* A gift nature has given is a blessing *
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Madria visited her cousin in the southern part of Nigeria where she planned to promote her business.
It was a cool evening and madrina was wearing a cute crop top and high waist trousers she was seated in a cafe when she caught few men stealing glances at her she tried not to give to much meaning to them she was already used to people staring at her a lot.
The guys approached her and tried to talk to her but she glanced at them and left she wasn't good with strangers and her dad always told her bad things about the southern people, so she would rather avoid them .
The guys kept coming around and when ever they came around they would bring someone new they were alway happy when they saw madria and most of them would approach her and she would turn all of them down .
But on a cool evening they came over but they didn't bring anyone and madria was glad atleast she would have peace, in the mist of the three guys she noticed that one left and later came back with a tall guy who was handsome and had a dread.
He looked like a famous singer and he was really good looking like an average lady kinda beauty ,he looked like he would be in his late 20's and he was light skinned but she was way lighter than him and he also joined his friend and he ordered for a drink and madrina's cousin attended to him and he kept staring at her, then he asked the owner of the cafe who was madrina's cousin some question while staring at her after he was done he left without saying hi and she was very glad at least he acted better than the rest and didn't pester her.
The next day madrina was preparing her things to go back home the next day, when she was done she went over to her cousins cafe to assist her and there she found him again the cute guy from yesterday.
He was wearing a white shirt and a blue jean, his hair was tied to the back and reviled his perfectly defined face and his cute smile
It looked like he had been waiting to see her because immediately he saw her his eye glittered like someone who found a bag of gold.
He approached me and greeted " Hi how are you doing "
" I'm good how about you " she replied
He smiled and said " I'm great , I am Aliz but my friends call me don aliza "
"Hold on a second 'Don' like your a gangster ?" Madria said in shock as she tried to make enough space so it would be easy to run
aliz burst out in laughter as he saw her reaction " no no it's just ....hahahaha ....it's just a name given to me by my friends I'm a singer and served in the military but now I'm fully into music "
Hmm that confirms the look,his style and hair style , musician huh nice she thought
Aliz continued the conversation since she said nothing " you don't live around here" he stated a matter of fact " your aunt told me you just came over to visit that's really nice actually , I'm glad you came here and I got to see you , you're so beautiful "
"Thanks actually I'll be leaving tomorrow tho my mom doesn't really like the southerners she said you people have a bad up bringing " she said
Aliz steared at her for a while and smiled "well what if I tell you, your gonna marry a southerner"
Madrina scoffed " me? No I won't what makes you feel I'll marry people I dislike?"
"Well firstly I have seen you in my dreams before and I was told you were my wife and at night I always sing while staring at the stars thinking about you and one day my friend tells me there's a pretty mermaid at our favorite spot and she had turn all of them down and I decided to come see who she is and it actually turned out to be the lady in my dreams,and then I realized why you have been turning everyone of them down because your made for me "
Madria laughed " who's made for you I'm so sorry dear but I'm not the one you saw in your dreams and I'll prove it again by stating my previous quote I dislike and would never marry a southern guy "
Aliz seemed calm when he answered her "that's a good thing because I'm not fully a southerner my mom is from the east just like you and she married my dad who's a southern so I'm also from the east and I'm not like the hard hearted southern people I was raised very well by my mom and I know I might not be so wealthy like you but I promise you that if you accept me I'll make sure you never suffer I don't mind selling my properties "
Madria was touched so he isn't fully southern no wonder he acted differently and well behaved than the rest of his friends but yet it's still a no , I love Emmy and i don't think this guy standing here can change it.
Madria replied " it was nice talking to you and my name is madria" she gave him a warm smile before excusing herself.
The next day madria travelled to Lagos to see Emmy. They were to go to her home tomorrow
Emmy had proposed to her the last time he came over, it was time to make it official he wanted to get married to her.
On their arrival her mom was very happy and welcomed them nicely, her dad was also happy and offered them food while they discussed about what was of importance to them .
At the end it went well and they decided they will call him when they set a date for his next visit.
Madria couldn't contain her happiness as she hugged her soon to be husband and waved goodbye when he left to get prepared for their call
**NOTES : In Africa marriages are arranged and planned differently depends on the part and their culture.
In Nigeria they are different state and they all have different cultures. In the east they are different communities and they have different views and cultural practices **
In the evening madria's dad discussed with his brother about the marriage and he seemed a bit upset,he told madria's dad that the guys occupation was too dangerous and it won't be nice if poor madria turns to a widow at an early age, he explained that he means well and he wants what is best for madria, he doesn't want madria to go through the pain of loosing her husband at a young age to plain crash .
Madria's dad took his advice not knowing the ill intentions his brother bore towards him and his family
Due to this fact madria's wedding was disapproved and it took time for her to recover,madria left her parents and went back to port harcourt and started her business, in between they were called back to school but it was already years and she decided to leave it aside and focus on her business .
And within this period madria got really close with Aliz, just to reduce the pain she felt .
Aliz wasn't really that rich and he was just growing up, he was the fourth son of his dad and the one who was different from the rest. In the beginning he was a great guy, he always tried his best to take care of her whenever she came around because she always comes and leave .
They had already built a relationship that was beyond friendship .
He recalls the first time they were together and he told her , he was the first guy she met cause her body felt that way, but madria told him he wasn't which he refused to believe.
At the back of her mind she knew no matter what she did, she wouldn't end up with this guy and every time she got pregnant she would terminate the child, the doctor would always try to talk her out of it, he would also offer to get married to her and take care of the child.
Today was one of those days and she ended up terminating twin boys, it hurts right but that's beyond what she felt. She was like a lifeless person, she walked passed the hospital gate but she was oblivious of the man tracing her aliza's cousin maroon when he figured out what she does here he went home and told his cousin.
When she got back she walk passed one of aliz little brother who was around her age or probably a bit younger who would always sing when she walked passed him she was too tired to react to his weird song .
He would sing something like " China girl be looking for my troubles..." or something like that.
What a silly guy she thought, she went inside and she met aliz in a bad mood he sat her down and asked
"Do you hate me this much that you don't want to bore my child, I know I'm not worth your love but that doesn't give you the right to kill my child!" He raised his voice while shaking helplessly, madria was shook a bit by his comment but she later regained her self
" I always told you that we won't get married , so why would I give you a child when I already stated that we are only friends! I CANNOT BORE YOU A CHILD " she stressed the last word.
Come to think of it he wasn't financially stable yet,she can't bring her child into the world to suffer or settle for less.
They ended up arguing and madria ended up with a broken finger which was due to the fact that she tried walking away from him and with rage he mistakenly slammed the door at her and broke her finger
When he realized what he had done he tried to apologize but madria left and it took months before they saw each other again, aliz had to find her address and beg her, he was accompanied by his friends .
They began dating again but madria was already engaged to another guy and she came to pick her things little by little so aliz wouldn't find out .
She later left and didn't come back for a long time and aliz found out from madria's cousin that she was going to get married, he was so furious because all the while they have been together, he has been begging her to marry him even his parents had pleaded but she would always turn them down and now she's getting married? No!
He traveled to her place the next day and saw madria's sister he told her who he was and who he wanted to see, when she came out he began pleading and then he threatened that if she doesn't marry him, he would kill her and kill himself too
This made chioma scared and she had to talk to her little sister, she wondered how she got to be entangled with a south guy after all she heard about them.
Madria and aliz went back that day ,and that night they slept together and she ended up staying with him for more 2 months
On a sunny afternoon aliz and madria we're playing dice when madria wet the chair.
Aliz " madria why would you do this? Re you sick or something,why would you pee on the chair"
Madria " I didn't I promise I don't understand what is happening "
They argued for while before aliz mom came in and saw the situation and excused herself and madria they went to the bathroom and she checked madria and then she realized
"Madria your pregnant "
Madria laughed " your joking,I'm not pregnant , I cannot be pregnant look my stomach is at flat as ever"
Madria recalled going to the hospital and the doctor said there was nothing, so how can she be? No there's a mistake.
Aliza's mom told the news to her son, he was really shocked and joy filled him.
Few minutes later madria went to the hospital when she felt labour closing in
" Nurse! Nurse!" Shouted madria
" What is it ma'am " a nurse asked
"I think I'm having a baby "
The nurses laughed in disbelief because madria didn't look like someone who was pregnant let alone in labour , they ignored her till madria started pushing ,then they realized something was wrong and rushed her to a room and peeped indeed there was a baby head struggling to come out.
The first nurse" she's having a baby!!!!" She screamed for assistance
Few minutes later
Madria gave birth to a baby girl and she was novice in these stuff but she knew this delivery was really easy than she expected, when the nurses left her to rest, madria freshened up and started dressing up
when the nurses came to check up on her they were shocked to see her making her self up and all dress
They was rumors about a young lady who came her claiming she was pregnant but didn't look that way but ended up giving birth, so everyone wanted to see her and to their surprise she wasn't even like someone who gave birth, she even had her bath herself.
Normally it was the nurses duty to clean her up cause a lady who just gave birth was supposed to be very tired
Aliz arrived at the hospital and saw his pretty girlfriend and his baby girl . He couldn't believe it , the lady who swore to never give birth or marry a southerner had just done exactly the opposite, joy filled his whole being
He carried his flesh and blood in his hand as reality hit him 'his a dad now'
The baby was BERLINA
Few months past
Aliz tried to be the best dad he could be , madria helped him build a business with one of the best companies in Nigeria were he supplied goods for them, he was progressing and providing for his new family of three .
When he arrives from work he would take over and care for little Berlin, love was present in their life
* well until...