Chapter One.
Sandra hurried out of the house with her shoes in one hand
and her bag hung on her shoulders, she mentally kicked herself for over
sleeping. Her alarm had rang but she wondered why she had not been able to
bring herself out from the dream land, well she will have to hurry to catch up
with Lucy, just then Lucy pulled up in from of her gate and honked.
“I am coming.” she said as she hurriedly locked her door.
Beads of perspiration creased her brows and she hoped to God that the rest of
the day does not go in this trend.
“I am sorry, I woke up late.” she explained opening the front
door of the car.
“No problem girl, at least you did not have to come wait for
me today, we will make it to the office in twenty.” Lucy flashed her a smile and
turned on the ignition, the car roared as it came to life and Lucy being an
expert, reversed sharply causing Sandra to hit her head on the seat, that was
when she remembered to put on her seat
belt.
“Lucy please stop using my life for experiment, I have
siblings and a mother to cater for, I just pray your driving does not land you
in trouble, well thank God you have a husband to come clear you and of course,
you have money to pay.” Sandra lamented.
“Common Sandra, you fear too much, I was only trying to get
us to the office earlier, you know how the traffic is and trust me, my husband
complains about my driving but I think it is really cool.” she said laughing at
the shock expression on her friend’s face.
Sandra went through the
motions of the day, well the day was not so bad actually it was better than she
expected. The contract they applied for was likely to fall into their hands
though the competition was stiff she will do her very best to see that they are
the winners. Her work gave her satisfaction and well she was well paid and so
she had been able to pay her younger siblings tuition fees, thank God Jude is
in his final year already and thank God they all have made the effort worth it
but then there was the issue of her mother’s constant worries concerning her
unmarried state. Well she was happy being by herself for now, she had what she
wanted and life was much easier without any male interference. She would not go
through the pain of losing anyone again, it took a big chunk out of your
behind, people just die not thinking about those they are leaving behind.
Dad had died leaving mum
to fend for three children, all by herself and he had not left something
tangible aside the house her mother was living now, and though she let that one
pass, she had not gotten over the terrible death of her fiancé, how could he
just die like that and to think that he died with them having a
misunderstanding, to think that she was not able to apologize and make him see
her side of the story, to think that all their plans had died with him, yeah,
she has all the blueprint in her mind but she could not bring herself to
executing those dreams. It was just too painful and life has just been unfair.
“Happy birthday man, you are how old now?” Raphael teased his
friend as he sipped his drink.
“He is an
old man already, guy you are thirty what now, thirty four years now. Wow! You
are getting old dude.” Dominic said and Raphael agreed.
“Hey guys,
what is your problem, I am thirty four and so what? I am a very successful
young man, I own my company and I can buy whatever I want, I have a house and I
have cars and well I have a wonderful family, you know my mum will do anything
to make me happy and my…”
“Hello! Did
I hear you say your mum will do anything to make you happy? Well I guess its
time you did something to make her happy, the woman have been crying for you to
give her grand kids dude, what have you done about that huh?! Nothing, you
don’t want a girl friend, you wont make any attempt to look for one and when we
set you up with nice girls, you come up with lame excuses like she is too fat
or too slim or talks too much or she is shallow, she is ill-mannered and many
more excuses but I hope you have plans of settling down this year because I am
done waiting for you.” Dominic said.
“Guys it’s
my birthday okay, I did not invite you here to come and give me sermon of life,
I am not ready to put any woman in distress, see I appreciate your concern and
I think my mother hired you guys to frustrate me and I think you are successfully
doing that but guys, it is more complicated than I have let on. I am not
going to get married period, can we just forget about this now and enjoy the
evening.”
His friends
exchanged confused looks and though he felt he owed them an explanation, he too
was not ready to come to terms with it even after several years has passed.
“Common, you
guys should stop looking as me as if I just grew horns, I am happy for both of
you and I will go any length to see that your wedding day will be grand and I
can even be the best man but seriously, I would not want to discuss marriage in
relation to me. I hope that is not too much to ask?” he said.
Dominic walked
and stood in front of him, he and Dominic were the closest among the three and
Dominic kind of saw through him a times and vice versa.
“I can not
say I am pleased with it but I really wish you could open up and tell us what
the problem is, we are your friends for Christ sake and we are worried about
you, does this have anything to do with your former girlfriend, did you guys
make a blood covenant or something, we could go to church right away and break
that yoke and so you can be free.” Dominic said with seriousness and even Raphael
agreed with the theory but funny enough Caleb laughed despite himself.
“Blood
covenant? Oh Lord you are funny man, who does that? Like seriously I was quite
foolish and madly in love, in fact I could have given her my life but we both
were wiser than that, Jesus’ blood is enough to last for eternity so guy forget
it, its nothing like that okay?”
“You know
what, lets forget about this Dominic, when he sees us with our wives and kids
he would want to have a family of his own, I used to think Dominic was the one
with no commitment in his bone but thank God Silvia came his way, I only hope
it does not take him a life time to propose to her.” Raphael said laughing and
Caleb joined him.
“Hey you,
this is not about me okay, at least I am better, I have a girlfriend and you
know marriage is not something to rush into but at least I have taken her to my
parent and my mum is in love with her and so it will be difficult to change my
mind anymore. I just need time that’s all.” He defended himself to his
satisfaction and his friends laughed happily.
Caleb
laughed too but deep in his heart was the realization that he might not have
what his friends will have, a woman to love and kids to play with, he wanted
those things in life too especially now that he was settled enough as a bachelor
but marriage was a risky thing, he would prefer to remain single than to get
married and have his wife hate him till their dying day.
Radiant Pheobe © 2016.
If you enjoyed this chapter, I employ you to comment as this is the next book I plan on releasing to the public, share with your friends and loved ones and even your enemies. It's a story you would love to be a part of, trust me. Thank you for your encouragements. I look forward to the comments.
Radiant Pheobe.
If you enjoyed this chapter, I employ you to comment as this is the next book I plan on releasing to the public, share with your friends and loved ones and even your enemies. It's a story you would love to be a part of, trust me. Thank you for your encouragements. I look forward to the comments.
Radiant Pheobe.
