'Who marries a woman who is pregnant with another man's child?' Rodney asked and Nancy recalled her shock at Jason's declaration.Did he just say that just to put Rodney off and prevent him from taking her or did he seriously mean it? He had not told her he was considering marrying her.'It has been done before. I am not going to be the first man to do it and even if I were, then I'll gladly do it. You do not know how to treat a woman. You have made known your ignorance by the words you just uttered.Who marries an already pregnant woman indeed!''I have come peacefully. Give me what is rightfully mine. If you stay stubborn, then I will see redress in a court of law!''I am expecting your summons'.Phoebe who had been eavesdropping, tiptoed away. She had heard what she wanted to hear.The study door was sound proof but they had left it slightly open and she had been able to hear all they said. She was going to use it to her advantage.Rodney left in fury, feeling like a failure. He co
Jason and Nancy sat in the library after Rodney had left.Jason was still in shock. He had not wanted to make his intention known the way he had but Richmond had antagonized him to the extent that he had revealed his intention to marry Nancy.He knew that Nancy would have questions but he didn't think that he was in the mood to answer them.He had not thought in his wildest dreams that Richmond would be the person responsible for Nancy's predicament.'Richmond has always been a man of questionable character and you allowed yourself to be deceived by him? Couldn't you find out things about the people you date before dating them? Everyone you ask would have told you that he was married because his wife's family is well known and their fame has rubbed off on him'.Nancy was filled with a sudden anger. Who was he to judge her? Was he any better than she?'Is that how you tried to find out things about every girl you dated? And even the one you eventually married, was that how you found ou
Jason went straight in and finding Phoebe in his room, decided to speak to her.'Phoebe, I know that this might seem odd to you and I hope you understand but you see, I have been thinking that we should get a second opinion concerning that paternity test you took the other time. I am saying this so that you get yourself prepared for it'.'You don't say! You mean you doubt me or is it your most trusted friend and doctor that you doubt? Do you sincerely doubt his capabilities or is it just because your liver says so?' she asked feigning incredibility.'It is not that. I need to prove to myself and others that the test results were right. And anyway, you did accept to do it if it was going to put us all at ease didn't you?''I did but...''Well, what has changed since then? If the results were not tampered with, then you should be confident enough to go through it again to prove to the whole world that your claim is justified'.'If that is really what you want and if it would make you h
Phoebe told everyone that she wanted to go home for some clothes as well as check out some things. She promised to be back the next day.'The Christmas celebration is over and you can go back permanently. When I am ready for the test, I shall call you and then we shall go and get a second opinion like you have agreed to.It hurt Phoebe, what Jason was doing. His lack of attention to her and his inability to hide it.Sally stared at her brother in shock but her husband forbade her with gestures from saying anything.Phoebe made no comment as she got her things together and left for her house and she hoped to a Romeo that needed her and was eagerly waiting for her.'Jason, I had thought you were a real gentleman but the way you treat Phoebe is beyond tolerable'.'Please Sally. This is my affair. I am aware that you have my interest at heart but you seem not to see that I do not live Phoebe. The person I love is Nancy'.'Nancy!' Sally concluded simultaneously with her brother. 'I have no
'Okay dear, if you were able to deduce all these about Phoebe, only moments after meeting with her, then what do you think of Nancy?' Sally asked.'I know what I have deduced from her as well but I shall give a better diagnosis if I knew more about her pregnancy and why that man had wanted to see the both of you Jason?' he phrase it as a question.Jason had wanted it to remain a secret from his sister. And still did.'Come with me for a walk round the premises, there is something I need to discuss with you'. Jason said walking out.'I asked a question and I need answers', Sally said as her husband followed Jason out.'You will have your answers but it shall have to wait for now. business calls.They walked for sometime but Jason did not say anything. He seemed to be deep in thought.Chris felt sure that he must have forgotten that he was there with him Oh, the trouble women caused men. The pain of the heart was not easy to resolve. He felt pity for Jason because he knew the indecisi
'Please, from henceforth, be careful. Richmond' is a man of questionable character. I know him. He might try to take you forcefully'. Jason advised.'I am not a child and I know Rodney. I am carrying his illegitimate child afterall and saying this is not going to stop me from moving out as I have planned. I had better be abducted by the devil I know Rodney to be than stay in a deceptive paradise that you provide', Nancy retorted.'It is because you are not a child and I cannot watch over you twenty four- seven that I am giving you this warning and how can you protect yourself if you are alone out there somewhere with no one to watch over you?', Jason asked exasperated. He had thought that, she would be grateful for his concern but he was wrong. She just did not give a damn and Chris was telling him how he was sure Nancy loved him? He must have blurry vision. How can someone be as stubborn as this?Nancy walked away from him. They had seen in the compound as Nancy came to get somethin
'Oh Chris, you are here. Watch the children. I will be right back'.Chris nodded but Jason did not even see his nod but was already on his way towards Nancy's quarters.Chris knew that it was possible that Jason would take a while before returning.One of the reasons these two love birds quarrel frequently was because they were feeling starved if each other's love, attention and company.They might not admit it but they wanted to desperately make love to each other and express their love for each other in many ways without inhibition.Chris shook his head. If only people would just state what they wanted sincerely. Life would be much easier.He went and started playing with his children.Jason got to her quarters just as she was about to shut the door.As soon as she saw him, she hastened to shit the door in his face but he put his foot in and it stop the door from shutting.He pushed the door open,went in with her and then shut the door.'What are you doing here? Are you through ins
Nancy cried and cried. She could not believe that she had allowed herself to be humiliated this way.What was it with her that she could not think rationally anytime Jason came close to her?She had virtually fallen into his arms. So he was right in calling her surrender to her attention by reminding her of her denial.She slept and when she woke, she concentrated on looking for a dress that would flatter her as she went in her date with Alfred.He had been jealous when she had done nothing with Alfred.Now, she was going to give him something to be jealous about.When they got back from their day out, Nancy knew because the children ran to her quarters chatting excitedly about all they did and their experiences.Nancy convinced them later to go in, have a bath to wash off the dirt, eat if they felt like it and have a nap.She read a little till it was time for her to get dressed.She brought out the dress she had chosen, silvery ash gown, sleeveless, flared from the breast line down
Josephine was already six and a big girl. She helped in taking care of her siblings.Yes, Nancy gave both to a set of twins. Both boys not long after Josephine came back home and they were three years old and terrorizes them in the house. Thank goodness for their elder sister who try to keep them in line.Nancy had thought that she would stay a bit longer before allowing herself to get pregnant again but since she and Jason could hardly keep their hands of each other, she soon found that she was pregnant again and had just given birth to a beautiful girl.'Get ready for another set of twins', Jason joked one day and Nancy threw a pillow playfully at him.'You think it is easy carrying them in the womb for nine months and then the ordeal at the hospital to get them out?'Jason hugged her lovingly. 'I know all that and I shall forever be indebted to you. I never thought I could be this happy. You have brought untold joy into my life and I can assure you that I am very grateful''You hav
Mattias took her to the new venue praying that he would still be in the men's trusted books.Like he had foretold, the security was tighter.But raising his hands and asking the ma'am to do the same, they were able to get within some inches of the place.'Comrades', Mattias calked cheerfully. 'I am the ma'am came back from prison where we had gone to see the boss and he had ordered that the little girl be sent back to her parents and that was why we came here to get her. I didn't know that she was to come with me, she was supposed to have stayed at home while I brought the girl to her but she has trust issues because she has not had dealings with us before. She does not know that there is loyalty amongst thieves'.But if that is the case why did you give us the prompt to vacate the place immediately?''The reason is because I was shocked that she had followed me to this place but she is our boss' wife afterall and it's her prerogative. If not for the fact that it will be somewhat risk
As soon as Mattias came out from the prison, Rodney's wife followed him. She was cunning and made sure he did not realise that he was followed.She followed him to a place where she was sure they were keeping Josephine.As soon as he entered, she sneeked in after him and then she saw the girl and those guarding her.'Mattias, who is this woman with you?'Mattias looked back only to find the boss' wife behind him. How had she followed him without him being aware of it? He felt that the boss was going to do away with him because considering what the woman had in mind for the little girl, the boss would never forgive him for such a skip and would haunt him down to the lowest of the underworld to get him and extract his pound of flesh from him.'Ma'am, what is the problem? If you needed something, you could have asked me for it and I would have supplied it''Mattias, who is she?''She is the boss' wife'.'Welcome ma'am, we didn't know that the boss would send you to such a place as this'.
Rodney, called Mattias and told him what he had decided.Mattias who had not felt very comfortable kidnapping a child was happy that his boss had reached such a noble decision as to give the child back to her parents.He wished though that he had made that decision before the deed was actually done. Taking the child back now was going to take all his wit's because he knew that there were searches everywhere for them. He had barely managed to take the girl out in the first place.'How does she look?' Rodney asked curious for the first time to know how Josephine looked.'I must say that she is going to be a most stunning woman. I pity the men. She will cause alot of heart break. She has dark hair and same colour of eyes as you. Now that I think of it, she looks so much like you'.Rodney smiled. It made him happy that his daughter looked more like him than her mother. It made him burst with male pride and made him more determined to do right by her.They were still talking when his wife
She could not believe what she was hearing and wondered what kind of fish brain the man she had married had.How could he allow someone to know the plan he was making even before he made it? What had given him such confidence ?She had known that Rodney was capable of doing what Nancy had said even without the threat he had made. He had alot of men of questionable behaviour which she was only starting to know since the court case, who were working for him. He could easily ask one of them to do his dirty jobs while he pretended in oven e in prison.'If what you have said is true, then the best place for you to have gone is the Prison. Go there and speak to him. Most probable, your tears would do what nothing else can do. I am a woman and I believe that he is still fascinated with you no matter how he tries to pretend that that isn't so'.'God forbid it!' Nancy said before she realised herself. 'I am really sorry. I forgot myself for a moment'.'For what? You just expressed your emotion
Nancy had been hiding her panic and impatience except for her occasional request to be told of the progress of the search that had been organized for her child.She could bear no more. It was close to a week now since Josephine was abducted. She feared to consider what may have been done to her or what miserable condition she had been kept.She had consoled herself with the belief that her biological father must have given instructions that no one should harm his child but she had no real faith in that assumption.The man was a beast and would not mind doing away with anyone or anything that stood in the way of what he wanted even if that person was his own child.Afterall, he had not wanted this particular child and had gone out of his way to terminate her life, what guarantee did she have that her suffering would touch him on any way?She had not been able to sleep well at night and that she managed to eat was because of the life growing in her She did not want to punish it for the
Jason walked home dejected He knew that he had no evidence that Richmond was behind his daughter's abduction but he knew that he was the brain behind it all. He masterminded the whole operation. All his threat had gone unheeded. He had not even boasted of being responsible because he had come prepared for any contingencies like recording his confessions,boasts and threats but he had been surprisingly in control of his emotions and why not, he must feel in charge nowImagine him congratulating Jason on his wedding to Nancy. 'It had made the papers and news for weeks on end. You have it all now, a wife- a doting wife and a child and soon more children'.It would have flattered him to hear that but it had not brought joy be ause he had also mocked him. 'I hope for this recklessness of yours, Nancy never gives you peace and the marriage that you thought would bring you happiness, let it turn out to bring you misery'.And he was indeed miserable since Josephine had gone missing. Nancy ha
The police did not find anything the previous day and we're going to continue their search of cars that dayVery early that morning, Jason set out to the prison where Rodney was serving term He had been there for about Two years and out of the twenty five years he was given, he was going to be out on parole in the next three years for good behaviour.He had masterminded that because once he had been convicted, there was nothing his wife could do except for him to follow the advice of his lawyer to act well so that he would be paroled.The prison Warden came to tell him that he had a visitor.' Male or female?''Male. What would you want to do with a female in your state?'He wanted to give him a punch on the mouth. Must he have any lascivious intentions towards any female that came to visit him? Couldn't his wife visit? Though not surprising, his wife seemed to have abandoned him. She was already paying him back in kind by having male companions when he was free since revealing her t
The car drive off in high speed. The man considered this the most dangerous job he had ever done and praised himself for coming out of it successful.He had never had to abduct a child before and that too in the presence of her parents.He wouldn't say the parents were careless. How could they have known that their child was not safe in their own premises? The child had wandered out and he had been keeping watch over the house for close to a month now and felt that he knew the grounds. He had not expected to kidnap the girl that day but luck had been with him and it was though his spirit had called out to the girl and the girl had stroll down to his path and he could not believe his luck. He had called her and she had refused to come close to him at first,then he had said he was friends to her dad and mum and where could he find them?She had relaxed then and trusting as the child that she was had pointed towards her mum and dad, while her attention was diverted, He had carried her.