HOLD ON A BIT AND WAIT FOR MEReuben had never experienced any kind gesture as such from someone before.Talk more from a woman he had never met in his entire life.It was a different feeling altogether]PRESENT.Reuben narrated to Grandpa Roland how he met Anabelle and how she helped him despite having no knowledge of his background or even his immediate family and friends.“ She still helped me, Grandpa, although as we talk, she does not know anything about me.I believe she can be a good woman” Reuben concluded as he narrated the incident to his grandfather.Grandpa Roland was nodding all through Reuben's narration.He was touched by the strange lady's kind gesture towards his grandson.“ Wow, the lady must be an angel then. I hope to meet and reward this kind lady one day. She is definitely a rare gem.” Grandpa Roland stated.“ Very true Grandpa. She is. She still calls me everyday to check one and make sure I am okay.” Reuben added.“ So my boy, I want to know more about this lad
I AM THE BILLIONAIRE PAUPERAfter inputting the copied information, another page loaded and the picture of a man and a kid appeared alongside a location address. Reuben gave a broad smile.“ Just hold on a minute. I am coming for you” He said aloud and stood up from the bed with a little laugh He entered the shower straight and freshened up.He emerged and quickly dressed up in a long sleeved white shirt and a pair of black trousers with a pair of black shoes.He took a backpack and tucked it on his back.He took his phone and iPad and headed out.He got onto his motorbike and geared it into action. He headed out of the house and onto the road.He rode on the bike for fifteen minutes until he got to a house. He got down from the bike and viewed his iPad screen to confirm the location.He nodded and smiled. He put the iPad and his phone into the backpack and tightened it on his back.He walked to the door right in front of him and knocked.“ Hold on I'm coming” A voice responded from
THE BEST FRIENDS AND COUPLEReuben took his phone and his credit card and quickly headed out of the room.He did not take his bike.He flagged down a taxi outside his compound and jumped in.“ To EatGood restaurant please. Hurry up please.” Reuben said as soon as he sat in the car.The driver nodded and quickly moved towards his destination.A few minutes later, they were at the restaurant.Reuben dropped from the car and paid for the services of the driver.He got into the restaurant and chose a table in the far corner. The very table that they sat around when Anabelle first invited Reuben over.Reuben sat down and took his phone.Coincidentally, his phone rang the very moment he took it.It was a call from Anabelle.Reuben quickly answered the call.“ Hi Reuben , I'm there now.” Anabelle said from the other end“ Come right on, I'm in a white shirt. At the very table we sat the last time.” Reuben said.“ Right I'm coming in now” Anabelle said and dropped the call.Reuben sat down w
THE SMILE NEVER FADESReuben stood up and Anabelle followed suit.They walked out of the restaurant holding each other's hands.The guests in the restaurant looked at them with smiles on their faces as the duo left the restaurant.Reuben Anabelle left the restaurant and entered the taxi which took them to the location of the building.In the taxi, Anabelle sent two thousand dollars to Reuben's account and alerted.Reuben confirmed the receipt and thanked her.They got to the location of the building and they both got down from the car after Reuben paying the driverIt was situated in the city but a little farther away from the main busy area.The place was very close to an estate so it was a cool place to live.They both got to the front of the house and Reuben called the owner.A middle aged man came out of the house and saw the two of them.“ You must be Reuben right?" The man said .“ Yes I am,” Reuben said and stretched forth his hand to greet the man. The man shook his hand.‘ My
I THOUGHT SHE WAS YOUR GIRLFRIENDAnabelle thought about Reuben with smiles on her face until she drifted into deep sleep with the smile not fading away from her face.…………………Reuben woke up the next morning almost late for work. He had oversleptHe hurriedly prepared himself for work.He got to the office just in time to meet the manager.“ Good morning sir” he greeted“ Good morning Reuben. I can see you have enjoyed your free day to the fullest.Welcome back.” The manager said.“ Thank you sir. Thankyou for the day off sir" Reuben replied.“ You are welcome, get right in and resume your work. We have so many orders to attend to today so it's going to be a very busy day.” the manager said and left hurriedly, leaving Reuben no time to respond nor say anything.Reuben hurried through to the office and began his work for the day.When it was lunch time, he bought an extra pack of food from the restaurant and quickly rode on his motorbike to Anabelle's workplace.He called him on the
YOU ARE FULL OF SURPRISESReuben called Anabelle and they had a long talk about Reuben's grandfather.Anabelle seemed to be cool with the man already and the man already liked her.After both of them began yawning on the phone. They bid each other good night and ended the call.Reuben slept off after having a cold shower.The next morning, Reuben woke up from sleep very early at dawn. About two hours before his normal waking time.He did not go back to sleep. Instead, he got up and prepared for the day quickly.He was supposed to report to work at 8am but by 6am, Reuben had dressed up and was ready to leave the house.He got on his motorbike and drove out.Instead of going to his workplace, he rode straight to his grandfather in the new apartment.Grandpa realized when he rode into the compound. He quickly opened the door and welcomed him in.“ Good morning grandpa. How do you feel around here?” Reuben greeted and asked his grandfather as he walked in .“ Good morning, my boy, Your
THE BEGINNING OF A NEW BEGINNINGAnyways I commend you for that, that quality is going to help you seriously in your life and the new turn you are about to take.” Grandpa commended Reuben Reuben nodded in affirmation.“ Well Grandpa, I think that will be all for now, so now my next step is to propose to her. Then I will officially introduce her to you as my girlfriend.” Reuben said.Grandpa nodded.“ So how are you coping here with everything, isn't it too tedious?” Reuben asked, with a concern for his grandfather.“ I'm okay with everything, I don't have to do anything here you know. Just to wash my plates after eating. ” Grandpa said and laughed.∆∆∆∆[∆ When Reuben brought Grandpa to this new apartment, he paid for a restaurant who supplied him with stews, soups, drinks, fruits and other groceries.He kept all the supplies in the fridge and grandpa only had to heat his food and enjoy his meal.He also hired a cleaning company who cleaned grandpa's place at dawn on grandpa's order.
DINNER FOR TWOA BLUE NIGHTThe days went by gradually.Grandpa continued to stay in the two bedroom apartment with care from Reuben.Anabelle made it a part of her routine to check on grandpa Roland every morning before going to work and of course with some items.Grandpa was always happy to see her.Reuben had also made it his routine to get lunch for Anabelle every day at her workplace.In the evenings, both Reuben and Anabelle would be at grandpa's house and would have dinner like a family.The bond between Reuben and Anabelle grew stronger with each passing day.The two became so fond of each other that they could not stay a day without seeing or hearing from each other.One evening, on closing from work, Reuben invited Anabelle over to dinner.She called Anabelle on the phone and it was answered on the first ring.“ Hello Anabelle, good evening, closed from work yet?” Reuben greeted as she answered the call.“ Yep, just about to leave the office. Think we're gonna meet at Grand