Helma stepped out of the shower and tried her hair. She applied her face lotion and picked her sheep pjamas she got from the mall. She hanged Donald's suit on the couch and arranged her bed. She switched off the bedside lamp and her door went opened. It was Donald. He had a sky blue pjamas on. "Can I come in Helma" he asked with a soft cold voice. Helma nodded and he locked the door. "I...... I... I mean, I didn't mean to hurt you. I was..." He stuttered and Helma completed his words "upset". Donald sat on her bed and looked at the sheets trying to avoid her gaze. "I shouldn't have yelled at you the way I did. I couldn't control myself. The thought and sight of seeing you in the arms of another man got me angry" she blurted out. "I am sorry you had to go through all that today. From the bully to everything. I am sorry I put you through all this" Donald apologized with sincerity in his voice. Helma smiled plainly and stared at him "it is not your fault sir. You should apologize" she
Clara woke up earlier than usual. She walked downstairs to find an empty kitchen and Peter making coffee. She yawned as she climbed the stairs with her night wear. She walked straight to Donald's room and barged in as usual. "Good morning Donald" Clara greeted beaming with smile. She opened the windows and greeted again. Clara looked around surprised. She yelled Donald's name checking the bathroom, but there were no signs of him. Clara panicked! She hurried downstairs to meet Peter. "Have you seen my brother" she asked disturbed. "I haven't seen him since I dropped him and miss Helma last night from the party" he responded cleaning the dinning table. "You should call him ma'am. Maybe he went for a run." Peter suggested. Clara ran upstairs and quickly dailed Donald's number on her phone. She kept dialing but there was no response.Clara's face turned red. This has never happened before. She conflicted on what to do. Unwillingly, she decided to go to Helma. She stood at her d
7am on Monday morning, Donald walked downstairs all dressed up. Mary smiled at him "Good morning Donald. You look amazing this morning" she said fixing breakfast for him. Donlad sat on the dinning without noticing Clara and Helma who were sitted far apart. Mary served him and returned to the kitchen. "You have a meeting this morning with Franco groups sir" Helma's voice shakens as she reminded him.Donald finished his breakfast without words and walked out of the house. Helma immediately followed him. Mary walked out of the kitchen surprised. "Is Donald ok?" She asked Clara who was engrossed her phone while muching on an apple. Mary looked at Donald's direction and raised her eyebrows "Clara dear, did anything happen during the weekend" she asked staring at Clara." Hey! That look is scaring ma'am" Clara exclaimed adjusting her chair." Nothing new happened, just Helma displaying her whore side" she said bluntly. Mary looked at Clara confused." What are you talking about child"? She qu
Days went fast, and these were lonely and hard days for Helma. All she got from Donald was instructions, scoldings and cold tones. Somehow Helma missed times when Donald would smile at her occasionally and always want to talk or hold her. Helma inhaled as she got ready to end the stressfull week. She wore a peach dress and a cream colored heel to match. Helma loosed her hair to fall on her shoulders. She went downstairs and greeted Mary. Helma served breakfast and muched on her food, she hurried because she had been missing breakfasts lately because of her proud and bossy boss. He would have few bites and leave for the office without considering if she had eaten enough. She rushed her meal and cleared the plate. Coming out from the kitchen, Helma heard Clara giggling. "This is such a great sight" Helma whispered. She has never seen Clara this excited before."Mary. He finally agreed to a date with me" Clara giggled like a love struck teen. She held her hands to her jaw dreamily "Mary
Donald watched Helma through his read window as she entered a taxi. His mind kept repeating "it's a date" and it kept making his stomach tighten at the thought. He tried his best to not trail but head home, but he couldn't. He trailed behind her taxi for twenty minutes and finally stopped few meters away from a coffee shop. He saw Helma come down for the taxi and a familiar face handing her a flower. Helma collected the flowers with a smile.Helma's smile annoyed Donald. "How could she smile at flowers" he complained to himself hitting the steering. He watched Helma and Jay walk inside the coffee shop. He got more angrier when Jay held Helma's waist. Donald puffed out air from his mouth and drove back home. He kept reminding himself "She is just an employee and her personal life is none of my business" but the more he said those words to himself the more pissed he became. He drove at high speed trying to burn away his anger, but it increased."Good evening sir. Welcome back" Peter gre
"Why would you treat a lady like that! That attitude is disgusting and I hate it. She is my friend and colleague, I invited her for coffee and you Interrupted and humiliated her in front of everyone? How could you?" Jay questioned Clara. Clara flared up "wow! You should be ashamed for lying. Coffee and you were holding her like that? I saw how she threw herself at you and you fell for it" she snapped back at Jay. Jay looked at Clara surprised. He tried to talk to her but she wasn't buying any of his words. "If you keep acting this way Clara, I would be disgusted. What the hell are you blabbing?. It is obvious you hate a thing against Helma. Sort it out and don't try to accuse her of nothing. For heaven's sake, you just humiliated that lady. Don't you feel bad?" Jay asked Clara fustrated. He walked out of the cafe and Clara chased after him. "What about our date Jay" Clara asked softened. Jay looked at her coldly " there is no date! You ruined my day and embarrassed m
Clara stopped at the door and turned around "here your phone" she said extending the phone to Helma. Immediately,she dropped the phone deliberately "oops it broke" she said with an evil smile and walked away. Helma picked up her broken phone and locked her door. She laid on her bed motionless. She had no words or no tears anymore. She laid down and allowed her tears flow down her cheeks. She never imagine it would be so difficult to cope with Clara. Helma tried to sleep, she tossed around her bed for hours. She went downstairs to fix herself some warm milk to help her sleep. Helma stood in the kitchen turning the warm milk from the sauce pan to a glass when she noticed a huge shadow. Helma frightened, turned around to see the shadow. It was Donald. She sighed in relief. "Somebody is having trouble sleeping" Donald's deep voice echoed in the kitchen. "Make that glass two" he commanded heading to the dinning table.Helma placed the two glasses of milk on a platter and walked to the d
Being hitted on the head, Helma woke up in shock. She saw Donald standing away from her. She immediately rushed back to searching. She finally checked the last roll on the shelf and found a file. She brought the last file to Donald. Donald looked at her and returned back to his work. She stood in front of Donald tired and lazy. She tried to talk when he called her. "Helma, I will take your broken phone as an excuse. You were supposed to contact the janitors today miss" he looked at her disappointed. "Must I remind you of everything miss?" Donald snapped angry.Helma's looks changed at the reminder. She over slept and forgot about the janitors. "I am sorry sir, I over slept" Helma apologized. Donald chuckled holding a pencil. "look her miss, I don't plan to pay an over sleeping staff" he said. Helma looked around confused. She didn't know what to do, either to call the janitors now or fix a booking for tomorrow. She thought about her phone, she needed to get it fixed before she could m
Epilogue One week later, Donald could stand on his own without support. He could walk around with clutches as his aid. Donald was discharged from the hospital after cross examinations and x-rays performed on his dislocated joints and Bones. Helma and Clara helped him to the car and drove home. Donald got home and inhaled. "Damn! I miss this place. I got sick inhaling bleach and disinfectant" he said causing everyone to laugh. Donald had lunch with Clara, Mary, Helma, uncle Billy and Andrea. It was a fun day for Donald, his uncle had teased and pranked the hell out of him. After the long day, Donald and Helma saw the couple to their car. Uncle Billy and Andrea were staying at their penthouse some kilometers away. "Get those feets walking soon boy, this old man needs a vacation from work" uncle Billy winked before driving off. Helma tried to take Donald inside, but he insisted she walked with him around the garden. Helma helped him sit at the bench in the garden, before sitting besid
Helma was downstairs with Mary making dinner when her phone rang, it was Donald. "Hey..." Donald said softly. Helma blushed and responded hi. "Where have you been?, It's 6pm already and I can't see you anywhere" Donald nagged like a child. Helma chulked and promised him she was bringing him Dinner soon. Donald hissed and pleaded with her to hurry "can I get fruit parfait for dessert?. Come quick, this weird nurse is creeping me out" Donald whispered.Helma hunged up and started making parfait for Donald. "somebody is finally getting her nails messed up" Mary teased. Helma and Clara had ordered a private pedicure section while the interior decorators were working. After getting her nails done, Helma had refused to ruin it by making dinner with Mary. She offered to keep her company instead. Helma laughed at Mary's words and continued chopping. "You love him Helma" Mary said out of the blue. Helma dropped the knife surprised at Mary's direct words. Mary nodded her head and resounded it
The Doctor followed Helma and examined Donald before leaving. Helma stood beside Donald holding her tears. She was excited and moody at the same time. The doctor came with another doctor who was a middle aged man. "Good morning Mr Donald, I am Dr Simon and we will walking through your recovery process together" he introduced with a smile. He examined Donald and hit his pencil hard on Donald's bandaged leg. Donald hissed in pain in response. The doctor nodded and removed his glasses, he turned to Helma and asked if she was family. Donald nodded and held her hands. "Ok then, you had a minor fracture at your left shoulder and a dislocated leg bone. You will be fine in no time I promise" Dr Simon announced smiling. Donald nodded and requested for water. The doctor nodded and walked out."You didn't sleep mama. You are having dark circles" Donald said trying to sit up but he hissed in pain. Helma immediately helped him to seat up. She adjusted the hospital bed with the control which helpe
Clara went with the nurse , who took a blood sample from Clara and ran a test. Clara returned to the waiting room and tried to calm down Helma. Helma had sweats all over her body and her eyes swollen already. The nurse got back and inhaled "miss, your blood group does not match with his. We need to get another donor" she stated. Helma cleaned her eyes and responsed quickly "me. I can donate mine. I am a universal donor" she said rushing to the nurse.The nurse nodded and asked Helma to follow her. She ran the same test on Helma and it was a match. Helma sat down on a bed and the nurse connected the necessary equipments for the transfusion. An hour later, she was adviced to rest for a while. Clara walked into the room Helma was and sat on the chair beside her. " Are you alright? " Clara asked softly. Helma nodded weakly. Clara kept quiet and looked at Jay who gave her a nod to go ahead. " I am sorry for everything Helma. I am sorry for putting you in danger and for bullying you" Clara
"Huh". Helma turned back at Donald who was frozen at that spot. Donald asked again and Helma nodded. Donald asked the sales rep to get it out and he added it to the cart. Helma smiled cutely at Donald and kissed his cheek. Donald took Helma to the heels section and Helma's moth dropped. "This is the designer section Donald" she said. Donald signaled for the sales rep and asked him to get Helma's shoe size.Donald watched Helma gush over the everything that was introduced to her as smiled satisfied. "Donald" Helma called his attention. "This will go well with the cream dress Clara got last week" Helma asked admiring the heels. She asked for a size 9 of the same shoe and added it to the cart. Donald quietly go to the purse section and picked any purse he liked. He added it to the cart and continued shopping. They got to the pay desk and Helma's mouth fell open at the amount on the screen."Princess, relax daddy's here" Donald chuckled. Donald handed his card over to the attendant. The a
At dawn, Donald and Helma had breakfast and left for work. Ten minutes into their drive to the office, Peter noticed a car trailing behind them. " Boss, it is happening again" Peter said turning to Donald. Donald nodded and smirked. Helma stared confused and looked at Donald." It's your boyfriend! He wants to kill me " Donald said almost laughing. She turned back and noticed a car trailing behind them, she immediately looked at Donald worriedly."Don't panic, he can't do anything! It's the second stage of depression. Anger! " Donald said causally. Helma panicked and texted Kelvin " can you stop already!!!" But there was no reason from him. They got to the company and Helma stepped out from the car nervous. She didn't want Kelvin to create a scene here. Donald patted her back and nodded it was ok. They got inside through the elevator through the garage. Helma had no idea that there was an elevator there. Donald had a broad smile throughout the day. Helma could not understand what was
"Come here baby" Mary gently placed Helma in the kitchen stool. She sat down facing her and nodded softly for Helma to continue. "I don't know but I think it's the best decision" Helma said almost whispering. Mary held her hands and asked Helma if it was because of Clara she has made this decision, but Helma nodded no. Helma took another sip of her juice and opened up to Mary. She told Mary about yesterday's event, how she met Kelvin and how Donald interfered and has refused to say anything to her since yesterday. Mary smiled softly and held her hands. "Can you tell you a story?" Mary asked Helma who nodded. "There were two friends who were so fond of each other, one day they got a doll. It was the latest edition and they both got the one each. One day, one of them choosed to leave her doll outside without caring for it because she saw a new edition on a billboard.Her friend took the other doll in, cared for it, and changed her appearance. The other friend waited for weeks and the l
"Who is this man Helma?" Kelvin asked in range. Helma's heart ranged. She wasost a second. Donald turned to her expecting a word from her, Kelvin kept asking who Donald was to her, in reflex she resounded "my boss". Helma's reaction broke Donald's heart. He expected more than an employee relationship with her. Donald chuckled nodded his head and turned to leave. Helma ran after him calling him back.Kelvin ran after Helma trying to get her attention. Reaching outside, Donald entered his car and sat down with a heavy heart. He hit the steering and chuckled bitterly. Helma crossed over and Kelvin stopped her immediately. "Hey wait. Can't you see this Helma, your boss is taking advantage of you. Isn't it his sis that is bullying you?" Kelvin said catching his breathe. Helma looked at him confused. Kelvin held her hands and tried to explain to her."Why is he so protective of you? He even called you his wife! Are you sure he is not assaulting you? Those rich brats are the closest descript
"That was not the question I asked" Helma blasted without remorse. Kelvin inhaled softly and replied her "I had to. I had a lot on my mind and I had to" he stated. Helma nodded and looked away without talking to him. Kelvin asked Helma where she was staying after informing her he came over to her place few days ago, but it was already occupied by an African couple. Helma reluctantly replied and told him the estate she was living in.Helma's response struck Kelvin. "What?" He replied in shock. "How did you...." He added before Helma interrupted him rudely. "And I have also cleared the mortgage payment. You sold the house without my consent, left us in debt and ran away. Well Kelvin, I have cleared it up too" she said angrily. Kelvin bowed his head sincerely ashamed of himself. He tried to hold her hands again to apologize but Helma was not buying it."Helma, I made a terrible mistake. I wish I could turn back the hands to time. I was stupid. I was just a hor*y bastard trying to satis