All Chapters of A Naija Christmas : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

FEHINTOLA4:30pm“Just because I let Anjola stay back, don’t think I don’t know what I’m doing,” My father said to me over the phone, I sighed deeply and slowly reclined in the car seat, “I give you one extra week, to get this done,” he added. I exhaled deeply and nodded slowly like he could see me. “O gbo Abi o daun” (you hear me or you chose not to answer) his voice came sharply.“I’ve heard sir,”“Good!” He muttered in reply and with that he ended the call.“You are on the fastest route, you will get to your destination in five minutes,” The GPS automated voice announced, I stared down at my watch, honestly I didn’t want to go to the town square because I am avoiding Dami but Ayo had texted me earlier, to not stay home alone if I got back early, I decided to go. He said they were going to start early today because they wanted finish early.****“Ohh perfect, perfect!”“Welcome Fehintola,” I heard the host say from the stage as I walked into the town square, my head whipped up imm

FEHINTOLA“What do you mean how did they find you? They’re my parents, Ayo. They came here for me,” I said quickly, my voice sharper than I intended. Even though I knew exactly where this was headed. From their reactions it was clear. Ayo turned slowly, his eyes filled with expressions I couldn’t quite understand.“Five days ago,” he began, his tone low but steady, “Anu slipped and told me the real reason you’re here.”The words slammed into me. My hands fell uselessly to my sides as I staggered back, both disbelief and washing over me.“I always knew a big company was trying to buy us out,” he continued, “but I never cared much for the details. We weren’t interested.” He drew in a breath, his jaw tightening. “Then when she told me, I ran a background check on the Banks family. Everything… came back to me.”Dami rushed forward at once, gripping Ayo’s shoulders, shaking him desperately.“What are you talking about?” Dami’s voice trembled, like he was one word away from crying. Ayo

FEHINTOLA Next Morning.20th December.I grabbed the door knob of Ayo’s room and gently pushed it open, peeping through. He was standing and basically just looking through the picture frames of him as a small boy on the wall. “Come in if you want to come in Fehintii,” he said, his back still facing me.“Ohh,” I whispered as I slowly let go of the door and walked in. “You know, mummy and daddy made sure no one came into this room except to clean. They strongly believed they would find you,” I said softly behind him.He turned to me with a small smile on his face and nodded slowly.“I can see that,” he whispered. I exhaled deeply and dropped my hands to the side. “You must hate me now,” I said. His eyes dimmed and he tilted his head to the side.“Hate you? Why would you say that?”“I mean. I’ve always used my own to disturb you. You went missing before because of me and you might loose Dami and the winery because of me again,” he chuckled lightly as he stepped closer to me and took

DAMILAREI held my breath the moment I saw her, she was putting on a red sleeveless, scalloped neckline Asooke gown that stopped way above her knees, with a floral pattern highlighted with black and red beads, the red beads for the vines and the black for the leaves. Her braids was neatly packed into a ponytail, with a lot of curl falling from it. I’m blown away, she looked absolutely gorgeous, it felt like I was seeing her for the first time and I fell in love with her all over again. “You wore it,” she purrred softly, and it didn’t even occur to me that she had gotten to my front. I shook lightly as I inhaled and slowly tucked my hands into my pocket.“You didn’t have to come,” I mumbled. Through the corner of my eyes I could see Ayo’s mouth drop open in shock. Whatever. I miss her but ofcourse I wasn’t about to make that obvious. Her expression dropped and she stepped closer to me. “Dami, I’m sorry” “Trust me, I had no idea you were the business owner my father was sending me t

EPILOGUE FEHINTOLAEIGHT YEARS LATER “Babe, Anu is on her way are the kids ready?!” I called out to my husband as I walked out of the kitchen. “Yeahhh, we’re coming,” he responded and I heard them running down the staircase almost immediately. It’s been eight years of pure bliss, living with the love of my life as husband and wife. We had two children, twins actually, they’re six years old. A girl; Adeoluwakiishi meaning the crown of God cannot be removed and a Boy Adeoluwakiitan meaning The reign of God cannot end. They were a handful most of the times but they were perfect. I went back to writing and I have my own thriving media and publishing company here in Nigeria. We are mainly into children books but in recent times we’ve been deviating more into books for the youth too, of diverse genre and we were doing absolutely well.Dami’s winery has become the biggest supplier of Nigerian made wine in the country, he had even established branches in some other countries in Africa,