Sandra’s heart tale season 2 episode 4

SANDRA’S HEART TALE 💌
CONTINUATION
(BASED ON A TRUE LIFE STORY)
PART 4
BY AMAH’S HEART.

I wasn’t sure if I heard her right, instead of replying I remained mute.

“Hello, are you there…did you hear what I said?

“No, repeat please… I’m not sure I heard you correctly…” I replied while muttering the courage to remain calm.

“Charlie means everything to me and I truly love him…so, I want to know and understand what you want or what is your true feeling for him…I hope I’m very clear now?

I scoffed outloudly and continued trying to remain calm
This was another disaster and i don’t intend wasting much time speaking over the phone with some strange Lady who sounds like she owns Charlie.
They are probably in a relationsh¡p and she only called to mark her territory. To warn me to stay away from him.
She sounds like she was obsessed already
I get it, Charlie wasn’t real after all but there was never a time or day he gave me reasons to worry or doubt him.

I have been to his place, even cooked in his kitchen. He calls me even late at night sometimes.
If there was another woman atleast I would have Known.
I should have seen sign when I visited him in his house.
He wouldn’t be calling me continuesly to know how I’m doing.

Charlie loves me and he showed it in his actions.
I have come to also love him even before he asked me to marry him.

I was still looking forward to meeting his family and did not see this who drama coming.
Maybe I should just end the call.
I don’t have the energy to start dragging a man with anyone.
After what happened to me with Joba, is enough lesson that will serve a life time.

I’m not in for another drama, is even better for every hidden thing to reveal itself now than for me to get married tomorrow and start regretting it.

Deep down in my guts I trust Charlie and wanted to Know more about this strange Lady and why Charlie never mentioned her
He never told me that he was either married, had a baby Mama or girlfriend.
No, he wasn’t into any woman when we met and I believed him.
I see him as a very sincere person.

….hello…are you there? Hello…. you are quiet and not saying anything.

The strange Lady said.

“I’m here, I don’t know what you want or who you are. Maybe you should start by reintroducing yourself. I’m not dragging any man with you. Charlie never said he had a woman…I wouldn’t have gone ahead if there was another lady in the picture. As much as I trust Charlie and love everything about him, I will still want you to clear the air and I’m ready to stay away because I hate trouble in my life….”

She began to laugh. It was a sincere laughter and I wondered what was amusing her so much that she kept on laughing after I finished talking.

I was patiently waiting for her to be done with her laughter and answer me.

I decided to give her the audience. I do want to get to the root of everything, to know who she was and what she wants.
Yes, she already made it clear that she cherish and love Charlie and I get it. But that is still not enough and as much as I want to end the call because I’m scared yet eager to hear more.

“C’mon Sandra…I never said I was Charlie’s lover. My name is Natalie, I’m actually his younger sister… looking out for him. I haven’t met you but Charlie had said a wh0le lot of beautiful things about you and I only wanted you to know that Charlie means everything to me and my family and as much as he obviously loves and adores you I also want to know if you truly feel the same way. I don’t want my brother to make any mistake because he has a soft and dearing heart…”

I gave a sigh of relief.
I was almost getting into shock but I’m glad that I’m still breathing fine.

Yes, I know Natalie but not in person.
Charlie usually talk about how nonchalant and overprotective she was of him
I will smile because I know what it felt like to have a sibling who cares deeply about their own.
She coming at me the way she did took me off guard.
My mind had travelled far and beyond just within few minutes.

“Hi… Natalie. You almost gave me a heart attack…”.

I finally said while loosen up from the wh0le seriousness I put on initially.

“I know right… sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you. I only wanted to shake you up a little bit to know what you truly feel for Charlie and I’m one proud sister to know that Charlie made the right choice. Despite how you felt, you did not end the call or say something negative about Charlie or even me. You still managed to tell me that you love and trust Charlie. I’m super proud sis. Charlie already mentioned to us that he proposed… congratulations girl. You got a good man and he will make a great husband and father too. You have nothing to fear or worry… I’m cheering for you two….

Oh my goodness! I was already enjoying this call. The wh0le atmosphere changed and I just want her to keep talking.
The praises was like a Melody to my ears.
The rest of the call was as if it shouldn’t end but we later said goodbye to each other.
I laughed out my previous worries.
Affliction will never rise again for the second time.
What God had destined for me will definitely come to past.

The following month, Charlie and I traveled to see his people.

Already, I mentioned Natalie’s call to Charlie and we got laughing over it

Back at his place, I met his loving Mom who adopted me immediately she set her eyes on me.
I met his siblings too and also beautiful Natalie.
Everyone accommodated me.
Charlie came from a well to do family.

His father built a massive hotel in their town and that’s where Charlie wanted us to stay during our visit but I insisted that we stay in his family house.
I really don’t want anyone thinking I’m feeling entitled.
Also, his Mom is quiet an entertainer and staying in the family house will give them opportunity to get to know me more and I will also get to know them too.

Although his Mom does not mind, she wanted me to feel at home and go with Charlie.
Charlie wanted to give me a big treat in his dad’s hotel and I had to oblige but I told him that first thing in the morning he will drive me back to the family house and he agreed.

We stayed two days with Charlie’s family and on the third day we traveled back to our base.

It was happy meeting and getting to mingle with his family and i felt so loved the way they all accepted me.

Charlie and I began making arrangements for our marriage but another thing that kept obstructing our moving ahead was the divorce.

I needed to legally divorce Joba before getting married to another.

I know the bride price which traditionally makes me his wife have been returned and I’m no longer his wife but the law side of it had to be annulled too.

Which means that by law I have to also legally cancel the paper work that still connects us so that i and Joba will have no connection at all.

We started making arrangements on how to get the divorce papers ready.

Within then, Charlie surprised me with a car when it was not even my birthday.

He drove in his own car and had another person drive down the new car to my place just on a normal day and handed me the car keys.
He said it was mine.
I scre-med excitedly. I try to recollect if it was my birthday but my birthday had already passed months ago.
Even if it was my birthday I wasn’t expecting something as big as a car from Charlie.
The car was a huge surprise.

I told him that I don’t even know how to drive a car and I’m yet to have licence.
Charlie asked me to relax that he will put me in a driving school and also my licence will be ready before I finish with the driving school.

And that was exactly what he did.
I go to learn mostly after work or weekends until I could drive on my own and my wh0le papers and car licence was made ready for me.

Charlie was indeed an angel in a man’s form.
He was an answered prayer. God indeed used Charlie to compensate me for all wasted years, pain, dark days, tears and emotional torture I went through in Joba’s hand.

With the way the world is, hærdly before you get a man that will love you selflessly, hærdly for a man to go out of his way to put smile on your face genuinely without asking for anything in return.
With all that is happening in our world today, I still feels Charlie is too good to be true but he kept erasing my fear.

He kept erasing my doubts and all my worries, making me feel really comfortable and more trusting in him.

The divorce papers were ready and it was the only thing delaying us from fully proceeding with the marriage plans.

My lawyer emailed Joba the papers and we waited for his reply.
Already he had been informed about the divorce plans when the papers were being prepared and he said nothing about it.

We waited for feedback from him but when we did not hear from him I asked my lawyer to contact him again.

I don’t want to reach him direct, I implored my lawyer to do the intEr×¢tion but Joba was not responding like expected.

That was when I decided to reach him by myself.

“… I’m not signing the papers Sandra. If that’s why you decide to reach out to me after all this while and after ignoring me then I’m sorry because I will never sign the divorce papers”. Joba Said with all seriousness.

I was silent for a while as anger and disappointment s-ck through me.

If Joba do not sign the papers I can’t proceed with the wedding with Charlie.

He had to sign the papers. I will find a way to convince him.

“… you are still mine Sandra and can’t belong to another man. You belong to me and there is no way I’m letting you go…I will never sign the papers…” Joba added.

He was sounding very possessive of me and that is not a good thing

“, I’m not yours Joba. I returned the bride price you paid on my head as tradition requires before I can become your wife. I have returned it and is already with your people. We don’t have any connection whatsoever again Joba. You moved on first with your baby mama and asked me to do the same because you no longer love or care about me. I have decided to take your advice and move on finally and here you’re still making it difficult. The only little thing still connecting us is this legal joining that we did in court and if you can just sign the papers we will both be free…”

He sighed loudly and said
“Sandra quit this childish assumption in your head. I don’t have enough time to waste over this. I maintain my stand and won’t sign the divorce papers. I don’t know why my people even accept the bride price but is all good, atleast the law part of the marriage is still binding us together. You remain mine and there’s nothing you or anyone can do about it…”

Joba was already frustrating our marriage plans but my God who saw all he put me through will make way for me and Charlie.

I told Charlie all what Joba said. He was not happy neither was I but we needed to restrategize on what next to do.

“Maybe he wants money?
Charlie said.
Hebis probably right, Joba may want money before he can sign the papers.

I decided to ask him the next time we spoke.

“How much is it that you want Joba… tell me. What do you want before you can sign the papers…”

He laughed sarcastically.

“How much do you or the man deceiving you over there think I can be bribed with? You think you can bribe me into signing the papers. Sandra, I expected you to know me better. I refused to be bribed…I don’t need your filthy money. I will never sign the papers period. I repeat, there is nothing you or anyone will do to make me sign the papers… you will always be mine. Get that straight into your head…I won’t sign the papers. Quit trying to convince me because no strategy will work…”

After this conversation I felt helpless, I didn’t know what else to do.

I was not expecting to face any challenges or difficulty now.

Charlie was worried sick although he try to suit my troubled heart but I see his own worries.
We seem to have exhausted all measure in getting the divorce papers signed.

I don’t know what else to do. Our marriage plans was pending due to all of this back and forth from Joba.

It was very frustrating and I don’t know why Joba was doing that to me.

Even his people couldn’t convince him either.

I don’t know what I ever did to him.
Why can’t he sign the papers so that everyone can move forward.
Contrary to what he kept saying, I’m no longer his and will never belong to him again.

I need to do something but what can i do at this stage.
I can’t get married to Charlie if the papers are not signed.

Tbc