My Name Is Steff.Silence swept the room and no one spoke for a while. Stephany thought of how her mother had slapped her cheek just because she had retaliated against someone who went against her.Warm tears flowed down her cheek.It was his mother who had brought this upon her. Calling her a vixen.“When I gave my whole to someone, he threw it at the very end of a wrecking ball. So, I couldn’t live with the smashed heart forever and decided to collect its remains and carry on with my life.I pretty much went back to the life I had, where I cared about no one except my family. I hated the fact that I was only one girl but the one I was to rely on, only gave me a lecture”, she said.Stephany remembered how her mother could come at her room’s door every day just to tell her that she shouldn’t have divulged herself into teen romance. She was fifteen and all she could get was her mother not even taking her time to comfort her.“All I wanted from her was to even t
Something To Resolve From His Past.“Yes Miss Stella. My name is Steff and I am a Computer Artificial Intelligence programme that is installed to assist you with all your company’s needs. I can help you solve and answer tough questions about the company and the products, the names of the employees under each department, give you access to the potential employees surveillance records and many more. What is it that you want help with now, Miss Stella?” The computer AI named Steff said.Stella once again was rendered speechless by the computer AI. She was given her name. She was no fool to not know that Steff is the short form of her name, Stephany.Another thing that amazed her was how she talked. It had the same voice she heard when she was fifteen years old!Stephany turned to look at the faint Juma. When she saw him this time, she felt her heart melt into his safe palms for keeps. She was now sure he did not forget about his love and promises.She felt her tear
You Are Awake!For the third time today, Stephany found another clue to her hunch. She once again was touched. She looked at Juma who was lying peacefully and she could see his chest move up and down albeit slowly and unnoticeable.But since he was fine, Stephany breathed in relief.‘What happened back then? Am I the one haunting your dreams? Did you get that chest pain for feeling sorry for me? Did you not forget about me? What did you pass through to be amnesiac?’Many questions popped in Stephany’s mind that she couldn’t fathom. She felt weak since nothing could help her know what happened.When she looked at his eyes back then, they were empty of love and she was like a stranger to him. Probably, he felt like he had never known her or seen her before.‘Did he lose his memory before completing his exams?’Juma had promised to call her once he was done with the exams. The leavers party was an event that took place on the same day as they finished their
Juma's Real Illness Juma started feeling himself. His fingers moved one by one and then he tried to open his eyes. The harsh light in the room forced him to shut them quickly. He scrunched his brows while still closing his eyes and perked his ears since he still remembered that when he fainted, he was with Stephany in the room.But still, he couldn’t hear anybody. He slowly opened his eyes to let them adjust to the light and finally after some time, he could open them. His body was not weak and he stood up to a sitting position.As soon as he sat, he saw Stephany sleeping on the coach. She was lying just the way she used to lie when awake. Her legs were on the backrest of the sofa and her head was on the armrest and her left arm was hanging to the floor.Juma was stupefied that he did not know if he was to laugh or cry at the cute position Stephany was lying in. He shook his head, chuckling softly. Stella was not feminine at all.But he felt deep love for her in
His Own Tough Battle.Juma understood Doctor Khan’s concern. It would have been bad if he was concealing important clues that could help him fight his illness. So he decided to explain to him and come clean.Even though he knew that everyone else, especially Khan, knew how it was important for him to recover, no one could control the human mind. Just like Stella had told him, you can stop them from speaking but you can’t stop them from thinking it.He continued, “I have no reason why I named it Steff. But deep in my mind and heart, I felt that that name was fit for a female voiced programme. When I was in the United States especially when I started having dreams about this girl named Stephany, I couldn’t remember anything when I woke up,”“So, you felt it wouldn’t help?” Doctor Khan asked.“Yes. Everything seemed to be gone when I woke up and I couldn’t even remember a name or anything. Even the face was always blurry and the girl seemed younger than me. If I was
Deployment of The Calvary The little dot of a square figure in no time, it multiplied into tiny more squares. The squares started to increase in number as they started to reveal pictures of different men of different races, tribes and countries.One thing they had in common, when their names popped up it was started with the word CHIEF and the name and a number. Each CHIEF looked ferocious than the other.Juma's fingers kept playing with the keyboard keys in a fast pace hardly caught by the naked eye. The speed of his fingers crazily matched the speed of his eyes that grazed from every corner of the monitor to the keyboard.The codes on the screen kept on building and piling up until the tiny squares with the ferocious men's pictures were lined up in the entire screen and they estimated to millions.The golden continents had long been transcended by the ferocious male pictures and could not be seen. Finally, it seemed he was done but still, he took off his Rolex
Susan's Theory.After escaping from Juma's office, Stephany cupped her flashed face walking hurriedly into her office and straight to the chair behind her desk.Sinking into it she turned herself around that she gave her table the back of the chair as she starred at the large window streaming the evening light through them.For how long she had not taken a seat on this chair that she even had started forgetting the warm cozy and comfortable feeling it have her entire body.She removed her hands from her face and stretching her right arm to the chair's side and switched on the massage function button and laid back on the chair to enjoy the massage and let her body relax.She thought that the only way her mind would come back to working normally was by having a full body relaxation. But, one thing did escape her jumbled mind.Since she wasn't thinking straight when she came from Juma's office, Stephany had rushed in into her office without noticing her two assistants, Jeffa and Susan wh
Is He Mad?“I don’t think it’s a good idea to fight her with what she did,” Stephany started.“Why Boss?” Jeffa asked.It was a normal thing to fight fire with fire. He saw nothing strange at Susan’s suggestion at all. He was also shocked by how Susan had the courage to spill her nerdy secret only to save her Boss.“Yes, Why not?” Susan asked.“Because, once we attack them, we are giving them the chance to have something against us. Won’t this only give us to them freely?” Stephany asked.The two kept silent. It wasn’t like they needed someone to explain to them that whatever Stella said was true. If they started picking on Sofia Makenzie, they would also be picking on her world of fans. Wouldn’t that make them no less like her?“Then again, you should know that she didn’t tell anyone to start making attractive tabloids,” Stephany broke the silence in the room and their train of thoughts.“Why say so?” Jeffa asked.“Because she only posted the pic
Overreacting Mother!"Mom!""Mother!""Grandma!"Three voices of Flavian, her husband, Jack Tse and her five year old daughter, Maya Clara Tse greeted the woman at the door as soon as the door was opened.The woman was wearing a pink suit handmade by the royal tailor and she matched a modern Dutchess with the hat that matched her pink suit.She was almost in her late fifties yet she still had a smooth face with no sign of wrinkles and she had light makeup.This woman was Flavian's mother, Mrs. Cherono Adams Namu. The mother of Juma and the eldest daughter, Camarah Candice Namu.She was the matriarch of the Namu family and grandmother to four grandchildren. She smiled when Flavian's family greeted her but her smile did not reach her eyes."And am glad to see you all," Mrs. Cherono Namu greeted her daughter back, hugging her, her husband and the young girl.After a few pleasantries with Maya, three other children came from the living room to the door."Cousin Maya!" The three newcomers
Who Leaked My Visit To My In-Laws?Flavian, Juma’s second eldest sister, of course knew that Linah would be joining to meet their mother soon and she had only come to inform her as a courtesy and also she had joined in at her press release with no intention but ended up giving her a leverage.“No problem big sister, I will definitely make it!” Linah said.When she said it, Linah’s tone made it sound like it was a mandatory promise that she couldn’t afford to not fulfill.After Flavian and her five year old daughter, Maya left the room, Linah Shoka furrowed her brows. She smiled in the next second to mask her feelings. She then stood up from the couch she was seated on and spoke,“Prepare my bath, my ride, clothes and finally get me some gifts for my mother in law!” She gave out the orders as her figure once again disappeared in the same direction she came from.Once she emerged, Linah was dazzling in a beautiful ruby donned diva dress and she had her makeup o
Aunty, You Should Not Say Betting!The car cruised back to Juma's villa and he drove directly to the underground parking garage that belonged to the villa.Stephany was sleeping and he saw the only best option was to use the lift rather than waking her up or using the stairs.Soon as the front lights shut, Juma came out of the car and was in time to see Candy who was walking down the stairs to the garage from the main door."Miss Candy! I didn't know you would be waiting?" He spoke as soon as she was a few steps to him.Juma was walking around the car to get Stephany from the car and take her into the house. Candy nodded and didn't answer as her gaze caught the sight of the sleeping Stephany."What is wrong with her?" She asked and her soft facial features turned hard in the next second and she sounded worried.Candy quickened her steps and headed to the car. Juma didn't care why she didn't greet him and understood her worries."She is fine, she is only tired from all the happenings o
What Might Be Behind Juma's Amnesia.Stephany knew that in no time, she would be forced to reveal herself to him and she saw no reason to deny being Stephany Lee in front of an elderly person like the school guard.She pressed Juma's hands in a meaningful way so as to prevent him from being too shocked and sent him a message that she will clear all that later.The guard was happy and then he took their tangled hands on his own and started chanting incoherent words and blowing air into their hands.The two were confused but Stephany smiled later. She realized the man was giving them his blessings and casting away evil that they might meet in their road to the future in the traditional way.When the old man was done, he left their hands and said, "I never knew you children would one day meet after what had happened. May The God be your guide,""Thank you!" Stephany said as Juma was finding too much that his mind could not register at all.It seems like Stel
Yes. I Am Miss Lee!“Would you tell me what is happening?” Stephany asked with worry, “You look like you have been in a forbidden land!” She added.She now started to have some spooky answers to what was going on. Definitely, she remembered that Juma was fine when they came and even when they first left the car. But, something happened the next second they stepped out of the main road to the path that leads to the gate.Juma stepped away again while Stella was still contemplating, not answering her question and he felt another twang and this time, he jumped to the other side of the white mark. He now felt like the question Stella had shot him made some sense. He did look like someone venturing a forbidden ground.The question that his mind couldn’t get to answer was; What kind of sorcery was it? Why were very strange things happening to him? And why him?Of course, even though Juma had these questions and he had discovered he can’t venture close to the school’s gate, he didn’t match
The Sudden Headache Attacks!While all the world was expressing their views for the number one trending news, unknown to Juma and Stephany of their views on them, Stephany was waiting for Juma to give her a reply.“Stella, indeed there are somethings that I should be telling you but it's such a long story and its contents are so complicated that I don’t know where to start or what to say and what not to say.” Juma said.He was forced to tell Stella his entire story now but how was he going to explain? There was too much that he wanted to only talk about after finding even a single clue to his past.He turned to Stephany and took her hands in his, Stephany had paused the video and they were not watching it anymore.“There are many things that I was only planning to tell you about later but it seems time is not on my side anymore. But, I hope you will understand if I don’t tell you everything for now,” Juma explained and his tone mirrored how he felt with the littl
Linah, Miss World's Press Release Reactions.Bridge Ways Mixed Day and Boarding school. Inside the staffroom.An old woman in her 50s wearing a flower dress was sitting on her desk in the open office and she wore a proud face, " This girl surely did it. She really has made us proud. She didn't disappoint as a student of Bridge Ways!""Mrs. Emelda is right. If I would have my student standing there in front of all those cameras and gaining attention from top brands and companies in the world, I would be kissing the heavens if I hear him or her say she is coming back!" Another female teacher who was younger, at least in her thirties, said happily."I Joy, I really envy you Mrs. Emelda. Your students seemed to have been blessed!" The female teacher went on."Yes they are surely blessed. I heard the top student of that year is now an award winning CEO!" A male teacher in a suit but with a pair of shorts said."Anyway Mrs. Emelda, do you think he will be visiting the school soon? People li
It Was Now Or Never.“If you weren’t sick, then how can you lose your memory during a comatose stage? Did the scriptwriter and the original writer of the Marvel Comic, Captain America, not do their best in research towards comatose?” Stephany asked.Her question at least softened his creases and Juma chuckled, “You really have the time to make a funny joke now?” He asked.But, Stephany raised her brows and said seriously, “It’s no joke! Didn’t Steve Rodgers wake up after, was it fifty years or over? And he was able to remember that he had promised his girlfriend a date!”Juma turned to look at her for a second and then turned his focus back to the road. He failed to form words to retort to her choice of reference. Did she have to use a science fiction movie and comic to be precise?“Maybe there is something that the doctors did to you during your comatose status. Or can someone develop some kind of illness during that stage?” Stephany racked her brain and s
I Have Tried!Stephany was jolted back by the phone’s ringtone and opened her eyes. Taking the opportunity of Juma’s daze to the ringing phone and their patted lips, she slipped from under him.“I am going to shower” she ran as fast as her legs could carry her into the bathroom.When she finally closed the bathroom door, she heaved a sigh of relief breathing exaggeratedly with her back against the door.“Phew! That would have ended up in another mess!” She mumbled to herself.But she hadn’t cooled down when she heard Juma’s voice from the other side of the door, “Why are you running away when your phone is calling?”His tone was filled with teasing and amusement; he barely hid them in his question.What? Was it her phone that was ringing? She didn’t even listen to the ringtone. All she wanted was to escape as far away as possible.“Who is calling me?” Stephany asked from the bathroom not opening the door.“Open up and take the phone,” Juma