A testimony of love of all kinds, PART 2

It started right here on this blog but just in case you have forgotten
let me refresh your memory. Remember when I wrote the article,
“A testimony of love of all kinds,” about Dave & Chipo’s, TGJ &
Agnes’s and Tendai & Clemencia’s love stories and when Babra
who was living in dire loneliness alone in UK read about it she
started feeling so sorry for herself for being lonely,
so much that she was so disturbed that she just could not go to work
the next day because of bloodshot eyes from crying. Ike who is her
workmate and the only other black person in the company they both
work for got her address from the records clerk and came to her house
to find out how she was feeling. He immediately took over the cooking
while Babra feigned physical illness, (hers was an emotional illness)
washed the dishes after a home candlelit dinner where they got to know
each other a little better, tucked her to bed and kissed her good night right
on the lips before he left. The next day he came again and from that day
on they became very good friends and would spent most of their free time
together. Then there was the time they went together to some quiet and
lovely country inn as friends and at the end of the day as they stood in
front of Babra’s room kept on saying good night to each other endlessly
without either of them moving an inch from the door. Little did we know
that this was the beginning of something that would end up with an
engagement in early December 2007 and marriage soon after Christmas.
Oh yes, Babra and Ike are now officially married. Ike popped
the question, “Babra will you marry me,” after a welcome home bash that
they had thrown at Ike’s house in Cape Town. Of course Babra said, “Yes,”
otherwise I wouldn’t be writing about this right now.
I know you are all curious about how their friendship eventually turned to
love and how romantic the setting was when he proposed. I will tell you
all that in detail as told by Babra and Ike the love birds themselves.

Ike said he felt attracted to Babra the very first day her boss introduced her
to him on her first day at work as she was being shown around the new
workplace. He said there was something about her serious but sweet
composure that made him feel like hugging her tight and putting a smile
on her face. From then on he would make sure that he would pass by her
office for no apparent reason but to take a glimpse of her. Then there was
the two weeks that Babra had gone to Australia to attend to her aunt’s funeral
and he missed her a lot and was desperate for her to come back so that he makes
his intentions of becoming her friend known. When she came back she wore
this somber look due to the loss of her dear aunt and he thought maybe it wasn’t
a good time for him to make overtures of friendship. His chance came that day
when Babra fell emotionally ill, from that day on their friendship grew until he
realised that she was the right woman to be his wife.
Babra said Ike entered her life at a time when she was so lonely and needed a
friend and he was so good to her that it was very easy for her to become his
friend. As the friendship progressed she got attracted to his gentlemanly ways
and the fact that even though she could see in his eyes that he was sexually
attracted to her he never once tried to seduce her. All he would do was hug her
when she least expected it, kiss her right on the lips and tuck her to bed before
he leaves for his home or to sleep on her couch. This helped Babra to trust him
and believe that he was genuinely interested in getting to know her as a person
and not just to take advantage of her sexuality. That friendship and trust slowly
grew to become love but as the hunted woman, Babra dared not let her love
feelings for Ike get known by him for fear of rejection. When she & her children
were invited by Ike to join him and his children in Cape Town for the whole month
of December she was overjoyed because she didn’t want to spend Christmas without
Ike by her side.

Ike’s welcome home party held in Cape Town was well-organised, the decorations,
the food, the music and the invited guests in their beautiful evening wear, everything
was just perfect and as the host and hostess, Ike & Babra made sure everyone was
having a good time. When the party was in full swing along came some band to
surround Ike and Babra and they were singing the song, “Let me be you hero” by
Enrique Iglesias. Then Ike fell on his knees and said to Babra, “I love you Barbra
and want to be your hero, will you marry me.” Of course Babra said yes otherwise
I wouldn’t be writing about this on my blog. Ike then put a very beautiful diamond
ring on Babra’s finger and kissed her then carried her to his bedroom as the invited
guests cheered on. The party continued until the next morning at dawn without the
host and hostess of the party who stayed locked up in their bedroom.
Clemencia and Tendai swore that they could feel the earth shaking
soon after Ike had carried Babra away. Four weeks later they were married in court.

You should see the love permeated by these two love birds when they are together,
and the way they look at each other. Looking at them convinces me that love is
the best thing that ever happened to humans.