"Look who's finally showed up after pulling such a show of a stunt last night." Nicole rolled her eyes at Matt as he sauntered in while Vida trailed behind."Hey mom." He said dryly and goes to give her a kiss and sinks into the chair beside her."Where were you last night? I called you up a bunch of times but you never responded." Nicole queried "I'm tired mom. Can we not do this now?" "Tired? Tired from frolicking around the city with those cheap call girls right?"He responded with a short sigh and Nicole frowned at him. Vida who had been standing there all along excused herself and went up the stairs to her bedroom. She wasn't in the mood to hear them banter. She had done her bid which was bringing Matt over."We'll be hosting an outreach program a few days from now with the members of a charity group I started some years back while you were away on your trip.""As one who would replace your father in leading the company, you should come with me so you can get acquainted with th

"You're up early. Don't you need to rest for your shift later?" Luisa asked with piercing eyes that showed she sensed was something off with Sophia. She had gone to wake Ann up and get her ready for school but she saw Sophia had beat her to it. Although Sophia had ended her shift earlier than usual the previous night, Luisa knew her daughter to be one who would still spend the whole day in bed, sleeping off like a tired log. Sophia was no where near lazy as Luisa had always known Sophia slept such long hours because she has her and could trust Ann's responsibility to her but today wasn't a sight she beheld often."Good morning mom. I'll drop Ann off at school today if you don't mind." Sophia said admid fixing Ann's hair."I don't mind you doing that. She's your daughter of course but what I do mind is you looking all dressed up just to have her dropped off at school." Luisa remarked."Why? We're you expecting to see me in rags instead?" Sophia retorted.Luisa ignored her and left the

Sophia crouched to the ground with arms wide open to receive her daughter who had a big smile in her face as she ran as fast as her feet could carry towards her. She had waited a few minutes for her to arrive from the playground with her class teacher.Ann suddenly lost her balance as she ran and fell to the ground. Sophia hastily got up from her squatting position to go pick her up. She was holding onto her knee as she sobbed softly.Sophia was quick to see that her daughter had scrapped her knee and it was bleeding. She was about to pick her up when she heard someone shriek loudly and her attention drifted. She was curious to know what it was about and who it could be from. Knowing it was a school premises, her thoughts were it could possibly be some other child but she thought wrong. It was then she noticed a classy woman assumed to be in her late forties standing ahead of them.She was draped in very expensive clothing, anyone could tell she was wealthy. As she kept her gaze on h

The morning sun peered through the brightly colored chiffon curtains in Matt's bedroom. He wriggled in bed, disturbed by the sunrays.It was a Saturday morning meaning a work free day for him and he intended to make the most of it resting in bed. Just when he seemed to have triumphed over the persistent sunrays, his phone started to ring and this made him grumble."I should have set it on silent mode." He thought to himself.He lazily reached for it on his bedside drawer and the caller ID showed it was Vida calling."It's so early in the morning, what is it?" He mumbled, half awake."Are you sure you're on planet earth? It's almost 12pm silly and you're still asleep." She responded."What!?" Matt blurted out, fully awake now. He sat up straight on the bed, checked the little alarm clock by the drawer and it really was almost noon. He didn't realize he had slept for so long. It had been a hectic for day for him yesterday, trying to get acquainted with his father's business before hi

"Hey, I'm here at the restaurant. Where are you?""I can see you. Look up ahead, I'm four tables away from you." Matt answered.Sophia saw him afar off and waved at him, smiling widely. She was so happy to see him. Something she never saw coming.She walked over to the table and while she was at it, Matt couldn't take his eyes off of her.Time seemed to have stood still but only Sophia defied that law. Her beautiful smile that showed off her perfect dentition melted his soul and a gentle wind swept past her red hair, playing with it even as she tried to keep it stuck behind her ear.It was a strange feeling for Matt. He had never seen her look more beautiful than she did as he gazed at her. Putting together what this feeling was was something he was having a hard time doing.Sophia snapped her fingers in front of his face, bringing him back to reality."You seem spaced out, is everything alright?" She asked, taking a seat across from him."Yeah, sure. Everything's fine. Thank you so m