Broken Wings 2

Did he wow her? Yes he did. They went on lunch dates and dinner, went to see movies, went to the beach, spoke all night, the whole shebang! When he was with her, he put on ‘The full Eric charm’ as he called it. She loved him, ah she did. All other toasters just disappeared into the background, he completed her. It felt like he saw right through her. They talked about every and anything. She was happy. She even neglected that old wives tale that states that your boyfriend/husband should be more in love with you. At this point, she didn’t know who loved who more. She was that happy.

They had been seeing each other for 6 months when he asked to meet her parents. And boy was she excited! She had been trying to get him to do just that without being pushy and fate finally pushed it into her laps. They were at his house that day, she had just finished cooking and was tidying up the kitchen. She just smiled and kept on doing the dishes.

‘I really want to meet them Bugo. I’m really serious about you’.

With that, he turned her around.

‘I love you babe, I really do. Something about you calls to me on a deeper level. What more can I pray to get from God in a wife? You have it all. You’re beautiful, intelligent, you cook a mean Egusi soup’.

By now, her face was so red, it could have lit up a match stick. He went down on his knees and brought out a ring from his pocket.

‘Marry me Bugo, marry me. I’ll never make you cry, if you cry at all, they’ll be tears of joy. Be the mother of my 5 girls…’

At this she burst out laughing. She said yes, she couldn’t wait to spend the rest of her life with him.

They went to see her parents the next day. Still basking in the glow of just being proposed to, she was all smiles, grinning from ear to ear. He sat in the living room while she went to call her parents. Excitedly, they hurried on to the living room to finally meet with the man who had stolen their daughter’s heart.

Her mother came out first, she was so excited to finally meet her daughter’s fiancé. She just kept going on and on about all of Bugo’s antics as a child. It was a different ball game when her father came out. The young man his daughter brought home wiped the smile of his face.

‘Eric Mustapha!’ He stuttered. This was just before he fainted.

Broken Wings

Sunlight and the sounds of birds chirping ushered in her day. A beautiful Saturday morning. As Bugo turned to kiss him good morning, she realised he wasn't there. His side of the bed was still made up. It was obvious he didn't come home last night. "God, when will all these stop?," she muttered. Her husband Eric had put her through many nights of tears and fear, wondering what time he'lld come home. Especially on Fridays. She understood it was the last working day of the week and probably needed to unwind, but why he couldn't do this with her was beyond her imagination. Heaviness that she had uneasily become accustomed to, came upon her.

As she thought of all these, she got up to brush her teeth and have her bath. As she stared into the mirror to make up, she didn't like what she saw, she had become a shadow of herself.

"A whole me," she sighed.

She dressed up and went to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee. As she sat down to wait for the water to boil, she thought back to the day she first met him.

"Hey Bugo! Be careful, that car almost hit you!," her friend Sandra shouted.

They had just stopped at a restaurant to eat, with just 30 minutes of their one hour break to hurry back to their respective offices.

"Imagine o, now the driver has splashed water over me,' she said angrily.

She saw that the man parked about 4 cars ahead of them, so she matched there to give him a piece of her mind. On getting there, as she opened her mouth to speak, she found herself staring into the most handsome face she had ever seen. Brown eyes, white teeth, beautiful skin, the full works. He was just beautiful. She managed to get herself together and managed a weak "Don't you know you could have hit me?"

"Yes i do and i'm sorry," he responded, "but i don't regret it," he said, flashing that dimpled smile that she came to love. By this time, her anger came back full force. "You don't what?" she shouted. "Easy, easy. I only meant that if that hadn't happened, i won't have met my future wife," he said with a smile on his face.

Just then Sandra started laughing, enjoying the scene in front of her.

"My name is Sandra and her name is Bugo, we've been best friends since secondary school. What's your name?," "Eric," he said, looking at Bugo who was still seething in anger.

"Nice to meet you Eric," she smiled. "Now, continue what you were saying about Bugo being your future wife."

He smiled and said "Why don't we all just go in for drinks, so i can apologise to Bugo," he said with his eyes on her.

"No!" Bugo said, "Why don't you apologise and be on your way, you've been quite rude."

"Okay, i accept and i feel bad, let me make it up to you," he said looking at Sandra for back up.

"Yes, Bugo, let him make it up to us," she said with a seriousness she didn't mean. By now, all 2 pairs of eyes were staring at her, waiting for her to agree. Now exasperated, she said okay.

This marked the beginning of another phase, Life as she knew it was officially over. Update! The Part 2 to this story is on my other blog myfearlesslove.wordpress.com Please come over to read it. Sorry for the delay. :)