Storm In A Teacup
Love was never really about the convenient times
Had it been, no child would have left the comfort of a parent’s dependable abode to start off with almost nothing but hope
Love had always been about the now and the then
She loved him
That much he knows
But was love ever enough?
He went into business right after his NYSC
He sold imported agricultural produce
Rice especially
Business was good and he was able to rent a flat and buy a car within two years
He also had some savings for rainy day
He went to the mall one day to do some shopping
Just as he was parking, another car pulled into the parking lot beside him
He alighted from the car and saw her
A beauty without any airs
He walked up to her
“Hi”
She smiled and the sun gave way
He: This is my first time at the mall and I would have spent my life savings on the opportunity to sit with you for an hour and just feast on your beauty
She laughed
He meant it
She was the most beautiful lady he had ever seen
She didn’t respond, but her body language was very open
She locked her car and they walked side by side into the mall
“My name is so and so” he said
She shrugged
A guy walked up to them, her face lit up, they hug
She: Bro, this is so and so, my boyfriend, then she turned to him and said meet my elder brother “Mr. Such and such”
A million butterflies tumbled in his tummy! Did she just call him her boyfriend?
That was how the relationship started.
He became boyfriend within five minutes!
She worked as a customer service officer at a finance company
She earned a steady salary
His business was doing well
They go out almost every evening from day one and spend the weekends either in his flat or her house
Her parents love him and accepted him as soon as she introduced him
They were making projections to marry within a year
Things were going very smoothly
Then a policy banning the importation of rice was implemented
He had committed a lot of money into rice importation and his money got stuck
Within two months he was as broke as a church rat
His greatest fear was that he would lose her
She was very focused and goal oriented, he had always admired that about her!
But the same principle applied here
He was drifting and unproductive and she would most likely cut her losses by dumping him
He did everything he could to change his situation
He applied for jobs, talked with custom officers and clearing agents about getting his goods out
Nothing worked
For three months, he was tossed here and there by the vicissitude of life
She showed up in his house one Saturday with foodstuff, and a lot of provisions
She made so much food that he wondered if she intended to host a party
Once she was done she packed the delicacies into the freezer
Then she came to sit beside him and gave him the news
She had been granted visa to a foreign country and would be leaving soon
He bust into tears
He had always known it was too good to be true
She didn’t understand why he was so unhappy that she was travelling
He cried like a minute old infant
She couldn’t deal
He was so pathetic
She left
He ran to a friend
What do I do?
She is leaving me
She is dumping me
She is leaving me for a country, not even a person!
She was the love of his life
A day without her would be like being a houseboy to the devil
She was his joy, his reality!
His friend called her, “Your man is running mad here, please come and help him make sense of this”
She came around
She explained that she got a visitor’s visa and would only be spending six weeks on her journey
It was a relief!
He embraced her in tears
“I just didn’t know what I’d do without you”
Two weeks later she travelled
A week after she travelled, he got a job
By the time she returned his situation had turned around
They married as projected
The storm in a teacup left little or no effect
The End
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