Jasmine barged into Andrew's chamber one night and met him staring at some family photos. “You don’t bother to check on me since Andrea arrived.”Andrew offered a sardonic smile and gestured to her to come closer.“I’m so sorry. You have been acting cold and making it difficult to talk to you.”Jasmine fixed her eyes on Andrew's face as she stepped closer and stood beside him. “You know why am angry, yet you keep doing the same thing to drive me to anger... Did I do wrong by marrying you?”With an innocent smile pasted on his face, Andrew shakes his head sideways and asked, “What did I do wrong? You have been avoiding me since Andrea arrived in the Palace.”“You know what you did, Andrew. So stop acting all sweet.”“I only knew Andrea’s presence here is not agreeable to you. But as you already know, she is the mother of my heir and I can’t stop her from visiting her only son.”“Oh!” Jasmine exclaimed. “Are you shaming me because I haven’t given you a child or you just hated me?”
A year later, Andrew had almost forget about his estranged queen, and only the vacant position of the queen keeps Jasmine's memory fresh in his brain. During the chiefs meeting one late night, the chief chamberlain cleared his throat and muttered, “When is our kingdom having a new queen? It’s over a year since Queen Jasmine left our palace.” “The chief chamberlain just spoke my mind,” An older chief in a white regalia let out. “ As our custom demand, the throne of the queen must not be vacant more than twelve months. We must choose another queen as soon as possible.” Andrew Inhale louder and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. “I can’t just make a random woman my queen. I need to first find a woman that I like, fall in love with her and then choose her. Don’t you think this is a long process that can’t be achieved in a few months.” “We all know this, your highness,” Another chief in a blue regalia and extra large hat mumbled. “We have all think this through and decided to choose Andrea
The man snored loudly for a while, opened his blue eyeballs and raised his head from the bed as the giggling sounded louder. 'How will I sleep when she took away my alcohol?' He asked himself, standing up from his tiny mattress and shaking his head in resentment. 'She won't allow me to step into the kitchen, and forbade me from the liquor store.' His source of anger is not the murmuring and giggling of the pairs in the parlour downstairs, but against his wife who dares take away his source of contentment, after rubbing him off his right. Out of curiosity and a mind to steal, the young man put on his shirt and trousers and then stepped towards the door. He seized his breath when the creaking sound of the opening door sounded louder in the silent night. 'Now I have to sneak around in our house. It wasn't like this when grandfather was alive-,' he paused his murmuring, halted for a while, and only resumed when the couples resumed their amorous affair. Their whispering became audibl
After letting her night visitor out of their house, the satisfied woman climbed the step up and banged on the door. "Open this door before I break it down." "Why are you here?... Please go away." "I will... After telling you why am I here, and not before. Now open this door before I shatter it to pieces." I can't move. Use the spare key with you." She swore loudly, turned and descended the stairs. And promptly returned after. "You aren't just a lazy thief, but as dirty as a pig," Andrea placed her palm over her nose, cringed her face and asked, "Why is your room smelling like a pigsty?" "Are you here to taunt me more?" She ignored his red and teary eyes, loomed closer and asked," Why did you embarrass me in front of my guest?" "In front of your lover will be more appropriate, but since you claim he is your guest, am sorry for humiliating you and acting like a glutton and a son of nobody in front of our noble family lawyer." "My family lawyer, and not yours. Have you forgotten
As expected Mary O'Connor was as angry as a mad bull the following morning and even her husband cowered at the sight of her outrage. "Where is that irresponsible son-in-law of mine? I heard you disgrace my daughter in the presence of our family lawyer?" "Am so sorry, Mrs Mary. It was-." 'Whack!' Andrew felt a sharp pain as Mary O'Connor slapped him on his face, and felt faint when she marched his wounded leg with the heel of her shoe. "Did you want to kill this poor man here? Remember he is our responsibility until my dad's property is shared among us." "That doesn't give him the right to be embarrassing my darling daughter in front of her visitor." "We could at least hear what he has to say to defend himself and not be biased in our judgment." "What did he have to say? There is nothing worthy from a criminal's mouth." Andrew held his swollen knee until the pain subsided and he could glint a kind of sympathy on Timothy's face, albeit for a while. "Tell us what you have to say
Andrew walked out of the hospital, and his mind was on the million-dollar credit card in his pocket. "Is this one of Mary's plans to send me to jail?" He asked himself, peeked over his shoulder, and then walked towards an ATM close by.Apprehension radiated over his face as he dipped his hand inside his pocket, and he trembled when he checked the account balance. "Oh... My goodness!" The man is right, the account contains a million dollars!Andrew beamed with excitement and the fear of it being a set-up made him halt for a while, shrug and let out, 'I didn't steal it. Someone gave it to me, and our family doctor is a witness.' Perhaps, a good Samaritan had seen his suffering in the house of O'Connor, or a grant arranged for him by Brian before his death.After withdrawing a sizable amount, he peeked over his shoulder as he crossed to the other side of the tarmac, walked with alacrity for a while, and was lost among the crowds. Minutes later, he stepped into a boutique, peeked at
Timothy, Mary, and Andrea were having their lunch when Andrew wobbled inside with his bag of clothes, bowed at them and walked towards the steps leading to his room. "What a jerk. Is that how to appreciate me for the money I spend in the hospital because of you?" Mary O'Connor stood up in anger, raised her arms, formed two fists banged it on the dining table, and then looked horrified as the bowl of soup flew up and smacked into Timothy's face. "Aish!" "Oh my goodness!" "I'm so sorry, honey. It's all this unfortunate son-in-law's fault... High time we send him packing before he contaminates us with his bad luck." Andrew smiled as Mary held the blinded Timothy to the restroom to wash the soup off his face, he turned and began to climb the steps to his room. "Your days are numbered in my grandpa's villa. Smile now that you have the chance to... And where did you see these beautiful clothes, shoes, and wristwatches? You didn't steal them. Did you?" "No. I worked for them... Please
After changing into a new T-shirt and pants, Andrew stepped out of his room, down the steps and halted suddenly when he realised he was the source of their discussion downstairs. "We need to be careful and not to be blown away by his new wealth. Let's all go and ask him," "That's Madam Alice's voice," Andrew grunted at the hearing of his greatest adversary's voice, took three more steps and then paused when Mary let out. "I already did. But he won't divulge it to anyone." "Not even to his wife?" Madam Alice asked back "Andrea is no longer his wife but ex-wife," Timothy mumbled." "Not officially. I am still his wife on the paper." "Shh. Let's claim Johnson belongs to him so that we can be able to collect more money." Mary said in a whisper. "Why did you like money so much?" Moana asked. "Because money makes the world go round. " "So what did you suggest that we do?" Timothy asked, after peering into his wife's face for the directive. "I say we put our palms on our chins an