“And you say you’re not in love with your problematic boss?!” Nimi heard a lady’s voice ask softly as she took her seat in front of him.Since Jenna left, he had been kind of free with no one to protect and all, except ofcourse for the few jobs Aiden asked him to take on occasionally, after his little squabble with his sister earlier he suddenly began to crave Nigerian delicacy, he had the money and most importantly the time, so here he was!.“It’s me the lady at the park, remember?!” She added as soon as she saw the shock in his eyes as he stared at her.“Ofcourse, I remember you!” He whispered, still trying to wrap his head around why she was here, this was obviously more than a coincidence.It couldn’t just be a coincidence that he would bump into her two days in a row.“I’m just surprised to see you, again, here!” He added, his voice heavily laced with suspicion.“I’ve bumped into you two days in a row now, are you stalking me?!” He asked as he leaned into the table.“What?!” “I
Canada ….Nimi sighed deeply as soon as he was done eating, he looked around the small cafeteria in search of Annabeth but she wasn’t anywhere around. He actually wanted to apologize, even if she was actually a spy, that wasn’t the correct way to go about it, now if she was actually a spy it would now be more complicated and difficult to find her out.Well that was besides the point actually, he just wanted to apologize for his attitude earlier, something he was supposed to have done immediately she had an outburst. He pushed his chair backwards and stepped out, he inhaled deeply and exhaled as the fresh air hit him, he felt full and seemingly closer to his family.As he looked up, and he saw Annabeth walking out of the gate, he instinctively made to rush after her but the intrusive loud ringtone of his phone in his pocket stopped him, he paused with an exasperated sigh as he watched her walk out of the gate, get into her car and drive off.He slowly brought out his phone from his
Later that night …..California …..-“You broke me, you ruined my life”- Jenna’s angry voice resounded in Jeremy’s head, he stared at the TV, a hundred percent not watching whatever it was displaying, he was in deep thought.Jenna outburst earlier had actually reminded him of every single detail of what happened between them.“Okay maybe I really did her bad!” He mumbled to himself, and for some reasons even very surprising to him, he wanted to earn her forgiveness.“Jenna please would you atleast talk to me,” He said, rushing to his feet as soon as he saw Jenna walk out of the room.She was dressed in a short glittery red dress, which showed her perfectly hour glassed shape, on a black sandal, she held the black clutch purse in her hand tightly as Jeremy approached her.Since their argument earlier this afternoon, sharing the same space with him had felt really stuffy and suffocating, she couldn’t take it anymore she decided to go into town atleast and find a welcome distraction.Jus
California ….Next day, Thursday Morning ……Jenna's eyes fluttered open, she winced slightly at the throbbing pain in her head as she tried to sit up on the bed her eyes barely open, the dull pain coursed through her temples, a reminder of the excessive alcohol from the previous night. As her consciousness slowly kicked in, her gaze slowly swept through the room trying to piece her surrounding and just make sense of everything.Her heart pounded immediately she noticed Jeremy lying at the other side of the bed. Her breathing hiked immediately as what happened between them yesterday began to resurface in her head.Shit!” She muttered, she had mistaken him for Nimi.Slowly, her eyes traveled downward, she held her breath pensively as she looked beneath the duvet.The realization struck her like a bolt of lightning, she was naked beneath the duvet. Panic welled within her members, but just as soon as she leaned in ready to rip the duvet off his body and push him out of the room, a sur
Nimi collapsed to the floor immediately he walked into his apartment, for the first time in years he felt totally weak.He thought this part of his life had been safely tucked away and unable to taunt him until today, he slowly brought out the bracelet from his bag and stared at it, how the hell did it get into Franco’s possession.The bracelet was actually two in one, but he found only one in Franco’s drawer, it was a bracelet he got for himself and his sister.They promised never to take it off until that fateful event forcefully took it away from him.*Flashback*Sixteen year old Nimi wandered in the dark, deserted alley, he was trying to find somewhere to get food to eat, since his uncle left him alone at home all day without anything to eat.It was his eighth day in canada, he was quite amused that he had to walk such a long distance before he could get food, that was very unlike Nigeria, everywhere you turn there’s surely something you could actually feed on.As he walked on, h
Back to present …..Nimi slowly fished out his phone from his pocket and dialed Tolu’s number.“Do you realize there’s something like time difference and I’m at work?!” Tolu’s voice came immediately she picked up the call, Nimi slowly raised the camera to his face.“Oh my God, what’s wrong?!” She asked, she pushed her chair backward, stood up immediately from her small cubicle and walked outside the workspace.“Were you crying Nimi? What’s wrong?! A girl broke your heart?!” She asked, he slowly raised his hands and showed the bracelet to her.“I found it Tolu, I found it”“I can feel you closer to me now,” he whispered his voice barely audible, Tolu heaved a sigh of relief as soon as he said that.Her mind had already gone through the roof seeing him like that, she could count on her fingers how many times she had seen him like that.Although she couldn’t quite pinpoint why on earth Nimi would tear up because of the lost bracelet.“Are you crying because of the bracelet Nimi? I alread
Jeremy stared at her retreating figure, he could almost swear that they got each other where they wanted to be, but her walking out? What was that supposed to mean.It was almost as if the fragile balance he tried to achieve over the past few days suddenly shattered as soon as it was built.He sighed as he slowly took off the apron he was wearing.“Why are you surprised, she hates you dude!” His subconscious knocked rudely, he slowly turned around and hung the apron on the rack.“But not for too long!” He muttered.His phone began to ring in his pocket, he carefully took it out and stared at its screen. Madison.He swiped the receiver button, “Look Maddie, now is not the time!” He said before she could even utter any statement and ended the call.He released a deep sigh and then walked out of the kitchen, leaving also behind the mess they created.Jenna walked into the room and slammed the door shut, she slowly leaned heavily on the door and sinked to seat on the floor, she couldn’t
Next day …Friday Morning ….Nimi leaned slightly against the car as he awaited Jenna’s arrival.His eyes was locked on the small bracelet in his hands, for some reasons he lied about it to Franco earlier, he wasn’t ready to release it to him.He knew that he needed it to find the girl that saved him years ago.*”Did you see my daughter’s bracelet in the wardrobe?!”* Franco’s question echoed in his head, he slowly tucked the bracelet in his pocket and looked up,*“It’s not my fault that my father is an hardened criminal, but what I do with it is my fault”*It suddenly clicked in his head, it must be Jenna, his heart raced with excitement at the thought that Jenna saved him those many years ago, he was also happy that she survived the illness she had those years.He glanced at the entrance door, waiting impatiently for her to just step out.As he stared at the entrance, he suddenly felt a light tap on his legs, he slowly looked down it was a small girl about five years old.“I can’t f