My Messiah :Love in Damascus - Episode 9

MARCH, 2016

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It was noon and a very sunny Sunday, Joseph woke up to someone shaking him roughly.

He groaned and mumbled to himself, half asleep.

He had down a five glass of scotch the previous night, he had even forgotten it was Sunday.

"Joseph"

he jerked fully awake at the sound of that familiar voice. It was his sister.

"Eva" he whispered

"what is it?"

"Mum asked me to wake you"

Eva said smiling at the way Joseph was reacting.

She knew he would react that way because nobody disturbs him when he is asleep.

"What for?"

Joseph said half screaming

"can you see that am sleeping"

"It is noon brother and only a lazy man sleeps till this time"

"Meaning?"

He said with his eye wide open

"that am a lazy man"

"No..... . Was implying that....

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. " Eva tried to Dodge but Joseph caught her

"I was just saying ...." "...

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. Just cut it" Joseph cut her off

"tell her am still sleeping"

he continued as he covered his face with the blanket Eva immediately snatch the blanket From him

"We are having a visitor down stairs and your presence is highly needed"

Eva said has she threw the blanket to one corner of the room.

"And what is my concern with the visitor? Serve them and make sure they are entertained. So I don't see any reason why my presence should be needed"

Joseph concluded

"It is Anna and her mom" she said with a smile "so its best you attend to them" she said as she leave his room

"Ann...... Anna! What!... Here? Right now?"

He said surprisingly

"It was suppose to be a surprise but you were too stubborn to get out of bed"

Joseph mind went haywire, his mind began to rumble on the bed.

He didn't want to believe it at first , he had only dreamt of her couple of hours ago.

So now she is in his house, his sitting room, sitting on his chair.

He didn't understand what she and her mother must have come here to do.

'Didn't mother see her on social media and hook us up for a date? Or must it be , her mother is a friend of mine? So they are trying to hook us up' he thought 'yes it must be so, cause her mother knew my name the moment she saw me' Joseph stood up from his bed and began to pace round the room.

He hadn't brush, he hadn't bath, his body is so dishevelled, his hair so unkempt, his whole system was upside down.

He went to the bathroom and splatter water on his face.

He brushed his teeth and moved to his wardrobe and look for a very suitable and befitting cloth to wear.

Joseph left his room in no rush, prepared to answer any question thrown towards him.

When he reached the stair, he began to walk like a ninja on his toes. He was eavesdropping but didn't hear anything.

So Joseph cleared his throat and walked majestically to the spacious sitting room.

At the sight of Anna, his heart began to race.

And found it so strange, he hadn't felt such since the last seven.

So now here he was with a pounding heart with a fast heart beat, faster than usual.

He had thought he was going to have a panic attack.

"Good afternoon ma"

Joseph said as he entered the sitting room.

He was so surprise to see his father among the gathering.

"Sleeping early and waking up late"

his father said Joseph wasn't ready to protest cause they all thought he had gone to bed when he went upstairs.

They didn't know he had sneaked his way back downstairs to the bar when everyone had gone to bed.

He had gone for a bottle of whisky.

"Mrs Taylor, what a pleasant surprise"

Joseph said as he sank on a chair beside his father "We never thought we would be here l" Mrs Taylor said "I changed my mind when we were coming back from church. Isn't that so Anna?"

She said turning towards Anna

"Yes, mom just changed her mind. You know she was behind the wheel, so anything happen"

she said and everyone laughed. But Joseph found it so strange, it not possible they just chose to visit today, a day after I went out with Anna. 'I haven't seen her in our house before, so why the sudden change in event?' He thought

"So Anna, how you doing??"

Joseph asked

"Am fine" her voice was cool and soft as always

"hope you dreamt of me?"

She said jokingly Joseph looked at her surprisingly and suddenly felt ashamed.

He didn't know the kind of reply to give, with all eyes on him.

He suddenly thought he was being setup, that he was the only one there that is innocent of what was going on.

She shouldn't have asked that question, YES! he had dreamt of her but he can't admit it cause if he does they will think he was already into her and if he says NO! she might be disappointed.

He doesn't know what to do, hell YES! he had dreamt of her. 

A very romantic dream he had had in years the flash back of the dream crept into his memory and he began to smile alone, he began to smile like a baby.

He was so lost in ecstasy and fantasy of the dream.

His father tapped him and brought him back from his dreamland.

"Sure, I dreamt of you"

he finally said That reply made his mother so amazed, she had never expected such from him.

She had thought he would say NO!, but he chose to surprise her ...surprise them all.

"Let leave the two young lover bird to their chirping and let we old bird enjoy yourself in the nest upstairs"

Joseph father said as he stood and led the ladies to the upper sitting room.

Joseph wanted to talk but he merely whispered to himself.

He knew his father cunning behavior, So he sat still and watched His parent and Mrs Taylor move towards the stairs. TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT EPISODE!!!

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