“Are you
surprised?”
She
stayed mute.
“Am I
not talking to you? I demand an answer.”
“Yes I
am surprised.” she answered him.
“I want
you to sit down and eat with me. Is that too much for me to ask you?”
“No
sir.” she in a soften tone.
“I will
be mad at you if you call me sir again.”
“But
there’s only one chair in your room and you are sitting on it.”
He stood
up instantly. “Sit now.”
She
walked to the chair and sat gently like an innocent child. Hector went to his
door and opened it. He left and came back with a plastic chair he put down
opposite her. Renee quickly uplifted.
“Sit
down there!” Hector uttered. “I did not bring this chair for you.” She sat down
back on his leather chair. Hector walked to his door and locked it with his
key.
Hector
gazed into her eyes and winked at her. “Relax your mind,” he said. “You are
save here. I won’t bite you.”
She
positioned her head down not to look at him. His eyes terrorized her inside and
she prayed deep in her heart not to have a skin contact with him. Hector sat
down and gave her the fork placed on the tray and he took the spoon. He began
to eat. Renee eyes went to him.
“Are you
going to watch me eat?” he asked her with a smile on his lips.
She had
no answer and quickly removed her glare from him. She joined him to eat.
“Tell me
about you.” he said to her after he ate a little.
“Are you
not going to work?” she asked.
He
swallowed his food before he replied. “Do you want me to go to work and leave
you?”
“That’s
th..not wh…at I mean.” she stammered.
“What do
you mean?”
“Is not
that I want you to…”
“I need
a yes or a no. Don’t beat around the bush.”
“No.”
He
smiled extensively. “Good girl. Now tell me about you.”
“There’s
nothing really to say about me.”
“I was
told your mother is a widow, what happened to your father?”
Her fell
face and he noticed. “Oh I’m sorry. There’s no problem if you don’t want to
talk about him.”
“I never knew him.”
“I am sorry about that. I
heard you are a graduate of Business Administration.”
“Yes.”
“What
are your plans? Do you want to look after my father for the rest of your life?”
“No. I
tried hard to get a job in the past but it was unsuccessful. I know after this
place I will save some money, get another job and work towards having my own restaurant
in the future.”
“I can
give you a job at my restaurant close to my office. You can manage the place
for a start.”
Renee
shook her head. “No sir.”
Hector
frowned at her.
“I’m
sorry,” she apologized sharply with the look on his fetching face.
“Will
you work there?” he asked.
“No. I
want to continue to look after your father until he gets well.” Her face
changed instantly and she rose up on her feet.
“Where
do you think you are going to?”
“I need
to check on your father. Everyone might be wondering where I am?”
Hillary knocked on his door and tampered with the handle to open it.
“Hector,” she called his name. “Why did you lock your door and do you know where
Renee is?”
Renee
began to fidget.
He
stared at her. “You better stop shaking.” He sauntered to his door and opened
it.
“Have
you seen…?” Hillary halted to finish her statement at the sight of Renee
standing close to Hector. She pointed at her. “What are you doing here?”
Hector
spoke. “She was doing something for me.”
“But why
did you lock your door?”
He gave
her only a stare.
Hillary
turned to Renee. “You can go.”
“I am
not done with her.” he said.
“But dad
is calling her.”
He tightened
his face and faced her. “You can go now.”
Renee
walked out from his room very fast.
“Why did
you lock the door?”
“How
does that affect you?” he asked and walked to his bed, took his jacket, and
wore it.
“I am
not suspicious because she’s not your type. Did you threaten her like the way
you did with Ebube?”
He
chuckled. “I have never locked my room to threaten Ebube.”
“I know
but what do you expect me to say?”
“I
expect you to shut your trap and get busy with a job.” Hector said to her. “You
are dressed up already on a Tuesday morning to go where?”
“Please
don’t insult me.”
“If you
don’t want me to continue to tell you the truth, mind your damn business in
this house and be useful to yourself. Inform Ebube to tidy up where I ate.” Hector
walked out on her and went to his father’s room. He smiled at Renee as their
eyes shot at each other. He knew she was the one for him and nothing was going
to stop him from having her. His father noticed his stare and cleared his throat to alert him.
“Father
how was your night?”
“You are
just asking me now?”
“I’m
sorry, my mind was somewhere else.”
He
grinned at his son. “Why haven’t you gone to work?”
“I
should be on my way now. Can I borrow Renee from you for few seconds?”
Mr.
Henshaw’s left eyebrow rose. “For what?”
“There
is something I want her to do for me.”
He
agreed and Renee followed Hector outside to his car. He turned to face her. “I
want you to remain here when I get back from the office.”
“But I
might have been through with your dad.”
“I don’t
care. Stay with your mother.”
“What if
my mother has finished before…?”
“Remain
in my house until I get back.” Hector said authoritatively. “I want to see
you before you go home.”
“But you
can’t just tell me to wait for you when my mom and I are through for the day?”
“I can
tell you anything and you will obey.” Hector opened his car door, entered
inside and turned on the ignition. The gateman opened the gate.
Renee
took a deep breath. She felt save in his presence and she did not want
him to leave her sight.
“I will
see you later.” he said and drove away.
Joyfulness
took over her. Renee blushed hard and went inside. All through they were
together, Mrs. Henshaw was looking at the both of them through one of the
living room windows. She wondered what are son was discussing with her cook’s
daughter. What troubled her mind was the smile plastered on his lips all
through their conversation.
******
(HECTOR)
Renee, the happiness that I have
found in you unexpectedly is exciting, for me to have seen you in my house
means we are destined to be together. Nothing on earth can stop me from having you.
We are going to be together forever, I promise myself. I am thrilled to see
your face again. I smile hard just the thought of you. I know when I have
passion or adoration for something, I stay addicted to it, I never want to let
go. Renee you are my addiction and you are going to stay by my side even if it
means dragging and forcing you. The happiness I felt for the short moment I spent
with you was thrilling. If I spend eternity with you, it will be marvelous and
spectacular.
******
Hector
drove down to his company and arranged another meeting the next day. He called
Hope to ask how she was doing and when she was actually travelling. Hope asked
if he had hit a jackpot with the enthusiasm in his voice. He laughed it off,
saying he was just happy and when she comes back from her trip, he would let
her know about something important.
He
assessed his files, called the car dealer who informed him of supplying him the
cars in few days. He did his necessary operations in the office and ate little
for lunch. He was on his way back to his office from the eatery when his phone
rang. He glanced at it and he frowned immediately.
“Hello
Melissa.” he said after he picked her call.
“What is
going on Hector,” she asked. “I have been expecting your call.”
“Why?”
“What
kind of a question is that?” she asked in an angry tone. “We had an agreement to
see me today. Have you forgotten so soon?”
“Oh I
forgot.”
“When
did you start forgetting to make love to me?”
Make
love? He asked himself and shook his head.
“I
totally forgot.” Hector said.
“Are you
coming to pick me up at the office?”
“I have
an important meeting to attend now.” he lied.
She
hissed over the phone. “Are you trying to save me for our wedding night?”
“Melissa
I said I have a meeting, I am very busy.”
“Anyways,
I sent my P.A to your office not too long ago.”
His
eyebrows cocked. “What happened?”
“Nothing,”
Melissa said. “He dropped the bill of most of the things I purchased for our wedding.
You are to pay the money to the bank accounts written on the sheet. He gave it
to your secretary.”
“When is
the deadline for me to pay the bills?”
“A
week.” she replied.
“Okay.”
“When
will I see you? I really miss you.”
“I will
call you later.” Hector ended her call.
******
(RENEE)
Hector you are the love of my
life. There is no one of earth that can me otherwise. I feel so alive and
peaceful when I stayed by your side. The way you looked and smiled at me sent
waves and stimulating sensitivity into me. I do not have anything but true and
undying love for you. I will be yours forever. I will remain loyal and obedient
to you. You might be powerful over me, controlling but it has to be to an
extent. I admit I might fall for you, be submissive but I will never be a fool
for love.
******
“Are you
okay Renee?” Mrs. Alice asked her daughter in the kitchen after preparing
dinner.
“Yes
Mom. Why are you asking me such a question?”
“You
have been smiling to yourself throughout the day. What is going on?”
“Nothing
mom.” she said with a faint smile on her lips.
“For you
to say nothing means there is something that is making you to smile.”
Renee
sighed and peeped round to see if anyone was coming towards them but she saw no
one. She moved very close to her mother and whispered. “Tell me you will not
freak out or shout if I tell you something?”
“I will
not freak out or shout, remember we are not at home.”
She
spilled everything to her mother.
Mrs.
Alice stared at her daughter with her eyes and mouth opened.
“Mom say
something.”
She
swallowed. “Are you playing with me?”
“No.”
she answered. “It’s the truth.”
“No
wonder you were shaking in the kitchen when you went to give Hector his food. I thought the reason you did not come to the kitchen on time was because you were in Mr. Henshaw’s room doing something, I never knew you
were in Hector’s room.”
Renee giggled.
Her
mother’s facial expression transformed into a sad one.
“What is
it mom?” she asked her in a bothered tone.
“He will
hurt you.”
“Mom you
have started again.”
She
placed her hand on Renee’s left shoulder. “You are my only child and I will
never do or say anything that will hurt you. Hector is a very handsome and
wealthy man and you are just a cook’s daughter. I don’t want anyone to break
your heart.”
“Mom he
will not.”
“Don’t
talk like that Kemi.” she called her other name.
“You
call me Kemi when you are very serious with me.”
“That’s
because I am telling you the truth, I do not want him to deceive you. I saw a
woman with him when I went to his office to give him lunch.”
“Do you
know the woman?”
She
shook her head. “No but I think they have something together. She was
disrespectful to me and Hector apologized on her behalf.”
“Maybe
they are business partners’ mom.”
“You
can’t conclude like that until you ask him.”
Renee
widened her eyes. “You want me to ask him?”
“Are you
scared of asking him?”
“No.”
she replied. “But if he has someone he won’t be interested in me.”
“I don’t
want you to get hurt my daughter.”
“I will
not get my heart broken,” she said to her mother. “I don’t know why I have this
feeling he will never break my heart. I believe in Hector.”
******
When
Hector arrived at his office, he did not bother to check the content of the big
envelope his secretary gave to him. He did not stay long and left before his
closing time. He cursed himself for not collecting Renee’s number to hear her
voice and check how she was doing. He called Hillary who informed him she and
their mom went out to distribute the aso ebi to some invitees. Hector hissed at
her before cutting the call.
He
arrived home and Ebube met him at the doorstep.
“Where
is Renee?” he asked after she greeted him.
“She is in your father’s room sir.”
He
walked passed her to check on his dad and the woman he loved. Hector knocked
and walked in to see Renee giving his father a glass of water to take his
drugs. A graceful smile splashed on his lips as he stared at her.
He glanced at his father. “Good evening dad.”
“Good
evening my son. How was your day?”
“Good.”
“Good
evening sir.” Renee greeted him but he bluffed her off by not answering.
“I want
you to see me immediately you finish with my dad. I want you to do something
for me.”
She
swallowed. “Yes sir.”
Hector
excused himself and went to his room. After Renee was through for the day, she
left to Hector’s room. She knocked on his door and he informed her to open it.
Hector
came out from his bathroom with only a white towel round his waist.
Renee
gasped at the sight of his tone abs, fresh and spotless body. She turned to face the door.
“Stop
there!” he barked and sat down on his bed. “Where do you think you are going
to?”
She was
breathing very fast and he could hear her.
“Turn
towards me Renee.” he said calmly.
She
continued to face the door. She closed her eyes and prayed deep in her heart he
should not come close to her. She would be helpless and weak if a single finger mistakenly touched her.
“Do you
want me to turn you myself?”
She
opened her eyes and turned towards his direction sharply.
His lips
curved into a deep smile. “You always make me smile Renee and for that I will
never make you cry. I am not going to come close to you because if I do, I do
not know what will happen next. I want to ask you a question but first I must
warn you never to call me sir again because if you do, your mother’s job will
be at stake. Don’t disobey me again.”
“I
won’t.”
“Good. You
should know something about me, I am never scared to say what I want and what I
want is you. I have never felt like this before and that is why I have to see
you every day. I want you and your mother to live here with us. I will look for
something to tell my mother for her to agree, as for my father, he will not
have any problem with it.”
“You
don’t want to tell your mother the truth about me?” she asked surprised. “You
don’t want to tell her the reason you want us to stay here?”
“Do you
want me to tell her?”
“My
mother and I will lose our jobs!”
“I will
give you and your mother your jobs back.”
“It will
be complicated. I see no reason for us to stay here. ”
“I don’t
want you to see any reason.” Hector said. “I want to be able to wake up in the
morning to see you and also at night before I go to bed.”
A smile formed
around her lips as their eyes romanced each other. Her enticing eyes invited
him.
“Do you
want me to come over to you?” he asked.
“No!”
He
appeared amused by her reaction. “You don’t have to shout Renee. I will not
come close to you for now. Do we have a deal?”
“A
deal?” she asked confused.
“About staying
here.”
“I
can’t.”
“Why?”
he asked. “Don’t say no to me.”
“I just
want us to take things slow.”
“Leave
my room.”
She
gazed at him stunned! “What?”
“Open my
door and leave my room.”
“But…”
“You are
not going to deprive me of my happiness. If you do not want to live with me in
this house, fine. Leave my room Renee.”
Her eyes
were getting wet. She refused to allow him see her cry. She opened the door and
shut it. Renee went to the visitor’s toilet to weep.
Hector
rose up and walked to pick up his phone on the table. He dialed his friend’s
number.
“Hello
Weyinmi.”
“Hello
chairman.”
“I want
you to do me a favor.”
“Okay.
What is it?”
“I want
you to help me find something.” Hector gave him the details.
******
For
three solid days, Hector did not utter a single word to Renee. Renee would go
home and cry because Hector was not into her anymore. She wanted to apologize
and beg him for forgiveness but there was no room for that, there was no
appropriate time and opportunity for her. He neglected her all through but when
she was not looking at his direction, he stared at her. He had his reasons for
ignoring her and he knew it was for the best. Whenever it was time for Renee to
go home with her mother, he was always very angry.
“You
have been keeping to yourself for some days now, what’s going on?” Hillary
asked him in the living room.
“Leave
me alone Hillary.”
“If you
don’t want to tell me, that’s your cup of tea. Melissa is unhappy with you.”
He
looked at her. “Why?”
“You
don’t call her anymore like before and remember your wedding is coming up
soon.”
He was
silent.
“Won’t
you say anything?”
Hector
touched his fore head and signed tiredly.
“Hector,
are you okay?”
“No.”
“What is
it?” she asked him curiously.
“Nothing.”
he replied. “Has Hope travelled?”
“Yes.”
“Let me
know when you are going to visit Peter.”
“I don’t
think I will visit him again,” she said intensely. “Hope called me before she
travelled yesterday that she will be spending only three days in France.”
“That’s
better,” he said. “I really need to see her.”
“For
what?”
He got
up on his feet and plodded away.
******
Hector
left the house very early on Saturday morning for the cars arrival and he had
others things to take care of. Renee anxiously waited for him to come back home
but he did not. Around five in the evening, a neighbor of Mrs. Alice called her
that she should rush home. The cook panicked and informed her boss and they
allowed her and Renee leave. They got the shock of their life when they reached
their house. Hefty men were packing things from their home. Renee’s mother ran
inside the house.
“What’s
going on?” Renee asked in a confused state.
A tall
black man holding some documents answered her. “I am the lawyer of the owner of
this house and I am sorry you no longer live here anymore.”
“Why?”
He gave
her a fat envelope and she took it to check inside. ”That is the money your
mother paid for the house.”
“This is
unacceptable!” she threw the envelope at him. “My mother and I will not be
intimidated.”
Mrs.
Alice came out shedding tears. “I don’t understand what is going on, Renee what
do we do?”
“Mom
relax your mind, I will sort things out.”
A woman
came to console Mrs. Alice.
Renee
turned to face the black man. “Can you explain what is going on?”
“The
house has been sold and the new owner wants the occupants out of here.”
“Where
do we sleep tonight? Can’t you give us some time to sort ourselves out?”
“No but
you can talk to the new landlord about it.”
She
sniffed her nose. “Where is he?”
“Check outside
the compound, he parked his car there.”
“Please
what he’s name?”
“Mr. Hector
Ebuka Henshaw.”
Shock swamped
over her. She hiked to meet him in fury and saw Hector seated inside his car,
pressing his phone.
“What do
you think you are doing to me?”
He
glanced at her. “I am not doing anything bad to you. Let’s go home.”
“I am not
going with you, even if it means sleeping in my mother’s shop, I will not enter
your car.”
He cackled
mildly. “When last did you and your mother go to that shop after you got a job
in my house?”
“Hector
what did you do?”
“I
bought the land. You and your mother have no right to step on it as from today.
You will be arrested if you lay your feet on my property.”
“Why are
you doing this?”
“I just
want to see you every day and spend more time with you. I want you very close
to me.”
She loved
what he was doing but still annoyed at him. She was happy he still loved her
despite bluffing her for days.
“I
forgot to ask you,” he said. “I hope you don’t have a boyfriend?”
“Yes I do.”
she said it to spite him.
He handed
over his phone to her and she collected it.
“Why are
you giving me your phone?” she asked puzzled at him.
“I want
you to call your so called imaginary boyfriend and break up with him in my
presence.”
“You are
so full of yourself.”
He
grinned. “Don’t you like it?”
Renee
gave him his phone back, walked over to open the passenger’s door, and banged
it hard after she entered and sat down.
“You can
break my door if you like, I will buy another one.”
She
folded her hands, breathing hard.
“What
about your mother?”
“You
have to go explain to her first before she can follow us home.”
“So you
have agreed to follow me home?”
“Yes.”
Hector beamed.
“Good girl.” he said delightedly to her. “We are going to make a perfect
couple.”
To be
continued… on Wednesday!
This kind love no follow oooo. He is so authoritative. Well-done Carina.
ReplyDeleteWednesday lounloun.... hector is as proud as fcuk!! Bt I still love him nd Renee...
ReplyDeleteKudos Carina
Ck, you are a well doer. Thumbs up to you..
ReplyDeleteHector is so full of himself like kilode... It's so irritating.
I feel the problem is going to be from Melissa and His mum (issues concerning class I guess).
Hector's love is controlling, possessive and choking. His type won't allow u have male friends. His Jealousy would be so out of this world.
ReplyDeleteOh no Wednesday ! FaR O
ReplyDeleteHector's love is controlling, possessive and choking. His type won't allow u have male friends. His Jealousy would be so out of this world.
ReplyDeleteCk, you are a well doer. Thumbs up to you..
ReplyDeleteHector is so full of himself like kilode... It's so irritating.
I feel the problem is going to be from Melissa and His mum (issues concerning class I guess).
Awwwwwww....*tightly hugs you for this long and interesting piece*
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Lol @ to be continued on wednesday before we start shouting for anoda episode,I really didn't want the story to finish mehn,l love ds story,kudos babes
ReplyDeleteWednesday ke? Faints!
ReplyDeleteLovely. Still waiting for the ghen Ghen moment. Lol
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Wednesday ke,abeg ck.....next episode ooh,hector is so proud and authoritative.
ReplyDeleteJesus.....
ReplyDelete.why Wednesday...
Wednesday is too far o,,it's good u told us when next ull be posting so we don't keep refreshing the page,, this kinda love ehn,, I hope Renee calms him down o
ReplyDeletestill fastening ma seat belt, if u like make it friday or even saturday sef, no wahala i dey well well.
ReplyDeletebeautiful storyline, more power to your elbow!!!
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