I wonder what would inspire Doctor Bill’s cheeks to be dragged in smile while my husband was in dire need of oxygen. Ever since we got into his office he had been all smile like a suckling eagle that just learned how to fly.After he was done attending to the nurse who had been in his office, he corked a heavier smile at us as he opened Brian’s file.“You seem to be in your best mood today, doctor. There has not been anything short of excitement on your face since we got in here. What is the secret?” Eva said cheerfully, her voice coming up alive after a heartbreaking wailing.Eva had her car key firmly held in her arms and to an extent she had bubbles in her guts seeing the doctor’s excitement because of what she had come to demand form the doctor. When she told me about giving up her car in place of a sequel large unit of oxygen for Brian I doubted if the doctor was going to allow it.We didn’t want to hesitate about purchasing oxygen for Brian’s survival. Going to sell the car cou
Once upon a time on a crisp November morning, late summer in Rio Hondo, at the Fanny’s mansion, bottles of beer, rum and cigars were seen littered all over the table. And carelessly scattered on the floor were G-string, pants, sleeves and a polka-dotted dress. In the other corner the bed was creaking hugely under the weight of two figures. A sonorous moan blared and hung over them. Like a trumpet, the female voice amplified the most out of the window, while the male voice groaned and grunted at a terribly disturbing way.Opula was bouncing and having her fragile, slender waist astride the legs of Ken, whose mouth was gaping, and hands infinitely stroking and fondling her fragile small breasts.“Y – you are not doing badly today,” Ken stuttered under her weight and squeezed her tapering waist.She shut her eyes and breathed hard. “Yesterday’s sex was horrendous,” she sounded through a moan and clenched her teeth to pound harder. “I am going to give it to you hot!” she managed to say in
Indigenes of Rio Hondo often referred to me as the poorest, ragged girl, but I could barely fight anyone over it or prove them wrong in any pragmatic way because, literally, I was poor.My poor father died when I was six. Mother said he died mysteriously, but whenever she mentioned that I often understood her empathy, after she must have elaborated, he died out of the depression of poverty. With nothing to fall back on, we relocated to our grandpa’s house to perch with him. Not that he was richer, but he was poorer. Daily we clung to the jaw of hunger and wants, since the meager vegetable garden he groomed could barely sprout enough produce, let alone make it to the market.Grandpa died and opened the door of intense lack for us as we looked forward to joining him soon. Inheriting a poorly grooved vegetable garden and a fragile, roofless, thatched, cane house, we waited for the hands of death to pay us homage soon.It didn’t stop us from going to the market anyway. While others sold th
I was heartbroken all day. Ruin and disappointment pervaded my countenance, and while on my way home I wailed bitterly. I thought about what would become of us, especially my mother who was slowly dying of a mysterious ailment. I could barely say what mother was suffering from because we could barely feed her well, let alone afford to take her to the hospital.The previous day we struggled to earn a square meal and I can recall promising mother that today would be better. I wondered if mother perceived the falsity of my promise because of our poverty. She had never believed life could get better for us. She only had consolation in her reverie.After promising to buy good food for her with the proceeds from our vegetables, she only responded in tears and kept staring at the ceiling while she lay in her sick bed.And today being the day I promised her at least two square meals, that billionaire’s mad son ate all my raw vegetables and left us to die of hunger.“What nonsense a billionaire
When I advanced to the villa, I noticed my feet couldn’t carry me further. The splendor that hung across the mansion overwhelmed me so much that I deemed myself not worthy of being anywhere around it; not even its flowers and ornamental trees, which looked healthier than me.I quickly distinguished myself from smearing the expensive environment by my poverty countenance.Suddenly, I came to a halt once I caught sight of a uniformed band of security men, all well-suited with strong facial features, who asked me a thousand questions with their hostile faces and hefty chests.My entire body vibrated as I folded my arms in anticipation of what they intended to do. Now they surged close to me.One of them stared at me from head to toe, and must have perceived the wretchedness that encompassed around me; I perceived they were bored with seeing the scraggly faces of the poor hounding the villa all in the name of seeking the billionaire’s help.Noticing one of the security prancing towards my
Fanny shook his head in the affirmative and became all smiles. His eyes sparkled.“You are welcome to my humble family, my adorable sister-in-law,” Kate intoned, with a lop-sided grin.Kate was the second-eldest daughter of Fanny’s. She was chubby, short and with pink cheeks that often smiled. Her hair was auburn. She kept smiling and shaking her head just like every other person except Eva. Her nostrils flared, “Who is she? And who is her family in Rio Hondo?” Eva asked, gritted her teeth, shot her go-to-hell stare at me and walked around me as though I was some laboratory specimen.Among the girls, it was Eva who cherished Brian most. She wanted the best for Brian and wished her family could give Brian a better wife than she saw. Although she rarely showed it, the love Eva had for Brian was rare, and she could sacrifice her life for him if there was need for it.“No, no, Eva”, Opula, the eldest, protested with her hand, gesturing at Eva. She protested yet further, “You don’t have t
Fanny was unhesitant, after sliding out the credit card. His eyes gleamed and his jaw sparkled.A beam of smiles clouded his face before he flashed the credit card at me.Instantly my avarice increased at the sight of the credit card, and I winked nervously, wished he would gift me the card without conditions.“This is a credit card for half a million dollars. It is for you,” he sounded, with an emphatic chuckle that sounded from him.I was abandoned to doubt and argument within me. I gave a half-smile before a lopsided grin. My cheeks couldn’t stop curving. My hands fidgeted. I swallowed hard and winked more than a million times. This must be a dream! I scratched my eyes and confirmed that reality was actually smiling at me. It wasn’t a dream after all. A credit card for half a million dollars all for me! Fortune has fallen down to me. Mom, wherever you are start girding your loins to recover, because not only will I sort out your medical bills, also our family status is about to cha
Finally the billionaire’s order was carried out. Brian refused to wear his cloths.“Ah! Ah! Ah! Aye!”He groaned and wailed at the tops of his voice and I perceived they were whipping him now.But why would a rightful thinking person refuse to wear his cloths? And why would they whip a grown up in his right senses. I was beginning to suspect mental derangement.“Ah! Ah! Ah! Aye!”The wailing ravaged the entire mansion, and Opula was forced to go on her knees and pled on his behalf.“Father, please, I beg of you. Have mercy upon Brian you know his condition. If they continue to whip him with such callousness, they will hurt him and he doesn’t need to appear distraught since today is his day. I suggest we opt for gentler way of bringing him out…”Fanny interrupted her, “Enough of that!” his voice frisked. “That boy has cost me a lot pain and impairment. He has embarrassed me before Rio Hondo. He has dragged the name of my family in the mud and if he is not careful, I will disown him and
I wonder what would inspire Doctor Bill’s cheeks to be dragged in smile while my husband was in dire need of oxygen. Ever since we got into his office he had been all smile like a suckling eagle that just learned how to fly.After he was done attending to the nurse who had been in his office, he corked a heavier smile at us as he opened Brian’s file.“You seem to be in your best mood today, doctor. There has not been anything short of excitement on your face since we got in here. What is the secret?” Eva said cheerfully, her voice coming up alive after a heartbreaking wailing.Eva had her car key firmly held in her arms and to an extent she had bubbles in her guts seeing the doctor’s excitement because of what she had come to demand form the doctor. When she told me about giving up her car in place of a sequel large unit of oxygen for Brian I doubted if the doctor was going to allow it.We didn’t want to hesitate about purchasing oxygen for Brian’s survival. Going to sell the car cou
When Eva walked into my chamber and met me wailing she was astounded and she scuttled to my side to know what must have rattled my cage. As she lowered her gaze on my hands and saw a small leaflet, she took it.“What? Is this from Doctor Bill?” she said, gaping at me and wondering if she could afford thirty thousand dollars for fresh oxygen supply for Brian. “Oh my God not now we don’t have the trust funds.”I sniffed heavily and shut my eyes to gain virtue. “Things are getting tougher, Eva. I am getting weary by the day. The bag of money we hid under my bed suddenly got missing without any clue of who stole it. Isn’t it better for the police to have found the money in my chamber than losing the money to a thief?”“There is no thief in this villa,” Eva said with conviction and breathed uneasily, “Never had it been recorded that a cent went missing in this villa let alone a bag of money and besides it is only you and I that know there is money in our chamber or did you tell anyone abou
I was discussing with Melissa the other day and she mentioned her love for Turkish gown. Although she is from a poor family, her sense of fashion is laudable. She was nagging about the incentive Fanny stopped paying her and how it has affected her number of dresses,” Salsa said to Rod who was smiling cheek to cheek.Today she wasn’t meeting Rod in his private jet but at a cocktail café. It was obvious Salsa had accepted her fate as regards her love for Rod and what she was out to achieve. Things would get more intriguing and shocking as she looked forward to making Rod marry me.Rod smiled cheerfully as he shook his head, “Are you sure she is going to accept it? My heart gets broken each time Melissa rejects my gift. I wish she would accept it if I should buy her the whole world,” Rod said with an iota of doubt.Salsa sucked a brief grin; and it was as if she had taken a personal decision to work out things between Rod and I; even if it would be the only feat she would achieve in her
Fanny Luis was having a board meeting with his staff when the knocking of oxford sounded noisily close by. Although Fanny expected all his staff to be present at the meeting, he only thought the noisy shuffling could be coming from a guest.But the oxford knocked louder as the person walked closer and closer, Fanny threw caution to the wind with his speech. His instinct informed him that the person was as furious as he thought but he took solace in the fact that it could be a guest.With the boldness to continue the meeting, Fanny shrugged off any form of distraction especially the knocking of the oxford.In a short while, when the meeting got heated Rod barged into the conference hall and shot a disgusting frown at fanny.“Rod Benson?” Fanny called, uncertainty clouding his voice with scare hanging in his eyes. “Can’t you see that I am in the middle of a crucial meeting with my staff?” Fanny queried and rebuked his guts through his enraged staff which stood behind a pair of glass.R
The chairman tossed his head in disapproval, “Have you forgotten you took an oath of honesty for this contract? You assured us that all your information and data are correct to your best of knowledge. R and D limited is a company founded on honesty. We abhor dishonesty, Rod Benson. You can’t be married and you claim to be single. This is not even a case of divorce.”“No, please , listen to me, chairman,” Rod interposed him, “Opula is only an admirer who claimed to be pregnant for me. She is just desperate to be my wife and because I am not giving her the attention she decided to go public about it. I have never been married. You can ask my father.”Once again the chairman shook his head in disapproval, “I have no business with your father but you Rod Benson. You have breached the contract agreement on honest and code of trust. We can’t go into joint partnership with a tycoon whose marital status is questionable to the receptionist. Let’s call it a day, Rod Benson.Rod’s eyes flinted
Rod Benson was full of smiles as he drove into the complex of R and D Limited. Today was the D-day , the CEO of R and D sent for him to come over for official finalization of the fifty billion dollars joint partnership with Benson Group.His eyes sparkled with impatience when he alighted and gazed upon the towering sky scraper of R and D limited. His father, James had told him, the joint partnership was going to be stepping stone to their acquisition Of R and D limited. If he could lose anything in the world, definitely not the contract, because in few years time, the Benson Group would be the highest shareholders of R and D.Today was more than a feeling of Halloween to Rod as he curved his cheeks with contagious smile.“You are welcome to R and D limited,” the securities chatted indistinctly to Rod , with a gentle bow and a gorgeous smile, which ushered him into the elevator .The fact was that Rod had attracted the joint partnership deal and James Benson’s joy knew no bound the day
With the way Eva gaped at me, one could think I was responsible for the confusion brought upon the police men. Eva, just like every other onlooker thought the police men were under some sort of voodoo from me.Eva had to peer to me and ask, “Why didn’t they see the bag of money in your chamber? What is happening? Where is the money? Did you displace the money?” she asked anxiously.My brow ridge in utter bewilderment, “I am as shocked as you. I wouldn’t have touched the bag of money. I was waiting for the police men to come out with the bag of money but nothing of such happened,” I replied, shot an investigative gaze at my chamber and then whispered to Eva, “Hold on let me see for myself,”Quickly, I stepped into my chamber and met all my properties scattered all over the place. I wondered if emphasis was placed on my chamber or was this how they were going to search all the chambers.“That is my bed,” I mumbled and pointed Eva’s attention to it, “They actually searched it. Everything
Detective Sam had to repeat himself when I hesitated and when I winked nervously, Eva caught my arm and squeezed it briefly. I wished I could carry myself into the chamber. The burden had become so heavy that I couldn’t move my feet anymore.Fear of the unknown had possessed me and when I stared around I could see heavy thick faces staring at me except Salsa who was still smiling cheek to cheek with the freedom of a bird.“What could have happened?” I whispered to Eva, seeking answers urgently, “Why is the detective yelling my name? Has he found the money?” I whispered yet further and nudged Eva on her side.When I nudged Eva, I perceived her body was running temperature and it was as if a hot pressing iron was placed on her body. Her eyes had bleached red and her face was as unconscious as the outcome of this tragedy.“I guess they have found it and he wants to confirm before bringing out the bag of money,” Opula whispered to Kate who had been smoking nervously since the search begun,
Eva had never been tensed and worried as she saw the police men barge into my chamber to search for the money. She thought it was a lost course because she was the one who kept the money under the bed frame in my inner chamber so the money was going to be searched out in no distance time.Eva couldn’t stay at a place and neither could she stop peeping at the ongoing in my chamber. She could hear the shuffling and ransacking of properties in my chamber and the next chant she was expecting from the police men was, “I have found the money!”While Eva paced up and down and sweated profusely, I did even the worse. For the past thirty minutes my knees had been trembling and unable to carry my body.When Eva stepped forward to me and saw the tears trickling down my cheeks, she swallowed hard and whispered to me. “Perk up dear and be of good cheer. I know they are going to search out the money. When I hid it under your bed frame I least expected my father going to the extent of getting the po