Mary and Roland just had to wait for the day to be over so they could go back home. The tension and uncomfortable feeling they were getting was too much and they could not take it anymore. It was though the ground would open for them to enter, bit it did not. Lisa was treated like royalty everywhere she went to and since she was with Peter now, it commanded the same respect for him. "What is she seeing in him?" Roland asked himself as he drove back home with Mary in the front seat. Mary was not short of thought herself. "What did he do to deserve her acceptance?" She asked herself as she was also confused. She did not know what on earth would make a woman so sophisticated, a hundred times more sophisticated than her to stop to Peter's level. Mary and Roland were both quiet through out the drive to the house. Both hand their minds filled up. Roland had been crushing on Lisa since back in the days. He several times made attempts to impress her, but as was never impressed.
Lisa's mother had died a while ago. Peter came across it over the news when it happened, but hadn't discussed it with her yet. He was so concerned to see her cry like that after mentioning her mother. "My mother was the best woman in the world." She said. "While dad was busy with work and all, she would stay home with my and my brother. We were little at that time. " She told him. "She would do all the sweet things and try to make sure we were okay. She always brought us here. This was her favourite restaurant." She said. The next couple of words followed slow laughter. "She said they always got their apple pies and natural soda right.""When we got home, she would try to replicate the pie with their pies, but she could never." She added. "Her pies were great, no doubt, but there was something about this place pie. Their pie was just unique. I even tried to do mine, but it never beat it." She said. "My mom died in an accident many years ago. It made me very lonely. I had to join
Peter woke up early the next morning. When he got out of the house, he saw that the whole place was busy. Everyone was awake, preparing for the return of Mr. Thompson. He walked through the hall way an met Lisa when he entered the kitchen. Lisa was with the maids, cooking. She saw him come in and become excited. "Good morning Peter. " She greeted him gleefully. "Good morning. " He said to her. He was also glad to see her. She walked up to him. "Why didn't you wake me up early to join in the preparation?" He asked her. "I did not want to disturb you. Besides, we have everything covered here." She replied him. "Does not matter." He replied. "I would still like to help." He said to her. "Well, you can come work here with us in the kitchen." She said to him. Peter let out a laugh. He found it hilarious. There was more manly things to do, but she wanted him to do that one. "Well, it is what I did when I was at home with my ex wife." He said to himself. "It's nothing I can't handl
Thompson was now very upset that his daughter was living in his house with a guy, a guy he knew. Nothing of. Little did he know that this was the man that saved his life. His son and brother did not bother to tell him either. They wanted to see violence play out instead of peace. They did not like him and so they wanted him out of the house. At home. Everything was done and they were ready to welcome Thompson back home. They had all lined up and laid red carpets for him to walk on when he got home. Peter was the last person to be outside. He spent a lot of time freshening up after the preparation. He was scared about going out and wanted to spend the rest of the day inside, but had to toughen up as a man and go outside. "I have seen worse things before." He said to himself. "How bad could these ones possibly be?" He comforted himself with those words before heading outside. Outside, he walked straight to Lisa. She looked at him with a smile on her face. "I thought you were go
Thompson already had a bad impression about the man he saw. He thought to himself that Peter was trying to take advantage of his daughter or something. He was going for absolute confrontation. He would also caution his daughter, but first, he had to deal with the rascal he just saw. As he walked to Peter, his daughter and other followed him. Joel was laughing within him because he would enjoy the drama that was about to go off. "What are you?!" Thompson asked Peter with a thundering voice on reaching. This made Peter more afraid that he had ever been. "The man who saved you dad." Lisa stepped in and said with a smile. "The man who saved me?" Thompson said. He was confused. "Good morning sir." Peter quickly greeted with a trembling voice. Thompson was not really interested in the greeting at this point. He wanted to know who Peter was. "The person the doctor said magically healed you, this is him." Lisa further explained to her father. The father finally got it. "You are the o
Thompson and his family went along to eat at the dining. Peter was not there because it was only for family and he was not part of the family, at least not yet. He was in his room, getting prepared for what would be a serious conversation between him and Thompson. He knew it would come to that sooner or later. He had to be prepared. Thompson was a very cautious man though. He knew when to bring issues up and when not to. Even if Peter healed him, Peter's relationship with his daughter bothered him. He however was not the type that would bring it up on the dining table. This was a happy moment and it had to be kept that way. They chatted and talked about all sorts of things while they ate. From work to fun stuffs and everything that happened while he was away. It was after eating and retiring to his room that he called for his daughter. She went into the room to meet him. "How are you feeling? " She asked her father when she got in. "As jumpy as a ten year old boy." Her fathe
Peter and Mr. Thompson engaged in an interesting conversation. Mr. Thompson was very impressed by his vast business idea. "I know the position I will give to you. It will.be announced my work welcome back party. " He told Peter. Peter was now excited. He did not know what it would be, bit he know it would be definitely better than what he did when he was with his ex wife. When Mr. Thompson came out and saw Lisa, he said to her. "That is a good man you have found there, hold him tight." This made Lisa smile uncontrollably. The news about his welcome party soon reached the corners of the country. No one really knew he was sick, but they all knew he was not active at work for some reasons. Now that he was back, they hosted welcome back party for him. The party was going to be big. Politicians, and business men were invited. It was compulsory for all the CEO and directors of the companies under him to attend. What this meant was that Mary and Roland would have to attend the party
She had a plan that night and it was to destroy Peter's reputation before the president of all companies. After the guards helped Lisa and Peter evade the paparazzi, they went inside. The jaws of everyone who knew Peter dropped as he stepped in in so much glamour. Mary and Roland were surprised to see him. He looked good the last time they saw him, but he did not look this good. They had to go quiet and look at him with their hearts as heavy as though the whole world was above them. Vivian took her seat with Thompson. Thompson had to excuse himself for a moment to make a speech. He went up to the podium. "Thank you everyone." He said to the crowd. "Thank you all for coming to my welcome back party." He added. "I have been away for a while due to some unfortunate circumstances." He said to the crowd. "Now, I am back. Resuming full duties at the companies." He landed in his speech. "You all should have fun and enjoy yourselves." He added before leaving. This made the people