Chapter 2. Shot in the Past.

CHAPTER 2. SHOT IN THE PAST.

Malaki switched off the car engine, picked up his briefcase and jacket before strolling towards the house. Damn! It was one hell of a day. Thankfully, he was home and all he could think of was food, shower and of course his wife in his bed; hmm, the thought of this made him quicken his pace.

He rushed his food, dragged her out of the kitchen and straight to bed. He was snoring 15 seconds after having sex.

Meanwhile, Tracy was fuming. Two minutes! Two freaking minutes! She wanted to scream, it was always a straight-to-it-no-strings-attached kind of sex. She always felt detached right after. This was all Pastor Matthew’s fault.

She remembered how they met in church during a thanksgiving service while they were in school. He sat beside her; they exchanged brief handshakes and all the usual ‘church’ pleasantries. After the service, she went to see her friend Tosin who was a worker. She found out they were praying so she had to wait till they were through. Suddenly, Tosin came to tell her the Pastor was calling her, it came as a rude shock to her because she had never met the Pastor asides seeing him on the pulpit. It didn’t seem wise not to go; moreover, she didn’t have an option as she couldn’t run out of the church premises.

She met the Pastor, shivering, shouting and crying. Now she was overwhelmed and scared. If the Pastor was like this shouldn’t she start to roll on the floor? The Pastor called her name and brought her mind back to church. He asked her if she knew the brother kneeling beside him. It was the same guy that sat beside her during the Church service. She told him he was her neighbour during the service and he laughed. He told her she couldn’t see beyond the physical; Malaki was going to be her future husband and their destinies had been tied in heaven, they were going to be together forever but they were to desist from sex before marriage. She looked at him like he was mad but he told her if they tried it, all that the Lord had planned for them would be destroyed. On the other hand, they would enjoy their marriage if they obeyed.

She later found out that Brother Malaki was a nice person, they got talking and he found out she had challenges raising her fees and also keeping body and soul together. She was surprised when he came to her room one night and handed an envelope to her. He told her the money in it was for her fees and upkeep. She was weak. It was more than she needed. She was also grateful but in Pastor’s words any one with more than physical eyes could see she wasn’t in love with him but over the years she grew to LIKE him very dearly. Her aunt had told her she went to pray somewhere and they were to get married. So they did.

Now she was in this mess and her phone rang and brought her thoughts back to life. The voice was unmistakably Henry’s voice. She asked him how he got her number and he told her to look outside from the window. She wanted to faint! Henry was just outside the gate. He told her to meet him downstairs.

Malaki wasn’t different from a dead man when asleep. 

Should she see Henry?