Jason felt drained. He did not know how to broach the topic with Nancy and what she would think of him.He had merely kissed her and she had drawn away from him thinking that he wanted to make her one of his mistresses. What must she think of him if he asked her to marry him but wait for the wadding till after two years while he got married to the mother of his child?She would think that he had totally lost it for sure.But he still had to try. He drove to the office and after contemplating it for sometime, asked Nancy to come into his office.'Yes sir, you sent for me?''I have asked you to stop calling me sir. We have gone past that now,don't you think?''I could not address you by your first name especially here in the office. People will raise eyebrows' Nancy explained.'And you are so concerned about what people will say,aren't you?''Are you not, Jason? Is your reputation not important to you?'She had a point. Jason considered.'Anyway, there is something I wish to ask of you'
Nancy went into her quarters. She could not prevent the tears from pouring down her cheeks. She knew being sad and crying would stress not just herself but her baby as well but she just could not stop herself.Other people are happy as they make preparations for Christmas but she was there being sad.What had she done that fate should treat her this way.She knew it was not her right to have Jason but she had been foolish enough to dream and had thought that he might feel something for her with which they could build on. And she had foolishly fallen head over heels in love with him. She who had sworn off guys and had promised herself that she would guard her heart with an iron shield.She was still not out of the mess her first love push her into and she was already experiencing another heartbreak.It was not Jason's fault, it was hers. He never asked her to love him and never promised her marriage just like Rodney did. She had just allowed the gratitude she felt for all he had done f
Nancy heaved a sigh of relief as she came out of her hiding place.Her legs were cramped. She had had to lean on something to prevent her from feeling dizzy. as much as she had wanted to hear and know more, she had also been tired and her condition was not one that she had to stand of squat for long.She stretched herself gingerly and walked back home. She had had enough strolling for one night.As she walked home, she wondered at all that she had heard.Okay, so Phoebe was not faithful to Jason but what is new? Also their relationship like Jason had confessed to her that night was an open one. She had not really believed it but she did now. So she could have other sexual partners if she felt like it.That did not puzzle her. What puzzled her was the claim of the man with her, Romeo or whatever his name was.He had said something about him not convinced that the pregnancy was Jason, he was sure that it was his.For a man to say that, he must have a legit reason for his convictions.'N
Nancy felt uncomfortable because even as she helped out, she could feel Mrs. Potts eyes on her.'Okay, Mrs. Potts, what do you have in mind?'What do you mean?''You have been staring at me all morning. Tell me if I passed inspection or mot'.Mrs. Potts burst out laughing.'It is good that you asked this. Have you looked at the mirror lately? You are an eye sire. Child, what are you doing to yourself?'Nancy was unreasonable vexed.'I am pregnant, in case you haven't noticed and you do not expect me to look hot with all the pregnancy blues!' she snapped.Mrs. Potts looked at her shocked. Nancy had never spoken to her that way before. The problem was even more than she had imagined and it was not as a result of the mood swings associated with pregnancy.Nancy caught herself. Why was she taking out her frustrations on poor Mrs. Potts? She had done nothing to annoy her but had made sure her stay in the house was comfortable.'I am sorry. I do not know what the problem is with me', she sa
The weekend passed by so slowly for Nancy. She went to the Catholic church nearby to worship.She was not sure if she heard half of what was being said or not but at least it gave her time to go away from the house.Even the programs on television was no longer entertaining nor distracting her from her thoughts.Her work was the only thing she could bury herself in. She could not wait for Monday.After service, she went home and into the main house where Mrs. Potts told her that Phoebe had come to visit and was with the boss.Nancy's mood that was not good previously, got worse.'It's okay. I know how you feel. Like I told you, everything will be alright. You just wait and see'.Nancy smiled uncertainly. How was it going to get better? she thought. Instead, it could only get worse.'I am older than you ain't I?''You are!''Then trust me when I say that you will look back on these happenings and laugh at the way you allowed yourself to be affected. And from hence forth, don't call me
Nancy went back to her quarters after the meal to relax a bit and once it was evening, she went on the stroll like she had promised Potts.She went round and round the area but did not find any trace of Phoebe nor the guy she had seen with her that night.She started feeling dizzy. She had had nothing much to eat and she felt hungry. She wished that she had brought some pickles with her.She walked a little away from Phoebe's apartment. There was a side walk,she sat somewhere there trying to regain her equilibrium.'Why am I even going through all these? For someone who does not even care for me?' she thought.Then she bit her lips. He may not care in the way that she wanted him to care but at least, he had helped her in the past. That she was not starving and had a good roof over her head was all his doing. Then what was wrong of she helped him out of this little trouble?She waited till it was late but did not see them. She knew that Phoebe must be inside with the guy but they seem
Nancy stayed home to rest. But before going in, as soon as Felix stopped the car in front of the house, she went to speak to Mrs. Potts. She told her everything and she sympathized with her. 'Sorry dearie, I caused this. I asked you to go hunting for evidence against Phoebe when you should have been resting at home. Please forgive me'. 'There is nothing to forgive but I have decided that I won't give up until I find something incriminating against her because I feel in my guts that there really is such a thing'. 'Of course, she can not come and reap where she has not shown. It is not her right. So if there is any evidence against her, then we have to get it', Mrs Potts said. 'What evidence?' asked a voice from the door way. They looked up to see Phoebe standing there. They were shocked. They had not expected to see her at that time. What was she doing here? 'Eh, it's nothing you should concern yourself about', Nancy quickly said. 'Of course, I couldn't care less what the servan
Phoebe was seething as she awaited the meal. She was not really hungry but she had felt that those women downstairs did not like her and had wanted them to know who the boss was. But that Nancy girl was just too head strong. What leverage must Jason had given her to make her so insolent. Or is Jason responsible for her pregnancy? it was a lucky thing for her that she presented her own pregnancy first. Was she the person Jason had wanted to marry? No. Jason could not stop that low. Phoebe laughed. How could she even think that Jason would marry someone that was little more than a servant in his house when he had all those classy and sophisticated women at his beck and call? Phoebe discarded that thought and go used on how she had manipulated the test results. The technician at the hospital, the lab technician was one of her admirers. When she heard the name Dr. Manuel, she knew that she had heard the name before and the hospital as well. She took that first day to investigate an
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.