THE NIGHT AT THE HOTEL

part 24

I never saw Doctor Jack, Mama and
Daniel again after that day, I had spent
2 years in prison before I had an encounter with someone else I had been longing to see. Pastor James had sent me a letter, asking me to add him to my visiting list, which I did.
By that time, the government had released 12 of my songs, and from what
the warders told me, they were hit songs as people were singing it in
churches, concerts and it was also popular on the street. I was fulfilling
destiny while in prison…this was enough for me…
I walked into the waiting room, but on seeing Pastor James, I broke into
tears, tears of Joy, I gave him a big hug, a very big hug and I kept crying…
“It’s ok, Grace…” he said with his wonderful peaceful smile
“You are alive and handsome” I said smiling while crying…I kept hugging
him not wanting to leave him
But surprisingly I noticed a wedding band on his finger
“You are married?”
He nodded in the affirmative…
‘I am happy for you…” I said not totally meaning it
“I am happy for you too, your new songs are everywhere” he said, the air
had become suddenly cold when he told me was married… “And may I
add, the songs are divinely inspired”
“Yes! Thanks to God and you… you told me I could still be the king of the jungle ”
“Yes! And you did it” he said with excitement.
“You made me do it… you were my angel!” I said looking into his eyes
“And you have always been my angel” he said holding my hands, but that
made me see his finger well, there was a brief moment of silence, then I
broke the silence by saying
“I wish I am in her shoes” I said referring to the wedding band…
“I wish I could have married you too, but God’s ways are not our ways.
God gave her to me, she is just like you and she is your biggest fan” he
said
“Really? Do I know her?” I asked him
“Yes! But I never told her that I knew you, because your secret is safe with
me…unless you want me to do otherwise” Pastor James said
“Who is she?” I was curious
“Joyce George… the lady whose genotype changed from SS to AA
through your song…”
“What?” When Joyce visited me the last time about two months ago, she
told me she was getting married, and she mentioned that her husband
was a big fan of mine…
“Do you know it was your music that connected us, I was in a public bus
and I was playing one of your songs on my phone, she was so excited
hearing it, she kept talking about how anointed you were, we got talking
and the rest is history”… he said excitedly
I saw Pastor James was excited, I had to tell myself that James and I were
not ordained to marry, he was just a friend God brought my way for that
temporal purpose of redirecting me back to God. God definitely planted
Pastor James in Igbonla, exactly the same time I was going there. God
never left me all the while…I summoned courage to congratulate him, even though I couldn’t help the flow of the tears
I managed to say “Congratulations, Joyce is a good woman, may your
home be blessed. Feel free to tell her about us, because someday I am
going to release a book about all that happened, and definitely, your name
can never be left out…” I gave him a warm smile and asked for a hug…
“Thank you for being my best friend, when I needed it”
“Thank you for rising up again…”he said
We said our emotional goodbyes and I went back into my room and wept
embracing the full knowledge that not everyone we are attracted to can
be our husbands or wives. They could have crossed our path for different
purposes.