Header Ads Widget

Ticker

6/recent/ticker-posts

Rich Married Woman - Episode 17 (Final)



It wasn't Jennifer Roland as expected.
It was Henry Roland.
He stepped into the room.
Henry Roland???
His wife followed him from behind.
I gasped. "Did Raymond lead you here?".
"We followed you from the station. Where is she?"
"She is bathing her doll in the other room".
We suddenly heard her footsteps outside and the couple hid behind the door.
Jennifer Roland walked into the room with her well-dressed doll. I gasped at the sight of the doll. "Oh, She is so beautiful. What is her name?".
"Helena".
I blew k! ss into the air at the doll.
Henry appeared behind her. "Jennifer Roland".
She gasped at the sight of him. "What are you doing here?".
She brought out a dægger and held me from behind as she reached it close to my neck. "If you don't get out of here, I will kill her".
Three policemen entered the room and pointed their gūns at her.
Jennifer Roland scratched my neck slightly with the dægger in her hand and left a bruise on my neck. "Dare me!!!". She fired at them.
I signalled to Charity to grab her doll from the floor so that she would be able to use that to divert her attention.
Charity grabbed her doll from the floor and glared at her. "I will burn down your baby right now!!!".
Jennifer released me and rushed to the doll's aid. The police handcuffed her and Charity loosed the rope off my body.
At that moment, I was happy that I had released Henry from prison. He was a blessing that God wanted to use to save me.
Truly, anyone in this life can be your helper in future. Raymond appeared at the door.
He hugged me with tears in his eyes and observed the bruise on my neck. "She hurt you".
"I am fine, Raymond". On the contrary, I fainted in his arms.
I was not fine of course.
I always watched fairy tale movies when I was growing up that had happy-ever-after endings and dreamed that someday, mine would be like that, but how would I have known that truly, my story would end up like that?
First of all, Laura got married to someone that changed her life forever. (Not the divorcee chief, a pilot that she had been dating for five years before he disappeared and returned).
My father travelled abroad with my mother and annoying brothers.
My brothers would have a good life.
The life we had always dreamed of.
I was the only one left in Nigeria because I had a family to protect.
I won't miss the part when I gave birth to a baby boy two months ago.
Or will I miss the part where Jennifer Roland has been transferred to a psychiatric hospital?
Was I going to miss the part where Charity was pregnant and we became good friends after she and her husband had saved me from Jennifer's hand?
Okay, I won't miss the part where Zac handed the company to Raymond and went fully into the medicine course that he had always wanted to study.
Yeah, Pa Brian had forced the responsibility of the CEO of Bower bound on him but Zac Roland had always wanted to be a medical doctor.
Henry Roland was managing our nationwide restaurants and I was the taster.
For every food that was made aside from snacks, I tasted the recipe that was intended for the week and corrected them if they made mistakes.
I was paid for it.
Bower bound taster.
But Henry was completely managing the restaurants.
It was the possession that Pa Brian had given him.
Though I was still a Bower Bower-bound designer I was also a Bower-bound taster.
My dad continued to be Mr Chap overseas, where he was more appreciated.
Collins was still locked up in Ja! l for his past offences
I walked around the Roland mansion that cool evening and the past of how everyone had once tried to k!ll each other for the company flashed through my memory.
Katie and Tyler were playing by the swimming pool. "Bad swimmer!!!". They teased me as I walked past them.
I smiled to myself and took off my clothes. "I will show you what a bad swimmer I am".
I jumped into the pool and swam like a fish as I watched the shock on their faces.
Raymond had taught me how to swim after that day when I had almost drowned and he had saved me.
He had taught me because he had felt that it was compulsory to know how to swim since the Roland mansion had an eatery.
"Who taught you how to swim?". Tyler cried out.
"No one needs to teach Gold Roland how to do anything. I do everything well because I am Gold Roland". I smiled to myself as I delved deeper into the pool.
When I changed back into my clothes, I walked to join Pa Brian at the back of the house.
He was fishing by the pond with fishing equipment.
One of the servants of the house was standing beside him for guidance.
"Grandfather?".
He smiled at me and held my hand in his. "Ninety-nine per cent of old people are psychic. Do you remember how I had predicted that you would protect Raymond and look at all that was accomplished because of you? Just imagine if I didn't make you marry my child because I had paid more attention to your status than your potential. I guess he would have been dead by now".
I nodded thoughtfully. "Thanks for trusting me, grandpa... except the day I had broken your trust".
"No, I was only scared because I knew that you had hidden your identity because you wanted to catch my daughter. Everything I had done was just to protect my daughter".
I nodded thoughtfully. "Her mental condition got worse yesterday".
"My daughter has always had mental issues since she was thirteen. I think it was after my wife died that something like that started happening to her. It frightened her husbands away from her too and the miscarriage worsened it. No matter the love you give Jennifer those days, she would never trust your love or be satisfied. She always wanted more".
I learned to k! ss him on his forehead. "You are a very principled man, Pa Brian, but you are a good father".
"Thanks for being so understanding. I went to ask Collins for forgiveness last week Wednesday and he was happy. Collins is my grandchild too. I never realized that all this while. I asked him what he would like to do when he gets out of prison in three years, and he told me that he was going to go to Australia. He said he needed a place far away from Nigeria to settle his head again. I told him that I would book the flight for him when the time came and that I would give him enough money to start up a business over there and take care of himself".
I was happy at the turnout of things.
I walked back to our room and our baby was already sleeping in his cot peacefully.
When I had left the room, Clement was still awake.
What magic did my husband do for him to fall asleep?
I gasped at him. "Did you breastfeed him? How come he slept so fast?".
Raymond rolled his eyes as he walked to relax on the bed. "You think a child is only affected by a woman's touch? Fathers have a way with their cuddle you know".
I climbed on the bed and stretched my arms. "I knew you would start hyping yourself. Is it not you again?". I relaxed on the bed and closed my eyes.
"Why are you closing your eyes? Don't you think that our baby would want a younger one?".
I gasped at him. "Haba! Clement just clocked two months last week Friday, and besides, it was just two days ago that you didn't allow me to rest that night and I made sure that I satisfied you despite how tired I was, and now, today again? Ray, you will not k!ll me for my mother". I covered my body with the bed cover.
He sighed indignantly. "Why do you women easily get tired over strawberry moments like this?".
"Why do you men never get tired of strawberry?".
He shrugged. "God made us that way". He kissed me on the cheek. "And besides, you are my wife. The only wife that will give me a thousand of strawberries tonight".
We burst out into laughter.
I faced him and smiled. "I can't believe that everything is finally over".
He smiled. "Not everything. Our marriage just started".
I nodded thoughtfully. "...and Raymond and Gold lived happily ever after".
"It is not going to be a perfect journey but we will walk the journey with God and he will put joy in whatever situation we find ourselves in future".
I smiled at our baby as he slept peacefully in his cot. "So someday, the heir to Bower bound company will grow up and be as annoying as his father?".
He chuckled and cuddled me. "Gold Roland, thank you for coming into the life of the Rolands. Thank you for being the most supportive wife in the world".
THE END
(Thanks so much for reading till the end)

Post a Comment

0 Comments