Greetings!
Growing up, I have always thought of setting up my room with fine furnitures, but as I was growing up, things were not so easy for me and instead of buying furnitures to beautify my room, I was busy chasing after life and the only thing I was able to get was a cotton and a mattress.
So whenever people come visiting, they would have no choice than to sit on the bare floor or on the mattress where we would eat and have all the discussions that are to be discussed by us. I could remember a friend of mine, Shola telling me that,
“Ade, you need to furnish this apartment so as to bring out the best in it.” “Okay,” was just my simple response to his advice as I was very sure that getting the furniture was not coming any time soon.
Although, I had my taste, but if there's no money to make things happen, there's no way one would have the desired taste. So, whenever people asked about my place in order to visit me, what I used to tell them was that I'm not around.
So after some times, I got a job and I was happy that I would get a half set of a chair, but it's when I resumed the job and began to receive my salary that I realised that the salary would not be enough to cater for myself not only to talk about making my apartment look so beautiful.
Less I forget, I have been in a relationship before getting this job of mine and one thing that my fiancee used to tell me back then was for us to get a set of chair before getting married, she even threatened to leave me if I would not get the set of chairs that she had so desired right from the outset.
However, I replied her and I told her saying,
“Jane, you know with the current situation of things right now, it would be kind of difficult for me to get the furniture as you have wished, but I'm promising you that I will get it when I have enough.”
Although, she agreed, but she wasn't that happy with me, which I knew. I tried all my best in putting things in place so as to make her happy, but all was to no avail. I tried collecting a loan from my cooperative society, but just because of the high interest, I couldn't go ahead in collecting the loan.
However, on a particular public holiday, which was tagged June 12 democracy day in my country, my phone rang and when I checked who the caller was, it was my fiancee, Jane. At first, I was afraid to answer the call and this was because of her demand which I had not met, her demand of getting her a set of chairs before she could get married to me.
However, when my phone would not stop ringing, I decided to answer her call with courage and immediately I answered the call, she asked me saying,
“Ade, where are you?” “I'm at the shop,” I replied. “Can you please be coming home?” “for what,” I replied. “I'm on my way to your house and I need the key to open the door,” she said. “Okay, I'm on my way,” I replied.
So, immediately I hung up the call, I closed the shop and took a bike which took me home and on getting home, I saw a pick up van that was well parked and positioned in the front of our gate, but since I was not expecting any other thing except my fiancee, I didn't pay attention to what was loaded at the back of the pick up van.
However, I sighted my fiancee sitting at a corner in the compound and immediately I saw her, I went to her and hug her and it was there that I asked her why she would not inform me of her coming a day before, but her response was that,
“I want to make the visit a special and a surprise one.” “Okay, no problem,” I said. I continued, “can we enter?” “Yes of course,” she said,
As I moved towards the day door, she drew me back and told me that she had a surprise for me, that was how he took me to where the pick up van was parked as we got there, I was surprised with what I saw.
What I saw was sets of furniture. When I saw this, I asked her who the owner was and she said that we are the owner and she purposely made it for us just to make me happy. When I heard this, I was moved with emotion and I was so thankful to her for her kind gesture.
Afterwards, with the assistance of the driver and his motor boy, we packed the furniture into the house and that was how my apartment wore a new look courtesy my fiancee who has now become my wife.
Thanks for sharing.
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