Mondays are always pilled with lots of paper work, weekly review, meeting, new budget and targets as usual. Helma inhaled heavily after reaching the last floor for the Fourth time today. She paid the truck drivers who had delivered new devices the day before. Helma walked to the reception to meet Clara and Jay hugging passionately. Clara was calm, and without her makeup for the first time."Hi" Jay's voice stopped Helma who was walking towards the elevator. Helma turned and waved at the couple with a weak smile avoiding Clara's gaze. Helma got to her office to meet numerous messages from Donald. Her heart skipped at his texts. She read the text "come to my office now!" She wondered what she had done wrong that he had to send same text six times. She hurriedly fixed the last file that is meant for Donald's approval and took it along to his office.Helma knocked at Donald's office twice then the door opened and she was dragged inside by Donald in a twinkle of an eye. Helma found Donald'
Days went by faster than usual. Donald had new investors who invested millions in his new company. He has been more present in Franco groups than usual. Donald woke up at 6am Friday morning. He yawned tiredly tempted to go back to bed. He wore his flip flops and began his morning Routine as usual. His phone rang and it was uncle Billy. "Good morning boy. I know you are awake" uncle Billy's voice was sharp like he has been awake all night. "I sent few documents to your mail, you should review them and get back to me before Monday morning" he instructed."ok uncle . How is Andrea? " He asked over the phone. "don't ask after me, it is weekend! Give that girl the some time to go see her parents" Andrea's voice yelled over the phone. Donald chuckled and hanged up. He freshened up and got ready for work. He met Helma at the staircase wearing the same color as him. Navy blue.She wore a Navy blue pencil gown and red heels. Donald wore a navy blue suit, white sleeve and a brown shoe. "You loo
"What?" Helma exclaimed hanging in the balance between shock and excitement. She hasn't met her parents for a year now. Donald smiled faintly cleaning his hands with a paper towel. "Are you serious Donald?" She asked trying to clear her doubt. Donald nodded taking the pizza box and used paper towel to the tras can. Helma beamed happily.The ride back home was amazing. Helma sang along happily to the song on the radio. Donald occasionally turned to Helma and noticed her over excited mood. "It's been ages you saw your parents?" He asked casually. Helma's mood dropped at his question. "I haven't seen them for a year. You know, I was saving up for a house with my ex" she paused and inhaled. "And I had no constant income. I worked as a waitress and a babysitter, I could barely fix out time to go see them" she explained weakly.Donald inhaled and wondered why a man would want to tax his woman before they could get a house. " Your boyfriend was fully employed?" He asked with his voice fille
Helma's mom served dinner for Helma and Donald. She had curry chicken and rice. Donald helped himself to the dinning table and had a bite. It was simply amazing. He has never tasted anything so divine before. The couple sat close to each other and watched the Duo enjoy their meal. "Ema, you didn't give us heads up before coming" Helma's mom said clearing the plates. Helma smiled and assisted her with the plates "Donald gave me the weekend off and suggested I spend it with you guys " she said happily.Helma's dad raised his eyebrows when he heard Helma talk about working on weekends. "what is your job position? " He asked curiously. "secretary and personal assistant " Helma and Donald chorused together. The couple stared at them suspiciously. "you too look like a couple to me" Her dad said plainly drinking from his glass of water. Helma sighed softly, she knew arguing with her dad was off limits, her dad is very rational and wouldn't be easy to convince easily."Where do you work?" He
The duo kept quiet immediately the couple walked in. They never expected their little fight to attract the elders. "Helma?" Why are you fighting with our guest? Helma's mom asked again. Helma stuttered "... He is insisting I sleep on the couch and this is my room" she defended. Donald immediately changed into a saint. He quitely stood staring at the couple. Helma's mom looked at her waiting for his own side of the story."I just wanted her to ask politely. I am not that mean to allow her sleep on the couch" he said playing saint. Helma lunched at him "politely? This is my house and my room!! " She fired back. "That is no way to talk to your boss sweetie" Helma's mom corrected. "They are a couple Victoria" Helma's dad said and walked out. "Listen you two, you better sleep calmly without any noise. The neighbors are listening" she said and followed her husband."we are not a couple and you will lie down without any troubles" Helma instructed locking the door. Donald chuckled and lied d
"Wakey wakey" Donald kissed Helma's cheeks. Helma yawned and turned over sleepy. "I brought you breakfast in bed dummies! Sit up" he teased taking off the duvet. Helma sat up sleepy and supported her back with a pillow. Donald handed the tray of waffles, baked beans, berries and chocolate hot drink to her. Helma smiled and whispered thank you. Donald and Helma had breakfast together, talking and laughing at silly jokes. "Donald, I will like to have a word with you" Helma's dad called from the door with a strict tone. Helma smiled and greeted her dad, but she got a nod in response. Donald quickly round up breakfast and left to join Helma's dad who has been waiting in the sitting room.The duo sat beside each other in cold silence. Donald could not understand the purpose of the meeting. He has never been scared of any meeting before, but this got him tensed. His thoughts wondered around different topics but it was cut off when he heard the first question. "Who are you to my daughter?"
Helma had a great time reconnecting with her family. It was Sunday evening and Helma has had her bags packed. The day before, she and Donald had spent almost all day texting. Helma would blush as smile at every text. Donald had informed her that he would be coming to pick her the next evening. "Ema, you should come back some desert for Mary" Helma's mom's voice raised from the kitchen. Helma came out of her room with her packed luggage and her purse. She struggled with her luggage as it was heavier than the way it came. Helma packed her favorite blanket, pjamas she had left a year ago and her family picture. She battled with the box till she got help from Donald who has been sitting at the dinning. "Lazy kitten" Donald blasted taking the luggage from her. Helma raised her nose and poked her tongue at him. Victoria Helma's mom has packed different desert and homemade cookies, bread for Helma and Donald. She had labels on each pack. Helma, Donald, Mary. Helma said her final goodb
These are my favorite deserts. Your mom and I use to make these snacks together years ago" Mary said sounding emotional. "You too should freshen up and come down for dinner" Mary instructed heading to the kitchen. Helma and Donald dragged who was taking the stairs first. They pushed and fought each other till Donald tricked Helma and ran passed her. Mary peeped at the playful duo from the dinning and smiled.It was a great sight for her. Donald has always been locked up. He has never seen Donald being less formal with an opposite sex. Everything to Donald was business. Seeing him fall for Helma was satisfying. Minutes later, Donald rushed downstairs freshened up. "Where is the other pack of desert?" He hurriedly asked scanning through the dinning table. Mary microwaved the pack labeled Helma and handed it over to Donald.Donald served his plate and sat down to eat. Mary found Donald's actions quite suspicious. "Donald, you should eat dinner before desert. And take it easy too" Mary ad
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