Till Death Do Us Part...

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My fiancee met me nine months ago near my family house. I had hit my mid-thirties and my whole family was on my case. All they wanted was for me to get married before it was too late. My friends and relations had introduced me to various girls, in fact at a point I had to travel to another state just to meet up with a girl, but none appealed to me. My case was near hopeless and I also gave up on finding a nice and decent girl to marry.

I was almost frustrated by the whole marriage issue and to make matters worse, I got a call from my parents summoning me home to discuss a critical family matter. Reluctantly and with a heavy heart, I traveled home. As expected, my case was the basis for the family meeting. As the eldest, everybody wanted to hear a date from me. Tired of the whole drama, I decided to spend the whole day at my friend’s house.

Around 10pm, I decided to return to the family house. On my way back, I got a call and parked by the side of the scantily lit road. I was still on the phone when my passenger door opened and someone got in and sat down. I immediately jerked around only to see the obvious surprise in her eyes when she saw my face. I got off the phone and before I could say a word, the pretty lady started apologizing; that my car was similar to her brother’s car and when I drove by her and stopped, she had thought it was her brother stopping for her to get in. I must confess the surprise of the whole episode left me speechless. She hurriedly got down and walked into the darkness. Quickly recovering from my shock I drove after her. I still thank God I did.

I delayed my return trip for a week during which I realized I enjoyed her ready jokes, laughter, awesome personality and wanted to keep her in my life for as long as I could. We decided to date. Eventually I went back to Lagos and after a month, as God would have it, she got a job in Lagos and moved in with her sister. We have been dating for 9 months now and I have made up my mind to live with her till death do us part...