**ONE LAST TIME**
©Sonia Okehie
EPISODE 15
On seeing the police with Stacy and Noble, Randy was shocked and mostly lost his breath. “what’s going on here?” He asked, “You are under arrest for blackmail and have the right to remain silent or whatever you say or do would be used against you in the court of law” the officer said and handcuffed him.
They didn’t create a scene because Randy was quite cooperative. The officers put him in their car while Noble drove Stacy in his own car as they all headed to the station.
While on their way to the station, Stacy started feeling bad for Randy. She sat quietly in Noble’s car and didn’t even know when she started crying. Noble looked at her and already knew what was going on with her. “What’s wrong?” He asked, “I just feel bad for arresting him, he might go to jail if this case gets to court” she said sobbing. “What do you suggest we do then?” Noble enquired, “Let’s just confiscate his phone and get the pictures, that’s all I want. I have forgiven him and just want to move on with my life without feeling bad for being the reason a man is in jail” Stacy said.
Noble figured she was making sense so he decided to drop the charges just on the condition that Randy signs an undertaking to stay away from Stacy and never blackmail her again.
When they arrived at the station, Noble talked to the officer and told him that he would like to drop the case and not pursue it further. However, they went ahead to seize Randy’s phone and asked if there was any other gadget Stacy’s pictures were saved and he said ‘No’. The pictures were deleted and an undertaking was signed. The officers also charged Randy a huge sum of money for bail.
All the while they were inside the station, Stacy wasn’t present because Noble made her stay in the car; he didn’t want any confrontation between her and Randy. After all set and done, Noble went back to the car to meet Stacy and they both zoomed out.
On their way home, Stacy started smiling and thanked her baby for all he had done. Noble told her not to mention and also applauded her for being kind and suggesting that they drop the case. “You see why I love you? Good woman” Noble jokingly said and Stacy laughed.
They made a stop at a restaurant to eat because they hadn’t eaten anything since morning. After eating, Noble dropped her off at her place and headed for a business meeting afterwards.
Stacy was so happy to regain her happiness and power over herself. She smiled all through that day and deleted all Randy’s missed calls from her call log and also blocked his number.
Days turned to weeks and weeks to months and their relationship waxed stronger. Noble had followed Stacy to visit her parents on two occasions and she had also followed him once to visit his mother. Their relationship wasn’t a secret anymore as everyone in both families knew they were dating.
Noble started picturing his future with Stacy and almost couldn’t do without her by his side. Whenever Stacy wasn’t at work, she usually helped Noble oversee his site where he was building his own house. She was his accountant, advisor, planner, and his second mother.
Stacy had been in the world so she knew so many things that Noble wasn’t exposed to. Stacy was very calculative and good when it came to managing money. She was so good that Noble had to pay his workers at the site through her.
Life was good and their love and devotion for God skyrocketed. They usually had their down times but since the foundation of their relationship was rooted in Christ, they always scaled through unhurt. There were times Noble wanted Stacy intimately and there were also times Stacy wanted him, but in all this, they never crossed their boundaries because one of them was always strong to pull the weak one up at those vulnerable times. Everything went on well and Noble started sensing it was time to take their relationship to the next level by proposing.
It happened that Stacy had been complaining of her car because it always broke down all the time. Noble made arrangements for a new car for her but didn’t Inform her about it.
One evening, while Stacy was returning from work, she decided to make a stop at the building site to see how far the builders had gone for the day. Noble called to enquire where she was and she informed him that she was on her way to the building site. Unknowingly to Stacy, Noble had a big surprise for her and just wanted to know where she was so he could show up with the surprise.
After about 20 minutes of observing the builders, Noble pulled up at the site with a new car. When Stacy saw him, she thought the car belonged to someone else but wasn’t aware that it was hers. “Hey baby, how are you?” Noble asked, “I’m just tired, I came here all the way from work” she replied.
Noble smiled and held her from behind, “sorry babe, I know something that would cheer you up” he said and held her as they walked towards the new car. “I wanted to ask earlier, who has this car?” She enquired as they got closer but Noble kept mute.
When the finally arrived, he looked into her eyes and smiled. “I have over a thousand things to say to you and an overflow of emotions to express to you but don’t know where to start. I’m not a man of plenty words but all I want to say is my heart is and would always be yours. I’m asking you in front of our future home to marry me, will you marry me Stacy?” He said and brought out the car key with a ring attached to it and gave to her.
Stacy almost dropped dead at that moment. She held her chest and said “Oh Baby, are you for real?”, “With all my heart” Noble replied.
Without hesitating she screamed “Yes, Yes, Yes!”
To be continued…
Who will be my Stacy 💍😀🥰🥰 ?????
To Every single Lady out there, may God bring your own Noble across your path in Jesus name. Amen.
