveth could be his.
From their conversation, he got to know that she was a hardworking lady who was doing everything she could to be successful in life, just like him. She was a struggling make-up artist and the bride’s friend.
He was scared of telling her his own side of the story because he was afraid she would leave him, so he tried to avoid anything that would result to her asking him of his occupation but unfortunately, he ran out of luck when she finally popped the question
“What do you do?”.
At that moment, he was tensed and nervous, he really wanted to tell her the truth that he was between menial jobs and was living in a one room apartment at his age, but just couldn’t.
Loveth figured he was delaying in his response, so she asked again.
“What do you do?”. And Peter took a deep breath and said
“I’m a Driver!”
To be continue.........
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