Antoine sat with his phone in his hand, backing the door to the bar. She had sent him a text last night saying there was a problem and that they needed to meet urgently. This morning he had woken up to see an address she had texted to him. This part of the city was not where he would typically like to come but according to her, they needed to meet in a place where no one would recognize them. "What can I get you" a deep husky voice murmured beside him and he raised his head to see who it was. He hadn't heard him approach his table partly because the bar was really noisy with men drinking and toasting each other from all angles and because he had been distracted.The man had no semblance to a bartender, he was tall with huge muscles, the biceps jutting out from all angles with weird tattoos covering most of his upper half. He wore an apron, two sizes small with the words, raw, suck and dawg inscribed on it. From the dark shades he wore, Antoine could see the impatience written on
A knock sounded on her door and before she could give consent, the door was pushed open to reveal Jane standing there. "It's late ma, aren't you leaving?" She asked and walked into the office, a bag slung over her shoulder and a file in her hand. "I have a lot to tidy up here and moreover, my husband is not here yet". Amy looked around, just noticing that it was dark. She was so engrossed in work that she didn't keep track of time. "It's getting really late ma'am, should I call up your driver?"Amy looked at her watch, it was getting really late and Reynolds still wasn't here. "Call my husband's office and ask if he's still there," she said and picked up her phone. Jane nodded and walked out to place the call. Amy called Reynolds' mobile number but he wasn't picking, and she dropped a text for him, asking if he was okay."I called his office ma, his secretary said that he left for your office a while ago" Jane said while walking into the office. Before she could respond, her phon
Sitting in the waiting room of the doctors office, Amy watched Reynolds who was sitting opposite her,cross and uncross his legs time and time again. He was restless and she could tell from the way he sat so stiff, his back could literally pass for the back of a chair. Today was her first antenatal appointment and he insisted on coming with her but from the way he was behaving, she would rather have come alone. "Mrs Bennet" a nurse in a bright pink scrub called out from a clipboard in her hand. Amy raised up her hand in response, "come right this way, the doctor will see you now". Reynolds stood up and held out his hand towards her, she took it and he hoisted her up from the chair, without letting go of her hand, they walked into the doctor's office."Hi, welcome" the woman seated in the office said in a shrill voice. She stood up and stretched out her hand towards Reynolds, "welcome Mr Bennet, I'm doctor Johnson, your gynecologist''. They shook hands and she stepped out from beh
Reynolds paced back and forth in the waiting room of one of the best specialist hospitals in Los Angeles. He looked down at his watch, four hours since his grandma was wheeled into surgery and no one had given him an update yet. He was becoming restless and sitting in a waiting room with sad faces all around him made him more anxious. He looked at Amy who had fallen asleep while waiting, her neck was craned to the side. He didn't want to imagine the kind of pains she would be in when she woke up from sleep. He walked over to her and caressed her hair lightly to wake her up.Amy opened her eyes and looked up at him, she had fallen asleep again. She had been doing more of that since she entered her 5th week of pregnancy. Sleeping was like a daily activity and she found herself falling asleep in funny places. "You should go home Amy, you look tired." "You should sit down, you look restless" she retorted and he smiled and shook his head. Trust Amy to be quick with the comebacks."Com
"The reason I called you girls for a meeting is because I have an idea for something". Ava said and gave a dramatic pause, waiting for the others to say something and when there was no response she continued. "Let's throw a baby shower for Amy". Carie scoffed, "was that why you scheduled an emergency meeting?I thought you were going to come out as gay or something"."Oh come on Carie, you know I'm as straight as a ruler". Ava said and all of them burst into laughter. "But I am serious guys, we should throw a surprise baby shower for Amy. She's been through a lot and I believe she needs it at this point." Ava said again."That's a good idea Ava, Amy would be wild with joy and it would help to take her mind off some things", Sarah said in agreement. "Since Ava brought Amy into our friend group, everything we do, talk about or even so much as think of revolves around her". Carie whined again."That's because she is our friend and we need to be there for our friends. She would do the
Amy sat in her office, working on her computer; she had left a meeting that lasted for four hours and she was already more than exhausted. Her friends had been acting weird all day; all four of them had canceled the lunch date they were supposed to have in the guise that something important came up. If they didn’t want her around, they should just have the balls to say it instead of ignoring her. She picked up the phone and dialed a number, ‘’Jane, step into my office for a minute please’’ she said into the phone and replaced the receiver.Few minutes later, a knock sounded on her door and Jane walked into the office. ‘’Ma’am you asked to see me’’. ‘’Yes, I want to leave now, is there…’’, ‘’No no you can’t leave yet. There’s some important work you need to do’’. Jane said hurriedly, cutting off Amy’s speech and Amy cocked her head at her. ‘’What do you mean I can’t leave? I think I’m allowed to leave when I want to’’.‘’I know that and I didn’t mean it that way. It’s just that wh
Amy held the frilly pink dress to herself and looked into the mirror in Ava’s room, pregnancy had begun to take its toll on her. Her once smooth skin now looked like a railway track and her eyes were continuously puffy looking as though she spent all her time crying. She pulled off the clothes she had been wearing and put on the pink dress and the headband which read, mama to be on it. Ava came into the room and sat on the bed, watching her fidget with the dress. ‘’This costume makes me feel silly Ava’’ Amy said to her.‘’Courtesy of your mother-in-law, it doesn’t look that bad though. You look like a pink pregnant pumpkin’’ Ava said and smiled. Amy made a face at her, ‘’as if that helps in any way, I don’t think I would like to be associated with a pumpkin’’. ‘’Let’s go, everyone is waiting for you’’. Ava said and led her back out to the sitting room where everyone was gathered. Her mother took her hand and led her to a chair and everyone gathered around her.Diana Bennet stood
Amy sat calmly in the dingy cell they had placed her in, in total confusion of what was happening or what might have happened while she was in the toilet in Ava’s house. Funny how she could be happy and having a surprise party and the next minute she is arrested for alleged possession of illegal substances. She did not have the faintest idea of how an illegal drug looked or even felt like and she was being arrested for something she had no knowledge about. When she came out of the toilet and followed the police men to where everyone was dumbstruck, they said they had been tipped off anonymously that someone who was dealing hard drugs was at the party.They provided their search warrant and started to search starting from where everyone was gathered. They looked into everyone’s purses and bags and the search came to an abrupt end when they stumbled on a white parcel of cocaine in her purse. A parcel she had never seen before and had no prior knowledge of how the cocaine made its w