Nicholas introduced himself to us and gave us a short speech. In his speech, I expected him to talk more about his relationship with Mr. Rogers – his father – but he did not. Well, not bad.
After the speech, he stared at me for some seconds before leaving together with his escorts. Lena followed him, making sure I acknowledged how upset she was with me. But why upset? As if I did something wrong.I heaved a sigh and watched as everyone else left the conference room. I didn't want to leave now because I needed some time to think, yes...to think about everything that had happened.If only I knew he was the new CEO yesterday, I would have been more polite to him and wouldn't have taken his umbrella away from him. Although he was the one that willingly offered the umbrella to me himself.Now what? It was obvious Lena was into him, though she denied it. Not concerned about that though, but why wasn't he acknowledging her except me? She was more beautiful, more sexy, I couldn't even compare myself with her.Maybe he just needed his umbrella back, if that should be the case I would return it to him tomorrow because I didn't want any trouble. I didn't want Lena to hate me, we'd been friends for many years and she was the one that got me this job.She lived in our neighborhood before with her parents, she was from a wealthy family. Her mother was a Surgeon and her father worked in a power plant. You could imagine how lucky she was, unlike me.I sighed as I stood to my feet. Thus, I headed out of the conference room. The hallway was filled with Nicholas's scent, so breathtaking... I could remember finding myself under his umbrella yesterday. I smiled at the thought while walking towards the elevator.In less than a minute, I was already on our floor. Lena wasn't around, she was probably in the CEO's office...exposing her cleavage for him to see. I wouldn't do that if I were her, not even when I am desperate for a man.I headed to my workspace and continued my work. I crosschecked and edited all the works submitted to me before sending them to Lena via email. Hopefully, she would be able to skim through them today before transferring them for publication. Sadly, she wouldn't show up until it was almost time for home."Stella I am surprised," she said walking over to me. "How on this planet Earth did you know Nicholas?" she asked."Big boss? I never knew him, we only met yesterday. Why do you ask?" I uttered."Nothing, just trying to...never mind. Let's not talk about it" she said about leaving when I called on her. "Yes?" she wrinkled a brow. "Is there something I need to know?""No, well...just trying to say I emailed you all the works for today" I beamed at her."Okay, I will check them" she beamed back and left to her workspace.When it was finally time for home, I waited until every other staff in our floor left...except Lena, then I got myself prepared and bade her goodbye.She bade back, crooking a smile. She probably had a lot on her mind but would choose not to say anything, by the way, what did she have to say? That, why was the man she was crushing on staring at me? That would sound funny.Anyways big boss was, can't deny it, pretty handsome. He was good-looking and I believed no sane girl would look at him twice and not feel anything for him, he was a charming guy and probably in his mid-20s.I headed to the parking lot, hopped into my car, and drove back home. My mom had probably gone to work today, the house was empty and she wasn't the type that goes out anyhow. If she wasn't around then she was probably at work.I headed to the fridge and took a can of coke and leftover pizza before heading to the sitting room to eat. I almost choke when the doorbell rang. I stood and walked straight to the door."Hey," said the person by the door as I pulled the door open. It was a cop. "Your mom around?" he asked."My mom?" I gulped. "No, any problem?" I asked."Nah," he chuckled. "Just came by to say hi""Oh, right?" I uttered still not satisfied."Yeah, sure" he nodded positively. "If she comes back, tell her Officer Mike came to see her""Oh, okay" I nodded in acknowledgement."Thanks!" he winked at me and left to his car, a police patrol vehicle.As soon as he drove away, I went back inside and phoned my mom. "Hello, Mom," I said the moment she picked up the call."Hi, everything okay?" she asked."Yes, no! I mean, a cop showed up at our door looking for you" I replied anxiously."Mike?" she said rendering me speechless, she knew him? "It's gotta be Mike," she continued, "that as*hole has finally traced my home!""You knew him?" I asked out of curiosity."Yes, he's... a new friend?" she said."Are you asking me, mom?" I was puzzled."Oh, never mind! He's not a threat" she hanged off the call.Alright then, I said to myself and shrugged believing if there was any problem she would tell me the fact that she wasn't the type that hide things. She used to tell me a lot and had severally sought my advice on things.To see a Cop by your doorstep in Vincity, you have to be in trouble or the Cop is family or a family friend. I used to fear Cops, actually when I was a kid someone got shot by one in my presence. It was in the neighborhood, my mom and I were shopping for Christmas. Since then, Cops used to scare me.Years later... People used to say if you love something, never give up on that thing. Well I didn't believe in that adage until I finally met Nicholas. And now being his wife made me realized how TRUE love can be, and how victorious patience can make one be. Nicholas and I got married a year ago and we had just given birth to twins, a girl and a boy. It was a dream come true and I couldn't even express how happy I was. Nicholas was so happy too, same also his mom, my mom, Mr. Anderson, Elizabeth, officer Mike, and even Kelly who was Nicholas best man during our wedding. A lot had happened in the past years I would like you to know. First about Lena. She was released by the CAI and was returned back to the police after so much intervention by many freedom fighters and human right groups who sympathized her parents. The CAI had found her guilty of sponsoring some of the most wanted thugs in the continent to ubdertake certain acts of cr
Few days after finding out the truth that Mr. Anderson was indeed my biological father, I had not been able to think straightforward about my relationship with Nicholas. Mr. Anderson had also been touched by the sudden discovery, he had not been as vibrant as he used to be. That day he told me the reason why he left my mom and that he was so sorry. He told me he left my mom because their relationship was going as planned. They used to have problems and would debate over almost everything every blessed day. Hence he decided to move on with his life. "I am so sorry, I know what I did was a reason but now I feel like I shouldn't have done that" he had added, sobbing quietly. He then asked for my mother's pictures to which I showed him. He sobbed even more after seeing her picture, hating himself for all that he did and for abandoning us. He said he learned how to stay in a relationship for better or worst after marrying Nicholas's mom.
The following day, just as mom left for work I called Nicholas to come and pick me up. And when he came, I decided to show him the pictures of my dad. They were placed in places he had never stepped his foot on in our house. Actually, I just wanted him to justify whether my dad was the Mr. Anderson fathering his younger sister. Fortunately, when he sees the pictures he was shocked. He told me even though the pictures looked younger than Mr. Anderson, he believed there was resemblance. Thus, he pulled out his phone from his pocket and snapped the pictures saying he would show them to Mr. Anderson as soon as we arrived at their house in Vinewood. Then he helped me pack three of my luggage to his car as quick as we could and left. But before we left, I had left a note for my mom to come and on the center table, telling her I would be going far away from everyone and I wouldn't be back until she agrees to reconsider my relationship with Nicholas
Few weeks after the incident that occurred between me and Nicholas, I decided to start talking to my mom about our relationship. At first I told her Nicholas had been trying to reconcile with me but then she told me to shun him away. When I told her the second time she told me to be very careful with him and to not end up overthinking over him. She also advised me to consider Steven, reminding me of his countless sacrifices and devotion to me. Anyways today I decided to tell her that I had fallen for him again, and if she told me to stay away from him and consider Steven I would tell her my relationship with Steven is better off the way it is now. Brotherly stroke sisterly. Nothing more and nothing less. While gently walking to her room with the help of a staff, I walked past one of the pictures of my dad to which I once again found it resembling Mr. Anderson. Something told me it was the same person but I just couldn't believe it because I believed my dad wa
While on our way to the airport, Nicholas called Captain Omar and told him to prepare our flight. The way he talked, you would assume he was in a fight with someone. I understood his pain but it was for the greater good. When I finally convinced my mom to consider our relationship again, I could spend weeks with him in his parents' house. Elizabeth thought we were going to the public airport but when she saw Nicholas driving us to a remote area she asked where we were heading to, "I thought we are going to the main airport?" she added. "No, I brought a plane. We are going to an abandoned airstrip, that's where our plane is" he said increasing the speed of the car. "Wow big bro, I never knew you have a plane?" she sarcastically uttered. "No, it's not mine" he robotically replied her. "Your friend's?" she asked. "No, hired!" he said and then urged her to allow him to focus on the road bec
While in the dining room, Nicholas looked worried. He must be thinking thoroughly about what I recently told him. It would really be better if he returned me back home to avoid making this worst or more complicated for himself and somehow, for me as well. I had promised him that if he returned me back, I would not disclose what happened to anybody and I would try my best to convince my mom into considering our relationship again. Even though that wouldn't be easy, but I would try my utmost best to see that it happens. His mother asked if I loved it in there house and I smiled at her while eating the vegetables in my plate, I didn't even know what to say to her. Of course they had a wonderful house and I would have loved it if I was on an official visit. But sadly, I was forced and brought there. It wasn't even as if my mom knew I was there, and what made me more uncomfortable in the house was that I was so concerned about my mom's condition.