This is the
continuation of Gloria and Derrick’s
story started last week. Derrick fondly
known in the whole Ibusa Village of Delta state as Rastaman proposed marriage to Gloria and she accepted
to marry him dismissing numerous suitors that came to ask for her hand in
marriage. He said he finished from a
university in Australia where according to him he studied music. But after graduation, he insisted on coming back to his country home to make an impact. He
became popular in the whole village, his dreadlocks and his mannerism lured
many young ladies to him. But he chose to marry Gloria. So, she brought him
home first to her mother.
Selinah, Gloria’s mother didn’t like and accept Derrick to be
her son-in-law although she concealed her disdain from him. The way she asked
him questions showed she did not approve of him to marry her daughter. “Oh you
call yourself Rastaman, wears long
dreadlocks with scorpion sign of tattoo to show your,”
“Yea Ma’am to show I’m a musician. Those are my style
signatures. The scorpion sign of my tattoo shows that I would sting to death any man who wants to take your daughter away
from me,” he cut in, laughing. And Gloria giggled at what he said, expecting
her mother to laugh. But she kept a long face.
Selinah didn’t find that funny. She was indeed disgusted by
him but she managed a wry smile. Ever since she read the story of how a widow somewhere
was butchered because she told her daughter’s suitor to his face that it would
only be over her dead body would she accept him as a son-in-law. She decided
to tread with care. When Derrick left, Selinah laid her heart bare to her daughter. Gloria, who
had sat and listened attentively to her mother sprang up angrily, “Mum, you
better accept him and give your blessing the way he is. After all, who is a
perfect man? He is my choice of man.
It’s true he wears dreadlocks, smokes weed, talks to himself whenever he walks
alone, all these are acceptable by me. Is he going to marry you? Is it not me he wants to marry? Please don’t over do it. He may not look like
a gentleman to you simply because he
doesn’t wear well tailored suits but
must everyone be a gentleman? He makes me happy…”
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