As she sat at the back stage nervously holding hands with the other contestant patiently waiting for the winner to be announced, tears started flowing down her cheeks.
" Don't be sad Nelly, you know how good of a singer you are, surely you will get the prize."
Alwyn the guy holding her hand tried to comfort her, he too knew how good Nelly was, so he wouldn't be surprised if she came out first.
He held her hand even tighter as a way to affirm what he was saying.
" Even if you don't get the prize, I can speak to my Uncle and get you signed with Electrotainment, that way your career will only go up from there as that's a very reputable company in the whole country."
She was not sad or anything like that in fact she was proud of herself at how far she had come, even if she did not take the first prize, to her that was also a win, the runner up prize that she would get was enough to change her life and for her to bring her sister to the big city.
She smiled gently and looked at Alwyn and then responded.
"I'm not sad at all, in fact to me even if i don't win, this has been my best achievement. I have done all that I could to make a name for myself"
She the paused and looked at the black curtains that blocked them from the people on the other side of the stage.
" You hear that? people are calling out our names in enthusiasm, they want more, they want us to win. I'm sure there is an entertainment company out there that will want me in their team, so please don't bother your uncle as I want to work hard for all that I will receive."
The man blushed a little in embarrassment but before he could even say anything the program manager called them as it was now time to take the stage.
They both walked up to the stage and stood on either side of the presenter.
The screen behind them showed their musical journey since the competition started. Once that was done, he then announced the winner.
"Nelly Smith!"
As soon as Nelly heard her name being called out, everything just became blur as she fell down to her knees with tears of joy flowing down her cheeks.
She lifted her head to see everyone in that theater on their feet clapping and screaming out her name in joy.
'It is all over!' She thought to herself.
she then stood up and wiped her tears. She bowed to the presenter and thanked him.
Just like that, she was the talk of the country and a lot of people were rooting for her.
After they were done with entertaining people who came to congratulate them, Nelly excused herself as she wanted to change in to something more comfortable.
"Don't be too long, the group is going over to the Oracle to celebrate."
The competition sponsors had organized a celebratory dinner that evening for Nelly and Alywn to mingle and form relationships with people in the music industry.
An hour later they were both called out as it was time for them to head out to the function.
Compared to the exquisitely designed dress she had on earlier, Nelly was now looking very simple in her knee high ,plain backless dress with a pair of heels.
Being a soft spoken, introverted person that she was, she chose to sit alone in a table by the corner while enjoying her meal and drinks, she would from time to time cast and eye over to Alwyn's table to see what he was up to as he was the only person in the room she was familiar with.
"Hey come over, I want you to meet some friends. "
That was Alwyn's voice she heard as she was taking a sip from her drink. She looked at him and as she was about to decline the offer, Alywn beat her to it.
"This is your career we are talking about, you don't have to spend the entire night with them but so you know those are are the big shots in the industry. And don't you pretend that you don't want to go, I saw how you kept looking at us since we got here."
"Owh please don't think highly of yourself, it was just a coincidence."
She quickly stood up as she spoke, trying to hide all the embarrassment from being caught acting.
She then followed Alwyn back to his table to meet his friends. After a brief introduction, he handed her a cocktail glass to drink and since she thought it would be rude to reject him in front of so many people she took the drink and sat down at the only available seat, which was a two seater couch that had only one person occupying it.
The moment she sat down, all eyes were on her and she too sensed the atmosphere of the room changing.
"What's wrong, why is everyone looking at me like that?"
She thought that she probably had something on her hense she asked Alwyn that question.
Instead of getting an answer one of the guys on the table which she recognized as Robert the Manager of Electrotainment spoke to the person she was sitting next to.
"Are you ok the Eric?"
Eric only gave Rob a deadly glare as an indication to let him be.
With that they continued to drink, and Rob would pass more drinks for her and the Eric man next to her. Fearing to turn him down she accepted the drinks and drank whenever they toasted her.
After receiving an urgent call from his mom Alwyn excused himself and apologized to Nelly as he had to leave her with people she didn't know. But considering that his uncle was also there, he knew that she was safe hence he left.
Not long after Alwyn had left, Nelly started feeling a certain way. It was a foreign feeling, something she had never experienced before. A layer of sweat started to form on her forehead as she felt hotter and hotter with each minute that passed, and the man sitting next to her wasn't making it any better.
Since the sponsors had already booked the whole of Oracle hotel, she thought it will be wise for her to get one of the rooms to sleep it off before she could even embarrass herself in front of such prominent figures.
Hence she excused herself and asked for a room from the front desk and got herself a key. By the time she got to the room, the heat she was feeling from inside had gotten stronger and stronger and was now unable to control herself, she started stripping off her dress, but even the bra that she had on made her feel hot so she took that off as well.
She laid on the bed turning and tossing trying to find a comfortable position but nothing she did reduced the burning flame she felt.
Soon the door was pushed open and a blurry tall figure walked in, she couldn't figure out who it really was but she still found herself saying.
"Help me! I'm, I'm burning"
The man froze and his eyes darkened even further as he saw the naked woman on the bed, he too was fighting his own battle and only that woman in front of him can help him.
He did not think any further as he locked the door and moved toward the bed while taking off every piece of clothing on his body.
He then got on top of her and asked,
" Is this what you really want?"
Nelly nodded her head vigorously as her body seemed to have a brain of its own that she could not control.
Just like that, the two people in the room merged as one and carried on with their activity till they both passed out.
The following morning when Nelly woke up, her body was aching all over. She tried to recall all the events of the previous night, she remembers that foreign feeling she had, how she yearned the company of a man for the very first time.But she had managed to escape from everyone so that she could suffer alone in her room, ' so what went wrong?'This is the question she had in mind, but then again remembered the blurry tall man who entered her room while she was naked and took advantage of her. She wasn't sure who it was but what she knew is that the hotel owed her an explanation."Mhmm"She moaned in pain as she couldn't take the pain she felt through her entire body, it was as if her lower body was about to be disconnected from her completely.As she sat up on the bed, her eyes landed on the man who was sitting on the couch not far from the bed, elegantly crossing his legs. Although he had a cold intimidating look on his face, that did not stop Nelly from noticing his handsome facial
He looked at the third card key on the table with his eyes darkening, he then took out his phone and dialed a string of numbers."Come here, now!""But Eric, I'm already at the office now." The man on the other side of the phone answered but soon gulped down the large lump of saliva that had been stuck on his throat.He knew the moment he saw Eric's ID on his phone that he was in deep trouble, so he dared not see him that day, but now the man was asking to see him."Do you want me to come over there myself?"That question on its own sent a shock wave throughout Rob's body, hence he agreed to drive back to that hotel immediately."No, no need for you to come over here brother, I'll be there in the next few minutes."After hearing that, Eric ended the call and sat on the edge of the bed, but his eyes landed on that piece of paper that the little girl had refused to take.He picked it up and looked at the sum of money that he had written on it."Is she planning to get even more than t
"Hey what do you think you are doing? You are just as useless as that sister of yours, How can you mess up something as simple as soup! Why don't you just die?"Vivian's voice was so loud that the cab driver probably heard what she had said.Hearing the shouts Nelly was so insensed that she could not hold herself any longer, she pushed the door open and rushed in right at that moment."Nonto come here, go get your things and follow me!"She said that while looking at the Vicious Vivian who could not believe how Nelly came out of nowhere to challenge her."Nelisiwe Smith! How dare you come in to this house and challenge my way of doing things, do you think you are better now just because you are wearing new clothes. Who ever gave you those must be out of their mind and straight foolish to even lend you clothes when you can't even feed yourself."Nelly was surprised at how her Aunt thought but then again it came to her that they didn't have any television in the village, so how would th
Tony got even more irritated as he heard his wife speak so harshly about Nelly, so he took out his phone browsed the winner for the recent season of the comperition, indeed a clear picture of Nelly holding her cheque with conffeti falling on her from the ceiling."Tell me if this is not her?"Asked Tony in a bold tone, leaving both Vivian and their daughter in disbelief."Impossible dad! I'm way better than Nelly, more prettier and much deserving of success but why does it have to be her? I should be the one who is famous and not that orphan out of all people!"" Shut up!, at this point you should've realized that she can be your ticket to success. Once you are done with beauty school you can be her personal makeup artist use her as a stepping stone and there on, nobody can stop you. You will be working with even more prominent people in the industry, wake up and stop being so stupid. "Vivian reprimanded her daughter forgetting the fact that they were not in the best of relationship
Once they were all out of sight Nelly wiggled herself out of Eric's arm, she Certainly didn't want to be held by that man. "Uhh thank you for helping me back there, but Mr Jonas, I'm afraid we need to go to our cab now." Not even once did Nelly look at the man next to her, she only address Robert, the one she respected. Rob on the other hand noticed the gloom on his brother's face and knew right then that he needed to do something. For the fact that Eric voluntarily held a woman's waist was a clear indication to Rob that his brother liked that girl. "Come on, it's still early and I'm sure you guys wouldn't mind some good food so why don't you just come with us. You don't mind right lady? I promise nothing will happen to you guys." Robert begged with a goofy smile filling his face and just when Nelly was about to decline the invitation as she was erked by the presence of the man next to her, her sister Nonto beat her to it, "Yeah I don't mind, Nelly we can go since we didn't pla
The group of people walked out of the restaurant without even noticing that they were being watched.Instead of entering the car with the Jonas brothers Nelly took a cab back home along with Her sister.A few months past within a blink of an eye for Nelly as she was fully booked for appearances as well as the performance of her new single which was released during the final stages of the competition.It was only after seven months when she was released from her duties as her secret was close to being revealed to the public.Her belly had started showing and she too had started feeling tired easily."Could this be the one? What do you think sis?"Nelly asked her sister as they finished touring the last townhouse, it was located on a newly developed estate which had only a few houses readily built, the house was spacious compared to their rented apartment and was beautifully laid out and what topped it off was the fact that the townhouse was fully furnished, all they needed was to final
The room was left in complete silence, none of the two people said a word, it was as if they each were immensed in their own world.Too many questions ran through their minds but none had the answers to them."Was that woman really our mother?"Finally Nonto broke the silence as she wanted to piece together the dots that seemed to have confused her. She too wanted clarification."Our mother died when we were young, that woman is nothing but a stranger to us."Her anger had clouded her mind as she responded to her younger sister, although she had said that, deep down Nelly knew that was not how she truly felt about the woman.Even tthough she was still fuming and slightly confused by the event which caught her off guard, Nelly still regarded Adelaide as her mother but she wasn't ready to admit to it."I'll bring out the bags then."When Nonto heard her sister she knew right then that it wasn't the right time to argue and bicker
As the sisters enjoy their evening of bland food, others were being tortured at an office building in the business district. "No Rob this is not it, we can't take this anymore, you need to talk to the big boss." " yes Mr Rob, you are his brother and he will listen to you. I mean we've been over working ourselves for the past few months, the company has been doing well and we definitely aren't complaining about our salaries but we need some rest." As the employees gathered in Rob's office complaining about being over worked, he felt like throwing himself over the building. 'Heck I too am being over worked, not only do I have to deal with his tantrums here at work but it's even worse at home.' He was so frustrated that he wanted to yell at his employees but he knew better than to do that. "He's the boss and calls the shots, I'm as scared of him as you are. Why don't you guys just go ask him yourselves?" When they turned to look at him and how haggard he was, they felt that what
Daniel's arrest became a big topic in the country it was even broadcasted on most news channels. Since Jamie was a soccer superstar, fans wanted to know everything about the case and after evaluating the recorded evidence where Dickson admitted to Nelly that he had indeed had something to do with the disappearance and murder of Jamie.Because of all the conclusive evidence Daniel was sentenced to thirty years in prison. The news took a toll on the company as the share price dropped and people were selling their share and investers pulling out their investments. Most of the others that were meant to be dispatched were all canceled by the customers and as a result the company suffered a huge blow. Tom who was now announced as the new president of the company was working really hard trying to keep the company from closing down. Since the news about the Parkers were broadcasted all over the new, Nelly was aware of what was going on to that family and didn't feel bad for them at all. You
As they ate Amanda suddenly looked up at their mother and said."Mom did you not say that you will announce their return to the public?"Years ago it was big news that the daughters of the Jingela family went missing without a trace, most people were really supportive back then, wouldn't it be nice for them to celebrate their return and also let those people were there for them know that their misery had come as they have found their children."owh yes honey."She then looked at her other two daughters before saying."Your absence has taken a toll on the Jingela Family, we have missed so much time with you and haven't been able to celebrate with you on all your achievements or be your support system during your lows.It is because of this that I would like us to celebrate your return, let it be a new start for you guys and get a new Identity as the Jingela daughters, you deserve that. ""yes your mother is right, we owe you too much and there's nothing we can do to pay you back for th
He looked at Nelly, thinking that the Madam did not like it and was about to start shouting at them. The girl seemed to be sweet and very friendly and he kind of like her as she reminded him of his baby girl back home.He wasn't sure whether to take the blame for her, but then she had said that criticism was part and parcel of her career and would help her improve so maybe he should just tell the truth. But as he was looking at Nelly, she nodded at him with a gentle smile, indicating that it was fine for him to tell the truth."I am sorry madam, but miss Smith here was bored alone here earlier and so she wanted to help in the kitchen to pass time. Seeing that she was a natural in kitchen I allowed her one dish, you can punish me if you didn't enjoy it. "The cook confirmed everything she did not want to hear, this woman made that dish and it was without a doubt the most delicious dish shes had in a very long time."oh I see."She then dismissed the man and continued her food but pushe
She started by handling all the small tasks as they did not trust that a celebrity was capable of handling a pot, they gave her all the vegetables to chop and did that swiftly without complaining.She would crack jokes here and there as she was most comfortable around those people, she could understand them very well as they came from a similar background."I never imagined not even in my wildest dreams that thee Nelly Smith was so modest and down to earth, treating a mere house help like an old friend. ""Don't say that, I am not just a musician you know. I am a human and that means I should treat other human beings exactly how I would love to be treated. But if you are really impressed with me, how about you allow me to make just one dish."The cook who hadn't been talking much throughout the time Nelly was in the kitchen, suddenly said" You don't even know Mr and Mrs Jonas' food preference, how do you think you will be able to cook a dish for them? Are you not afraid of being crit
After Patience had left, they were no longer in a mood to chit chat, so they said their goodbyes and returned to their respective homes.By the time Nelly reached her villa the kids were already back from school, so she kept them company, playing around the garden.As they were running around, Eric happened to witness this scene and his heart melted, this is the kind of family life he wanted. A care free wife who can put aside all her fame and achievements aside and be a mother to their children, humble enough to be smeared by mud and take it out on the kids but continues to play without a care as her kids happiness is her first priority.After looking at them play, he came out to the garden and greeted, not forgetting to plant a kiss on Nelly's lips."My father called me in from the old residence, he would like us to come for dinner tonight. "Nelly had a complected look on her face, she wasn't sure how to react. Patience has made it clear did she didn't like her and wouldn't accept
Seeing that the reporters we stunned, Daniel swiftly made and exit and got to his car and left the company. By the time the reporters came back to their senses all they could see was the back of his car, so without the person they could ask all the questions they now had, they all turn around and also left the premises.Daniel tried to catch up to Dickson and followed all the way to his house, and when the other man noticed this, he frowned in displeasure but still allowed him entry to his house." Daniel what do you want from me, you have ruined me to this point, will you only be happy when I have no house to live in. Let me tell you, he is still going to come for you too. It is a pity that I am in this situation all because of you and your family problems.""Dickson speak properly, whaft the hell are you talking about. How have I ruined you? which good man can possibly be attracted to that girl who already has two children.""hehehe, Are you telling me that you are bullying her beca
Seeing the situation before them, both Vivian and her daughter panicked, They did not know what was happening and who had ratted Adelaide out.She shook her head, she had only wanted to blackmail the woman and really give her up to the police, she knew very well that even if she did she would go down with Adelaide as her accomplice since she too knew about the kidnapping yet kept quiet and never reported it."No, no it's not me. I do not know what's happening. How can I report you?"Even so Adelaide did not believe her one bit as she kept on hurling curses at the woman till she was shoved in to the car and her voice faded away.Since things had gone this way the mother and daughter duo had choice but to head back to their rent apartment to think about where they could get more money. Just as Daniel got out of a meeting at work, his assistant rushed to him shacking his head and judging from his behavior Daniel knew something was up. " Sir it's bad, things are really bad. "" Get to t
At this point Dickson was sweating profusely, the man's aura was really suppressing him, worse of all was the unsettling truth he had just discovered. He had offended one of the most powerful men in the country and there was no way for him to get out of this, nor was it possible for him to save his company.He cursed the day he met the Parkers, why was he so stupid as to help them through their difficulties, That family would have been wiped out had it not been for him. Now as payment for his kindness all he received return was nothing but calamity."Mr Jonas, I was not aware that she was married. We had a marriage agreement with her parents and since it was her parents who had initiated this, I too had no reason to reject. Had I known that she already belonged to you, I would've stay as far away from her as I could. "Now that this had went this far, Dickson shifted all the blame to the Parker family, he was not about to go down quietly like that, he was determined to bring them down
Since He had already sent Sindi away, Dickson decided to reach out to Eric's people in an attempt to apologize on behalf of his wife and asked Eric to go easy on his company as it was now on the verge of bankruptcy. To his surprise instead of meeting up with Eric's subordinate he got an appointment with the man himself."Now that was easy."He was so happy to be acknowledged by Eric that at some point he felt like an important figure, because how on earth a man like Eric would agree to personally meet him even though they had no business together.He got ready in time and headed straight to the Jonas group which was in the same building as Electrotainment but on the highest floor. Just as he was about to enter the elevator he bumped in to someone he hadn't seen in a while.His eyes locked with the woman who was still inside who then left as if they had not never seen or met each other before , and he could only watch with anger boiling up inside of him as she left. She was the reason