“Finally! You are back after I've missed your kind warmth for so long, James. What kept you for so long?” Anna rushed to his side as soon as she heard the sound of his car engine coming to a halt at the car park. “Huh? Kept me so long?” he paused for a while trying to process her question in his mind. He finds it quite strange seeing that Anna came outside to welcome him and not welcome him inside the sitting room just as she always does. “Yes! You spent a lot of time at the office. Or, did I ask the wrong question?” She rolled her eyes trying to pinpoint where she had failed as a dutiful wife. “I didn't spend too much at the office today, Anna. And, I don't get why you are always grumpy at me.” He returned the hug to her while struggling to pick up his briefcase from the back of his car. “You don't have to struggle with that at all. Let me help you with it after all I've been the one staying at home these while so it won't remove anything from my body if I help you get it.” Anna h
Anna's mother raised her eyebrow to signal that all was going well with her but Anna returned her eye contact with a fake smile acting as if everything was going well with her. “What exactly happened? Why isn't James down here to celebrate with us?” Her mother rushed to where she stood with her hands on her shoulder. “Mum, both happened at all. Were you expecting something bad to have happened on his special day?” She poked her nose closer to her to be sure she heard the right thing. Anna's mother blinked her eyes while keeping a sharp gaze as James climbed the stairs to head to his private lounge. “Not at all, my darling. I was just shocked and wasn't expecting him to go to his private lounge when every one of us is seated here waiting for him to come party with us.”Anna cleared her throat, “But, you have me hear mum. So, why are you bothered about everything when you have me here?”“I have you here no doubt about that, Anna, but you aren't the celebrant, so why should I take yo
Andrew glanced through the eyes of his son as he could see the heaviness in his eyes. He didn't know how to present the news he has been harboring for sonling to his son.“Come one, Dad. You have my attention now so you can go ahead and say whatever thing you want to say to me.” Mason voice got intense as he attacked his father.“It’s actually a long story son and I really don't know how you’ll be able to react to it.” Andrew cleared his throat while trying to defend himself.“Dad, what the fuck is it’s a long story. If it’s a long story, then summarize it. I’m tired of you treating me as I don’t belong to you. I’m tired of you treating me as if I’m not your blood.” he paused for a shine and sniffed in the running nose dripping off back into his nostirls.Mason did a roundabout before comporting himself to say a word to his father’ “You know what dad. I can see the answers written clearly on your face that you don’t care about me at all. You hate me and I know it.” he spat out the wor
“Everyone, kindly leave my apartment.” James' voice was heard in the background of the music where the guests had gathered earlier as his voice rose through the ceiling and disrupted the vibes and grooves going on.Anna walked closer to him trying to calm him down while having one or two words with him, “What do you mean that they should all get out of this place? Today being your party?” her voice was mellowed down while still trying to maintain a broad smile in her face.“Why are you all morons still looking at me?” he blurted out at them not minding how they would react to his words.Anna pinched his skin to maintain his composure and allow the guest to be but he didn't give her any listening ear at all.“Will you get yourself out of this place? Do you want me to call the security guards on you? And to the five of you, Do you want to lose your job?” his hands swinger into action pushing them out of his apartment.They all hurried up to their feet as they picked up their bags and
“How dare you?” Anna’s mother questioned him while fuming in anger as she gave him a loud slap on his face.James' hands quickly moved to his chin as he could feel the intensity of her hands on his cheeks. He didn't see that coming and wasn't expecting her to hit him.“Did you just slap my face?” he murmured the words out of his mouth slowly and softly.“And, I will do it again and again since you’ve proven to me that you lack manners.” she prodded her face to him without a flinch in his voice.James raised his hands and was about to return the slap to her face when he felt Anna’s hand on his with years streaming down her face uncontrollably.“James, please ignore the fact that she did that to you and let me caution her myself.” she fell broken as she went on her knees.James turned around with his face red and swollen ready to pounce on me like a hungry lion, “For how long will you keep talking to your mother. Sometimes, I even wonder what crime I did to love you unconditionally. Did
The following morning at Lucas' hotel room his phone chimed out in a loud tone as his notification bar was seen with different information about Micheal.“This is what I need right now. No explanation to be made. I just want to have a word with him and I believe he will consider working with me as well.” He whispered to himself nodding his head softly and calmly by the rhythm of the sound beat.Just as he was about to place a call to one of his spies who had sent him all the information he needed to know about Micheal another call came in.“Didn’t I just speak to this good fellow last night? What exactly does she want this time around and I hope that she won’t ask for money because I can’t continue to be used as a tool of extortion.” he conversed to his inner child as if he was present with him at that place.He slid to the pickup line and picked up the call with one of his cutest voices while still acting to maintain a solid composure, “Hey dear!” He whispered into the phone waiting
Will you come back here my friend?” Andrew pulled back his son with his left hand right at the same spot where he left Aunty Margaret.“Dad, what is the problem this time around? You know I left you alone last night despite our conversation and here you are doing the same thing all over again?” he lamented to his father with a worried face while putting his face down.“Don’t make me repeat myself anymore, Mason. Go ahead and apologize to Aunty Margaret and let’s discuss in my room like two adults,” he warned him one more time as he took the stairs up to his room.Aunty Margaret removed her eyes away from him while she attended to the table she was cleaning. She kept on acting as if she had no idea that his father had told him to come apologize to her.Mason struggled with himself to head over to her and render his sincere apology. He stood there in anger before summoning up the courage to walk up to her.“Ma’am, I’m sorry.” he said to her and threw his face to the other side acting as
“Get me a glass of vodka.” Anna requested from the barman who stood at the table before her.“Is that only what you want ma’am?” the bar attendant politely asked her with a broad smile on his face.“I only need that for now but maybe with time I can then go deeper.” she placed her shot bag on the table with her pretty fingers laying on the table.“Alright! I’ll get it for you within five minutes.” he nodded his head and went ahead to go get the vodka.Anna eyes kept moving from one point to another as she kept on admiring the beauty of the lights in the bar room.“Ma’am, I can see that this is your first time in this bar, right?” the bar man pushed the shot of vodka towards her while awaiting her response at the same time.Anna took one shot of the vodka gulping it down her throat at a full speed.“I won’t say you are lying my friend but this is actually my first time stepping my foot in here and I must confess that this place looks like home.” she complimented the arena with her haz