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Thence, they were living in a house with other tenants. His wife told him that she was
Aware of all those, that why should those be bothering him again now. Then, he continues, I
Know you know all of those, but there was a regular incident that used to happen that I do not
Think I have ever shared with you, and that is what I want to share. As his wife, draws a
Seat near him to listen to his story. He says, there was a colleague of my father, he died three
Years before our marriage. This man and my parents finished from the same school years
Back. My father could not continue with his studies as he got married to my wife. He
However continues with his studies and finished as an accountant. He was working in one of
The banks in the island. He is a manager of the bank he was working in. He occasionally pays
Us a visit and whenever he visits us, my mother would prepare delicious meals for him,
Special meal, the kind of meal we used to eat during the festive periods, like Christmas
Period. My mother would say of the man that he was the one who single handedly sponsored
Their wedding, for her parents do not want her to marry my father because of the
Financial status of my father. But my mother loves my father very greatly and had told her
Parents that everything is not money, that it is either she marries my father or she would not
Get marry at all. As she continues to drag this with her parents according to what she
Says, my father’s friend got to know of the development, and he says when they were in the
High School that it was my father who used to teach her accounting and financial studies, “he
Was one of the best graduating students during our set, it was quite appalling that he
Cannot further his academics” he has told me one day when he visited our home, adding that
I must do all I can to further my education. So, my mother says when he got to know of the
Worrisome situation he was passing through and the demand of my mother’s parents on
Him he decided to come into the scene and he raised my father up financially, gave him some
Money with which he expands his business and also money to pay the dowry of my mother
Among other things he needed for the success of the wedding. This is outside the fact that
He also ensures that he sets up the parlor and the room that my father has rented so that it will
Meet to the taste of my mother’s parents and siblings. My mother says, after this man has
Done this for her love, she has asked one of her siblings to see her to my father’s
Apartment and on getting to the apartment and seeing what was in place, when he returns
Home he was the one who told their parents that my father’s status has changed that they
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Should allow his sister to get married to my father. Well on saying this to our father my
Mother adds that, my parents had to visit the shop of my father to see if the shop has been
Expanded and if there are goods there. When they got to the shop and see that the shop has
Been expanded and there are goods there, they thereafter soft-pedals and agrees that my
Mother continues to date my father. Some weeks after this, they got married. This that the
Man done for my father is why my mummy whenever the man comes visiting us, she cannot
But go extra mile to ensure that she satisfies him. However, whenever my mother is doing
This the man would continue to tell her that she does not need all those, because her husband
Who is my father has “sprinkled waters on the grounds ahead of him and he cannot but walk
On wet and soft ground” this is a proverb meaning one would reap what one has sown, he
Has done good things by trying to teach him when they were in High School and now he
Cannot but reap the reward of his works. My mummy too would reply that it is not many
People that know that, because it was not only him that my father was coaching then, but
None of them except him remembers my father. After saying this, she will continue with her
Works while my father and his friend continues to talk in the sitting room. after she finishes
Preparing the foods and set the table before him, he will not eat more than one percent of
The food stating that the thing that pains women most is you not tasting out of their meals,
Their sweats. After tasting about one percent of the meal, he will equally give my mother
Money, and all of us their children would be given money. After he has done this, for the
Next two or more days we shall be eating delicious meals because he will also bring with him
Some food items. So all of us the children used to pray that the man always come visiting us,
But he does not come regularly for he used to travel for meetings with other executives of
The banks at other islands and in another country. This is what crosses my mind as I sit down
This day, my mind thought about the man, the status of my parents, and the status we are in
Now. It is you and I, my wonderful darling that the Lord has bestowed all these blessings
Upon, glory be unto the name of that Lord. His wife replies, we thank God for good people
Who have passed through this world, it is those good people who have made living in the
World a worthwhile one else greater percentage of the people of the world would be
committing suicide daily because of the act of the wicked people. It is good to be good his wife states. Let us thank God for good people. My Pride, My Joy, My Love, I have set the table, let us go and eat, she says…
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