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2024-10-29 19:42:56Beep, beep, beep!! Helma's alarm buzzed. She hurriedly left her bed and said a short prayer. She ignored the uneasiness in her belly and focused on coming back home an employed lady. She freshened up, spent time heat pressing her hair. She woke up early enough to do so. She rolled her hair from regular straight to spiral curls.
She wore her outfit, heels and her light make-up to match. She looked at herself in the mirror and couldn't be more proud of her parents for creating such a beauty in nothing less than an Hr. She placed her printed reference letter in her purse, did a 360 for the mirror, took her phone and headed for D. B. C TECH GROUPS.
All through her time in the taxi, she kept repeating to herself "Helma, you are intelligent, you will get the job. You are beautiful, bold and blessed". "We are here ma" from the taxi driver brought her back to reality. She paid him with half the money she had left. She inhaled sharply "when I get the job, I will earn more". She stood in front of the company and adored the majestic building in front of her.
"Get out of the way, you are drolling like a pig!!" a rude voice came behind her. Helma turned around and saw a tall blonde model, wearing a mini flare skirt,a crop top, and a boot. "I am sorry ma, I didn't see you" Helma Said with a half smile. She gave room for Clara to make her way to the company.
Helma met the receptionist and greeted her politely. "I am here for the interview slated for 10:20am, here is my reference letter. The receptionist Jane collected the letter from her,smiled at her and complimented " you look amazing ma. Your smile is contagious" Helma blushed, Clara hissed and sat down.
Helma sat down opposite Clara, waiting for the CEO to be done with a meeting with his board members. Clara kept chewing her gum loudly, and would occasionally scold any staff smiling and complimenting Helma. Helma, could not understand why she was bittered and who she was to dress inappropriately to a firm.
Jane called out to Helma "You can go in now. 4th floor, last office by your right". Immediately, Clara stood up and rushed to the elevator. Helma and Jane locked eyes and sighed. Helma stood in front of the elevator waiting. "Hi" a masculine voice said . Helma smiled back at him. All she wanted was to get over with her Interview and fix her troubling stomach. "I am James, but you can call me jay" he said smiling more. Helma offered her hands to the handsome blonde, "Helma".
Immediately the elevator was open, they both entered and observed two minutes silence. "I work as a tech engineer here, seems you are new?" James said fixing his tie. " I am ......I mean I came for an interview" Helma said indifferently. Before James could say another word, Helma said her goodbye and stepped out of the elevator. She took her right turn, and headed to the last office. Helma stoped to catch her breathe and remind herself that she is well able.
She got to the last office and knocked. She knocked twice but no response. She was about giving up when Clara opened the door. She could see the fire in Clara's eyes. "I came for the......." She shuttered. Clara hissed and yelled "I pray you don't employ her Donald". She looked at Helma in disgust and walked out. Helma could not understand what she has done wrong to the young later. Her thoughts were distracted by the familiar voice she heard "The interview started 14 seconds ago miss".
Helma entered the office careful enough to not make any noise with he heels. She admired the office that looked like a king size bedroom. It had a nice interior design that had green paintings that matched up with the furniture. She bit her lips in thoughts. Why would anyone put a full sitting room furniture in their office?. "Miss, your interview started 1:4 seconds ago" The voice echoed again. Helma became conscious and saw a familiar figure sipping coffee looking outside the window. "I am sorry sir" she said adjusting her blazzer. Immediately he turned, Her jaw dropped!.
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Helma's face turned pale. She froze. Her stomach giggled. She could not believe her eyes. Was today working against her? She thought. Random thoughts were buzzing in her mind. "Sit down miss" He said sipping coffee walking to take his seat. "You are here for the job interview, I would appreciate if you close your mouth, you are almost drolling" Her said looking at her for the first time. Helma nodded nervously. She couldn't be herself anymore. He acted as though he haven't met her before. Helma trued to compose herself. "Introduce yourself miss" He said writing on a paper. Helma eyes were on her nails " my name is Helma Robertson, I am a graduate of business administration and I applied for the position of a sales rep in your company sir" she said playing with her nails nervously. "Do you have any working experience miss?" He said without looking out of his paper. Helma's confidence failed her. This was her first job and it seemed she would go back home broke and unemployed. "Thi
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Helma walked out of the office with doubts. She wondered if she has made the right decision. Working and living with her one night stand. She was glad she was going to be paid , at least she could settle part of her debts. She thought about her rent in the elevator, she wouldn't be renewing since she was moving in with Mr proud. At the reception, Helma gave Jane a bright smile. Jane called to her "congratulations ma'am, you were asked to drop your payment details here". Helma filled the form and handed it over to Jane. Jane looked at Helma with pity "I am sorry ma, but you should be careful. Boss secretaries don't last a month on the pay roll" she said whispering. Helma's turned cold. What has she gotten herself into. Why is Mr proud trying to get rid of her? Was he disappointed or disgusted by her? Offering her a job that nobody has occupied for a month?.Helma smiled weakly "thank you miss Jane, I will be more careful". She picked her purse and walked out. She got a taxi and headed
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Helma walked to the bathroom and her mouth went open in awe. She has never seen this kind of bathrooms before only in movies. She picked a towel neatly folded and soaked herself in the bathtub. She stepped out of the shower, applied lotion on her skin, and picked a free outfit to wear. She walked out of her room, and meant Donald at the hallway.She walked behind him like a lamb. Dinner was served. Matched potatoes, chicken and broccoli salad. Helma's mouth watered at the sight of matched potatoes. Mary served dinner. Clara sat far from Donald and Helma. She has a frown on her face throughout dinner. After dinner, Clara went up to her room and slammed the door loudly. Donald watched her childishness and smirked. Mary noticed how disturbed Helma was with Clara's behavior. "Help me clear these plates baby" Mary pleaded with Helma Helma nodded smiling and helped Mary with the dishes. "I enjoyed dinner ma, this is the tastiest meal I have had in a while" Helma complimented smiling. Mary
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Helma walked downstairs all dressed up for her first day. She wore a navy blue straight skirt and a patterned white sleeve. She walked downstairs with her hair tied up as pony tail. She smiled back immediately Mary held up her hands to her jaw and gushed at her. Donald and Clara turned to Helma's direction from the dinning table. Helma, walked shyly to the sitting room. Donald couldn't take his eyes off .Helma Clara noticed her brother's divided attention. She frowned her face "Hey!! You are drolling over nothing" clara yelled. Donald had an apple and left with Helma for work. Mr peter smiled at Helma as he helped her get into the car. Helma smiled weakly as soon as she entered the car with Donald. She opened her mails and saw the schedules of Mr Donald. She set a 10mins reminder to each schedule. His first meeting was with the resource management team 8am. The twenty minutes drive to the office was occupied with silence. Helma prayed silently for her first day, she kept repeatin
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Helma closed the window blind, shut the system, switched off the lights and walked out of her office. It has been nine hours already. She stood outside Donald's office and waited for Donald come out. She waited for 5 minutes and went inside his office. Donald sat on his couch and stared at Helma. "I have been waiting outside your office for ages sir, we have closed for the day" Helma said with a frown.Donald chuckled at Helma's protest. He watched her grumble and said a thousand words under her breathe. "Come sir" he commanded making room for her in the coach. Helma sat down without looking at Donald. Donald noticed the perfume she wore. He has been perceiving it all day. "If you keep smelling like this, I wouldn't be able to control myself" he whispered leaning towards her neck. Helma looked at him surprised."Is something wrong with my choice of perfume sir" Helma asked controlling her breathe. She couldn't understand why this young man was always putting her on edge. "Vanilla and
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Donald returned to his room smiling widely. He laid on his bed feeling fulfilled and happy. He has never enjoyed the company of any woman since his mother's death. Donald tossed on his bed thinking about Helma. He smiled at the thought of her silliness. Helma smelled like his mom and loved green just like his mom. Donald's thoughts were Interrupted by a buzz from his phone. It was from work.Clara laid on her bed in pink pj's and a sleep mask. She got up from bed at the buzz of her phone. She yawned while picking up her phone. "Hello" the voice sounded so familiar. Clara pupped eyes widened at the sound of voice. "Jay? Jay? Is that you?" She stutters. Jay and Clara talked for almost ten minutes. Clara giggled like a love struck teen. She played with her hair and would smile at anything he says. Clara floated in space. She had butterflies. At dawn, Helma woke up to join Mary fix breakfast. She wasn't as nervous as she was the day before. Mary and Helma fixed fried potatoes, eggs and c
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Donald woke up at 3am and went to the library. He sat down and went through the company's record, growth, stocks and previous trade partners. He went through the list of employees, hired and sacked. He smiled when he came across a familiar name. Christopher. Christopher was his first personal assistant and secretary. He was more than an employee, he was a brother. Unfortunately, Christopher decided to emback on monastery. He became a monk. He went through other files and found the names of other hired secretaries. None of them lasted a three months. The male secretaries would inflate figures to earn extra and the females would always try to get to Donald's bed. Donald would eventually get them to his bed but will get rid of them the next morning. In his words "such behavior are not healthy for business". He went through the list and smiled again at Helma's name. His beautiful one night stand.Donald sat on couch in the study and went through the stock files. His attention was div
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Saturday morning, Helma supervised the janitors. She instructed and kept an eye on them. She made breakfast and asked Peter to call the siblings for breakfast. Clara came downstairs and looked at Helma with contempt. Clara hated her guts each day, she went to meet up with her friends to device a way to kick Helma out of her brother's life. Donald came down for breakfast and smiled warmly at Helma. During breakfast, Helma reminded Donald of their dinner by 9pm and the mail sent in by Franco groups. " Sir, you are 10mins late for gym, we are attending Paul walker's dinner party by 9pm. Franco groups also sent a mail. They are scheduling a meeting with you on Monday morning 10am. She reminded. Donald Nodded and continued his meal. Helma freshened up and went to the salon to get her hair and nails ready for the party. She didn't want to embarrass Donald looking like a bag of potato at an influencial meeting like this. Immediately Helma walked to the salon, she met Clara and h
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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"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
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"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
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"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
