Jesus Accademy

chapter 13

  Two days after the appointment with Nathan. " what! come on. Be serious. Two weeks. I'll miss you. But you were to come home today... OK ,OK  I'll be waiting "
   Michael sat on his chair starring out the window. Thinking of how he was going to survive two weeks with out his Nina. (Recap: Nina is Michaels fiancée)
   In his deep thought, he was distracted by a phone call.
   "Michael Jones here"
" Genevieve Marsha from CTF bank. Mr Noah Barack wants you in his office in the next twenty minutes "
" what for ?"
" No idea I am just a messenger. "
  " hello hello"
The call was cut and Michael just remembered the man who almost destroyed his life. On deciding to not go, he heard the still voice in him tell him  to go.
Michael took his bike and began driving to the bank.
        Half way there,his old bike broke down which made him furious even the more. This meant he needed to take a taxi which was like his worst thing on earth. He just dreaded riding in taxis. He had a thing  for taxis.
  He stopped plenty of taxis, but they all didn't seem to be going his direction. After series of taxis, he finally got one but his money was too big he needed to change it so said the taxi driver. So he took the money to the Casino he stood in front of. It was about 8:00am. When he walked in, he moved to the counter and asked the waiter for some change, which he was gladly given. He turned out to go. On turning, he could not believe his eyes. She sat on a table for two with a guy  Michael found to be wealthier than him but not in comparison with his looks. Michael was far more gorgeous to behold. He stood there watching as she leaned forward and gave the man what was evident of being a passionate kiss. He stood there watching as tears filled his eyes that he could not control it. Some one he had planned to marry was cheating on him. With each tear that flowed, his heart was even more broken. And his long desire of making an eye contact with her finally came true when she threw her hands across to the waiter, motioning for another drink. She came into an intense gaze from a crying heartbroken man. Immediately, guilt filled her face as she rose up an ran towards Michael who was storming out of the building.

     " Michael wait, wait. Let me explain. "
" explain, explain" he said as he turned back to face Nina with teary cheeks.
" what's there to explain. I saw it all"
  " look Michael, I... I..."
" you what, you what Nina?
You said you went to your parents house that's why you weren't coming to visit me. I'm guessing that's your dad in there right? "
  " Michael, I wanted to..."
" what Nina?, what? I have sacrificed almost every thing for you and now you...."
  Nina actually getting fed up with his too much talking and not giving her a place for an explanation that she burst out like a balloon.
  " Oh pipe down Michael. You bore me. You think you're so good but you're not you don't have a job, pitiful beggar, you're just nothing. You don't even have a name of your own , you care even take care of a lady in my caliber talk less of me. And don't give me that crap about sacrificing everything for me. I mean,...." she pauses. Then continues "what do you have to sacrifice anyways. Just yesterday I realised I had been wasting with you. So officially I say it's over"
  Michael stood there speechless. As Nina walked back into the casino. He was in the highest form of ecstasy. Just then he realised a crowd of people had been staring and his taxi had left. He walked passed the crowd and took his bike then rode home. He couldn't see him self in Noah's office that time. He would just be like an idiot. What was even more fascinating was that, his bike seemed to know , that he was in a bad mood and it shouldn't disgrace him further. Michael was heart broken.  (Did I mention I feel Michael's pain? cause I do.)
   He got home and fell on his bed weeping like a baby. Then his phone rang but He didn't pick it up and as he laid on his bed he didn't know what to do all of his problems flooded his mind. Though he had seen Nathan who promised to sponsor his first album, he didn't have a job, his mother in the hospital and his well loved fiancée who made him feel like he was trash. He had heard never to loose you're self confidence but he didn't know if he had and felt any thing for himself but pity. In his array of thought, his phone rang again. And when he saw it was Nathan calling, he felt a little relieved as he picked up the phone. He struggled to fake his voice to be normal.
     " Hello sir" he said sniffing.
" Michael, son. Could you come to My house now?"
" yes sir I'll be there."
He went into his room and tried to look normal before he left home.
  He took his bike that seemed to have contacted a miracle and drove to Nathan's house. While he drove, he didn't seem to find anything around him interesting or worth considering. But with every girl he glanced at, he could not bare but think about Nina. Nina's words to him were like a hundred swords through his heart. In his state of mind, he turned to begin analyzing each word she said. The more he did, the more he lost confidence in himself. If he only person he ever trusted said he was NOTHING, then for real he was nothing. Emotions were high. He drove like the world's was ending.
Then he remembered that Nathan had told him, the HOLY GHOST, speaks in a small still voice. He remembered hearing that voice ask him to honour the call from CTF bank. He was almost angry with God for letting him go through so much pain. And the devil tried to poison his mind about God with stuff like
" I told you it was a bad idea to get into this Christian stuff"
But it was a good thing Michael was not a lazy Christian so he had a scripture he used to keep him standing.
***********************