When I got to the house, Nelson was feeding
my father in the sitting room.
Immediately my father saw me, he rushed to
hold my hand. "Victory, come and see your old friend, Nelson! You won't
believe that this man has been taking care of me! He even filled our
fridge!".
"But I sent money to Endurance to fill
our fridge just three days ago".
"Look here Victory, I already called
your mother and told her about the turn of things and she likes Nelson too
since we have known him for quite a while".
"Daddy! Nelson left me because he
couldn't bear my burden".
"He already told me everything and I
understand that he was a coward because he was so young, but can't you see how
handsome and mature he has grown into
now?".
"Dad, what about my fiancé that I
brought here two weeks ago?".
"That young man is not serious with
you! He doesn't even want to marry you now because he is not hundred percent
sure that he will marry you, but look at this young man! He is ready to marry
you despite your pregnancy with another man! Who will do that? Tell me!".
I gasped at Nelson and was surprised that he
knew that I was pregnant.
Nelson winked at me and shrugged.
I faced my father squarely. " Mum will
be back in two months time. It will be possible for her to attend the wedding
if my Raymond waits till that
time".
"The most important thing is not the
celebration, but the reality after the celebration. Your mum is fine as long as
your stomach is not already bulging before your wedding. Don't you want to wear
a nicely fitted gown like your mates? Must it be oversize gown and obvious to
the world that you had made a
mistake?".
I dialled my mother's line and she
connected. "Hello mum,I don't know what is going on with dad, he is
suddenly saying something else about Raymond because Nelson returned out of the
blue".
"Can't you see sense in what your
father is saying? You need to look very beautiful on that day".
"...but what about you? You have to be
here to witness it".
"I already agreed with your aunt to
replace me. I will watch the full video later. I just want you to have a good
life, my sweetheart".
"Mum, I have to marry the man I love. I
don't love Nelson anymore".
"You are just angry with him, you still
love him". She disconnected the line.
I looked frustratedly at my father, who was
smiling sheepishly at Nelson as he cleaned his feet in hot water.
I stepped out of the house and grit my teeth
frustratedly as I walked to my car.
My phone rang. It was Raymond.
I didn't respond to the call.
I drove home to sleep.
I woke up and my body felt so stiff on the
bed.
I was tired and I felt like eating pear and
salt.
I had to get it.
Without taking my bath, I hurried out of the
house to get it.
I bought a lot of it and rushed to the
kitchen to boil it.
I had licked three of the pear already when
my phone rang.
It was Regina Donald.
The words of my father recalled in my head.
'That young man is not serious about you! He doesn't even want to marry you now
because he is not hundred percent sure that he will marry you'.
His mother hadn't even accepted me and he
still had an unsettled love life.
It was quite discouraging.
I connected the line and placed the phone on
my ear. "Hello?".
"What is your real intention,Victory?
Are you playing games with me?".
"I don't understand what you are
talking about".
"Why are you still dating Raymond
despite the fact that we already settled everything here?".
"What's wrong with me?Why do you hate
me so much huh? You are even planning to give Rosa James a second chance
despite the fact that she will always remain an unrepentant cheat!!!".
"You don't love my son. You only
secretly want Bower bound".
"I do! Okay, let's believe that I
don't! Why can't you just let me love him in peace huh?".
"I hate cunning people with perfect
hatred. You have not convinced me that someone like you who is a total nobody
doesn't have secret ambition concerning my son, and since I know your plan, I
will try to stop you". She disconnected the line.
Tears filled my eyes as I stared into the
thin air.
I was torn between two worlds.
What I wanted and what I needed.
The truth was that I couldn't even
understand what was happening to me anymore.
My phone rang again.
It was Raymond.
I ignored the call again...
...and then I heard a banging sound on my
door.
I walked to the door. "Who is
that?"
"Open the door, Victory". Raymond
said softly from outside.
I reluctantly pulled open the door and he
walked in.
"I called you all through last night!
You made me worried sick!".
I rolled my eyes and jammed the door.
"You know we won't end up together right?".
He looked at me as if I was crazy. "I
never knew you to be a discouraged woman".
"Any poor girl that has intention of
getting married to someone like you will be discouraged".
"If you are discouraged, I am not
discouraged. What have you eaten this morning?".
"I had cravings for pear so I rushed
out to get it".
"I bought food from an eatery on my way
here" He dropped a package on my dining table and walked to the sitting
room.
My phone rang. It was from my hotel.
"Hello?"
"Ma'am, the bar is streaming with
people and other people are still coming in but there is no space even at the
eating session".
I gasped and rushed into my room. "You
know what? Tell big boy and Evans to arrange some chairs in the big hall so
that we can use that space too and not discourage other customers from coming
in". I disconnected the line and danced excitedly.
When I looked up,Raymond was standing before
me.
My heart slipped at the sight of him and I
bit my lower lip nervously. "How long have you been standing there?".
"You own a restaurant?".
"Er...yes"I avoided his eyes.
He squinted suspiciously at me. "Now I
think about it, I see sense in it. The new hotel around here...".
"I don't know what you are talking
about..."
"Stop lying to me and say the truth for
once, Victory!".
"I have a restaurant, but I don't have
an hotel".
"Victory, there is something that have
always been on my mind. Do you love me at all or you just ambitiously want
me?".
I glared at him and walked into the sitting
room.
If everyone was doubting me, I didn't expect
it from him at all.
He followed me to the sitting room and ran
his fingers on his head frustratedly. "I am sorry I asked that question,
Victory".
I met his eyes. "The most important
thing is that you asked me what have been on your mind and what have been on
your mind is not good at all".
He held my hand. "I am sorry, Victory.
I know you have a lot on your mind these days, it is just that I want to be
totally convinced that you do".
"A time will come that I will be able
to prove it".
He nodded thoughtfully and hugged me.
"I am so sorry for giving you such a hard time". He released me and
looked into my face. "How has been your restaurant? So you mean you are
already making sales so sudden? You must have really committed it into God's
hand".
I chuckled and nodded. "You are right,
Raymond".
"Have you checked home recently?".
I searched his eyes. "Nelson has been
taking care of my dad since two weeks now and because of that, my dad wants him
to be his son in law because he and my mum have this mindset that they don't
want my stomach bulging before marriage".
He sighed.
"I am so sorry I put them through that. I will start fixing the
wedding date by the way".
"Don't fix it now if you are not prepared".
"I am prepared, Victory".
"I know you are worried about my
parents. I can take care of them".
"What about Nelson?".
I shrugged. "Nelson is not an
issue"
I waved at Raymond as he drove out of my
compound.
My phone rang.
It was Grace Craig.
I connected the line. "Hello best
friend!".
"Babe, I am outside your house! I just
discovered that Rosa James has never met Paul Kings since the sex tape but they
pass message to the house help and the message is so vital. We have to find out
how vital that message is and the contents of that message".
"...but how do you intend to do
that?".
"We will track her down to the house
and wait for her to get out of the house. We will offer her ride after she
finishe business with the house and get the full information". She
disconnected the line.
I rushed out and entered into her car.
She started the engine. "The black car
at the front that is driving very slowly is the car that transports the girl
to deliver the message".
"Why didn't they just talk to each
other on the phone?"
"They must know that I monitor their
phone calls already".
"Are you sure that they also don't know
that we are watching them?"
"Trust the lion!!!". She grit her
teeth and increased her speed.
When we got to Paul Kings mansion, Grace
parked the car in front of the house and we both remained in the car, watching
anxiously as the black car drove the
house girl into the compound".
"So, are we waiting until the girl gets
out?".
"Yes. Right here".
As we waited in the car, a car coming from
behind hit the car boot of Grace's car forcefully, nearly flinging us on the
dashboard.
We rushed out of the car and men in Black
and sunglasses kicked us to the floor from behind.
They were obviously Paul Kings men.
They carried us into the boot of their car
and slammed it but I could see through the little opening as the house girl
walked out of the house.
It hadn't been the house girl all those
while.
Rosa James had been switching clothes with
the house girl and deceiving Grace Craig.
I heard Rosa James footsteps as she walked
towards the boot of the car that we were kept.
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