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Later that evening, after a long day at work. My
office driver took me home. I had even slept off
in the car when he tapped me and said that I
was home. I yawned and rubbed my sleepy eyes
till I could carry myself out of the car. I glanced
at my wristwatch and saw that it was past ten.
David must be back since all of his cars were
parked, so I thought. I collected my car keys
from the driver and gave him some money to use
as his transport fare. He didn’t have to bring me
home but he had insisted when he saw how tired
I was. I thanked him as I watched him go out the
gate.
“Good evening ma,” our security man greeted.
I reciprocated and was about going inside when
he ran up to me and insisted on helping me with
my bags. I told him it was fine and so he left for
his duty post. When I got inside the house, I was
surprised at what I saw. The lights were turned
off and candles were lit all over the place. I saw
David who stood up from one of the couches
where he was seated and walked up to my front.
The dining table was filled with candles and food
and even wine. David had been holding a
bouquet of roses so he pecked me on the cheeks
and handed the bouquet of roses to me before
saying;
“Welcome home honey.”
I didn’t know what to say because I was shocked
at this sudden behavior. David hadn’t done
anything like that for me in a long time. It
definitely caught me off shore. I asked David the
meaning of all these and he said it was to show
how sorry he was for treating me wrong. I wasn’t
sure my ears were working properly when he said
this. I looked into his eyes and what I could see
was the David I married two years ago. As tired
as I was, I wanted to give my all so that we
could both enjoy the night together. He escorted
me to my seat on the dining table, acting like a
gentleman. I couldn’t help but smile at all his
gestures. My heart was warming up and my
tiredness was ceasing. Tears came into my eyes
and as much as I tried to fight it, it came rolling
down. David saw this and stretched his hand to
wipe my tears with his palm. He apologized for
his previous behaviors and sought for my
forgiveness. I was always ready to forgive David
of any wrongs he did to me so that wasn’t even
a problem. I opened my heart to him and told
him how much he was forgiven and how much I
loved him. Everything that I had held back was
expressed and he understood that I had missed
his old self. He cried just beside me while still
apologizing and I couldn’t help but cry along. It
was a very emotional state for the both of us.
When we stopped and David said to forget about
the past, I agreed that it was better to now move
on and so we tried to enjoy our night. I ate the
delicious meal that only God knows where he
ordered it from because David couldn’t even boil
water for himself. Okay, that’s too much of an
exaggeration. The point is David was a bad cook
so the meal was too delicious to be his
handiwork. I thanked him for the thought of
putting the whole surprise together for me and
he smiled and said that I deserved it.
That night, I made love to my husband like I had
never before. I had earlier been tired but after
my reconciliation with David, I received strength
from nowhere. When David was fast asleep, I
said a silent prayer, thanking God for restoring
my marriage. I didn’t know where it came, I just
believed God did it for me. The next day at work,
I was all smiles. Even some of my colleagues
had to call me aside and ask if everything was
alright. I only said yes and continued with my
business. Later in the day after our meeting, my
boss came to compliment me for the speech
that I had given. He said he was happy that I
was very bright. I didn’t know that all my
expressions were that obvious before and after
my reconciliation with David because almost
everyone noticed something different about me
that day. I actually felt very different. When I
was on break, I called Vanessa, my friend and
gave her the news about me and David. She
sounded so happy for me and I thanked her for
being there all through my down times. We
spoke for a few minutes until my break was over.
I finished work quite earlier than usual so I went
home immediately. I got home before David and
decided to make his favorite African dish, efo
riro with pounded yam. I dished out everything
when I peeped through the window and saw that
he was back. I had already changed into a
simple gown. I had the same feelings as the
times when we weren’t married and I wanted to
be sure that I impressed him. When he walked
into the sitting room, he smiled at me and
planted a kiss on my lips. I greeted him and
collected his suit and suitcase dropping it aside.
I helped untie his tie and got him to sit down on
the dining table. He loved using his hands to eat
his efo riro and pounded yam so I made sure
that there was a bowl of water to wash his
hands. The last time I had served this meal, he
threw it aside, not because he tasted it and
didn’t like it or anything but because he had
been having his usual mood swings. The image
that flashed through my mind brought back old
memories but I shook it off my head. He licked
his lips like he couldn’t wait to dig into the food
but then he frowned at me after looking around
the dining table.
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“Bella, where is your food?”
“Woo babe I’m not hungry,” I replied but instead
of letting me be, he insisted that I eat with him. I
objected but I later succumbed when I saw how
persistent he was. He took his first swallow and
complimented me on the dish. I couldn’t help but
blush, I really don’t know why. We were eating
when we started a play fight with the food. I took
one of the cow tails when he threatened that he
would eat the chicken because I loved eating
chicken a lot while he so enjoyed cow tails. We
both threatened to eat each other’s favorite
when we burst into laughter at our childishness.
He fed me the chicken and I fed him the cow
tail until we were done with our love feeding. I
stood up and went into the kitchen to bring
some more cow tails. Dropping the plate beside
him, he winked at me. We talked for a while after
eating and later headed for our bedroom.
My marriage was rising up and causing me to
feel happier than I ever felt. Things were going
smoothly between me and David. There were no
regular mood swings from David. I was never as
stressed out as I used to be whenever I got back
from work. I was just very happy. David did not
only declare his love for me every day like he
used to but we started making out time to go out
during the weekends. You might be wondering
where all these came from but honestly, I was
as shocked as you probably are reading this. I
felt like a new bride. Everything was so exciting
to me.
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