The terms of the contract were well spelt out, they were bold and scary in a sense. Ida sat alone in her room, her butt on her bed and her two legs stretched long on the bed. Her back was resting on the backrest of the bed and the contract papers were between her two hands.
The contract was exactly like a formal contract, even businesses terms were used. A few of the clauses in the contract was that she was not allowed to flirt with another man neither was another man allowed to touch her during the period of being the little boy's mother. Another clause said that during the period of the contract, the little boy's father have the right to her body, that's one of the scariest clause to her cause she had only had sex once and that's with someone she doesn't even know.
All that Perry said was also inside the contract such as not expecting any care, love nor attention from the boy's father. She was going to die in a couple of months anyways, why should she even expect love from anyone? Infact, anyone that falls in love with her now will get hurt cause they wouldn't expect she would die soon.
She can deal with every other clauses of the contract but the only one that keeps her bothered was the fact that the little boy's father has the right to her body. Wasn't she employed to serve as the little boy's mummy alone? Why would he have to access to her body then? Maybe that's why the reward at the end of the year is much. She thought for so long until she slept off.
When it was the following morning, Ida placed a call across to Perry and told him she had agreed. She wanted to spend the remaining months she has left on earth with the little boy. She should be able to cope with his father's attitude, afterall, she might not even see the man often.
Perry called her a few minutes later and she answered, "please meet me at the Civil Bureau."
Meet 'me'? Won't the little boy's father be there? How would she get married to the little boy's father without him being present at the civil bureau? Ida thought that Perry probably wanted to say 'meet us.'
About thirty minutes later, she walked towards the Civil Bureau building and someone appeared before her, it was Perry. "You are welcome, miss."
"Have you signed the contract now?" He asked.
"Yes, I have."
"Is there anything you do not understand in the contract? I can explain it all to you," Perry requested.
Since every words were written in English language, of course, she understood it all. The question Perry should be asking is if she has any objection against any of the clauses.
"No."
"Good, please come with me," Perry said and Ida began to follow him, hoping that she would meet with his boss inside the bureau.
In a jiffy, she was made to take a picture alone, Ida was angry that she asked Perry," I'm confused here, am I marrying a ghost?"
"A Ghost?"
"Yes, otherwise, why can't he appear here? How would his picture appear on the marriage certificate when I'm the only one who took the picture?" She asked.
"We fixed that already, don't worry," Perry responded.
Ida felt like this man she was marrying too was so strange, he wasn't even present here.
"Please put your signature here?" Perry asked, his hand covering a part of the marriage certificate.
"Why are you covering the area that has his name? Can't I know the name of the man I'm getting married to?" Ida asked.
"You can't. It's in the contract. Are you sure you read all the terms of the contract?" Perry asked.
Truth was, the contract was too cumbersome so she must have missed out on that. So she wouldn't even know the name of her husband?
She signed the marriage certificate nonetheless and waited until Perry was done, Perry then said to her, "I'll drive you over to your house to get your luggage then I'll drive you over to the estate."
"The estate?"
"Yes, the estate you came to that day. There is a house reserved for you there where you can get to see the kid often," Perry said and Ida nodded.
In a jiffy, Ida was home and packing her luggage, she was very nervous and kind of scared. But she wasn't bothered much cause she has just a few months left to live plus she hope that her stay with the little boy will be fun.
She was soon inside Perry's car with her luggage after which he drove her to the estate. The estate is a secured land that has well arranged and structured houses. As the car drove inside the estate, she saw so many big and beautiful houses by the left and right and she wondered if she would be made to live in one of them. Afterall, the man she was getting married to was rich.
The car parked before a house and when she stepped down, she saw a bongalow before her.
"This is a two bedroom flat with toilets and bathroom ensuits, there is an office space there and a space at the backyard where you can relax." Perry said as he led her inside the house. He then handed the key of the house to her.
"Can you drive or shall we get you a driver?" Perry asked.
"I can drive," Ida responded but she wondered why he was asking. Perry handed over a car key to her and said, "the car you can drive to wherever you wish to go will be delivered to your doorstep in an hour. You can move around the house just to get familiar with it. As for food, we stock so many foods in the kitchen every week, if you ever need more, please let me know."
"Oh! Thank you but am I paying for the food and car?"
"Everything is free. Just take care of Beau and make him happy always," Perry responded.
"Thank you." Ida thought that Perry's boss must be so thoughtful that he provided her with everything she needs. Although she had not met this new husband of hers yet, she already adored him.
"Mrs. Ida, any other question before I take my leave?" Perry asked.
Mrs? Oh! She was now a married woman.
"Erm...how about Beau? The little boy's name is Beau, right?" Ida asked to confirm the boy's name.
"Yes. Beau will come here after school and be taken away at night. On Saturdays and Sundays, he will be here all through. As long as he gives a good report of you to the boss, then everything should be fine." Perry said.
"And the boss? I guess he doesn't live here, so when will he come here?" Ida asked. The house doesn't look expensive like other houses in the estate. It was just moderate. Even the interior design was not too flamboyant, everything was moderate. It's hard for her to guess the level of wealth of this new husband of hers.
"Like I said, don't expect anything from the boss. Since he's your husband, he may come here once a while," Perry said and wanted to turn but Ida asked quickly.
"Like how often will he come here?" Ida was just curious to know.
"He may come to visit you once or twice in the entire twelve months that you are spending here," Perry said like it was nothing and walked away.
Does that mean she's likely to see her husband once or twice in her entire stay in this estate? What sort of a man is he?
Since the little boy goes to school in the morning and comes back in the evening, it doesn't make sense for her to just sit at home. Although everything she needs is available in the house, she still want to be independent, make her own money and of course make new friends. So that same night she was brought to the house, she applied online for jobs in many companies and hoped that she get a feedback from them soon. When she woke up in the morning, she was surprised to see a lot of job offers from the companies she applied to. Were the companies so in need of workers or was there something spectacular about her? Eventually, she decided to honour the invite of the highest paying company amidst the companies she applied to. When she arrived at the company, precisely at the receptionist office, the receptionist welcomed her politely and directed her to where the interview was to take place. She walked out of the receptionist office and followed the direction that the receptionist had
Ida walked over to where she was to have her interview, she thought she would see some other people who would be here for job interview around but to her surprise, she was the only one there.Getting before OFFICE 8, the particular office that the receptionist had told her she would have her interview at, she knocked on the door gently and a masculine voice sounded from inside, " come inside, please."Ida walked in and saw two men seated graciously, one of the men gestured to the seats before them," please have your sit."Ida sat, ensuring she has a calm look on.The man who asked her to sit asked her a couple of the job related questions and after he was done, he exchanged look at the second man beside him and they both communicated through their facial language.Ida couldn't understand what they had communicated through their facial language but she hoped that they would give her the job.The man who had been asking her questions turned his face back to to her and said, "we would ge
Ida turned immediately to behold the face of the person that spoke but she was stunned to see some men in black suits leading a particular man to the elevator. She didn't know which of the men spoke. After the men had faded out of her sight, she cleaned her tears off and said to herself, "Olga, Janie, you people don't deserver my tears?" She then turned and walked over to the elevator a couple of seconds later.She was soon inside the cab that was taking her home, she tried to wave the thought of Olga and her sister away. If she can try to heal from seeing Olga choosing her sister over her, how about her baby that was killed? An innocent baby who has done nothing wrong, how can she heal from that?The more she thinks about it is the more she feels pain in her heart. It's like a scar that's impossible to heal.While inside the car, she suddenly noticed that the car stopped moving.She sat upright and asked the driver, "what's wrong?"The driver looked at her through the mirror as if as
Ida immediately adjusted back, truthfully, she find this man handsome and hot but she can't let him take advantage of her. By taking advantage of her, did he meant that he only want to kiss her or did he actually want to have sex with her?"Hey Mr. Please try to be respectful, I was just going crazy that day plus I paid you," she said."$100 is an insult," the man spoke, intentionally bringing his face closer to hers.As for Ida, the door of the car had betrayed her head and she was scared that the man's lips may soon collide on her. Seeing that they were both inside the car with tinted window, Ida feared that the kissing may escalate quickly to sex."$100 ? Oh! You want more?" She quickly spoke with all the strength in her."Yes.""Oh! You should have said that. Though I don't have much money to give you like your sugar mamas, I'm not as rich as them plus I never even had sex with you. But I'll add another $100 to it, should that be okay?"The man smiled faintly and after his face ha
Ida turned to the direction the little one was looking at but didn't see anyone, he turned back to the little boy and asked," did you just call 'dad?'""Yes, I saw him just now," the little boy jumped down from the seat and ran towards the door, he stepped out and looked to the left and right but didn't see anyone.Ida followed and also checked but there wasn't a sight of anyone."I thought I saw him now," the little boy said, confused."It's okay," she carried him and went inside the room with her, she made her rest on her bed and said, "I'll tell you a story, will you like to listen ?""Sure."Ida began to tell the little boy a story until he faded off to sleep. When it was 10PM,Perry came for him and took him back to his father's mansion.Ida got a message in the midnight to resume work in the morning. She was extremely glad that she got the job.She resumed work the following day. When it was lunch period, someone knocked on her desk and on looking up, she saw her head of departme
Before 'Mr. Pimp' could respond, Olga caught up with her and frowned when she saw Ida and a strange man standing close to eachother."Is this the new man you are fucking?" Olga asked angrily.Ida turned to Olga and responded ," how is that your business?"Olga looked at the man who was dressed in a grey suit, "get out from here." He commanded 'Mr. Pimp.''Mr. Pimp' turned to Olga and looked at him from head to toe, Olga looked too small when compared to him in terms of everything yet this uncultured and barbaric little boy has the gut to speak to him this way? 'Mr. Pimp' thought. If only Olga know whom he truly is , he wouldn't dare to utter this nonsense."Are you deaf? I said get out of here before I hurt you?"Olga repeated disrespectfully.Ida immediately stood before 'Mr. Pimp' defensively and said," you dare not to hurt him. I collided on him and he has done nothing wrong.""If you collided with him then why has he been standing still like a statue? " Olga wanted this man to walk
Both adults were shocked. Ida didn't expect that her anonymous and mysterious husband would be the man she kissed five years ago and at the same time, the man she had been meeting coincidentally of a recent."You know my dad already?" The little boy asked Ida. Seeing the way Ida addressed his dad, he guessed that she was familiar with him."I'm glad my son likes you," the man said calmly to Ida."Mr. Pimp! I can't believe it," Ida turned to the little boy and asked," is he really your dad?""Yes, he's my dad," the little boy nods affirmatively.Ida scoffed, "wow!""Have fun!" The man said and began to walk away. Ida furrowed her brow. Didn't he know that he was her husband? They were meeting eachother for the first time as couple and all he says was 'have fun!""I was asking if you know my dad somewhere?" Beau interrupted her thought."Yes, I have seen him before," she answered the little boy then went back to the kitchen with him. In a jiffy, she was at the dinner , eating. Since the
Ida wondered why he had smiled breifly.'This man's smile is weird, he smiles for just half a second and his face would immediately turn cold again,' Ida thought as she looked at him.Soon, the waiters appeared and served the table with the food and drink after which they walked away.Ida hasn't eaten today, she woke up late so she didn't cook breakfast and getting to work late was the last thing she wanted so she left home without eating.She immediately picked up the cutlery and began to eat seriously without shame. She didn't even bother if the man before she had started eating or not.After she had eaten a couple of spoonful of food, she raised her face up and with a mouth full of food, she realized he had not even taken a spoon of the food, "Mr. Why aren't you eating?""I thought we were supposed to start eating together but you start eating without care for me," he said.She chewed and swallowed all the food in her mouth then the corner of her lips twitched," you want me to care