" We have been watching you, you need our help. I want you to be watchful in prayers, ask the lord his plan because something is happening tomorrow Be careful who you meet and who you talk with. We have been watching, we know all things. We know what is about to happen, we have been watching. We have been watching " we? I wondered if, this scenario was strikingly similar with Abraham's encounter with the angel. if she was an angel…if she was, I quickly bowed down in obeisance to the angel.
" I am sorry I had not recognized you earlier, I am privileged to have this encounter, I do not know how to express the privilege and honor…" I continued until I heard from a distance..
" Grandmother, grandmother!" a young lad rushed to my direction, she seemed anxious and worried, with tears in her face.
" Grandmother, I was looking for you all around, how could you leave as soon as I turned back to call a cab, I thought I had lost you." I knelt in confusion as I knelt on the ground. The young lady had a comical / quizzical look on her face, with a forced embarrassed smile.
" Um excuse me ma'am, did my mother bother you, and why are you kneeling before her" I also needed to ask myself the question. I got up and I wondered why I was caught up in such an imbroglio, it was so embarrassing.
I just wanted to vanish and teleport to anywhere else but this place.
" we have been watching you" the old woman repeated but this time around she said so while pointing to her grand-daughter.
" I know you have, please put your fingers down ma"
" Hehe, she has autism and she had been diagnosed of a weird brain condition, please forgive my grandmother if she caused you any sort of inconvenience"
" Ah I see" they turned back with her grandmothers hand in her hands and they walked slowly down the road.
I wondered to myself, what kind of encounter was that lord, very strange. I approached my car and opened the door when I heard a voice from the direction the woman and child had been going.
" Not all of your family love you, be careful not to go into any secluded place tomorrow, not even with a family member or a friend, listen and hear. This words are not mine but the words of God himself"
I turned back to look at the woman and she turned back slowly and continued walking down with her grandchild.
" I am so sorry, please don't take what she says to heart….let's go"\
I drove to thane's office as I thought thoroughly about what had happened. I still didn't fancy the eldritch encounter, I meditated what she had said J should not be be in an enclosed place with a family or friend, who could the warning be for.
I stepped on the accelerator and it was as if my thoughts had accelerated along side with the car, I finally got to Thane's office.
He was standing outside, resting across the wall next to the company's gate with his note pad jotting down something. He was probably scheduling tomorrow's activities.
I stepped out of the car and I intended to surprise him. Apparently the voice of my car arrival didn't get his attention, I stepped slowly towards him, when I had reached a close enough distance, I stopped.
" Thane, What are you planning this time around"
" Peace , when did you arrive, just now" he said as he stepped closer and kissed me on the forehead, he stepped back and took a good look at me.
"Gosh Peace, I am so lucky" he gave a sly look at me.
" Yes I just arrived now" I looked Into his eyes, I could feel the love in his eyes, it echoed into my whole being.
He tugged at my jacket, and then pulled me in a bear hug.
"Thane! A person could see us, maybe one of your friends or colleagues, how would I face them when I come to give you lunch"
" The last time I checked, you belong to me and I to you"
I became speechless, I could not deny, I was enjoying the hug, I relaxed and hugged him back. He whispered into my ears,
"Are we going home? Or we are staying in the car?" I knew that the question had an underlying meaning behind.
"No we are going to a hotel to spend the night ,the house is under some sort of construction we can go and stay at grandma's side if you know you won't be comfortable with it"
"Actually, I have plans to take you out somewhere"
" Somewhere?"
"yes somewhere, you would know the place, but it has to be a surprise, you will be blind folded, as we get closer to the venue"
" All right, I am in" I closed my eyes as Inhaled his perfume, he was so snug I could not get tired of his embracce
" let's go" we stopped hugging and we entered our car.
After minutes of driving, we arrived at the surprise venue, he arranged a surprise for me and I also did for him. It was so sweet. I began to feel anxious, my heart skipped a bit once he mentioned that we had arrived. I became unsettled, I didn't know what to expect, I began to remember what that old woman had said
don't go out into a secluded place with a family or friend …. It resounded into my being, being blind folded intensified the fear within me, being nescient was not going well with me, a visage came to my head quickly, I was becoming uneasy like the water in a boiling pot
" we are here" I could sense Thane leaning in, probably to remove my seatbelt.
" Are you okay?" he asked as he stared into my eyes and he placed his hands over my cheeks. When I saw his eyes, I became relaxed, I did not believe that I had allowed fear or words from a woman I just met this evening to make me feel afraid or insecure about Thane. I felt so sorry for myself and also ashamed.
" I am fine" I took a deep breath in and out and then I relaxed.
"You know we are partners , what is bothering you, you can tell me about it, don't hold it to yourself" I nodded slowly, I did not look into his eyes because I didn't want him to see the look of guilt in my eyes.
He wanted to surprise ma and I am behaving this strange and uneasy. He did not say anything, he studied me closely and was quiet, like he was waiting for me to overt my feelings, I didn't want him to worry, I looked at his face and then I gave a huge smile.
" I am fine, let us go"
"All right, if you say so.."I hope he would forget about it, he was always a deep thinker and just a slightest change in mood could also trigger him to change moods. His motto
If you are happy, I am happy and if you are sad, I become sad
Thane got out of the car and helped me open the door, I could open the door and go out myself but it is something he took pleasure in doing, as the door went ajar, I could see where we were at. The garden that he proposed to me when we were still courting. I was totally surprised, the fact that I was here lighthened up my once pensive mood, my gown followed me to jump out of the car in excitement, there were moonflowers all over the garden, bio luminous flowers were competing with the moon; who would throw more light to the garden. Fireflies, roomed around the garden and one or two frogs could be heard at the back ground. There was a stand that held led lights beaming with the words I love you.
At once, I could here violinist playing a mellow tune, it was so soft and peaceful, I tried searching for them but I could not see them. There were red houses layered, stretching far as a several meters away, then I spotted a tiny cottage which was decorated in beautiful ribbons, I felt like a princess at that moment
I held thane by his hands and I smiled to the brim, I could not believe he would take me here, it was so nostalgic.
" This is not all, I just started peace"
" I already feel like I am at the finishing line" I remarked wittily.
We walked towards the cottage, I held thane's arm while walking the path decorated with roses, as I walked inside, I saw the violinists that I had been looking so desperately for.