My Messiah :Love in Damascus - Episode 11

 

Joseph woke up very early the next day, he had dreamt of where he was taking Anna.

He got up early from bed and had his bath, it was going to be the beginning of a new dawn in his life.

He was prepared to tell Anna the concluded part of his story.

He figure out where he wanted to take her, it was a place he discovered long time ago. 

A place he would never forget, a place bounded with his first love memory with Sasha, a place he named MYSTERY LOVE GARDEN.

Joseph had mail the office about his absent today.

It was his father company, so he doesn't usually take permission before he does anything but this time, he made it formal.

He knew it would surprise his Secretary.

Joseph opened his wardrobe and selected his best outfit, he went over to his shoe rack and took his Italian shoe.

A shoe that God knows when he had wore it last.

It was the best thing for the best date for Joseph for he was fully prepared.

He had fixed Ten o'clock for the date.

Joseph sat on his bed so anxious, he was looking at his wristwatch every Ten minutes.

Guess he had woke up very early cause their was still much time.

For the first time in seven years Joseph has been anxious about a date. He didn't know what was making him so anxious, it wasn't that he found it difficult to love again.

Joseph actual problem was forgetting Sasha,which he didn't want such to happen.

Forgetting Sasha would make him an ingrate he had always thought, but he wallowed in darkness for so long.

His thought and anxiousness suddenly calm down when he heard a slight knock on his door.

Joseph knew who it was and the message they want to relay to him.

He stood up from bed and went to the door.

It was their house help, Katie.

"Good morning sir"

she said

"Morning Katie"

Joseph said instantly

"is the food ready?"

"Yes sir, breakfast is ready"

"Tell them I will be downstairs in a minute"

Joseph said and Katie walked away.

He closed the door to his room and checked his wristwatch again, It was already past 9 .

So he left the room and rush downstairs.

"Morning"

Joseph said as he got to the dinning.

He looked round the table, what he saw was what he hated the most 'bacon sandwich'.

The food he ate when he last saw Sasha, it had given him goosebumps.

Immediately he saw it, he lost his appetite and he announced his leave.

"Am going out" he announced

"Where to?"

His mother asked "and you haven't eaten" she added

"I have lost my appetite" "But it was one's your favorite" his mother protested "Not in a long time"

he snapped

"will be back in the evening"

he said as he walk towards the exit

"And where to?"

His father who had been busy with his food broke his silence Joseph wasn't ready to tell his parent anything, he knew how they would react if they heard he was going on a second date with Anna

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. So he kept his mouth shut.

"I know you ain't going to the office, cause your Secretary already called me" his father continued "Isn't anyone seeing what I am seeing?"

Eva said. Joseph gave her a firm look but she ignored it. He already sensed that she must have been eavesdropping, she must had heard him telling Anna about today dates. So he tried everything he could to fix Eva but it was too late. She already let the cat loose. Joseph stood still, he knew his mother would be the first to talk and he could see excitement in her eyes.

"Joseph, are you really going on a date?"

She asked happily Joseph could hear traces of happiness in her voice. He knew if he stayed a minute longer in that house, they will crucify him with question. It was already getting late and he didn't want anything to ruin his nearly perfect morning.

"I will be back in a blink"

he announced and didn't bother looking back as he made his way to the door.

He had wanted to put his parent in suspense, he had wanted to surprise them but now that his little sister had let the cart go.

There was no longer a suspense, so he prayed for a perfect date.

Has he zoomed out of the compound, he began to worry again. What has been the yoke in his heart will be broken today, cause he was ready to let.

***

Joseph pulled over in front of Anna house, he could feel his heart beating faster than usual, anxiousness clouding his very mind.

He called Anna and informed her of his arrival.

Joseph spent twenty minutes in his car after he had called her. He knew she would delay cause That's what girl does.

They spend more hours with makeup trying to look like an angel.

So he sat still in car and slotted one of favorite disc, 'all night long' by Lionel Richie.

He love that song since his high school days. He sang loud in his husky voice.... "lose yourself in the wide romance.. we going to party... karamu... fiesta.. forever.. All night long.... all night..."

He was already getting lost in the rhythm of the song, his father had one his tapes when he was in high school.

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. He had love Lionel Richie, His voice, his haircut... Those s*xy ladies backing him up.

The song took over his anxious mind making his body relax. 'Guess this what I needed' he thought After so many mind throbbing moment, he heard a rustling from the gate.

He knew it would be her, so he paid close attention to his rare mirror and behold an angel appeared. An angel with dazzling gown,walking majestically to his car.

Her beauty made him so dumbfounded, he was lost in fantasy. He suddenly began to feel heat from inside. His nose became wet, she was like a 'Human-Angel'... At least if such ever existed. He brought out his handkerchief and dabbed his sweaty nose, and suddenly his calm heart began to race again.

He ran out to open the car door for her and she beamed him a sweet smile that kept him wandering in the wilderness.

She was wearing a pink and dazzling mini gown that sent joseph head jingling.

Her hair was wide blown. 'Just like in the Indian movie' he thought Her face with just little touch of makeup and her lips wet and glossy. She has the spicy world of fashion.

She looked like an incarnated form of an angel.

Joseph troubling mind hasn't settled,and catching his breath looked rather difficult than easy.

He suddenly became short of words.

"You are beautiful"

he manage to say as he opened the door gently, not ready to spoil the lovely atmosphere

"Thank you"

she said softly

"you also looking handsome"

Joseph smiled and winked at her

"And am so sorry for keeping you waiting"

she added

"Me always waiting is like my thing"

he said awkwardly

"so I don't mind"

Anna guffaw, and she entered the car and he shut the door behind her like a perfect gentleman.

So immediately he ran to the drivers side, he lower the volume of the music and zoomed off.

"I can't wait to reach where you are taking me" she said with a smile

"Me too"

Joseph replied with a gentleman smile

"you are going to love it"

He knew this was going to be a new dawn in his life, he was already getting attracted to her and guess she is also attracted to him also.

He would either start a new relationship and end his previous one or end the new one which just barely started and drown in his old one.

That was a decision he found very difficult to make. Joseph might not need a new messiah, he could stick to his old messiah and wallow in darkness for another years of his life.