Ijóyá is a beautiful damsel born and bred in the Jawa Island. Jawa is one of the towns of the South Western states of the country. Ijoya is chocolate in colour and was very sharp when she was in her unit years. For her ability to grasp things quickly, her parents were advised to let her sit for the entrance examinations into secondary school when he was in primary 4.
Her parents was initially skeptical about going on with what Ijoya's teachers requested, but when Ijoya's father discussed with a friend who happened to have more insight into education that Ijoya's parents, the man asked him to give it a trial. Thus, her parents consented to Ijoya's writing the exam at her early days in primary 5. She was given serious coaching by her teachers because they really want her to make it. Ijoya wrote the examination with her seniors and she made it.
What he father considered a trial turned out a reality as they presurized him to let he continue into secondary school. She entered secondary school and was not doing badly because Ijoya's parents got for him home teachers.
When Ijoya got to Senior Secondary Class 1 she became the cynosure of all eyes because during this time, her feminine features have been emerging such that her beauty can no longer be hidden just like a smoke that cannot be hidden for too long, some male teachers who are bachelors could not but look at her, and would wish they still had more time to wait and would have waited for her to be married to her.
Ijoya was not aware of this, and would run errands for her teachers.
Soon, Ijoya finished secondary school and was seeking for admission into one of the institutions of higher learning in the land.
She was unable to secure admission when she finished and her parents was counselled by his friend to let her go for A Level studies in one of the centres nigh by.
Her parent agreed and she left Jawa island for Orere Island for her A Level. She finished the A Level in flying colours and secured admission into 200 Level.
Meanwhile, back at Jawa Island, when Ijoya was in Senior Class 2, Ijoya and a guy Sẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀ became attracted to each other. Interestingly, both of them were attending the same church in Jawa Island.
Sẹkẹrẹ had finished secondary school two years earlier with good result but couldnt secure admission. Sẹkẹrẹ had been working on his admission and he was getting green light. So Sẹkẹrẹ made advancements to Ijoya... Their relationship became formalized when Ijoya finished her Ordinary Level. At this time Sẹkẹrẹ has secure admission into a Paramedical college in Jawa island. He was hoping that Ijoya too would be admitted into one of the institutions in Jawa so that their love would wax hot and be solidified upon, but as fate would have it that never happened and Ijoya left for Orere island for her A Level and where he entered University.
However, Ijoya was communicating with Sẹkẹrẹ, declaring to him her total love. Things seemed to be normally going at first but later, Sẹkẹrẹ did not believe in Ijoya again, as such he asked her to let them go their ways. Ijoya tried her best to tie together the cut rope, but nay it couldnt. This made Ijoya sullen, downcasted and thought all was over for her, "my first love", she said, "ìsẹ̀kusẹ̀ ni Sẹkẹrẹ ma fi sẹ mi lọwọ kẹ̀, Ọlọrun ma ma jẹ ki nbọ sọwọ aláwìn bayi" (translation this negative beginning from Sekere will this not have a negative effect on my love life now? People usually say beginning matters.)
Ijoya continued to think about this until her mum told to take it off her heart, asking her, don't you have other proposals?
"Several mama", she replied trying to inhale the mucus in her nostrils. "Good. Don't you have any among them that you have deeper feelings for?" her mum asked, moving closer to her, with her arms across her shoulders, as she sat at the edge of the settee she was sitting on.
"One of them, I have strong feelings for", she replied, trying to look at her mum in the eye. "Good. Give me his name and we shall pray about it", her mum said happily.
“His name is Josy”, she replied her mother.
“This I will like you to do for me”, her mother responded, “you will have to write the name in a piece of paper for me because the name is a common name and I may forget it by the time I get to my prayer partners, but when it is written out for me, it will not be easy for me to forget, brain may not immediately recall it, but paper will give it out once”, Her mother conclusively said.
She stood up from where she was, entered her room to take a paper and a ball pen, returned to where her mother was sited and wrote out the name in a paper for her. She handed over the paper to her mother.
“This is good you know,” her mother said, adding that, “you now have to do something for me”
“And what is it that you will like me do for you again?” She asked from her mother looking at her straight in the eyes.
“You ’ve got to let bygones be bygones, you ‘ve got to forget what is past, you should allow the rivers of the past to sweep it away, take on new posture, become alive and stop thinking about the guy who has let you down, what that is saying is that you are not destined to be together….”
“Uhmn!” she sighed.
“Sometimes we will want something for ourselves and we shall be thinking that is the best for us, but our God who knows and sees all know what is the best for us and though we may give all we have for such things but yet God will upturn it because he knows that such is not the best for us, and when such happens we often times becomes sad, because we would think there is no future again, or think there is no good person out there again, how erronos we often be on this. All that we need to do is allow God to perfect his work in our lives”, her mother said rubbing her hands through the spines of her backbones.
“Thank you mum, I will try and push his dealing with me behind my back”, she replied her.
Josy happened to be an average man with a silent lifestyle. Co-incidentally, he had been jilted by his spouse some 8 years ago because his spouse said he was too local for her, without money, no connection, no leverage and bleak future, “I do not wish to suffer as my parents suffered, my mother married a local person and that is why we could not break through in life, now that I have come of age and I have been able to mingle with some social elites in my work place, I do not think I can get married to you again”, his finacee said as she left him at an eatery where they were that evening without saying good bye.
His relationship of three years with this lady was broken by the lady just like that. Josy before now has been trying to satisfy his spouse, everything she demanded of him he would do. If she says she wanted a certain changes in his lifestyle, because Josy does not want her to go, because of the love Josy had for her, Josy would make ammendments even while such changes would injure him he would not mind, he will ensure that the changes were effected. But despite all of these, this lady was not satisfied with Josy, she has been looking at the ways an manners of living of some people, things got worse with them when she secured employment at a place, and it was not long after securing the employment there that she called it quit with Josy.
Despite the unceremonious parting that happened, Josy, would not let her go like that, he started working on this lady, sending people to her, close friends with the hope that they would be able to convince her to come back into his life, but all his efforts proved abortive because the lady did not come around again, the lady left her, she did not have a rethought on what she had done.
This made Josy sat down and think, if a man doesnt have money, a man would not enjoy relationship. Josy therefore started working, investing in divers of things, at the initial, it was as if all his investments were being drown in the ocean. For there was nothing to show for it. People have been mocking him, saying no wonder his spouse left him, “assuming you were his spouse wont you leave too?” A lady while talking to her friend asked her not knowing that Josy was around the corner hearing what they were saying. Josy said to himself, I don’t know how to do better than what I am doing, and I believe one day, I will hit my own gold.
Ijoya's mother being a woman of prayer, took the paper on which Josy’s name was written by her daughter to several places of prayer she used to go to and asked her prayer partners to help her in praying about the name, seeking the face of the Lord for her daughter, standing in the gap for her. All those who joined Ijoya’s mother in praying about Josy did not come up with anything substantial about the man and what his relationship would be with her daughter. However, the only thing that they kept on telling her was that they have peace of mind on the guy and believe things would work out well for her daughter if she could venture into a relationship with the guy, Josy.
Since all of them believed that the spiritual silence means that the relationship would become a blessed one, the woman told her daughter, Ijoya, to continue with Josy and that if it won't be a way, the Lord would one way or another halt its progress.
After Ijoya heard that she should start something worthwhile with the man Josy, she started showing signs of love to Josy, which she had not been showing to him from the time past. Though she started showing this, but it was not a full show of love as she had done to Sẹkẹrẹ.
It had been 7 years 8 months of ridicule and reproach for Josy until one of his investments hit gold and he was contacted by the management to receive some dividends on one of his investments, this came as a surprise unto him because this one on which he had been contacted to receive dividends from, was the least of those he thought would bring dividend unto him that early. Here is it, it has now started to yield. He was happy for this development and believed others too will one day begin to yield him dividends.
Since the time Josy's spouse left, he has been looking forward to getting another damsel, but, it has not happened. Josy has been tired of this too until Ijoya started acting admiringly. "Well, let me see how this will work out, after all, Tegir acted more than this, but later she left "na ni"", Josy said to himself. "I will try my best, show her my love how I can..., uhmn, I actually pray this works" he concluded with this silent prayer.
Ijoya and Josy started talking on the air, chating on the social media, Vk.com, Facebook, Pinterest, Linkedln, Twitter etc because Josy ensure that Ijoya joined all the social media to which he belonged to, in case Ijoya had any hiccups he will put her through those media, he wanted to be up to the trends of things in the world, after all being a believer does not say we should not belong to social media, what is there is we should just take note of those whom we shall be associating with on those social media.
Things were going on smoothly and no sooner than all of this that Ijoya started opening up than before to Josy. If she wanted to do anything, even before the thought is well formed in her thinking center, she would have let cat out of the bag to Josy. Things have changed from the erstwhile “slow-motioned” position of love with them and it is on an accelerated level, everyone is seeing this in their eyes and lifestyles, Josy and Ijoya are finally enmeshed in love.
Josy had no reservations in his spirit for Ijoya, he is now swimming in the ocean of love.
One day, Josy left Orere land to go and visit Ijoya in Jawa Island. Ijoya was very elated to welcome Josy so also was her people. They set before him several things and Josy was telling them, those things were too much but they will not answer, Ijoya's younger sister said you have removed the shame on my sister and put the enemies to shame.
"Uhmn!" Josy said, "I think it goes for both side", he added.
"Whichever it is, let us spoil you with foods and drinks", Younger sister added, setting before him several drinks.
After they finished meerying, Ijoya and Josy strolled out, walking side by side, they even passed by the house of Sẹkẹrẹ, and Ijoya told him, this is the house of that man who broke my heart.
"I have told you to let that go, it is part of life, let us be focused on our lives prayerfully and I know, those good things we have been expecing will come to pass in our lives in Jesus name". "Amen" both chorused.
Ijoya and Josy took selfies, different pictures... Ijoya was looking radiant and aglow... Before Josy left for Orere island that day, he gave Ijoya an engagement ring, which Ijoya joyfully accepted.
Josy left for Orere Island later in the day.
Ijoya could not forget the visitation, and now, she has changed her profile picture to that of Josy to tell everyone that, she is now a branded person, alternating the profile pix with engagement ring and different moments of joy shared together with Josy...
(YÀNGA- means show off)
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