Thread by @GbengaWemimo

She was the most beautiful girl he had ever spoken to up till the moment he met her
She came to their village to write WAEC as an external student
Those special centre arrangement runs done by teachers in those days
He was the most brilliant student of the school
Her hair was

Curly, her lips enticing and her eyes were like crystal jars of love
He was taking a tutorial class when she walked in
He had never been to the city before but he had studied hard and was determined not to waste the money he made from his hard labour on the farm. He was going

to make something of himself
He had great dreams of travelling abroad and studying in England
Others had done it from his village, although most of them@moved to the city and travelled from the city
He didn’t know anyone who did it directly from their village and he didn’t care

He was not going to rot in the village, of that he was very sure
She was different from the girls in the village
He never saw those ones as anything but classmates and friends but he saw this lady
He saw her womanliness
He noticed that she was female and she made him aware that

He was a male
Immediately after his class, he walked up to her to practise his English
He usually practise with his younger brother who couldn’t speak any better than he did
They both practised all the same because he learnt from one of their uncles that was the only way they can

get better
She spoke well (he couldn’t tell how good she was but they both spoke and understand each other)
When she left class he walked with her
He really didn’t know what he wanted or how to say whatever he had on his mind but she liked him and they walked together till they

got to the room she rented
He turned to leave
She asked if he wanted to come in
He did and that was it
They became boyfriend and girlfriend
Her room became his classroom
She cooked, they studied and they had sex
Loads of sex
She knew so much and he was a willing student

A week to the examination, other external students began to arrive in their village
Suddenly he realised she was not the most beautiful girl in the world after all
She was the most beautiful until the more beautiful ones arrived
He realised also that she was not so intelligent

He met a lady!
One of the external students who engaged him in an intellectual discussion for over three hours and made his head spin for joy
You never knew you liked some things until you tried them
He realised he wanted more than sex and food
He wanted a mind, a brain that made

him think
He withdrew from her and started studying in school again
She didn’t put up much of a fight
It was all for the best…
Examination started, he realised something
She was the official gift the teachers offered the invigilator while the examination was going on.
He neve

saw her in the examination hall, not once
The invigilator brought the examination materials and disappeared to her room in town where she entertained him
The teachers solved the problems and all the students got settled for 500 naira per paper
Her examination was taken care of by

the principal and other teachers
It was a crazy arrangement and the first time he would ever see anything like that
He never saw her again
Once they finished the examination, she jetted off to wherever she came from and he went back to his firewood sales & farming as he prepared

for admission
A few months later, the result of his examination was released and he passed exceedingly well
He gained admission into the University of Ixxxxxx
He packed his bags and moved to the city
A week after he completed his registration, while standing in front of the SUG

building
He saw her walking down the road
He quickly ducked into the SUG building and watched her as walked towards the department of education
He made some photocopies and returned to his hostel
Later that evening, he bumped into her in front of the library
This time he couldn’t

dodge
She told him she was a diploma student
He didn’t say much
They exchanged phone numbers but he didn’t call her
He had his sight on a better life and she was bad news in his opinion
A week later, she bumped into her again, this time at the shopping complex opposite the school

They talked for a while, but he still didn’t say much
He would have walked away but he was too polite to do so
She told him she had some challenges with her studies and could use his help
He followed her to her rented room close to the shopping complex
They had sex again
He felt

he was too weak
He knew should have said No
He wanted to but he was too timid to do what he wanted
When they were done, he left
He never saw her again
He graduated and travelled abroad for his masters on a full scholarship
He returned to Nigeria in 2013
Started his own company

He met a lady that he was hoping to get married
One Friday afternoon, he was told by his secretary that he had a visitor
It was her and an six year old boy
He said the boy was his child
He laughed and laughed and laughed
He was way smarter than the village boy that she met years

earlier
He said he wanted to do a DNA test
She said “fine”
They did the test, the boy was his!
He said he would cater to the child, she said no
She wanted marriage or nothing
He told her to get out
She did
He got married in 2016, wife died six months later
He got married again in

2019, wife died six months later
He was told to seek help
Everywhere he went he was told he had to marry her or remain single
She had laid an embargo on him, he marries her or he remains fruitless
He reached out to her
She said it had to be marriage or nothing
He spoke with a

friend
The friend told her Jesus saves
The friend introduced her to the brother in Jeans and T-shirt
He became a believer, full of the Holy Spirit
He met another lady in 2020
The lady was a believer, not born of blood or the will of man but of the spirit
They got married in

October 2020
They had their baby in July 2021.
Mother and baby are living and healthy

PS: His baby mama came to his office today and dropped his son, she said she was leaving for Ireland and didn’t want the child again
He called the brother in Jeans and T-shirt
The Brother in

Jeans and T-shirt told him to get a lawyer and make her sign an official document that makes him the sole custodian of the child
He did!
She just signed!
He called the brother in Jeans and T-shirt, screaming and laughing!
Jesus saves to the uttermost!
Hallelujah

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