There was a knock on the door and Amelia quickly opened the door"Chloe!" she exclaimed excitedly, "thank you for coming," she said as she led her to the couch."Mmm, thank you, Amelia. The truth is I was bored at home so I needed to go out. My parents have gone to their usual business meeting and I'm left alone with the bits of help. You know being an only child sometimes seems like a curse" she lamented and Amelia just hugged her."At least you are with your parents, you have your parents with you. You are not threatened to be thrown out at any slightest provocation, made to borrow money to fix appliances or asked to pay rent" Amelia said with a smile."You experienced all this?" Chloe asked, surprised."Yes, and much more Chloe, there are lots of things you don't know, but I have decided to live with it because I know it's temporal. If I work hard enough, I will be out of here a better person" she said "I never knew you go through all of this. Yes, I know your aunt is mean and tro
"Go with you? To where?" Amelia asked as she gently withdrew her hand from Lyon's still looking perplexed. "Um, Amelia, my parents and I are relocating to Dubai. My father has been there for twelve years. He has most of his business there so he has asked that we come over and join him there."Yeah right, just what I needed" Amelia exclaimed as she suddenly dropped her cutlery. "What's going on huh?" She asked and Lyon had this look of confusion on his face."I don't understand, what's going on where?" Lyon asked her "First it was Chloe who will be relocating to France to complete her education and now you?" she said with a frown"Wait, what? Chloe is relocating to France? No way, she told you that?" Lyon asked."Of course she did, she is my friend," Amelia said. She looked at Lyon wondering why he would ask if Chloe told her about her plans to relocate."Wow! I wasn't expecting Chloe to not graduate from our school. She has always liked the school and has bragged about finishing her
"Who is Amelia?" Fernandez asked again nervously and the workers were amazed at his disposition. They were afraid to speak"Hmm-hmm" Soledad cleared her voice "Sir, Amelia is the daughter of Matilda, the new staff" she said as she pointed to the new lady who bowed her head in fear of been punished. Fernandez turned to the lady, " You are Matilda? When were you employed? " he asked."Three weeks ago" she said, her voice trembling."And where is your daughter?" he asked her"She is in the staff quarters" she said and curtsied but immediately turned when she heard her daughter's voice"I'm here mama" Little Amelia said Everyone was surprised to see her in the main building as Mr Tiguan has instructed that the staff kids should stay at the staff quarter. Fernandez was fascinated by her beauty and innocence. He looked at her for a while and forced a smile before turning to Matilda"How old is your daughter?" he asked her curiously"She is five, sir" she said without raising her head
"Who is who?" Fernandez asked looking a bit confused"Come on Fernandez, you know what I'm talking about," she said as she wiped her mouth with a napkin. "No Grandma, I don't" he said as he scooped another food into his mouth"Ahhh!" his Grandmother let out a frustrated groan. "I am talking about the woman in your life," she said and Fernandez choked.Fernandez began to cough and his Grandmother offered him a glass of water and tapped his back gently. He coughed for a while until better "Abuela?" he called with a little frown"I'm sorry my darling, I didn't mean for that to happen, forgive me" she apologised and patted his back. "Mmmm," he said and pouted. He began to eat his food trying to avoid his Grandmother's gaze but as hard as he tried, he could still feel her piercing eyes on him. "Okay Grandma, jeez," he said as he dropped his cutlery "Your eyes won't allow me to concentrate on my food, each scoop I took is as though you snatch them from me with your eyes" he grimaced"Me
Chapter 19"Hold on Amelia," Lyon said as he followed her "I didn't mean to upset you, listen, I'm sorry if I said anything to provoke you" he continued to apologise"Listen, Lyon, I am not the woman you want, I can't give you what you want" she said as she looked at Lyon apologetically."What do you mean? What are you saying? You are what I want and more. Yes, I know we are both from different social standing, but who cares, I love you and that's all that matters. Please come with me, let's go build our own lives together" he pleaded with Amelia. "Don't be silly Lyon, it's not that easy. Do you know how long it will take for us to build? We aren't done with school yet. Yes, you might have some money to your name, but how long do you think that will take you before you finish and get a job?""Amelia, I have enough money, my parents have given me more than enough. I'm not only going to depend on that, I have things I do for myself that I also earn from" he assured Amelia"And d
Chapter 20Amelia's hands began to tremble as she read the message over and again"Who is this?" she asked herself. She tried to call the number to know who sent the message but she couldn't connect to the person. After several attempts, she made up her mind to seek help on how to find out who was behind the message. "Hi Rosa" she greeted as she got to where Rosa was at the back of the building with her iced tea in her hand"Huh, Amelia? What are you doing here today? You are not expected to be here today until you are okay" she scolded"Exactly what I told her, Rosa, " Cassy said from behind, carrying a bucket in her hand. "Come on, Rosa, I'm bored. I'm not used to sitting at home and doing nothing, I might fall sick if I stay another day in that house doing nothing" Amelia whined"Okay, of what use are you to POCHARD, if you can't use your fingers to do anything today, why not take advantage of the break and relax" Rosa said"I will Rosa", Amelia said as she looked around to s
Chapter 21"Wow! Wow! Come on buddy, you are strangling me" Andrew said in between laughterFernandez held onto him the more and Andrew pretended to be choking for Fernandez to let him go. "You are one scary little bunny" Fernandez teased his friend and they both laughed and hugged"You know I can't match your energy," Andrew said as they disengaged from the hug. "Good to see you man, it's been a long time, thank goodness you are back, it's been one hell of a roller coaster surviving here without the right people by your side" Fernandez lamented"You don't look like someone struggling to survive here, you look amazing, you are doing amazingly well my friend," Andrew said as he gave him a buddy hug. "You are not serious, you won't believe what I have to deal with daily. I have only found a way to smile through it" Fernandez said "Mmmm, I still think you have done well, I mean, take a look at your crib, it looks fabulous, it's better than how it was before I left" Andrew complimen
Chapter 22"Are you okay ma'am?" the taxi driver who has been watching Amelia from the rear mirror askedAmelia quickly wiped her face and was embarrassed "Yes sir, I'm fine, thank you, please, I will get down at the next junction" she said "Alright ma'am" he respondedAmelia alighted at the junction which is a ten minutes walk to her house, paid the taxi guy and thanked him. She sat on the bench which was there and cried for a while "Who could this be? What's going on? How did this get out? Has Chloe betrayed me?" she asked herself. While she was still thinking about the situation, her phone rang and she took out her phone from her bag. She rolled her eyes as she saw her aunt's name displayed on the screen. "Not now Aunty, not now please" she said and left the phone to ring. Her aunt persistently called her so she had no choice but to answer"Hello Aunty" she answered, her voice stern. "Where the hell are you Amelia? I sent someone to deliver my dresses to the house and you