"No, give that to me, it belongs to me," Stella yelled as she tried to snatch her things away from the strange woman."No, you're missing it again. They are not yours, they belong to me. They're now in my possession." She yelled back tightening her grip on it as she placed it close to her chest."Please, let me have them back." Stella pleaded, crying bitterly."That's not gonna happen. They are not yours again. Everything you have are now in my possession and there is nothing you can do that will make me release it back to you." The woman replied rolling her eyes in a wicked manner."No! This is fraud. You can't forcefully take my things away from me like that. It's against the law. I will sue you for fraud." The woman let out a peal of hysterical laughter. "Wow! I never knew you were as dumb as this! You can sue me, stupid woman. Sue me and let's see the lawyer that will defend you." Stella burst out crying "Oh God! How do my things get to this woman's hand? They are mine." She c
Stella drove inside the compound and glanced around to look for an available spot where she can park her car. As she gently stepped out and locked the car, she stood transfixed on a point staring at the magnificent building In front of her. "Morry Gold fashion house" was beautifully carved on the outer part of the building. She heaved a euphoric sigh and head toward the entrance."Hi, good afternoon, ma. I'm Mrs. Stella, I have an appointment with Morayo Daniel." Stella introduced herself as she got to the receptionist. "Okay, ma. A moment please," she said as she placed a call."Okay, you can go ahead, ma." The receptionist uttered immediately she dropped the call. "Can you direct me to her office? "Sure, it's on the next floor. Room 29." "Okay, thank you," she replied and head towards the staircase. As she got to the next floor, the first room there was room 29. "Thank God, I don't have to walk around aimlessly looking for this room number." She sputtered. As she pla
~Sunday Afternoon~ Stella was in her room studying the scripture when she heard a knock on the door."Come in.""Mommy, I think someone is at the door," Felix announced as he walked inside."Okay, I will go check who is there," Stella replied as she closed the Bible and got up on her feet. "Reduce the volume of the TV it's too loud" She instructed the kids as she passed through the living room. As she got to the door, turned the doorknob, and opened the door revealing Mr. Tochuckwu smiling face."Oh! It's you Mr. Tochukwu.""Yeah, Good evening.""Please, come in." She ushered as she opened the door widely for him to enter."Good afternoon, sir." The kids greeted."Afternoon, lovelies.""I'm sorry I didn't inform you I will be coming over.""Oh! it's nothing. I mean, you're here already. What should I offer you? Food? drinks? juice? water?""I think water should be fine.""You think so?""Yeah," he nodded in reply. "Let me go get it then," she said as she walked to the
"Hello, Mr. Tochuckwu. Good morning." Stella said over the phone as she walked into her office."Mrs. Jacob, good morning. Trust you had a goodnight rest?""Yeah, I did. I don't know if you will be free this evening, we need to talk.""Oh! Hope it is nothing serious.""Not really, it's just a random discussion about what we're working on.""Oh okay! I will be free then.""Where should we meet?" She inquired."I guess we should meet in a restaurant then. I think McDonald's is okay," he suggested."No problem, it's okay. What time did you close at work?"6 O'clock.""Okay, let's meet by 6:30 then.""Yeah, see you later.""Okay, bye." She said and hung up the call. ~ a few hours later~ Stella drove into the premises of McDonald's as she head to the parking lot and parked her car alongside the other cars there. She stepped out of the car, picked up her bag, and locked the car."Whoa! I said we should meet by 6:30 and here I am, fifteen minutes late. I just hope he's still waitin
A few days later, Richard and his staff arrived from the business trip. The staff organized a small welcome-back party in Golden Ville just to lighten up the atmosphere. It was indeed a joyful moment as everyone was laughing and gisting. Apparently, it was a rare free day for them. "Cheers to more wins, successful contracts, and more joyous celebrations like this," Richard said with a wide smile as everyone made a toast. "Cheers! Welcome back to Golden Ville." Bella was super excited that she was going to start seeing Richard often, he won't have to ignore my phone calls or messages again because I will be here to do whatever it takes for him to notice me. "Welcome back, sir. We missed your presence here," she said beaming with delight as she walked up to him. "Thank you, I missed almost everything about Golden Ville here in Nigeria; the weather is not friendly over there. It's good to be back, there is no place like home." He replied as he sipped from his wine. "Yeah, that
Richard pulled his necktie in other to loosen its grip on his neck as it seems to make him uncomfortable. He was beginning to lose interest in the project he was working on; he was exhausted, bored, and famished. Yet, he has to finish up with his work before he head to the cafeteria to get something inside his stomach. A Knock on the door drifted his attention. "Come in," he ushered. "Good afternoon, sir." Bella greeted immediately she stepped into his office with her heels making a sharp sound as they hit the tiled floor. "Hey, Bella. What's up?" "Hmm! I knew you will be busy, so I brought this for you," she said lifting the portable food flask in her hand."Oh! Thank you. Just drop it on the table." "What! Are you not planning to eat it? I cooked this food with my hands, I'm sure you won't waste my effort by not eating it. By the way, I prepared your best food, check it out. Boiled yam and egg sauce." She said smiling widely. "I appreciate your kind gesture but I'm pretty
"Hey, babe." Richard's voice came through as she picked up the call."Hi, boo. How is your day going?""It's going smoothly. Yours? Hope it's not stressful?""Huh! It's tiring, my eyes are glued to the laptop all day." She chaffed."huh, sorry about that.""Yeah, thank you. I signed up for it anyway, I don't need to complain." "Thank God you know, stay at home and chop my money, you said No. I want to work, I don't want to stay at home all day, see what you're now facing," he jibed at her. Stella laughed "huh! It's way better than staying at home.""Whatever! It's your choice."" I don't know if you'd be free this evening.""Free?" You want me to run an errand for you?""No! not at all. I was thinking of going on a date with you this evening.""Huh! This is unexpected. You did not make mention of it this morning," she furrowed."Yeah, yeah, that's because I haven't come up with the idea in the morning. You know, it's been a while since we go out to catch fun and have time for our
As Richard got to the office that morning, he requested Bella's presence with immediate alacrity. He tried his best to keep calm over the night, he couldn't wait for the day to break so that he can finally let out what has been boggling his mind. He wasn't gonna tolerate that nonsense from her. No, never! The knock on the door disrupted the flow of his thoughts. "Come in," he ordered as he leaned back in the swivel chair with his eyes fixed at the entrance as he watched Bella plod inside. It was obvious that she sensed something was off because she was not in her normal blithesome mood. "Good morning, sir," she greeted with a slight bow."Yeah, it's indeed a good morning. I guess you know the reason why I sent for your presence this morning.""Oh my...! Sir is it about what happened last night?" She questioned with a surprised look on her face."If not that, then what?" he asked in a trenchant manner. "I am very sorry about it, sir, it was a terrible and stupid mistake." S