As Bella walked into the hospital premises, she greeted some of the staff she met on her way before heading straight to the Intensive care unit where her father was admitted. She stood at the door for a few seconds, exhaled quietly before plodding inside. Her father was lying on the bed with series of machines connected to his body, the beeping of the machines could be heard at successive intervals and the omnipresent smell of antiseptic could be perceived. She carefully placed the flowers she brought on the bed and sat down so close to him. "Hey, Dad! Good evening. I wouldn't ask if you're feeling better because It is obvious that you are not comfortable In this state of total darkness. I know you can hear me but you can't reply or see me. It's sad, I missed you, daddy. I'm here again to tell you how my life has been going; I'm getting back on my feet gradually. My days at Golden Ville are kind of favorable. I get mouth-watering pay at the end of the month though I can't comp
The following morning After Richard had his breakfast, he scurried to his room to pick up his briefcase before heading downstairs. He was surprised when he met Stella still eating in the dining room. "You're not ready yet?" "Yes." "Please, hurry up so that I can drop you off, I'm running late." "You can go ahead, I will sort myself out," she replied flatly. Richard stared at her in confusion; he knew something was odd. She has been acting cold ever since they woke up, making a stern face, and she was not in her usual lively mood.Richard hates moments like this whenever they are not on talking terms. It will only dampen his day, he had to make sure they iron out their differences before he steps out of the house. "Is it about what happened last night?" He questioned arching his eyebrows. "I don't know." She replied with a shrug. "C'mon Stella, you don't have to take it personally, I was only concerned about you." "Hmm! I know right?" She asked sarcastically. "Okay, fine,
Immediately Richard agreed to Stella's request to employ Tochuckwu as her driver, she passed a call to him when she got to the office and told him about the news. "Come in," Stella replied in regard to the knock on the door."Good morning, ma." Tochuckwu greeted as he walked inside."Ehiy! That was so quick, I called you just now and you are here already," Stella said as she picked up her phone to check her call logs and she confirmed that she called him a minute ago."Hmm! Let's just say I was expectant. I have been checking my phone from time to time expecting your call. Boom, your call came through, so why should I hesitate? especially when it's my first day at work." "Oh! wow.""Yes, ma." He said with a bow. Stella gave him a long stare making him tilt his head in confusion."Is there anything on my face ma?" He asked rubbing his palm on his face."No, not at all. I was just thinking about something. I'm sure you will agree with me when I say this will be awkward. You know?" S
A few weeks after Tochuckwu started working with Stella, rumors began to fly around about Stella Jacob having extramarital affairs. At first, Stella did not pay much attention to it, because she believed she was not doing anything wrong and there was no need to be worried about such misconception. "Babe, when last did you log into your social media accounts?" Richard questioned all of a sudden, making Stella glance back at him. "Hmm! Yesterday, I think. Yeah, yesterday." "You haven't logged in at all today?" "Yes, I was busy all through. Why are you asking this question all of a sudden?" "Babe, come and see this." Richard blurted out making her drop the cloth she was arranging on the bed to check what he was talking about. "Uh! What's it?" She questioned. "Just come and see with your eyes." He prompted. Stella walked up to him and peeped into his phone. "What?" She exclaimed in utter disbelief. "Who made up this story?" She questioned staring at Richard. "Are you asking
Amidst the incident that caused an uproar on the internet, Stella was compelled to go live on her official page to clear whatever misconceptions the post has triggered. Of course, few people believed her and a lot of them did otherwise. It was indeed a tough time for her, she was forced to stop Tochuckwu from working with her for the main time since it was the architect of whatever problem the post caused."Babe, I just received a mail from Mr. Williams. He is inviting me to his annual marriage conference as a guest speaker." Stella uttered in bewilderment as she glanced through the message again. "Wow! When is the conference?""On the 24th of this month, that's in one week time. No way! I am not going anywhere, I will rather decline the invitation." "Huh! Why?" Richard questioned raising his brow."No, I am not going to any seminar for now, most of these people inviting me to their program find it easy to believe that post without waiting to hear my side of the story. Who does t
Within twenty minutes, Richard was already at Lagos University Teaching Hospital."Good evening, I'm here to see the patient that was rushed here a few minutes ago." He said to the nurse at the reception counter."Oh! You're related to the patient right?" "Yes.""Good! You will have to see the doctor first." "Oh my... Hope my wife is fine." He asked with a look of doubt and fright on his face."Yes, sir, they're in safe hands already." The nurse replied with an assuring smile."Good evening, sir, are you related to the couples we brought here?" A middle-aged man questioned as he moved closer to Richard."Yes, sir, the woman is my wife.""Oh finally! My friends and I were the ones that rushed them to this place when the incident happened.""Thank you so much, sir. I appreciate you." He croaked with a bow."It's no big deal, the doctor is attending to them already. You can come with me to get the car, it's still in the same spot where the accident happened. I think it was the break t
"Ehiy! you came late, I'm mad at you." Stella said with a frown Immediately Richard stepped inside her ward. "I am sorry, babe, I had to complete my work at the office before coming down here and the traffic congestion too made the matter worse." He replied as he moved closer to her and placed a soft kiss on her cheeks."Yeah, whatever! I'm sick and tired of this place. I want to go home." She said grumpily, placing her pillow so close to her chest and hugging it. "Yeah, we are leaving this place right away." "Okay, let me go say goodbye to Mr. Tochuckwu." "Yeah, let's go together then," he replied. Stella hopped down from the bed and they both strolled out of the ward. "Hi, Mr. Tochuckwu, Good Evening." They greeted in unison as they got to his ward. "Evening, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob. You're leaving already?" He queried. "Yeah, I'm leaving." "Ouh! I hope to get out of this place too soon." He said with a sulk. "Yeah, hopefully, your leg will heal up faster." "Amen." "I calle
As Stella was heading to the grocery store that morning, she decided to stop at Tochuckwu's place and drop off the already packaged food she prepared for him. She came up with that plan since he was not fit enough to prepare his food by himself then she thought it would be better if she can help him with breakfast once in a while. As she stepped out of the car, she walked towards the main gate, after placing a few knocks, the gatekeeper opened the gate and they exchanged pleasantries. "Who is there?" She heard the feminine voice from the other side as she placed a knock on his door. "Who could that be? Maybe one of his family members," she mulled over as she waited for someone to open the door, though she didn't inform Tochuckwu that she will be stopping by. The door creaked open, revealing that familiar face, she was quite surprised by who she saw. The lady standing before her was tying a white towel across her chest with a turban on her head as if she was about to take her