CHAPTER 31 –
© OPEYEMI OJERINDE AKINTUNDE
That was how I got my new name…
Bishop Acme in the presence of my parents, Reuben
and his mother named me Beauty…
“From this day forward, you shall be called Beauty
Acme, May the Beauty of God find expression in all
areas of your life. Ugly situations are not permitted in
your life. Today, I destroy all havoc your former name
has brought into your life in Jesus name… Beauty, may your life be beautiful all the days of your life in
Jesus name” That day, the name Nwala died and truth be told, I felt
different like a burden had been lifted off my shoulders
Just as we were leaving Bishop’s Office, he called both
of us and said…
“As the Lord lives and HIS spirit lives, by this time
next year, the lord would visit you with a son…” My joy knew no bounds, that was the month May, and
based on the word of the prophecy, by May the next
year which would be the seventh year of my marriage, I would be carrying my baby… I was super excited
because if there was anything Bishop Acme was
known for, was the accuracy of his prophecy…
Six months later, I wasn’t pregnant… I was getting
mad and depressed. How was my prophecy for June
going to come to pass, if I wasn’t pregnant in
December?
I believed there was still something I had not done.
Daniel….
Though I had changed my name, I felt I needed to
reach out to him
I nursed the thought for another five months but by
May ending, I made up my mind to call Daniel!
Maybe I got the prophecy wrong, maybe I was going
to conceive in June! I couldn’t afford to miss that June
for anything. I had to clear my doubts about Daniel. I dialed his mobile number, I still remembered it by
heart. The call kept dropping. It was obvious he was
no longer using the line again. I typed his name on the
internet search engine and several Daniel Osuji
popped up. I kept looking till I saw “DAN MOTORS” under a particular Daniel Osuji. I clicked on it and I
was pleasantly surprise. Daniel was looking good. I
clicked on images connecting to him, and oh boy!
Daniel had become a big boy posing with several
exotic cars with the name “DAN MOTORS” as the
plate number. I further researched DAN MOTORS
and yes! Daniel was the owner. He was based in
California. “How did he get there?
“How did he become this big in 7 years?”
I was asking myself several questions. I checked for a
contact number on their website. I also checked for
pictures of him and his wife, but there was none;
instead, a lot of official pictures with big car
companies…
“Just signed the dotted lines with Toyota”
“It sure will be a great working relationship with Ford”
“Thank you, Mercedes Benz, for trusting us”
“Bentley, we are game!”
I was in awe… Did a little regret set in? Not too sure, but the life he was living looked fascinating…
“Hello, Good afternoon, this is DAN MOTORS, I am
Priscilla, how may I be of help to you?” a beautifully
texture American female voice answered
“Hi Priscilla, my name is Nwala, calling from Nigeria, I am a friend of Mr Daniel Osuji, and I have a very
important conversation I need to have with him. Is
there a way you can facilitate that?”
“Oh! I am sorry ma’am, if you are asking me for Mr
Dan’s number, I am sorry I don’t have it, I am just one
of the customer service representatives, but you could
drop your number and a message. I will relay to my
supervisor”
“Ok! Thanks Priscilla very thoughtful of you”
I dropped my phone number and told her the message
was simply “Nwala needs to speak to him urgently”
“Surname” Priscilla asked
“No need for that, he only knows one Nwala” I said
confidently
After I ended the call, I was draped in guilt all over, and my conscience spoke…
“I thought Nwala did not exist again, why resurrect
Nwala and the troubles that comes with her?”
I waited 3 working days before getting a call from California. I was excited when I saw the number…
“Hello Daniel,” I said assuming he was the one
“Good afternoon Mrs. Nwala, this is not Daniel, I am
Clinton, his P.A., he asked me to reach out to you, to
discuss whatever business you want to do with the
company” My heart dropped…
“Please tell Daniel, what I want to discuss with him
has nothing to do with business, tell him, it has
everything to do with my life. Tell him for old times
sake, he should please give me a call ASAP”
I ended the call very frustrated and Sad…
To be continued…