My Wife & I

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 25

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Daniel is what? Nora thought

within herself instantly. “Sister

Tonia.” She quickly arose from

the bed as she saw her.

“Dear Nora, how are you

today?” Tonia flashed her

teeth before her, grinning.

“Daniel… Daniel? Where is

Daniel? Alive?”

“Just take it easy, dear. He’s

alive but… He’s not fine.”

Nora’s eyes formed tears

already. “Where’s Daniel?

Where’s he?” She was panting.

“Not here in Nigeria. He’s

currently under treatment but

the gunshot wound has

affected his fore brain which

controls speech and

movement.” She told her sadly.

“Anyways, that’s an issue for

another day. How are you

doing? What did that beast do

to you?” She quickly asked her.

“When will I see Daniel?”

She was still more concerned

about Daniel than any other

discussion. “Can’t he talk

again? Can’t he walk again?

Tell me something.” She began

to cry.

“Dear, you have to be fine as

I have said. Just get well,

there’s more to be discussed.”

“Sister Tonia.” Gloria called

her, smiling.

She looked beside her and

saw Gloria. She couldn’t

remember where exactly she

knew the face, but it was so

familiar. “Em.. sorry, I’m trying

to remember you, ma.” She

smiled.

“Wow! This is Gloria. The

one who got lost many years

back.” Gloria said.

Gloria tried to remember as

she dimmed her eyes. “Gloria…

You!” She exclaimed. She could

now remember her vividly. She

was the one Daniel was in love

with before she got lost. “How

are you?” She moved closer

with a glowing face.

“I’m doing great.” She

grinned.

“Wow! You just got missing

like that? That’s a story for

another day. But what are you

doing here? Where’s the lady

that the officers told me that

helped them to locate Nora?”

She looked around.

“She’s the one, Sis. She was

the one who saved me from

Alex’s den.”

“Do you guys know each

other? By the way, who is this

goat called Alex?”

“We got to know each other

through Daniel. Alex is her

fiancé.”

“No, he was. We dissolved

everything long time back.”

Tonia clapped her hands

together. “I am still in the dark.

That means Gloria have met

Daniel already, right?”

Gloria chuckled. “A funo, he

was. We dissolved everything

long time back.”

Tonia clapped her hands

together. “I am still in the dark.

That means Gloria have met

Daniel already, right?”

Gloria chuckled. “A funny

day, it was.”

Nora smiled too. “They have

met. They actually met a day to

our wedding.” She explained.

Tonia swooshed out a long

breath from her nostrils.

“Anyways, we’ll talk about all

that later. I’m just happy

everyone’s back together.”

“So, Daniel?” Nora asked

Tonia again.

Tonia smiled. “Take a rest,

dear.”

**

.SEVEN MONTHS LATER.

ALEX.

If I had known, wouldn’t I

have believed in God?

Wouldn’t I have given him the

wheel of my life to drive? I

never read the Bible, but

getting here, Bibles were

distributed to us. It is better

for those who are outside the

prison to start reading the

Bible so that they won’t read it

when they eventually get to

the prison.

No one is here to teach me

now about Christ before I start

knowing him. I wish I

followed Gloria to Church

when she was calling me. I

wish I never lived my life in a

reckless way. What even

planted that evil thought of

killing Daniel in my mind?

What actually prompted me to

kidnap Nora?

I thought I was in love, but

that was lust! I never loved

God, how could I have loved

any other person better. As I

have read in Matthew, Loving

God is the greatest

commandment which even

hangs all the prophets. If I

never loved God, could I have

loved either Gloria or Nora

better? Certainly No!

It pays to listen when one

have the chance to listen! It

pays to live one’s life as if one

would die tomorrow! Prison is

not a good place for one to be.

It is even better to be here

than the hell fire I read in the

Bible. The description alone,

according to John the beloved

that wrote the book of

Revelations frightened me.

How can fire be burning a soul

and you’ll be in the eternal

pain without suffering?

If I get another chance, I’ll

live my life for no one else, but

God!

**

Daniel was already in

Nigeria, but still struggling

with his speech. His utterances

weren’t clear like before and

he still couldn’t walk on his

feet. All thanks to God and the

wheelchair that had been

supporting him. Nora had

never taken a break! She was

always running up and down

even in her condition just to

make sure Daniel was fine.

She could read the passion

on his face whenever they

were together. Sometimes,

she’d cry her eyes out,

wondering if her husband

would be able to talk like a

normal human again, if he

would be able to walk on his

feet again.

Though the Doctors that

operated him abroad had told

them he would still be fine, so

far he was with his loved ones

who would care for him. But it

was seven months already! He

still couldn’t talk or walk!

Though, he was getting better

day by day, but she expected

him to be whole already.

For how long!

**

It was a cool Saturday

evening. The breeze was

blowing softly by the side of

the beach and there were

lovers and families around the

beach who might have to have

a view and enjoy their lives

like David and Gloria. The two

were under the shed with a

drink with each of them. David

had told Gloria earlier that he

would like to take her to

somewhere where she would

love to go to

She really loved it, from all

indications. She had been

smiling and drinking with

David for a while now as both

of kept running conversations

on their secondary school life.

“I just wish that time can just

come back!” Gloria had said

severally.

“Indeed one of the best

moments of one’s life. A

moment you’ll think it’s tough

and after that time, you’d just

want that time to come back

to life. Honestly those teachers

were bombs then! I can never

forget the English our

economics teach spoke when

I was in Senior Secondary

School Two; she was like – ‘if

you don’t pay your tax, it is an

offend.’”

They both burst into

laughter. “That’s hilarious!”

She passed her comment.

“I just can’t forget. Because

when she said it, I couldn’t

hold back my laughter, not

knowing that the woman

knew she just committed a

blunder. She caught one of us

laughing and dealt with the

guy. She was now telling the

guy to look at me, that I never

laughed at her.”

“But you actually did. May

God forgive you.”

“Honestly, not easy at all. I

didn’t laugh at teachers’

blunders but that was too

much! I couldn’t resist the

laughter!”

“May God just forgive you.”

They continued gisting for

hours until Gloria said it was

high time they left. “Before we

leave, Gloria. I want to ask you

one question.”

“What question?” She faced

him.

David smiled. “I’ll be right

back.” He stood up and left

hurriedly.

**

Alex had just finished

preaching to some of his

mates while they were cutting

down bushes in the prison. He

was now being called Pastor

by even warders in charge of

them. Since he knew what the

truth was, he had been

preaching the gospel to

everyone he met. He had learnt

humility to even prisoners

younger than him.

He had promised himself

that the twenty years he was

meant to use in the prison,

would be to God’s glory and

service if he was still alive. He

was already a role model of

many prisoners already, letting

peace reign in everything they

did in the prison there.

He was surely a great

testimony of God’s change.

**

David walked back briskly,

sweating profusely. “Let’s get

going.” He said to her.

“I thought you said you

wish to ask me one question,

why the sudden change of

heart?” She wondered.

“You’ll get the question very

soon. Let’s just get going, ma.”

He smiled.

Gloria chuckled. “Alright,

Sir.” She stood up and they got

going already. As they got to

where they parked the car,

David opened the door for her

to enter and crossed to the

driver’s seat after shutting the

door. As Gloria entered, she

could see a white teddy bear

hanging in front of her with

red inscriptions on it – “Will

you marry me?”

David just entered and

pretended as if he knew

nothing. Gloria had smiled as

she saw the teddy bear. At

least it was there she sat while

they were coming, there was

nothing of such there. It must

be that was what he just came

around to do when he told

her he would be right back

the other time.

“When did you get this

teddy?” Gloria asked David,

smiling.

Dave chuckled. “I bought it

for you. You can just take it

with you.”

“Honestly, you’re funny.” She

smiled and detached the teddy

bear.

**

…Story Continues..

The final episode of this story