BELINA (Beauty Tender) SEASON 1
****EPISODE 5****
I had to admit that d theme of the concert which was ‘Opening
Heaven’s Gate’ was not an exaggeration. The atmosphere seemed to be charged with d
power of God and the singers seemed to possess angelic voices
even though I hadn’t heard d voice of an angel before. I was
lost in a world of my own when I suddenly heard, “We would now
like to welcome a young lady whom God really took time to design & package. After moulding her, he put in her throat an angelic voice which cannot be rivaled. Pls put ur hands together as we welcome
Miss Belina Badmus”.
My heart started running a 100m
race and I remained on seat for some seconds until I summoned
courage to stand up. I walked up to the programme coordinator
and smiled as I collected the mic.
I faced d congregation and instantly wished I could disappear but that did not happen, then I remembered
Kelvin was somewhere amongst them and everyone seemed to
vanish before my eyes.
I had previously arranged for a piano to be set on d altar. After taking in enough breath I introduced myself and introduced d song. I
planned on singing a personally written single since I had no
back-up so I sat down behind d piano and the show began.
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Immediately the songs started coming, Richard instantly knew that his attendance was not a
mistake but he felt that he was looking for something more. He
received a text message and his
attention was instantly diverted to his phone.
His head jerked up as he heard someone speaking but his
breath was instantly taken away as he stared at d slim figure on d altar. The sky blue filmy gown she wore perfectly brought her
curves to light. She was d perfect description of figure 8.
He left d gown and the next
thing that came to his eye was the hair; long, black, and oh-so-
beautiful. He has d urge to touch it in order to feel d texture. His eyes then moved fully
to d face and all d words that came to his mind could not do justice to that work of art.
Her eyes seemed to tell a story.
There was a moment of uncertainty in her eyes and a bold stare replaced it. He
desperately wanted to be close to her in order to find out d mysteries behind d eyes.
Of everything he saw, it was her song that totally blew his mind
away. He stared at her as her slim fingers pressed d piano. She
seemed to draw everyone into her song with so much ease that
within seconds, Richard found himself listening to d lyrics of d song
Tony had earlier on stepped out to receive a phone call from
Prisca, the damsel that captured his heart and was away throughout d ministration.
When the lady in blue finished her song, stood up and curtsied with a lovely smile on her face,
Richard wished he was closer in order to capture her that way. An ear deafening applause followed and Richard joined
Tony came in 5mins after Belina’s presentation and found
Richard looking around like he was searching for something.
“Are u looking for me? Tony asked
Richard stared at tony like he had suddenly grown horns
“This ridiculously long talks you have with prisca would soon put u in trouble. You have just missed the best performance this
evening”
Tony hissed, “when u allow yourself to love again, you would find yourself doing the same
thing. So, who sang?”
Richard opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out, that
was when he realized that he was the biggest idiot in West Africa.
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Prisca stood at the veranda of her dad’s house thinking about
the love of her life, Tony. She remembered the first time she set her eyes on him and dwelt on
it though it was not such a pleasant day.
She had been standing by the road looking dejected. She was
close to tears the she felt stupid.
She had gone to visit her boy friend at Ikeja but she ran out when he almost raped her. She had been thought by her parents to remain chaste till marriage and that fool thought he had seen a mugu. She had been lucky that her bag was close to and door but after walking some
distance, her bag was snatched from her and all she was left with was her shirt, her trouser and her flat shoe.
She stood by d road and no matter how much she hated it, she had to stop a private car. The
first car happened to be Tony’s car and immediately he
consented to carrying her, she entered & did not as much as glance at him throughout d
drive. Tony wanted to say something cos he was not used to being overlooked but when he
looked at her, he noticed that she
was secretly crying so he kept quiet. He dropped her at her
door step even after she insisted on coming down earlier. After he
left, Prisca had been sad that she didn’t really appreciate his help but after some days, she forgot all about him.
He appeared on her doorstep 2weeks later and the rest is history.
Prisca left d veranda smiling as she went inside and when she
saw d picture she had snapped with Belina, she decided that she
would involve another person in their escapade.
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There is a saying that it is when there is trouble that you remember your creator, but I would advise you to remember
your creator always so that trouble would flee from you.
TO BE CONTINUED…
