Dear readers, please keep reading, we are getting to the heart of the story. This is just to familiarize you with the characters even better. So that you can know the motives behind their actions and reactions. Happy reading....
Phoebe was recalled to the present by what Jason said that she had missed because of her flashback into her life.'I'm sorry, what did you say?' she asked smiling winningly.'I asked if you would like to dance with me?'There was music playing and alot of couples were already taking to the dance floor. Jason also saw some ladies giving him the eye and knew that they were expecting him to dance with them but he would not have done anything about it except that he suddenly saw Sophie Palmer coming his way.He knew that if he delayed, he would end up dancing with Sophie and that was not what he had in mind. The woman disgusted him. He knew her type and he had got enough of that type to last him a lifetime because she was exactly the same as his ex- wife.'I thought you'd never ask', Phoebe smiled as they moved together to the dance floor.It was walz and Phoebe was a good dancer.When they had been together, Rebecca his wife, had made sure he perfected the act of dancing since she was th
Phoebe had a contrary feeling concerning the intimacy she had just shared with Jason.Though she could not sincerely say it was the best sex she had had but it was great all the same and more than that was her desire to make the man she had been intimate with her husband.She was tired of working her ass off for ungrateful men.Richard had cheated on her though all that she had ever done was to keep him happy and we'll provided for.It was true that she ended up enjoying her liaison with her boss but she had gone into it in the first place to get more money to satisfy Richard's ever increasing desires and demands.When she had returned the next day as she had promised Richard in her disguise, she had come back with her travelling bag.He had welcomed her with open arms.'You are back again,my love' he had said.'Yes I am'.'Now what can I get you?''You do not have to bother yourself. I do not want anything but you'.Phoebe under her disguise had seen the elation in his eyes and her h
'Phoebe!' he whispered still in shock as soon as he found his voice. 'What are you doing here?''The last time I checked, this was my house. Do I need anyone's permission to come into my own house?' she asked enjoying herself and his discomfiture.'No, of course not. I meant that I did not expect you back so soon. You had told me you would be back tomorrow when we spoke on the phone last night. This could only mean....''Finally. You are thinking! I never left in the first place'.'But why?''Why? Are you really asking me why? I have sacrificed everything for you right from the time we met but you never really appreciated me nor the things that I do for you. You carry on with other ladies behind my back and pretend you love me. I do alot to ensure that you are satisfied and comfortable but you do not care about that do you? You are too self-centered and greedy to think about any other person but yourself.I have watched your activities these past few days and I could not believe that
Jason was relieved when he eventually got into his room. The party was too loud. He was not bothered that his presence would be missed because he knew that his sister was more than capable of taking care of things. She had always been the perfect hostess, so he was sure everything was in control, though he knew he would have to come down eventually and bid his guest farewell and thank them for honouring his invitation like the ideal host. Else, it would really be very rude of him.He changed his clothes and went down to the hall where the party was going on. He was just in time because alot of people were already getting ready to leave and had been asking of him.Sally looked up and smiled.'Well,here he is. I did tell you that he would be right down'.'You did, indeed'. They said smiling up at Jason as he climbed down the stairs.After performing his duty as the ideal host by wishing his guest farewell,he slumped on a chair exhausted. The smile he had pasted on his cheek and all the
'I could have been with someone else and both of you could have felt awkward if she had seen you come in this way and at such a time as this as though you were the lady of the manor. I am sorry if my words hurt you but it is the truth and you should always keep our type of relationship in mind'. Jason said as gently as he possibly could.'I saw you come in because I had been anxiously waiting for you'.At Jason's raised eyebrows, she hastened to assure him.'No, there isn't any problem. I was just watching and waiting for you only because I wanted to spend the night with you if you permit it.I also saw that you came in alone and looked stressed and wanted to kill two birds with a stone - satisfy my want as well as help reduce your stress. But maybe I got it all wrong. I shall be on my way out. My intention was not to aggravate you further'.As she made to leave, Jason drew her back into his arms. For a moment there, he thought that he was beginning to get ideas of permanence into he
Jason got to the office the next day earlier than usual because he wanted to see where he could place Nancy and where she would not have to stress herself overmuch but he was surprised to find that his most trusted and efficient secretary, Mrs Amos, who was always the first to arrive had still not arrived. This was quite unlike her. He had decided as he drove to the office this morning that he was going to get Nancy to assist Mrs. Amos. She was very efficient it was true and she had never given him cause for complaints but it was also true that she was getting on in age and needed someone to assist her. He had thought about this before but had not really been serious about implementing it because he had been busy with other things which was quite unlike him because those he was a strict boss who likes his employees to be disciplined, he was also not one to take the welfare of his staff lightly.Now, there was no reason for him not to get Mrs. Amos an assistant. Nancy had said that sh
When Jason had wanted a reliable secretary, and had advertised for it and alot of people had applied.Yound and old alike but he had felt that Sandra would be just well. So he had chosen her and anyway, she had not disappointed him during the interview and all through the years, he had had no cause to regret his decision.She had really served him. When her husband had died about five years ago, he had taken it upon himself to foot the bills for his burial. Jason had considered it the least that he could do for such a loyal and dedicated member of his staff.Their relationship had become even closer since then. That was where he had come to know about her daughter and who had come with her husband and two sons.Mrs. Amos had buried herself in her work, not wanting to dwell over much on the death of her husband. She had loved her husband so much that if not for the demands of her job, his loss would have taken a great toll on her.Her job had become her solace and Jason's friendship an
Nancy had been impatiently waiting for the man. She had allowed herself to hope that she could get lucky when it seemed like her luck had turned against her. Nobody to help, her so-called love had deceived her and made her pregnant and she was stranded with no job in a hell hole not suitable for any human let alone a pregnant woman.The walls were soaking wet and she had no bed just some think cartons, she had torn and spread on the floor and placed some of her wrappers on it as a makeshift bed, believing it would serve till she got a job and better her housing conditions.But she had been impatiently waiting for the man. Maybe she could have shown him where she was residing, that would have made him realise just how urgent she needed the job.No! That may have put him off or insisted on charity and she would not have that.She was Wella le to cater for herself and not live on charity. She had her pride and dignity to protect.If the man was not going to fulfill his promise, then she
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.