Paula was now working in Jamal's house. Jamal was against it because of the way she threw passes at him. He did not want what happened between him and Alex to occur again, he could not tell Melanie the reason for his dislike for Paula. " You do not have to like her, she is here to work, and that is it" Melanie had told him. Paula made sure that everything that happened in the house was reported to Dave. She would sneak into Rose's room just to play with her, the first time she saw Rose, she went to the bathroom and cried. She was sad and angry with herself for letting go of such a child but then again, she somehow felt happy that she was doing well and not in the hell of a house with her ex-boyfriend. She did everything that Dave asked her to do. She went to her room to call Dave as usual. She took her phone and called him. He picked up the first ring. " Ryan got into another school, he is now in high school," she told him. " Great, he is growing up so fast, high school right?
The man said his name was Mark. Jamal brought him inside because he looked pained and worried. " Please sir, do not mind him, he is telling a lie" Paula begged Jamal not to let him in. She did not want Mark to come inside and explain anything to him. Jamal led the way for Mark to come in. He sat down, he instructed Mark to also sit down. " What did you say about your daughter?" He asked him." Sir, please, this man is dangerous, he would harm you" Paula pleaded. " One more word from you and you would be inside your room" Jamal was getting upset with the way Paula was behaving. " I asked you a question" he turned to Mark and urged him to go on. " We do live together, I did nothing to her, she got pregnant, and she had wanted to get an abortion but I kicked against it, she gave birth and I was happy to be a father only that she gave out the child according to her" Mark narrated painfully. Jamal looked at Melanie, Melanie shook her head, Jamal looked at her again, he wanted her t
"We are in for it, something tragic is before us, how can you be this calm?" Melanie asked Jamal. She was about to cry. " I will handle her," he promised. Paula stayed two days and Jamal had not returned to the house. She picked up her phone and called him. " Where are you? Why are you not back to the house" " To hell with you, I am done with anything that has to do with you, get someone else to obey your silly instructions, I am not your toy" he hung up. Paula could not believe that Dave would do that to her. She was almost taken full control of him and now, he has left her. " I will have to do this alone then," she said to herself. Jamal went to visit Madam Theresa, he told her everything that had happened. She was expecting it as she did not look surprised. She only smiled. " What is it?" He asked her" You did not ask for my opinion in all of these, now look at you, running away from your own house because of that hawk who you thought was a dove" " I feel so bad, what do
" I thought you had a brain in that head of yours, why does it seem empty right now?" Paula laughed. " Do not get me upset, I am trying to brainstorm a plan here and all you do is laugh? What exactly have you thought about, I guess your head is as empty as mine" Paula stopped laughing, she took the pen from Dave. She began to sketch some lines on the paper. " Seriously? Drawings, these are your plans?" He began to laugh. " You are so dumb, these are drawings of the entrance of Ryan's school, how would you get Ryan if you do not practice how and when to get him?"Dave took the paper from her and looked at it, he understood what she was drawing. " You know I remembered when you told me about Ryan's school, you said I should not hurt him at school, but look at who is with a pen and paper in her hand, planning to get him" Dave laughed so hard. Paula looked upset. It was not funny to her. " You barely know me" " I do not want to know you, you are full of untold uncertainties, it wo
Dave was happy that Paula could change plans and get him the keys to the bags as it was locked. They were not sure that they were the keys to the bag but they had to try the key and it opened the bag. " Look what we got," she said as she poured out the money in it. " I am not sure they would feel anything has left their room," Dave said, other bags of money were there as well, they only managed to take three bags. " I am ready for my vacation outside this City" she jumped up. " We should start planning," she added. Dave had to carefully pack the money and hide it. He had to share the money equally as he wanted Paula to be accounted for whatever amount she spent. He began to look out for Nice places where they could go and stay for some time before coming back to face Jamal's family. Melanie was in her room, she had this calmness as no one was worrying them about Rose anymore about Ryan, or even about anyone else. She had a very peaceful sleep in such a long time. Clara's wedding
Paula was in the room. She did not want to say a word. Dave had blocked Reuben from entering the room. " Let me explain, look, I had no idea what was going on, we were only swimming and having fun, it must be an honest mistake," he said. Dave shook his head as he closed the door, shutting him out." Hope you feel better?" Alex asked her, she nodded her head. She wondered why Reuben kept insisting that it was harmless fun and he did not mean any harm. " I just want to take a nap" Paula lay on the bed and off she dozed. Alex took Dave outside the room. " Are you not going to do something to this guy?" " I do not know Alex, he looks innocent to me, with the way he screamed and carried her out of the water and the way he is begging too"'Alex pats his back. " Take care of her" With that, she left. Dave opened the door and checked Paula, she was asleep. He closed the door and went to the bar area. He saw Reuben sitting there, he was on his laptop. Dave went back into the room. He
He had blood all over him, his eyes were covered with the splash of his blood. " Are you talking or not?" " We went for vacation only, I think the rest of the money is still at home," he said to him. " Reuben, is that true?" Sam asked." Yes, sir, taken it already." " For the one you can not provide, you would have to work for it, if you steal from me while working for this current money, you continue to work till everything you have stolen and the one you would steal is paid for." Paula was angry. " If only you had not brought that letter home" she cursed. She spat out the blood that had flown to her mouth. " Are you being serious right now? Blaming me, you are lucky we took a little and we did not waste it all" " You resume work tomorrow, the both of you" Sam announced. They were untied. They brought water for them to wash themselves. After they were done, they had to go find a cab to return home. Jamal had a meeting he was going for. He got to the venue and met no one, he
Jamal did not sign the documents, he kept it in a safe place. He did not want to sign it and later on regretted why he did. He agreed with Melanie that they would not sign it until she displays what she has in mind to do to them. He got into his car and his driver sped to the office. He got to his office, it was a bit calm as they were already attending to what they were supposed to do.“ Good morning, sir,” Dennis greeted. “ Yeah, get me the usual,” he said almost immediately. Dennis left the office and went to get him coffee. He came back to the office with a cup of coffee. He handed it over to Jamal. “ Any email from Paula, let me know about it” “ I will, Sir” he said as he left the office. Jamal went back to what he was doing. He checked his time, he was surprised that it was noon already. He closed his laptop, and got out of his office. He walked to the canteen, he did not go to a private space like he usually goes to, he instead went to sit where his staff sits. They look