There it was again. Witnessing one of God’s greatest gifts to mankind, this caught and
still catches my heart till today. It was indeed the best curve, in my
opinion, to find on a woman no matter what time of the day you choose to look
at her. She was running towards me with her arms wide open, expecting me to
catch and draw her into my embrace. The enticing scent lavender filled my
nostrils as I ran my fingers through her long hair, the sound of her voice
reaching my eardrums as soon as I walked through the door and the very sight of
her beaming visage, what more could a man ask for in life? It took me a
considerable amount of time wooing her but hey, it was worth the wait and
effort. Not that we are married but being more than “just friends”, I think I
would call that a good start considering the fact that I’m not considered to be
the best catch in town, not especially with my messy appearance and shy
personality. As a matter of fact, I never expected it to work out as we come
from two different worlds. She’s beautiful, witty, outspoken and I’m just your
average Joe who just so happens to come from the same local university as she
did. I could go on about how we met and what I did before we got together but
that would just bore the readers. After giving her a peck on the cheek and
leaving my belongings by the stairs, I collapsed onto the sofa and started
ranting about how my boss was treating me unfairly and all the trivial things
in life that annoyed me throughout the day. Being the patient listener, she quietly
listened to what I had to say, giving the occasional sympathetic gesture of
holding and squeezing my hand, telling me that everything will turn out to be
what God would want it to be in time. Feeling better, I decided that it was her
turn to receive my attention and so allowed her to pour out all that was on her
mind so that we could exchange roles and ease her worries of our on-going
financial worries and situations. With bills piling up to your neck, it does
not help when your boss refuses to give you your expected salary promptly at
the end of each month. We sat and talked close to an hour regarding these
issues and then we decided it was better to leave such matters aside for the
time being and concentrated on the current dilemma which was our dinner. I
asked her to head upstairs and get dressed as it was decided the day before
that we would go to a restaurant for our weekly candlelight meal tonight so
while she was busy changing, I flipped through the newspapers, scanning for
interesting headlines and articles that were printed in that day’s edition and
a particular heading came into my line of sight.
“REMAINS OF MAN UNEARTHED AFTER 2
YEARS, FIANĆE STILL MISSING”
Just as I started reading, Paige walked over and checked to
see if I was ready on my part. Folding the papers, I nodded and we left the
house immediately so as to stop the growling from both of our stomachs. That
night in the restaurant, we reminisced on how we first met. It was really
surprising that throughout the years of our courses, we have never met until we
bumped into each other about half a year ago in a bookstore five blocks away.
We laughed and talked and enjoyed ourselves until it was almost time for the
restaurant to close for the night. After paying the bill, we went for a movie
in a mall nearby and by the time we got home, we were already too exhausted to
even walk upstairs into our bedroom. As I lay on my bed and started to doze
off, I thanked God that He gave me such a precious jewel that I never expected
to find before I met her but as they usually say, it is always calm before a
storm.
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