Be a proud wife

When I met Mercy, I knew without been told that I have found her, I knew that she is the one and I knew what to do so I made the move and we just started flowing. Flowing like the river.

She visits me every now and then and although I wanted in but because I felt something pure and true, I decided to give her attention instead, she was just what every man could ever dream of.

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I used to visit her in her house because she lives alone but had never slept over and only made it into her bedroom once and that once was all it took to change everything about us.

She is pretty
She is humble
She is smart
She is hardworking
She is honest
She is kind
She is respectful

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It was her birthday and our fifth month of what happened to be a dream relationship so we decided to have a small bash in her apartment to mark the milestone she accomplished.

I was the only person left in the house as at 1am so I decided to sleep over after all, we both knew from onset that the day was going to be our first day to indulge.

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I was happy on bed when I sighted the corner at the back of a standing long room cupboard, there was some sort of smell coming from the corner and I was shocked at what I saw.

I became scared and everything in me melted like ice, all I needed was the power to disappear because fear gripped me but as I was trying to process my next move, she emerged from the bathroom and standing in front of me was this pretty damsel, her skin was shinning and her two breasts structured like the towers of Jerico, her eyes were like fire because she was ready to devour me,it was suppose to be a moment of skill display. Pointing at the scary direction; I murmured what would be the most courageous word of my life.

Abeg wetin be this?

She smiled at me and this is what she said...

Open your eyes for today is the day we planned to break the yoke, you have been acting the good one just because you wanted to win the whole of me but I am not ordinary.

Many years ago, in the month of August at exactly 00 hour, there was a mighty storm and the kingdom sent out the true messenger to save the broken but everyone rejected her.

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You saw her and was charmed by her beauty and her manners, you wanted nothing but her happiness. However, you failed to ask questions because you believe that you know.

You are not smart
You are not strong
You are not careful
You are not serious
You are not obedient
You are not prayerful
You are not taskful

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I had waited for today from the very first day we met and now that you have discovered that part of me which nobody except the chosen ought to know about, let me take you home

I know that you are scared my love my superman but don't be because today was destined from the onset and what I am about to reveal to you is only for the prudent and the brave.

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I stand here naked knowing that you are as hard as the pillar of the temple, we are made for each other so tonight we will have a fair share of each other because we desire.

All your life, you have wanted to date the most beautiful woman who is independent and who will stand on her own when you are not around, you have nothing but love in you that is why all you give is love so why are you scared because of calabash and every other thing you are seeing in the corner, don't you believe in true love anymore? Baby something serious is happening in the spiritual so just close your eyes and see the the other side of me.

Don't ask questions.

Now let me take you to the next phase...

I am not ordinary, I have all it takes to be a good wife and I know that your desire is not to use me and dump me, I know that you are genuine that is why I stayed all these while.

What you are passing through now might be scary but it is not going to be our end because there is only one true love and you are mine because I am yours. Stop shaking Ugo.

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Let me reveal something very important to you because most times, a lot of people take this very important thing for granted, they believe that all that glitter is gold.

The beauty of a woman is inward
No woman is more sophiscated
Women are like seed, they germinate
A strong woman bury's her emotions
Great women offers not just sex

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We have known each other for five months, you don't even know nothing about me except my name and house address yet you believe that you cannot live without me.

It's true that love at first sight is possible but when falling in love, make sure that your heart falls first before your eyes because the eyes is deceptive.

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I will reveal exactly who I am to you but on the condition that you will not go, you told me yesterday in the morning when you brought the cake that I am the answer to your prayer.

Ugo, remember that day you were knocked down by a car but you sustained no injury? You said that you were saved because of me. You were right though you were not saved because of me rather I saved you because of today. Therefore open the eyes of your heart now and take a good look at me once again because what you see is not what it seems. I am Mercy the Princess.

Don't ask questions Ugo.

Now tell me if you still love me...

...it looked like an old cemetery, there were statues of different nature, the wind was dusty and I knew that I wasn't alone.

The birds were singing melodious lyrics, it was so royal that I felt the energy of a prince in me then the breeze began blowing South West, at this point I felt a blow on my right side

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I don't know how to explain what the blow felt like because the pain that accompanied it was severe. Naturally, I would say that something like a sharp spear hit me.

True love counts no error
True love is forgiving
True love is giving
True love is sharing
True love doesn't compromise

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These were what I kept hearing as I walked deeper into the garden then at the corner of the south gate lay a water fountain which was mosaic and freezing in nature.

As I took a step further down the shallow road, I heard a baby voice and it sounded familiar but something in me pushed me further because I wanted to stop walking

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Love doesn't accomodate decite and it takes nothing to fall in love but takes alot to stay in love so when I met you, I knew that you were the one because something in me wants you.

Mercy, I saw the shadow emerged from afar and instantly knew what lies ahead, it was a dream I needed no interpreter to interprete because in you I see the power of love and nothing would stop me from loving you, I know who you are but what I don't understand is where you came from. My mother was tough and she could tell a liar by his look. Therefore asking me if I still love you is like asking fire if it can burn a firewood. My love, this might sound stupid but answer me

Who is the shaggy woman on white in my dream?

What did you say...

...Ugo but slow down a bit, you are going too fast and it's late, the lights are bluffy and the road is still very wet

Don't take things for granted, we have tomorrow to be so it must not end today that is why all you have to do is to listen to me right now

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We have come a long way and how we met is still fresh in my memory that is why I am going to reveal everything to you so stop panicking about the calabash.

Being a father is a blessing
Not all fathers can be daddies
You are a daddy my love
Daddy gives attention
Daddy thinks about his kids

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You have to be a good father so to be the best daddy so that shaggy woman on white in your dream is an Angel, she came along for confirmation

I don't know what she said but I can tell you that she meant good because I saw her smile, it was pure and true just like your love and affection for me

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Everything about this calabash was reveled to you few days after we met but you ignored everything because you were carried away by lust

I think the break is failing Mercy, put on the seat belt while I try to get the car to a stop, please don't panic because I have things under control, be quiet baby we are not going to break because I am controlling the situation, stop shouting Mercy you are really scaring me, I am losing the wheel, the steering is getting hard, I think the power steering oil is licking too.

Ugo who are these men on uniform?

Hmmmmm it's morning...

...I know that you can hear me, baby please bounce back because I can't live without you, you are my world.

I don't know why we have to go through this, why did he allow this to happen to us? My sunshine, my world is all blue because of you

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I don't know what that luxurious bus driver was thinking when he hit us, what did we do to deserve this pain, baby you are not suppose to be on this bed

The rope of three cords
The rope that holds a union
One cord for the groom
One cord for the bride
God is the third cord

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You are my sunshine, my lovely sunshine, you make me happy when the world is unfair, I know that you can hear me so please wake up my sunshine

As I hold you now my dear, I speak strength into your weak body, the other day dear I held your picture and remembered the last word you said to me

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I knew from the start that we were meant to be and I love you so dearly that's why I fell in love with you and I know that I will never fall back from that love

You've been lying here this way for five months and today, the doctor said that everything is failing, he suggested turning off the oxygen so that this pain will ease, I am going to miss you my darling but if only words can revive you, my love you are the meaning of my life and if you go I will go so please press my hand as a sign of contact because I am not leaving until you wake up.

That's the doctor coming my dear

Just press my hand...

...and I want you to know that I am going to miss your love the moment he take off this tube, please don't go, don't go baby

If he take off this tube, all my dream will shatter, I was blessed to be loved by someone as wonderful as you so please don't go, I know that you can hear me

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My sunshine, my lovely sunshine you make my world happy when the world is unfair, so I am speaking strength into your weak body now

Bitter to loose a loved one
Broken to watch her die
The cord is weak to death
A time that breaks us forever
Love don't die in our eyes

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I won't accept loosing you not even this way because if there is anything in life I will never allow to happen, it's saying goodbye to you

We agreed to get old together and that's how it should be so I don't care if what is sustaining you now is this tube and I don't care about what he says

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You are my African Queen and it means that you are the only one, I gave you my heart, my love and my body and sacrificed my life loving you

The doctor is closeby and he is going to turn off this tube, he said that you are no longer responding but I can hear your voice and I know that you can hear mine because the tears slipping from your eyes is real, they said it's ordinary water which your body can't take anymore but I know that it's real tears, baby just move ur head, do this for me my darling, don't allow this tube to be taken off this way, I have said all the prayers I know and the answer is for you to move your head.

Doctor, can't you wait for some time

Mercy oh my love...

...I was standing right beside the corner of the bed when the vital sign monitor stopped

The nurses rushed in, there were three of them, they looked at me but believe me, I was strong, I have been waiting for this moment

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There was a time I stopped believing that Ugo was still alive, I have heard stories of people bounced back from coma but his case was severe

There is only one true love
Love can hit you just once
But last a life time
He was my hands and legs
The Father of my unborn

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I had processed how his funeral will be so when he was moved to the morgue, I called the church and had a mass booked for him the next day

I don't want to keep him for long, five months in coma was quiet enough so the best thing was to bury him immediately and I know that he would want it that way

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My heart was broken the day Ugo died, a piece of me died before his actual death but I found solace in the baby I was carrying in my womb

The death of a loved one is one thing I don't know how people handle because I have never witnessed such a thing, I have gone to couple of funerals but have not lost a direct relative until my hubby died, that was how I felt the blow of death and the fact that I was with him when death called but I survived with a broken leg while he succumbed to head injury which shattered his brain. His death broke me and changed my perspective about life. Finally, the dreaded morning came.

I got a call from the hospital

There was confussion inside the morgue...

...because I already have enough headache. I didn't know what to do because I got confused

I knew that I needed to rush down to the morgue but as I dashed out from the house, memories of my Ugo flashed back then it dawned on me

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Yes, most of us finds it very difficult to appreciate our loved ones, we wait until they die to celebrate them, we don't value their presence

Until you loose what you have
Then you will know it's value
Better a friend nearby
Than an Angel far away
Good ones leave quite early

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My only regret was that I never listened to him, i never paid attention to his feelings, it's always me and nothing else although I loved him so much

A day before the accident, he wanted to go and check his old friend, a classmate but we already had plans to visit my mum so I objected

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He imported that car, it was a right hand drive and he was suppose to convert it to left hand drive before selling it. But for my sake, he kept it for our use

That morning, he told me that he had decided to sell the car to raise money for a business so I got upset because he had already assured me that the car was mine, I didn't like the idea and he got angry but I refused to bow down so that day I made sure that the car was the car we used, I knew that he wasn't comfortable with my decision but I didn't care, he has to do what I want and it mustn't be his own way all the time. As I approached the morgue, I became more confused seeing the crowd outside

'How I wish I had showed him more love' was all I felt

What is going on here I shouted...

The morgue attendants heard a bang from the fridge and fear gripped them but courageously, one opened the fridge and he was shaking

Nobody could explain this, looking at Ugo, I realised truly that there is miracle. He didn't bounce back from coma rather he returned from the dead

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His conversations reveal that he was aware of many of the things going on around him while he seemed to be in coma especially when I talked to him

True love doesn't end
True love binds for everlasting
True love is about us not me
True love takes everything
True love is when I love you

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When I asked him if he could remember anything, he said the calabash. I was standing naked and he saw a calabash in the corner, he remembered the accident

He saw me fixed to a life saving tube and he was worried about me. While in coma, his subconscious was all about me and this proves true love

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During the five months Ugo was in coma, he had just me in his head and when he was unwrapped inside the morgue, he had my name on his lips

What does love mean to you? How are you taking care of your spouse? Ofcourse it shouldn't be all about him but do you truly accord him respect in the truest form? Your spouse is not the opposite of you but the exact replica of who you are that is why you are one and not two. As a wife all you owe your husband is to make him come home all the time, imagine if I had taken Ugo for granted, you will read this feeling sorry for me for making him leave. Be a proud wife of a wonderful husband. Just make your husband happy.