Episode 1 love

Walking into my office in the early hours of

Monday 5th January 2015 was this young

man. Dark, tall, strongly built and

handsome. But one quick look at him, I

noticed he was very troubled. He looked

very shaken and nervous.

I smiled politely, offering him a chair.

‘’good morning sir’’ I greeted, wondering

what was troubling such a strong dude this

early in the day.

‘’I guess you are Coolval?. The guy I always

read his stories online?’’ he asked, forcing

out a smile. I nodded, smiling back.

‘’yes sir, but you can call me valentine’’ I

replied quickly. He breathed deeply and

shrugged.

‘’well I’m here to tell you a story. I’m here to

pour out my heart so that you can write it

down and share it out to the world . I want

people to read my story and probably learn

from it. This is a story of love, hopes and

betrayal. This is a story that most

unmarried guys out there, especially in

Nigeria can relate to. It’s a story of my

relationship with a young lady called

CASSANDRA. A girl that sent me crashing

down with love’’ he said with such a strong

spirit, his eyes turning dark red as he

cleared his throat to start one of the

passionate stories I have ever heard.

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My name is David Odueke. A native of Imo

state, Nigeria. I’m thirty three years old and

also the first son in a family of three boys

and a girl. Now here is my story…

On 30th December 2013, my younger sister

got married to the love of her life. It was a

very happy and festive day for every

member of my family and it equally was the

day I made up my mind to do everything

necessary to get married, since God in his

infinite mercy was blessing me

tremendously.

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Being the first son in a very poor family, I

left the village at a very young age to serve

one of my uncles in Onitsha. I served him

for five years before I was settled with a

well stocked shop. I was twenty five years

by then and just like I promised my father, I

quickly brought my immediate younger

brother to the city and together we worked

hard to provide for our last two siblings. I

made sure they got the education that I was

denied due to poverty and God being

merciful made my business to boom so

much that in five years I had three shops in

Onitsha plus two new shops in Owerri. I was

dealing in house rugs, carpet and

electronics. A very profitable business that

swelled my bank accounts the way I never

imagined. And with that kind of money

under my control, I began dreaming big. I

planned erecting a big house in my village

and equally planned marrying a beautiful

well educated girl, preferably a doctor, nurse

or a banker.

In order to fulfill my aim, I relocated to

Owerri in September 2013 from where I

controlled my business empire. I relocated

to Owerri because I felt, getting an educated

girl would be much easier in such town than

in a commercial city like Onitsha. My hopes

were totally up but unfortunately December

soon arrived without me winning any girl.

But it never brought down my spirit because

I felt good things do take time to come.

Christmas arrived and I traveled to the

village to celebrate with my family,

especially with my sister who was getting

married that Christmas.

As the marriage ceremony went on that

fateful day, I slowly screened the crowd,

searching for a lady that would gain my

attention. In no time, I spotted this fair

beautiful damsel. Very tall, graceful and

super hot. She looked like a sea goddess ,

her smiles very electrifying and stunning. I

gazed in wonder at the marvelous beauty

before me.

‘’dear lord. I hope, she’s the one. I pray she

accepts me.’’ I prayed as I quickly made my

way to where she stood chatting with her

friend.

‘’excuse me, please can I have a word with

you?’’ I asked politely. She threw a quick

look at her friend who nodded in approval.

She smiled and drew closer to me while her

friend took some steps back.

‘’my name is David, Amara’s elder brother.

The girl getting married is my sister’’ I

nervously introduced myself. She smiled

once again, throwing the killing smile that

attracted me to her.

‘’I know already. Your sister and I are in the

same school’’ she replied, encouraging me

with her sweet reply.

‘’really!, so what’s your name and what

course are you studying in the university?’’ I

asked breathlessly.

‘’my name is CASSANDRA. I’m a medical

student’’ she quickly answered. My heart

instantly overflowed with great joy like

someone who just won a jackpot.

‘’she’s definitely the one. She’s the wife God

destined for me’’ I reasoned with great joy.

I was the happiest man on earth that very

moment.

To be continued