“How do you like your new clothes?” Richardson asked immediately he exited the store. Mary jumped around in excitement at all the new things she had acquired.“Minus the hits I got, I love this shopping experience,” she said with a huge smile on her face. She looked at Richardson with a different light in her eyes. He had saved her from further embarrassment at the store. It would have been easy to abandon her and leave until the cops arrived to pick her up, but he hadn’t done that, instead he had defended her, slapping the guards who had tried manhandling her. He was more than a friend; he had acted like a god to her, saving her from the clutches of the evil store attendants.“Alright,” he sighed, tapping on the key to open the car. “Let’s pack this into the car and get out of here.”She nodded to what had been said, carrying some of the bags which were littered on the ground into the car with his help. After a few minutes of continuous packing, they finally finished, standing bac
Richardson looked around the room to see her clothes still on the floor by the door. “I guess they didn’t know where to keep the clothes and how to sort them,” he noted, going to the door to get some of the boxes to the wardrobe. “Do you need those?”He had a finger pointed to the hospital clothes she had gotten with her.“Do you want me to get rid of it?” she asked with widened eyes.“I mean,” he pointed to the series of new clothes dropped on a couch by the door. “You do have new clothes to wear and if those are not enough for you, we could always get more.”The way he said it with an air of confidence and authority made her know she was not dealing with a nobody.“I see you are settling in quite well,” someone said at the door as they both turned to see Damien standing there with his arms folded. He must have come back from a meeting for Richardson could see his signature dark blue suit on him.“Grandfather,” he smiled, walking to the old man. “How long did you stand there for?”
Jennie paced around the hospital ward where she was having her break impatiently as she had a lot on her mind.It had all been because of Richardson’s new behavior. He had been keeping his distance from her lately and she couldn’t help but wonder if their last date had gone horribly wrong for him to behave in such a manner.She had seen him frequently around the hospital but not once had he come to see her. He had always shown up at the hospital for that amnesia girl, Mary, and it angered her to her bones.Was she not equally important to him? she thought to herself as she paced around the room. Was she just a waste of time to him?For days since Mary’s discharge, he had not shown up at the hospital anymore. She was starting to feel like the only reason he had ever shown up at the hospital was to visit the accident prone girl whom she was beginning to dislike for taking his attention away from her.She liked when she was the center of his attraction. She liked the walks, dinner dates
Turning around, she found Richardson standing by the counter looking as handsome as ever. She instinctively checked her watch to find out it was some minutes to nine. He had arrived a bit earlier.He noticed her checking her watch and decided to clear himself, “I had nothing I was doing home so I decided to come on time.”She nodded. “Let me drop these real quick and change then we’ll be gone within minutes.”“”Alright,” he agreed, going to a chair to sit in. He watched her go while patients waltzed around the hospital with their various families and friends. Within minutes, she was out, dressed in a mini gown with her hair hastily done.“Alright,” she said out of breath. “Shall we?”He looked her over getting the scent of a perfume. She had also had her bath. Not bad he thought.“Sure,” he said, taking her by the hand as they walked out of the hospital and into the car park where his car was parked.They got into it and with a push of a button he brought the car to life cruising dow
She watched him with interest as they walked out of the club. She was very certain that he was going to take her to his home. It was right, for he had taken Mary, a complete stranger, to his home, why would he not do the same to her?They entered his car and he roared it to life, swerving through the dark alleyway to join the traffic. From time to time, she would steal glances at him while admiring his face and body. He was an attractive man, there was no doubt about it. The confidence he exuded was something which she wanted around her.Within minutes, they arrived at the gate of a hotel which she had passed by a couple of times.“Why are we here?” she asked, looking around to see cars leaving the hotel grounds.He looked at her briefly before turning away. The silent treatment, she thought to herself. She had expected him to take her to his house for the night but instead he had taken her to a hotel. Jennie would have preferred accompanying him home to see where he lived but she
“Here we are,” Jennie announced five minutes after they had left the hospital, rounding a street to get into a store which stood majestically above others.“Are you sure… we can afford this place?” the woman said with a skeptical look on her face as she followed her daughter into the store.“Don’t worry mother. I’ve got this,” Jennie smiled, heading straight for the receptionist who stood behind a desk.“Welcome miss, how may I be of service?” the lady behind the desk said with a wide smile.“Vase,” she answered bluntly. “We are just here for the vase. So if you could kindly point us to the section, we will really appreciate it.”“Alright, it is down the hall to your left. The last room there,” the woman directed, getting the two customers to start their journey.Jennie’s mother was impressed by how expensive the store was, however, Jennie had seen better due to her various outings with Richardson so she was not that impressed.“I think this is it,” Jennie said getting into a room wit
I’m not even sure we’re dating.”“Then what are you both doing? Sleeping around? Fucking? What new term do you youngsters call it these days?!”“Mum, be subtle,” Jennie whispered with a snap. She looked around the room before giving a silent prayer of thanks to God for not letting anyone hear their conversations. “These things I’m sure take time. He might have his reasons.”“Sure he does,” the woman laughed mockingly. “A random stranger he doesn’t know can stay at his place but a woman who has been by his side as a friend and a lover cannot. I can see his reasons even more clearly now.”“You can?”“Of course I can. You’re his whore,” the woman heaved, settling deeper into the couch. “You are at his beck and call. When he needed you to go to that gathering with him, you were there.”“Mum…”“Let me finish,” she said, raising her hand up. “When he needed someone to talk to, you were there. Now all you’re asking for is to see where he lives and be his girlfriend and he hasn’t agreed.”The
Jennie could see that they were not rich enough to contend with her and she was ready to make them pay for what they had said to her.How could they say those words to her and think they could get away scot-free.“What?” Alice started with a hand on her waist. “Are you dumb too?”“Okay that’s enough stupid,” she retorted, ready to face them. “If you’re so high and mighty, why are you here?”The couple looked at each other before facing her.“W-we… it’s none of your business,” Michael defended his motive for being at the store. “Besides, shouldn’t you be somewhere sucking up to another man because you’re a whore?”This statement fired Jennie up. She was ready to release her inner demons.“Aren’t you the idiot who got escorted out of that party by security for being a nuisance?” she laughed mockingly, getting the man to recoil in shock. A memory he had tried to forget was being brought back by the woman. How dare she go so low?“I understand that you were a very big disturbance at the