Sometimes, all you need is one person that shows you that it’s OK to let your guard down, be yourself and love with no regret…
This is a true life love story of Henry Adetutu Gbadega and Nnwuzo Jovia Esther (once the face of orange drugs and the daughter of Eze ndigbo of ikorodu)
April 21 2015, around 3.55 P.M.
Suddenly, I saw a fair lady with her dad in front of me while I was about to leave for my first meal of the day saying they were referred from our bank at LASU-branch to me. Despite that i was famished and ready to go since the time for British Airways transaction treatment has elapsed for the day, I had to attend to them.
As I was trying to explain to the elderly man that the time for British Airways transaction was almost elapsed as at 4:00p.m that they came and it might not be safe for us to carry out the transaction, the daughter rudely cut in and demanded i should start treating it. But I did not want to argue since they are my customers, so I decided to give it a shot by asking my colleague to start the PNR confirmation, while I left for my lunch.
When I got back, my colleague said the transaction could not be processed, that he advised them to come the next day. So I went upstairs the next day to say hello to my boss, low and behold I was surprised to see the lady sharing jokes with my colleagues and other customers out there, but no salutation was exchanged between us.
Sometimes later while I was with my boss, my colleague came to call me to help out that the British Airways was not confirmed and he could not reach the unit in charge, so I called the unit with my boss’ phone, it was confirmed and treated and she was so happy.
Jokingly, one of the customer who was trying to “woo” her was saying to marry your people will be very expensive, from nowhere I just raised my voice that I would go get loan to marry her as the cost will not be a problem and we all laughed over it .
I had not even sat for 5 minutes when I saw my colleagues running to me saying the printer was faulty and as a result, he could not print the receipt for the transaction for her, so I checked, I noticed it was a network issue, I assured the lady that my colleague will keep the receipt for her, i told her to drop her number with my colleague but she insisted that I gave her my number so she can call me directly and since she stays around that she would meet me.
I met her then gave her the receipt, she was so happy that she insisted she buys me a drink but I declined, so she offered to accompany me half-way to the bus-stop where I was to leave for home but we got carried away that she walked me down all the way, we held hands and acted like we had known each other long time ago, from the bus-stop I took her back to her junction, I finally agreed to settle for the drink, and we had a nice chat.
The evening visitations, drink and chat kept on going for like 4weeks until one day while I was on the LAG-bus(a commercial bus within Lagos State)going home after our Suya and Fanta night that I shouted “love you” through the window unintentionally. All of a sudden I came to my senses and reminded myself that she was just a friend while hoping she didn’t hear what i said.
We became so close that we graduated to visiting each other at home. One day she called me while I was at a bar watching football match in the evening, she called to pay visit but I declined that it was late, but she insisted she was going to come, asking if I was with “somebody”, and I said “NO”, and to prove I was not with any lady I asked her to come over which she did.
Then I realized this is no more ordinary friendship. But I had to ask myself if i was ready for this, Henry does not want igbo girls wahala (PROBLEM), i reminded my head but my heart wasn’t listening, and i finally concluded within myself that, there must be something special in the igbo, and every night i sat with her in her place i usually say a silent prayer that God save my heart this time because I am falling deep again, I was once shattered into pieces by an Anambra lady, now that I was able to pick up the pieces of my broken heart He is sending an Imo state woman my way again.
We started dating a day to her departure, I was supposed to accompany her to the airport ,but suddenly, I saw her at the exact spot she was the first day I met her, telling me she had to go now, that British Airways has changed departure time.
That could have been the last time I would have set my eyes on her.
Then we started contacting each other vis BBM, Skype, calls, Whatsapp till when she extended her arrival to a further date. That didn’t matter until I saw a Rose flower on her DP given to her by an admirer. That drifted us apart for awhile, I almost gave up on her thinking i cannot compete from this side of the world, but suddenly we were able to rekindle the love, and she came back to me again.
Ever since I Picked her up back to my life at the arrival ,we keep on waxing stronger, and till forever ends, she is home…