PROTECTED BY BLESSING EARNEST

Meet justice maxwells, borderline OCD, likes to
keep everything and everyone in line, wealthy,
handsome and a big catch but there’s a
problem he’s a snob.
Meet Emilia ‘magic’ obi, she is a confirmed
village girl who needs protection after
withnessing a murder.
When the both of them are thrown together,
what will happen and whom will kill whom first.
*This novel is not a continuation of The
Homecoming, it’s a stand alone but if you
wanna read The Homecoming first, have at it,
promise it will be worth you while*
Welcome to the Maxwells house
Protected – Episode 1
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“Emily get up you will be late for the market”
I sigh, I have been awake for the better part of
the night, it’s just past five and I need to go to
the market, sigh.
“Emily, wake up”
“Anti, am awake, just give me 5 minutes”
“You don’t have 5 minutes, if the bus leaves
you, market for today will be cancelled”
I sigh as I stand from my narrow bed, it’s not
as if I don’t want to go, am just so tired, I got
beaten by the rain yesterday, my bones ache .
I stand up and don’t bother bathing, it will be
useless, I braid my long hair and tie it into a
chignon, the onitsha market is not a place for
long hair.
I make my way out and see my aunt’s husband
sitting by the TV, this morning he is already
smoking, and inside the house at that.
“Good morning, brother”.
He looks up at me, the way he does makes me
feel dirty, I don’t like this man, one bit.
“Good morning Emily, how was your night?”
He asks this while blowing smoke into the air, it
takes all I have not to gag, I hate cigarettes.
“It was fine thank you,”
I bend in front of the chair to find my bag, I
think I threw it here sometime yesterday night,
i see it wedged between two chairs and I grab
it, I stand and glance at my uncle to see him
lick his lips while staring at my backside.
I hate this man, he is a pervert.
Amjust 19 and that does not seem to bother
him, it also does not bother him that I am his
wife’s sister, no, he makes passes at me
anytime he can.
Brushes against me in a way that is not
necessarily bad but makes me uncomfortable,
he doesn’t do all this in front of his wife, he
saves his best attitude for her.
I can’t wait to leave this house, when I do, am
never coming back.
My aunty is not much better, she hits me
anytime she can, she hates me, I don’t know
why, its not as if I asked for this.
I have asked a million times where my parents
are but I don’t get any answers, i have no clue,
I just have to bear this existence untill I have
enough money to get me out of here.
I plan to go to Lagos and learn fashion
designing, I have my waec certificate, when I
make lot of money, I will go to university, it is
my dream..
I exit the sitting room and walk to the kitchen to
get my basket of bananas, I sell bananas at
onitsha market to travellers, on a good day, I
can get about a thousand naira as gain .
I don’t bother tell them that I am leaving since
they won’t care, I walk to kelechi’s compound.
Kelechi is my best friend, her father drives a
bus to the main market every day, I get a ride
with them.
When I get there, I see her loading the bus
with bread, she sells bread, they have a local
bakery, they are kind of rich.
“Chi, good morning”
“Good morning Emily, come and help me”
I sigh,I am tired of telling everyone that my
name is not Emily but Emilia, they have killed
the name so much,my aunty calls me, Emile,
she is even worse.
I help her load her bread and she turns to me.
“Wait here I have to go get my apron, ok?”
She leaves, Hey, I didn’t carry my own, thank
God I remembered, the sun is just rising, when
she returns I tell her to help me watch my
basket that I just want to go inside to get my
apron .
“Be fast o, papa will leave soon, he is just
eating”
I shake my head, kelechi’s dad is always
eating, his stomach is so big that I can sit on it
and my leg will not touch the ground.
I giggle at my mischievous thoughts, I make
my way into the house but stop short when I
hear my aunty and uncle whispering.
Why are they whispering, no one is inside with
them, I stop, not making my presence known, I
listen.
“We just have to sell her to the people, you
know we need the money for us to travel
to abroad”
That was my uncle, sell who? Are they talking
about me?
“Are you sure they won’t harm her?, They
might be ritualists, we should just marry her to
okoro, he is willing to pay us more money”
That was my aunty, sell me?, Marry me? She
is saying it so cruelly, as if I should thank her
that she didn’t kill me herself.
“No, na, people will think we are wicked, let’s
just sell her, we will tell them she ran away with
a boy, that’s better”
I can’t see them, but am sure my aunty is
nodding, I make my way out quietly and go
back to kelechi’s compound.
“Madam be fast, papa wants to leave”
She calls in a kind but exasperated voice, I
don’t reply, am too numb with shock.
“Where is your apron?, You sef, you forgot
what made you go back home”
I don’t respond and she frowns.
“Magic, are you ok?”
My middle name is magic, only kelechi calls
me that.
I open my mouth but her father approaches us
and I shut up,
“later”
I mutter, she nods.
I climb into the bus and look forward, today’s
Discovery has made me realize one thing.
Am never coming back to this house again.
Am going to run away.

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“They said what?!”
I shush kelechi as she shouts in outrage.
“They want to sell you, how wicked can this
people be?”
Kelechi is aware of what I go through at home.
It’s about 2 hours after we get to the market, I
have sold most of my bananas, I just told
kelechi what I heard and she is not happy.
“Kele, what do I do?”
“You can’t go back there,that’s for sure”.
I nod but ask
“Where do I go? I don’t have any relative that
I know of ”
She nods, she is quiet for a while, I sell
groundnut to a boy that approaches me, the
market is busy and crowded but I feel like am
alone.
“Ha!, Have got it!”
I turn to kelechi as she exclaims.
“What have you got?”
“You are going to run away”
“I have already decided that”
“You will go to Lagos, the city is big, you can
hide better there”
“Kelechi, lagos? who do I know that lives in
lagsos, I don’t even have enough money”
“Magic, you have about 14 thousand with you
don’t you?”
I nod, I don’t go anywhere without my money
stash.
“And also the money from these bananas cost
about 6 thousand, you will take that also, I
mean, they deserve it”.
I nod, she countinues .
“I will give you my 10 thousand for my bread,
you will go to Lagos, I will give you the phone
number of one of my boyfriend, you will stay
with him untill you can rent your own house”
I shake my head no,
“Kele, your father will kill you, what will you say
happen to the money”
“Oh don’t worry, I will tell him that some of the
customers have not yet paid, in a week time I
should be able to replace the money”
I nod,. “But how sure are we that your
boyfriend will be at the address?”
“He will, I was supposed to go see him next
month remember?, You can stay with him for a
while, you will get settled and you will move
out, simple”.


Kelechi is making this sound so easy but I
know it’s not, and besides, what other option
do i have?
She squeezes some naira note into my hands,
I don’t look at it but I know it’s a lot of money ..
“In fact, take my purse, put the money inside,
be careful, I hear they use to steal in Lagos.”
How am I going to repay this girl?
“Kele…”
“Ehn ehn, none of that, let me just find a piece
t paper so I can write down Andrew’s address”
Andrew must be the boy Friend, I nod, she
leaves for a while and come back with a piece
of paper and a phone.
“What’s that?”. I ask her?
“Have you never seen a phone in your life?,
Bernard over there gave it to me, I want you to
have it”.
I feel tears rush to my eyes.
“Kele..”.
“Ehn ehn, don’t thank me yet, this is andrews
address, I will give him a call and tell him to
expect you, you have to leave now”.
I sigh
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. “kele, do you think this is wise?”.
“Yes I do, now stand, let’s find some bend
down select clothes for you to buy”
“What are you going to tell my aunty”
“Am going to spit on her and scratch out her
eyes if she so much as look at me wrong”
I trust kelechi, she can do that.
********
We get to the bus station and it’s almost noon,
I have a Ghana must go full of clothes we
bought at some cheap rate, it on top my head,
kelechi has gone to pay for my ticket.
I wait around, she arrives .
“Here, this is your ticket, don’t loose it, when
you get to Lagos call me, I programmed my
number into your phone, ”
I nod, feeling overwhelmed.
“Make sure you call me, eat good food, work,
find a place to learn your fashion designing,
ok?”
I nod again.
“Kele….”
“No don’t thank me yet magic, Don’t, I know
you will be a great woman, all am asking is that
you don’t forget me, ok?”
“Never, kelechi, never”
She nods and give me a tight hug, she let’s
me go
“Here, some bananas and bread incase you
get hungry on the bus”
I laugh, just like kele to actually think of that.
“I love you kelechi”.
“Abeg,oyibo film Don spoil you, but I love you
too Emilia”.
Ha!, She said my name correct this time.
The bus driver starts calling passengers on to
the bus, I turn and climb in, I sit at a window
seat and o see kelechi looking at me, I wave,
she waves back, she looks to be holding back
tears, I can’t hold mine, a tear falls.
The bus starts moving, I keep on staring at her
untill the bus pulls away and she becomes a
speck, I noticed that not once did she move
away.
Thank you God, for good friends.
I turn forward in the 18 sitter bus, clutching the
purse kele gave to me.
Lagos here I come.
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Protected – Episode 3

Justice.
“If you look closely sir, you will see that this
year’s profits has greatly increased since we
started the charity scheme.”
I just stare at the scumbag doing the
presentation.
Hell, am bored out of my mind, I hate coming
for presentations, I leave that part of business
to my sister julliet.
But since she has a child and a fiancee I
decided to help.
Good thing I did too, if not I would not have
noticed that this guy and some other A-holes in
the company has been fleecing me.
I run an automobile company, I run a tight
ship, no stray penny gets lost without being
accounted for, this man and his cohorts are in
for a big surprise.
He is trying to bluff his way through the
presentation, hoping I won’t notice that the
company fund reserves has been tempered
with.
I will give him 3 minutes to think he has gotten
away with it before I crush him.
Just because I dropped out of my party and no
longer want to contest for governorship this
year does not mean I have lost my wits, it
means am strategizing.
He opens his mouth to speak but I lift my hand,
he quiets.
“Mr Collins, I am not here to talk about my
charity fund today,”
.
“Oh but sir,…..…”
I lift my hand again, he shuts up.
“We both know you’ve been stealing from the
company, I want those funds returned in an
hour’s time or you and your family will be
leaving under a bridge”.
I can hear some exclamation from the other
suites sitting at the PT but I don’t say anything,
I just stare at scumbag Collins.
He nods, I nod I get up.
“Have a nice day gentlemen”
I pick up my bottle of water and take a
swallow.
Today’s my nephew’s 7th year birthday, I cant
be late.
***********
We got to Lagos at about 7, Jesus, this place
is big, it is also populated.
I step out of the bus, am very scared, have
never been away from home.
Is my aunty finding me? is she scared? Does
she even care??
Am so confused on what to do, I raise the
phone kelechi gave me, how do i even use
this.
Am approached by an haggard looking young
man, am instantly on alert.
“Lady, do you want me to help you carry your
bag to any bus stop?”
I glance at my bag at my feet and am taken
aback by such kindness, people are so kind in
Lagos.



I shake my head no, I don’t really need any
help, I just have to find Andrew’s address.
He walks away to ask someone else and I
realize it’s his job, that he is being paid.
I feel foolish for thinking he was asking out of
kindness.
I look at the phone again and dial Kele’s
number.
“Hey, Emily, are you there yet?”
She is speaking in whispers, am instantly
concerned so I ask what is wrong, I can hear
shouting in the background.
“It’s your aunty, she is here, she thinks, mama
and papa are hiding you”
Just like my aunt to be presumptuous.
“Kele, am so sorry for causing all these
trouble”..
“Don’t bother, it’s alright, I guess you are there
already, good, find Andrew’s and call me when
you do, I was not able to reach……..”
The phone makes a sound and suddenly it
goes off.
Eee, I used it to play games when I was bored
in the car, how do I reach her now?.
I feel suddenly alone, I look around and I see
a cab with taxi sign on top.
I walk to it after dropping my phone in my
ghana-must-go, I will charge when I get to
Andrew’s place.
“Driver, here, am going to this address”
I hand the slip of paper to the driver and he
glances it it.
” Ha, madam this place you are going to is very
far o, we are at mile 2 now and you are going
to ikotun, it’s going to cost you about 5
thousand.”
O my God, that’s a lot of money.
“Oga driver please carry me for 2 thousand na”
He hesitates a bit before asking me to enter,
am glad.
When we get there, I pay him his fare and I get
down. Lagos must have the same landmarks in
different places, I think I saw a statue more
than once.
I approach the gate after asking around for the
house no, the area is dark and looking like it’s
a bad part of town.
I enter and I see a man sitting outside, he
looks to be receiving fresh air.
“Good evening brother”
“Good evening girl, how may I help you?”
“Sir am looking for Andrew, is he around”
“Who are you?”
“Am a friend of his”.
“Well Andrew’s friend, Andrew has traveled not
too long ago, about two hours ago, you missed
him”
The man was speaking but I was no longer
interpreting, Andrew traveled ? How will I
survive?.
I thank him and I make my way out of the
house, it was at that moment I remember I
forgot my ghana-must-go in the taxi drivers
car, my phone and clothes are gone.
This is just too much, I begin to cry, my purse
is with me but for how long? I can see some
guys looking at me like am fresh meat.
I hail a taxi and get in, I ask him to take me
back to the bus park at mile 2.
He smiles kindly at me and I smile back, I
stare out the window.
When we get there I count out 2 thousand from
the money and give to him.
“No my daughter, this is too much, ”
he gives me back 1500 and I realized the first
taxi man cheated me, i shake my head.
Magic, you fool girl.
I walk back and I explain my situation to a
night guard I see there and he nods.
“This is not a place for a lady, but I
understand, you can stay for the night but
tommorow you have to leave.”
I nod, grateful.
I sit on a chair he offered me and I make my
self comfortable as could be.
Well welcome to Lagos magic.
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Protected – Episode 4

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*************************************** The sound of gunshots was the first thing I heard, I jerk awake, i realize I must have slept off, I stand up and am immediately jerked back. “Shh, don’t make any noise, it’s agang war, they will kill anybody they see” Am instantly scared, o my God. “They will leave soon enough when the police shows up, just be quiet”. I nod, this goes on for quite a while, I keep hearing the gunshots, sometimes shouts of Pain . Sometimes people speaking Yoruba. I can’t believe my first night in Lagos and am spending it crouched under a shed with a man that smells like yesterday’s sweat

My life. Soon enough I hear the sound of running foots step coming towards our direction I instantly tense, am going to die! Am too young to die. I feel the security guard beside me tense too. The footsteps pass and I let out a shaky breath. Oh thank God. I spoke too soon because another set of footsteps comes running again but this time they don’t pass, they stop, infact if feels like that are actually coming towards the she’d am in. I muffle my whimper when the tarpaulin is drawn back and a man enters. He is exactly how I will imagine a gangster to be. He looks surprised to see us and immediately points a gun at us. “If you shout I will blow a hole through both of your heads” I nod while lifting my hands in a sign of easy. He nods while still training his gun in us, he cocks his head and seems to be listening for something. He teases when the first set of feet comes back, I don’t know how I know it was the first guys but I just do. “You are sure you didn’t see anyone pass through here” This question is asked by a person outside and I instantly get that the person outside must be a security operative. “Yes boss, no one went through here, Simon took out a guy that passed out back” By took out I think he meant killed, oh sweet Lord. The man before us seems to know this person they took out because he instantly tenses and I know that if it wasn’t dark I would have seen pain flash through his eyes. “Ok, get Jerri and the rest of the guys, today’s operation was a burst, get the cargo and let’s go, the local police will deal with clean up” “Yes boss” The other guy walks away, I don’t know what made him do it, I really don’t. The security guard shouts and calls for the man outside and instantly he is shot in the head, I feel warm blood spray on my face. Jesus. The men outside run towards our shed but gangster has already begin to run away, I cry as I see the security guard is dead. O my God. The tarpaulin is whipped back for the second thing this night but I don’t care, am crying so hard I can’t breath. I look up with tear filled eyes and I see a man staring down at me, it’s then I realized I must have slumped down. When he speaks I don’t understand what he says but I recognize his voice as the one being called boss. “Are you ok miss?” I nod negative still crying. “Did you see the man?” I can’t reply and I realize am gulping in air, I think I will faint. The man kneels down and embraces me. “Shh, little one,shh, it will be fine.” I don’t think it ever will be fine.
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Protected – Episode 5

MAGIC. The man who called himself Justin was talking to someone else, he took me to an office place and I can see many computers, am sure I saw more than one holstered gun. Am curled on a chair with a mug of something hot, well it was hot when it was given to me, now it’s warm, I didn’t bother drinking it, it tasted like Ash to me. I tried to clean most of the blood, it got out but the one on my clothes didn’t, I don’t have a change of clothes so, Am still shaking, a man got killed in front of me, that does not happen in onitsha, I feel so alone. “How are you holding up?” I jerk in shock, the Justin man is standing in front of me, by the way he is staring at me, am sure he has been standing there for a while. I don’t respond I just gaze at the ground. “Hey,” I still don’t respond. He crouches in front of me and touches my leg fir a bit. I still don’t glance up. “If you don’t answer my questions sweetie, we will have to find out where you are from and send you back”. That got through to me, I twitched, he noticed. “If you talk then I can help you, I promise.” I slowly raise my head, he is kneeling in front of me and on a closer look u see he is not that old, maybe 25 at most. “So you wanna tell me?” I nod. “Good, first, what’s your name” I open my mouth to answer but I see some of his co-workers gather round, I tense, the feeling of being watched is not one am used to. The man notices and he tells them to go away, they do so without question and am immediately better, I get the feeling this man is an higher up. “So your name?” “Magic, my name is magic, Magic Emilia obi” I don’t know why I gave him my middle name as my first name but I felt compelled to do so, I want a new
beginning. “Magic, nice name, ok magic, tell me how you got to be in that shed” I shake my head negatively,

I don’t want to relieve that awful moment again. He seems to understand because he nods and smiles gently, he slowly lifts his hand, as if asking for permission, and begins to stroke my hair . I don’t know I have been craving human touch because his touch opens the flood gates of my tears. I tell him everything, about how my aunty treats me, how my uncle almost harmed me one day when my aunty was away, how they were going to sell me, how I ran, Andrew’s travelling, my stolen bag and finally how scared and alone I feel. When I finish I realize he has stood up and maneuvered me in a manner that I am now sitting on his lap, while he comforts me. “It’s ok, it’s ok, let it all out” I gulp in air and am suddenly exhausted, I only have my purse containing my money with me, that’s all, no where to sleep, nothing at all. I just want to sleep and forget today ever happened. “You ok now little one?” I nod and lift my head from his chest, he gently places me on the couch again and am grateful, if a little embarrassed that I blubbered in front of this handsome man. I must not be as exhausted as I feel if I have the strength to admire his handsomeness.


“So, you have no relative at all in Lagos?” I shake my head no . He sighs. “I will make sure my boys see about getting your bag back from the taxi driver ok?” I nod, grateful. “I don’t know how long that will take little one, so in the meantime you will be coming home with me” I instantly tense, am not going anywhere. He notices because he laughs. “Good, at least you understand that there are dangers attached to following random men to their house” I don’t answer, Lagos has not been good to me, I don’t want to be a victim again . “But you are still going to come with me” “You are a random man sir” He laughs again, I like his laugh. “I know, little one but I have to keep an eye on you, you are very vital to thus case, you saw the face of the killer, you are our only lead” Am still not convinced. “I have a sister, she lives with me, she has a son, I promise nothing will happen to you there.” Am swayed, a nan that has a sister living with him can’t be that bad, right? “And we have position open at my house, you will some minor work and you will get paid, feeding and accommodation included.” Ok that seals the deal, how bad can it be? I nod. “Good, let’s go, it’s just 3 in the morning, we both need some shut-eye” “Shut-eye? What does that mean?” “It means sleep, little one” I nod but I respond. “Am not little” He laughs. “Whatever you say little one” He calls me the name again but I don’t take offense because I love his laugh.


*******””********”””””******”””””**** *”””** MAGIC. when we get to his place, am instantly overwhelmed, it’s a mansion, I have never seen ahouse like this in my life except in movies. He leads me inside after he we get down from his car, I can’t seem to close my mouth, it’s even bigger inside, even in the darkness. He doesn’t turn on a light , he explains that it will wake his sister, I nod He leads me to a room, it’s the biggest I have ever seen, my whole house back in onitsha will fit into the room. “This will be your room,ok?” I nod . “Make yourself comfortable, I will get you some change of clothes, tomorrow we will discuss how to get you some clothes” I nod, he leaves and comes back with a big polo shirt and a boxer, I blush. He says good night and leaves, I bring the shirt to my nose,it smells like him. I take my bath in the biggest bathroom I have ever seen and get into bed, I realize ni am hungry, but that has to wait till tomorrow. I close my eyes and send a silent prayer to the heavens . Thank you Father for sending me an helper. ******”””*****””’******”’*****”’*””’**

****” Justice. I get home really late , around about 4, I was out in the office going over some new contract proposal we got from a company in the states. I don’t turn on a light because it disturbs julliet, i just make my way to my room in the darkness, I strip while dumping my clothes in the ground. I enter my bathroom and take a quick bath, exhaustion pulls at me,am so tired. I exit and I manage to pull on my boxer before collapsing on the bed, am immediately asleep. If I wasn’t so tired I would have heard my door open, I would have felt my bed dip as another body rests besides me,I would have woken up as the person snuggles close. But I don’t, I am tired and asleep,am dead to the world. Tomorrow, Tomorrow.
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Protected – Episode 6 MAGIC. Am dreaming, it’s a nice dream, am pressed against something warm, hmm, no wait, the warmness has come closer and wrapped me. I love Mr Justin’s house, everything is so welcoming. I snuggle deeper, am going to sleep forever. My stomach growls, am hungry, I can’t sleep forever , le sigh. I almost giggle in my sleep, I got that from a movie I watched once, the actress said le sigh, ha, I know some fancy word. I feel my self drifting back to sleep and I gladly want to but my stomach growls again, louder this time. I get smashed into my warm cocoon and I hear a very male voice say.. “You feel so good Selene, don’t go anywhere, let’s stay like this for a while”. I tense instantly, oh no! I must have done it again. It happens to me anytime I go to bed hungry, I sleep walk. it always pisses aunty off, anytime she punishes me by sending me to bed hungry, I get up in the night and sleep walk. She says it’s my way of insulting her. I can’t believe it’s not a dream. I slowly open my eyes and I am assaulted by a very male chest, I think it’s Mr Justin. But on a closer look, this is an older version of Mr Justin. What do I do?! Mr Justin never told me he had a brother! I begin to panic. I mentally slap myself, now is not the time to act like a village girl, get yourself together. I look again at his face, he is sleeping peacefully, he must think am his wife, he’s so handsome. I carefully extricate my self from his hands, I think I have gotten away safely until he sighs and pulls me closer. “Selene…” I muffle my cry of surprise when his hands wraps around my backside and pulls Me much more closer. Father Lord, let this man wife not enter this room at this time. I wait for a while, and when I feel like he has finally drifted off I pull a way again, my stomach choose that moment to growl horribly loud. I tense. He doesn’t move. Thank God. I crawl to the edge of the big bed as best as i can, it feels like I was swimming on the bed, it is that big. I get to the edge and climb out, thank you Lord! I begin to tiptoe out but a very calm voice says. “Stay”. I freeze. “Turn around” I turn. “Now, explain to me how the hell you got into my room”.


*********************************** **** Justice. It was a nice dream, a very good one, I dreamt of Selene, any dream of Selene is a good one. I feel good, I want to sleep for ever. I feel movement on the other side of the bed . I can’t sleep for ever.sigh. I open my eyes when I hear foot step, I see a girl, yes a girl walking towards the bathroom, I can’t remember bringing a girl home last night, and it’s definitely not julliet, my sister. Were julliet is tall and slender, this ..this ..girl is petite and small, I could crush her with my hand, and her hair, her hair is everywhere. “Stay” She freezes, good, I like when my commands are heeded. “Turn around” She does, I get assaulted by the brightest gray eyes I have ever seen, it’s second was that of Selene, but this one is silverer, this one is more expressive, it’s currently telling me it’s scared. I don’t care.


“Now, explain to me how the hell you got into my life room”. “Good morning sir” She greets, the eff? I just raise my brows, she about starts crying, I just stare her down. “Sir,! It was a mistake!, I did not mean to….” “I don’t care, who are you” “My name is magic, Mr Justin brought me home yesterday” Magic,? Mr Justin? I think my brother is now slumming it, I can’t believe he would bring an apparent peon into how house, wait, my house . And Mr Justin? The shit? What is she 6? Even my nephew Alec, julliet’s son does not call Justin Mr. “What are you doing in my room?” “Sir…” Ha, I see what is going on here, she came home with Justin and that wasn’t enough, she believes she can get the cream of the crop
. Fool. “You came in here to seduce me?” Her face blanks in confusion, she is a very good actress, just like her the girl she shares the same eye color with,they are both actresses. “Am sorry to disappoint you but I like my women more mature, you obviously are a child,come back when you are a lot older” I can see tears rush into her eyes and I dont care, not a little bit. “You got Justin and I don’t know how, but am telling you, get out now before you LovePeddler your self a lot more, he won’t fall for you.” She blanches like I slapped her, ha, seems itty bitty here likes my brother a little too much. “
Now you may get out” She nods sharply, and walks towards the bathroom, this fool. “The door is the other way slowpoke” I see a blush suffuse her cheeks and I shake my head, what a nutcase. She exits the room and I sigh, I can’t believe I thought she was Selene, I fall back on my pillow. I turn my head and I get on my pillow and I get a whiff of scent, it smells like baby powder. What a child. I tell myself this but I find my self pressing my nose into my pillow to get more of the scent. The hell. A/N. Hey, we all know justice is an A-hole so please bear with me. *Peon* means peasant, I could not find another word for that, we might see this word more in the coming episodes. Thanks for reading, don’t forget to like, rate and comment, mostly comment, I love your comments. Ciao.!

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Protected – Episode 7
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MAGIC. I feel tears rush down my face, ugh, I can’t believe am crying over some silly words a stupid human being said. Ugh. He is an … An…an… A-HOLE! There I said, I don’t curse but this warrants for cussing. I rush to the room Mr Justin said is mine and get changed quickly into my blood stained clothes. Am leaving. I get my purse and I match to the door, I fling it open and come face to face with Mr Justin. “Ha, there you are, I was about to, ….are you ok?” I match pass him, I have stopped crying but that does notean I won’t leave this house. I walk downstairs and toward a door that looks like it might lead outside. ” Hey, magic where are you going?” I don’t answer, it’s not in my character to be rude but right now am as pissed off as Medusa’s snakes. I open the door with my all my strength, gosh it’s heavy. “That’s the laundry room, little one” Oh heavens, am so embarrassed. I don’t let it deter me though, I match pass him and I pass a dinning room, I enter and I finally I see a door leadt out. Am held back. I turn, Justin is holding my hand and looking at me imploringly. “What happened little one?” I break down, and cry, he hugs me to his chest. “Shh, it’s alright” I can’t believe am crying like a baby, where’s Emilia? Where has she gone to? Emilia never cries, never. “Tell me what happened?” I explain and he tenses. “Am so sorry that happened to you little one” He says this while stroking my hair, that feels good, too good, I take a deep breath and his scent feels my nose. I like this man, I blush, he is my saviour. I go to take another breath but a clearing of throat pulls me away from him and I look over his shoulder. I see a man and a woman eating, or it seems they were. The woman is currently sitting on the man’s lap. The man is glaring at both Mr Justin and I . I guess we interrupted something. Opps. “Magic, meet my sister, julliet, and her fiance, Sage” “Good morning ma, sir” She looks at me from my head to my toe and I get a feeling she is not pleased to see me in Mr Justin’s arms. God I hope she is not like the man upstairs. She glances away from me and turn her attention to Mr Justin, she just dismissed me. Witch. “Who is this J?” I can see the man called Sage stroking her back and I see him perusing me also from head to toe, but this time there is no emotion in his eyes, he is looking at me the way he will look a ceiling fan. Jesus, are all rich people like this, well my Justin isn’t. I blush at my thought. “This sister kin is magic, she is a stray.” I might not have gone to the university but I know what stray mean, that hurt. My hurt disperse when I see him wink at me, he was just joking. “Where did you get her from?” I am tired of being talked about like I wasn’t there. “Her–is standing right here, you know”. I almost slap my mouth, this is a wrong time to be mouthing off. I panic at what she will do, but she smiles and stands up from Mr Sage’s body and walks to me. “I like her Justin, she doesn’t scare easily” I am shocked All episodes of this story can be found here >> https://www.ebonystory.com/story/protected . What? “Hi, am julliet, that’s my soon to be husband Sage” She says this while putting her hand out for a shake, I glance at Mr sage and I see him watching me with still no emotions. I guess that’s how he treats everybody, I instantly feel better, they are not snobs, Amen.. I shake her hand. “My name is magic” “Beautiful name”. she pulls me into a hug. “Go on, you can tell me all your secrets,


you can cry, am here for you” Am shocked, I glance at Mr Justin for guidance and he winks. I don’t know what to say, I needn’t have bothered because my stomach growls. Ugh, embarrass me much? “Ha, you must be hungry, come let’s eat” The woman julliet leads me to the dinning table, I can see some rice, I want. My stomach growls, I blush. “You can’t eat the rice chit, my little bird is everything but a cook, have some toast and coffee” I glance at Mr sage at his words, he speaks? He must have seen the question on my face because he winks. Holy God, all the men in this house are handsome, even the bastard upstairs. I get some toast, no a lot of toast, I spread some jam and I devour. I haven’t had anything to eat since the day before yesterday. When I become full I slow down and I glance up to see them watching me, i blush. “It’s ok magic, we all get hungry sometimes” I smile and sip some coffee, oh it’s so sweet, bittersweet, like a walnut. It turns sore in my stomach when I hear his voice and words. “So tell me brother, where did you get this animal from?” “Justice!….” This comes from julliet, The man upstairs, his name is justice, it suits him, his eyes are so black and painfilled. What happened to him? “Good morning July” Am shocked because he says that so softly, and I know he loves this woman called julliet. He fist bumps Mr Sage and he takes his seat at the head of the table. Am compelled to call him master. “So Justin, still waiting, what is that gutter trash doing in dinning room?” “I would appreciate if you tune down the animosity a lot , brother.” Mr Justin says and am surprised to see he looks angry on my behalf. Le sigh. Mr Justice lifts a single eyebrow, he looks so intimidating. “Am listening” Mr Justin explains my situation, everything, I mean everything, my coming to Lagos, everything, he explains that I will be working as the new house keeper since it seems the other one left. Am beyond embarrassed. Miss julliet had tears in her eyes after listening to my story, but master justice is not impressed. At All. “So, let me get this straight, she is the new, house slave……sorry, maid?” He asks and Mr Justin nods. He picks up the carafe of coffee and pours some in a mug, he takes a sip of the black coffee and I almost die. He is handsome, albeit a big bastard. He see me watching him and he lifts a single eyebrow again. He picks up the carafe and lifts his hands and leaves it, it shatters and black coffee spread everywhere. “What the hell justice?” That was miss julliet, Mr sage chuckles, Mr Justin sighs. Master justice does not respond to them but he speaks to me. “Go on girl, clean up this mess, this is a warning to you” I just stare. “You are the hired help and soon you will be gone, you do not bloody dine with us, you eat in the kitchen like a rat, you get it?” He says this calmly and I am forced to nod. He looks away and grabs a newspaper and starts reading, he does this like there isn’t coffee spreading everywhere on the marble tile. Like he didn’t cause it. A-shole.
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Protected – Episode 8

MAGIC.
It’s been five days since I got to this house, I
found out that that there is a system to how
things work, I have gotten used to it.
After feeling sorry for myself that I have had no
contact with kelechi because i lost my phone, I
got myself together.
After one failed breakfast, forgetting to wake
up early, and almost burning the kitchen
because i don’t know how to use the gas, i
think I have gotten the hang of it.
I met miss julliet’s son, Alec, he is cute as can
be, am sorry cool, he is cool.
Am currently cleaning the kitchen, this place is
spotless, I don’t even know why they need an
house keeper.
I stand when I hear the door open, its Alec.
“Yo, magic, watcha doing”
I found out that Alec and his mother just came
from the states not too long ago.
I love the way he speaks, his accent is like an
oyibo man own.
“Alec, as you can see i was cleaning.”
He nods.
“what can I do for you?”
“I want cookies, some of my friends will be
coming over, I want chocolate chip cookies”
Okay…….
“What are cookies.?”
He looks at me like??
“Are you joking?”
I shake my head no, way to go magic, show
the boy you are as dumb as they come.
“Magic, cookies are like the best thing ever”
I nod.
“But what is it exactly”
He shakes his head.
“Wait here”
He leaves, I countinue with my cleaning, in a
while he returns.
He has a phone with him, Jesus the phone is
so flat, and it has an Apple on the back.
I want one.
“Here see, read this, this is a cookie, and how
to make one”..
I read the screen and I see a cookie is an
American version of biscuit, it’s a lot bigger.
I nod.
I can bake, but not very well, I can try to
replicate what i see.
I get the needed ingredients and I begin with
Alec standing beside me.
As I knead the Dough I feel at peace, I begin
to analyse how far I have come in the previous
days.
I ran away from home, I witness a murder, am
more or less in withness protection right now.
I know I have nothing to be happy about but at
least I am alive.
I haven’t been sold to any person now .
Even though living in this house is not ideal, at
least I have a roof, a job, some money and
food.
I can ask for nothing better.
If I can just get kelechi’s number, everything
will be perfect in my world.
I and Alec cut the dough into different shapes
and sizes, I catch him eating it sometimes but I
don’t say anything, just warn him that he
should be careful of stomach ache.
He smiles, I do too.


“Magic, you have flour on your nose”
“I do?, Am just going to clean it ok…..”
I stop talking when the door opens, I glance up
and my stomach tightens when justice enters.
What now? Cue Rihanna’s voice.
“What are you doing”?
“Am sure it’s obvious…..”
I close my mouth when his face darkens.
“Yo, uncle justice”.
“Yo, Alec.”
He looks away from me to Alec and back.
“Come”.
He exits and I follow after throwing a wink at
Alec.
I walk upstairs and enter his room, he is
standing by his bed shirtless.
I gulp. Uhh?
He looks up and I believe the word I would use
to describe him is smoldering.
“These are some of my sleeves, I want them
back before tomorrow”
I finally notice the pile of clothes at his feet.
I nod, I can do that.
“They are dry clean only, am sure you can
manage to get this done right?”
I nod. No need to insult me.
He walks to his bathroom, dismissing me.
I grab the pile of clothes, they are not even
dirty.
I walk to the laundry room and I see a big
washing machine.
How do I use this stuff?
“Whatcha doing?”
I turn to see Alec enter.
“Am trying to figure out how to use this stuff”
“Cool, I think you just have to press this
button.”
He presses it and the machine whirs, wow,
magic.
I put all the clothes, white, black, gray, blue
and all, I add some detergent and bleach and
water and I close it.
“I think we have to time it”
I nod and we time it for 30 minutes, we go to
the kitchen and the cookies has risen, we
place it in the oven and we wait.
15 minutes later when the timer goes off, I
bring out the cookies, we leave it to cool before
putting it in a jar.
I take a bite of one and , hmm, yummy.
Alec takes one and I remember I have clothes
in the machine, I look at the time, it’s been one
hour.
Sweet jesu.
I run to the laundry room, Alec at my feet, i
open the machine and i bring out the sleeves.
O my God.
This is not right.
There are no longer whites in the soaking pile.
They are either black or shades of Gray.
O my God.
“I think we shouldn’t have added that bleach”
I nod my head.
Am dead, justice will kill me.
What do I do?

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Protected – Episode 9


See all episodes here » MAGIC. I am pacing my room, what do I do? Father Lord, am finished. I can see it, master justice will ask me to pack up and leave. Where will I go? Oh Lord. I look at the time, it’s past 7 in the evening, he should be back now and he will be expecting his clothes . Oh God, this is a typical example of my village old women pursuit me, again what do I do?. Ok. I have to get things in perspective. I have to tell him, I have to apologise. I glance at the pile of clothes again and I almost loose my wits. I ironed them after trying to wash them by hand again, I rhino I mad it worse. Sweet Lord. Am so stupid, I mean who adds bleach to coloured? Me apparently. I grab the perfectly ironed clothes and match to hi room before I loose my mind. I knock, no answer,

I put my ear on the door and listen. I can hear soft rock music, he is inside, but he can’t hear me because if the music. I send a silent prayer to God, please let there not be any woman in there with him. My death will be definite then. I open the door slowly, I don’t see him, I open it more widely and I see him. He walking out on the running thing. I think it’s called a treadmill. I stand at the side for a while, i expect him to notice Me but he doesn’t. Seems I’m have to suffer for this. I call out, he doesn’t seem to hear. I walk to the music player and press a button, the music goes up, oh no. I press another button and it increases. Bt this time he has stopped and is watching me like an irritating bug. I smile at him nervously and countinue pressing buttons. How many does this thing even have. This is not helping my case, my village people o. He walks to me and holds my wrist as I go to press another button, he switches the music off and turns to me. He glances at pile of clothes I am holding and lifts his eye brow. I yank on the wrist he is still holding and he let’s go. “Am sure you have an explanation for you being in my room without I calling you in”. I nod, he walks to the treadmill and gets his water, he takes a swig and cleans his face with a white towel. “Am listening girl” I kneel, I have no other option.


He turns and his trademark single eyebrow goes up. “As much as I like my women in this position, you are not my woman, and I see no reason why you should be in that position.” I notice he doesn’t tell me to stand up. Bastard. “I ruined your clothes, am so sorry” His eyes hoes to the clothes and comes back to me. “Do you know how much they cost?” “I don’t sir and I promise to pay”. “Oh you do? ” He asks. I nod. “They are custom made, direct from the maker, one cost a hundred grand, and I reckon you ruined 8, do you have 800 grand lying around, girl?” He says the girl likes it’s a curse. And hold on, what happened to people getting there clothes at bend down select. If it wasn’t that miss julliet gave me some clothes I had lanned to go buy some at a used clothes store. Nigeria No. 1 Betting Website I Definitely don’t have 800 thousand lying around. I tell him this. “I thought so” He peruses me for a while, he is standing over me, am still kneeling. “Get up” I wince, am sure he is going to hit me. He walks to his desk and seats, he gestures to a chair and tells me to take my seat. Am surprised. I seat down and he speaks. “Tell me about you” Wow, this is a surprise. “What do you want to know sir” “How old are you?” “Am 19, my birthday is December 21st”.


He nods. “That means you are almost 20 in four months time?” I nod. “My birthday is December 21 too” I smile, wow. He asks some series of question, some I want to do, my dreams, even if I have a boyfriend. I blush when he asks that and I tell him no. I tell him everything, as in everything, about kelechi, about my dreams of wanting to be a fashion designer, how I want to go back to school, when am done he nods. I glance at the clock on his table and I see we’ve been talking for over 30 mins. “I have friends coming over in an hour, I want you to prepare some appetizers, just fruits or something” I nod. “Make sure there is an abundance of whiskey and cognac and a little bit of wine ok?” I nod. “Crushed ice too.” I think I can do this. I nod. “You can leave now” I stand up but hesitate, he raises an eyebrow. “What do I do about the clothes sir?” He waves an hand. “Throw them away, use them as nightclothes, I don’t care” I nod, how rich is this guy that he can throw away 800 thousand worth of clothes? I pick up the clothes and exit. I think I and master justice are officially friends. Yay.


*********************************** **** I think everything is going well, I have served him and his friends thier drinks and appetizers. It’s past 10 and there are no signs of this coming to an end. Am standing on standby incase he wants to something else. Am so sleepy. Maybe it was the sleep that made me make a mistake. But what I got I totally did not deserve. He calls me in to the dinning and I see he has about 5 friends over, I greet and turn to him. “You called sir?” “You peon” Am taken aback, i know what that means. “Is there anything in that head of yours? Is there anything you can do right?” “Sir…..”

“You slowpoke, I told you to offer whiskey not whisky, what is wrong with you?” I hear some of his friends swallow thier laughter and I feel tears rush to my eyes. “I didn’t.know….” “You never do, do you? That’s why you were almost killed…..” I gasp, the tears spilling out. “Get out of my sight, I don’t want to see you, fool.” I run upstairs, crying. O God. My chest. I think its going to break. I cry and cry and cry untill I finally fall asleep. Tomorrow, Tomorrow.

Protected – Episode 10 See all episodes here » MAGIC. It’s morning, I don’t come out of my room, I can’t find the will to, am tired. I glance at the clock it’s past 6, I have to go prepare for Alec to go to school, it’s a Monday morning. I stand, as I pass my mirror, I stop and stare at my self, what exactly about me tells people am stupid. Don’t I look good enough? I have long black hair, it’s almost to my waist, I have silver eyes, a nice body, don’t I deserve some respect? I sigh and make my way out. I go to the kitchen and make some coffee, I get Alec’s backpack and food flask ready. I make a stack of pancakes, I take them to the dinning with freshly squeezed juice and some maple syrup. I set the table and I see Mr Justin enter. “Good morning Magic” I nod. “You not going to join us? I noticed you haven’t for a while now” “Am fine sir” He nods, miss julliet comes, i greet and exit to go get Alec’s backpack. As I enter I see Alec already sitting and Master justice entering. I stiffen. “Yo, magic, you not going to join us?” I shake my head, my eyes on the ground. “I will be in my room If anyone needs me” As I exit I glance at master justice and I see him reading the news papers looking unconcerned. I vaguely note that Mr Justin and miss julliet are watching me.


*********************************** **** JUSTIN. I watch magic leave and I turn to my A-hole of a brother. I don’t normally concern my self with things like this because am a person who observes rather than talk but my brother is acting like a little bitch. “What did you do?” He just keeps reading, I pull the paper out of his hands, he slowly lifts his head. “Keep her away from me Justin” “What’s your deal with her? You are an a-hole but never to this extent” I hear julliet cough. “Baby on board brother kin”. She points at Alec who is staring back and forth at I and justice. “I am an a- hole we have made a fact out of that, then what makes you think that I would be kind to your little stray”.


Earn Per Site Visit/ad Clicks “Well maybe I thought you would at least have some human feelings” He just rolls his eyes. What happened to my brother when I was gone? He was always so free and out going, down to earth, always ready to help. This greedy, snobbish man In front of me is person I don’t know. “What happened to you brother?” Julliet leans forward, waiting for his answer. He looks me in the eyes and says. “The day you tell me where you go to every Saturday and Sundays, that is the day I will sit and talk about my feelings with you. ” He waits but I don’t reply, that is one thing I can never talk about. He seems to get that. “That’s what I thought, this is my house and I make the rules, you don’t like it, leave”. He stands up calmly and leaves. I sigh and lean back in my seat. Well Hell. ★★★★★ ★★★★★★ ★★ ★★★★★


MAGIC. By two pm, am more than hungry but I can’t just go downstairs. Ugh, I hate this. I turn again on my bed, am wearing one of justice’s sleeves, I mean I can’t let it go to waste can I?. And also the man is so big, his sleeves almost get to my knees and the hand encompasses all of mine. I hear a knock on my door. I stand and walk to it, I open and see julliet standing there with another woman. “Miss julliet, how may I help you?” The woman with her speaks. “You were right julliet, she is beautiful” I blush, she is talking about me, that feels good. I turn to miss julliet and I see her looking at my choice of wardrobe .


I blush again. I open the door wider and they enter. “Magic, meet Sandra Jacobs, she is the sister of my fiance” I shake her hand, she is as beautiful as Mr sage is handsome. “Magic is a very cool name, who are your parents?” “I never knew them” “Aww, that’s shitty, I love mine, I can’t imagine not knowing them.” I nod, even as I blush at her cuss word and she smiles,. “We are going to the pool to do some manicure, you want to come? Miss julliet asks and I know Master justice must have told them what happened for her to come try to cheer me up. I shake my head no. “There will be champagne and strawberries” I shake my head again, Sandra pulls me. “Actually you don’t have an option, Justin told us to kidnap you” I blush, feeling good, I see julliet grimace, she must suspect I have a crush on mr Justin. They pull me down the hall, I am still wearing master justice’s sleeve. They pull me to the pool and we get comfy. Sandra starts on my hand and starts filing. “You have lovely fingers” I thank her and she continues in silence, miss julliet plies me with chocolate and strawberries and champagne. I love. After a while miss julliet asks. “So do you have a boyfriend?” I don’t respond but I lift my head when I feel both of them watching me. “Are you talking to me?” All episodes of this story can be found here

. They nod. “Oh no, I don’t” Sandra nods. “Do you?” I feel compelled to ask Sandra. “I am going to get married to Justin, he just doesn’t know it yet.” I still, she is mr Justin’s girlfriend, I feel julliet watching me. I nod. “that’s good” “We are not dating yet, but we will” I frown, i.dont understand. “He will fall in love with me, just watch.” I laugh so hard, I like this woman, she knows what she wants. Julliet joins me. I mistakenly spill champagne on me and squeal. “What? are you alergic to liquid?” I nod. “I hate cold water” I say this while cleaning my body so I did not see them share a look. I am so surprised when I am pulled and pushed into the pool. My nail polish will be ruined but it was funny so I burst out laughing. Am threading water and doing so. I feel good. I climb out, soaking wet and they are laughing at me. I push Sandra in and I squeal as she splashes water at me. “Stop!” She doesn’t, miss julliet is laughing untill I push her in. I laugh so hard my eyes burn with tears.

***************★★ ***************** Justice. I watch her, she is beautiful. I look away again, am standing at my window, they can’t see me . I look again , I can’t help myself, she is laughing. I remember how she felt in my arms the other day, I like how she looks in my clothes, I remember her smell on my pillow.

I take a step forward, I stop and shake my head, I can’t do this again. I can’t like someone again. I turn away. I walk out of my room and down the stairs to the kitchen, I turn the corner and bump into her. Magic. She squeals, laughter in her voice. It dies when she sees it’s me. I feel something, I don’t like it so I lash out. “Stay the hell away from me girl, are we clear?” “Crystal clear sir”. I watch her walk away, head down, hurt, i dont care. Or so I tell myself. . .
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********** MAGIC. It’s been a week since miss julliet took me to the pool to have a manicure session, I haven’t had that much fun in a long time. I remember master justice’s words to me the other time, they didn’t hurt me, instead it made me realize how lonely he looked. I stand in front of my mirror and think.

I tilt my head, why can’t they see it? why can’t his siblings see he is heartbroken? Oh well, it’s none of my business, I have to go prepare dinner now before all hell is let loose. I wonder what I should cook, miss julliet gave me a menu but I feel like doing something different. Am gonna prepare my famous pot roast, and I can match it with baby potatoes . I start cooking and after a while when it seems that the food is about to be ready, I start setting the table. I walk out of the kitchen with the first dish to see miss julliet and Mr Sage going at it. Oh my. I think he is trying to swallow her tongue.

I blush, I have never so much as being kissed so this level of making out makes me uncomfortable. I exit and come back with another dish and they are still at it, Mr sage seems to be whispering something to her and she is smiling dreamily. I feel a twinge of jealousy, I want that, I want someone to be so in love with me they don’t notice when someone enters the room. Alec and Mr Justin enter and I stand a little ways back in case they need something.

“Gross mom, I can’t believe you were sucking face with sage, eww much? I am your child do you want to scar me for life?” I almost giggle at Alec’s words but his voice stops me. Justice’s voice. “My nephew is right sage, just because I give you permission to stay over does not mean I want to see you eat my sister for dinner”. He says this as he enters, and I nearly swallow my tongue. He’s wearing ripped jeans and a white polo, with bare feet, his hair looks wet. I love his feet

. Le sigh. I catch my self when I see what I am doing, no no no, we are not having girly feelings for the bastard, nope, nada, zilch. I tune in to the conversation to hear Mr sage say..

“You wish you had to give me permission J, we all know I own you”. Justice laughs and am stunned speechless, he laughs? He has a nice laugh, I sigh out loud. All eye turn to me and I stand straight. I can’t believe I did that out loud, what is wrong with you magic?!

I back away a little but Mr Justin’s voice stops me. “Hey, little one, come join us” I shake my head, no. “It’s alright sweets you can join us, justice won’t mind”. That was miss julliet, I glance at justice and I see him filling his glasses with water. I nod, I look around , the only seat available is next to master justice. Well damn. I take my seat tensely. “I can see you prepared something different today” I nod, waiting for master justice to comment after Mr Justin makes this observation, but he doesn’t, I am surprised. In the last few days he has found all opportunity to criticize me. Salt was too much, coffee too thick, the sauce too light, even I was breathing too loudly. He criticizes everything. I serve my self and I take a bite, as I do I see that it really tastes good.

Alec is stuffing himself and he has oil on his chin. I take some serviette and wipe his face, he smiles with his mouth full and I grin. I turn back to my food . “Am gonna be traveling the day after tomorrow magic” I raise my head at miss julliet words and i tilt it in question, she countinues. “Sage’s parents will be coming from the Caymans in 5 days, he wants me to meet them” I can see she is nervous about that so I smile. “You will do fine, they will love you”. I say this and she smile. “Well I will be with Alec, so you don’t have to worry” I say this but she shakes her head.. “A will be coming with me, I want them to meet him too.” Mr sage takes her hand and entwines it with his, I nod, it only makes sense. “It’s the weekend, I won’t be at home too,” Mr Justin says, That’s right, mr Justin never stays at home on the weekends. Wait..

Does that mean I will be alone with master justice? Am dead. My life is dead ass over. “I will be traveling too, no need to look so lost girl”. Master justice says and I relax, I instantly go tense again when I finally realize what will happen. I will be left alone. I hate been alone. “Will you be okay alone magic?” I nod and smile thinly, “I will be fine” I say. I won’t be fine. I clench my fingers when I feel a tug of pain at my abdomen. Just great, I have to go and have cramps when everyone won’t be at home. That would make it more lonely. My life.

******************* Justice. I shake my head as I lie on my bed, she is such a bad liar, magic. I could see clearly that she is not ok being left alone. I shake my head again as I drift off.


***************** Justice. I make my way to the airport gate, I am so damn late, my flight is leaving soon. I won’t be late if the girl called magic had remembered to iron my gray sleeve. Dunce. I make my way to the gate but remember I left my briefcase, I turn, oh shit. I hate rushing for anything. My PA decided to fall sick this morning, I won’t fault her, she is pregnant. I had to do everything by my self. Sage came to pick julliet up this morning, she would have helped. An impromptu flight to Cameron is not how I planned this trip. I grab my briefcase and close the door, I turn looking at my wristwatch, 15 minutes more, mercy. I bump into someone and I lift my head. Oh eff no. “Well hello there darlin'” She purrs and I feel myself getting sick. “Selene”. “Well hello sugar, fancy meeting you here” “Am in a hurry Selene, I don’t have time for this”

She pouts and frowns, once upon a time that would have made me move the Earth to please her but now it just makes me sick. I feel bile rise to my chest and I clutch my briefcase, she is touching my chest,.my elbow, I don’t like that, I step away, she steps forward. “Didn’t you miss me?”. “I have yo go selene” I walk past her and she calls after me. “Call me sometime so that we can catch up” That wasn’t going to happen, the bitch.

I feel my temperature get high and I think, oh hell. I don’t need this today, this meeting is important. I wish I can tell that to my rapidly growing pulse. Just like Selene, always there to turn my life upside down.
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MAGIC.
It’s been a week since miss julliet took me to
the pool to have a manicure session, I haven’t
had that much fun in a long time.
I remember master justice’s words to me the
other time, they didn’t hurt me, instead it made
me realize how lonely he looked.
I stand in front of my mirror and think.
I tilt my head, why can’t they see it? why can’t
his siblings see he is heartbroken?
Oh well, it’s none of my business, I have to go
prepare dinner now before all hell is let loose.
I wonder what I should cook, miss julliet gave
me a menu but I feel like doing something
different.
Am gonna prepare my famous pot roast, and I
can match it with baby potatoes .
I start cooking and after a while when it seems
that the food is about to be ready, I start
setting the table.
I walk out of the kitchen with the first dish to
see miss julliet and Mr Sage going at it.
Oh my.
I think he is trying to swallow her tongue.
I blush, I have never so much as being kissed
so this level of making out makes me
uncomfortable.
I exit and come back with another dish and
they are still at it, Mr sage seems to be
whispering something to her and she is smiling
dreamily.
I feel a twinge of jealousy, I want that, I want
someone to be so in love with me they don’t
notice when someone enters the room.
Alec and Mr Justin enter and I stand a little
ways back in case they need something.
“Gross mom, I can’t believe you were sucking
face with sage, eww much? I am your child do
you want to scar me for life?”
I almost giggle at Alec’s words but his voice
stops me. Justice’s voice.
“My nephew is right sage, just because I give
you permission to stay over does not mean I
want to see you eat my sister for dinner”.
He says this as he enters, and I nearly
swallow my tongue.
He’s wearing ripped jeans and a white polo,
with bare feet, his hair looks wet.
I love his feet
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. Le sigh.
I catch my self when I see what I am doing, no
no no, we are not having girly feelings for the
bastard, nope, nada, zilch.
I tune in to the conversation to hear Mr sage
say..
“You wish you had to give me permission J, we
all know I own you”.
Justice laughs and am stunned speechless, he
laughs?
He has a nice laugh, I sigh out loud.
All eye turn to me and I stand straight.
I can’t believe I did that out loud, what is
wrong with you magic?!
I back away a little but Mr Justin’s voice stops
me.
“Hey, little one, come join us”
I shake my head, no.
“It’s alright sweets you can join us, justice
won’t mind”.
That was miss julliet, I glance at justice and I
see him filling his glasses with water.
I nod, I look around , the only seat available is
next to master justice.
Well damn.
I take my seat tensely.
“I can see you prepared something different
today”
I nod, waiting for master justice to comment
after Mr Justin makes this observation, but he
doesn’t, I am surprised.
In the last few days he has found all
opportunity to criticize me.
Salt was too much, coffee too thick, the sauce
too light, even I was breathing too loudly.
He criticizes everything.
I serve my self and I take a bite, as I do I see
that it really tastes good.
Alec is stuffing himself and he has oil on his
chin.
I take some serviette and wipe his face, he
smiles with his mouth full and I grin.
I turn back to my food .
“Am gonna be traveling the day after tomorrow
magic”
I raise my head at miss julliet words and i tilt it
in question, she countinues.
“Sage’s parents will be coming from the
Caymans in 5 days, he wants me to meet
them”
I can see she is nervous about that so I smile.
“You will do fine, they will love you”.
I say this and she smile.
“Well I will be with Alec, so you don’t have to
worry”
I say this but she shakes her head..
“A will be coming with me, I want them to meet
him too.”
Mr sage takes her hand and entwines it with
his, I nod, it only makes sense.
“It’s the weekend, I won’t be at home too,”
Mr Justin says,
That’s right, mr Justin never stays at home on
the weekends.
Wait..
Does that mean I will be alone with master
justice?
Am dead.
My life is dead ass over.
“I will be traveling too, no need to look so lost
girl”.
Master justice says and I relax, I instantly go
tense again when I finally realize what will
happen.
I will be left alone.
I hate been alone.
“Will you be okay alone magic?”
I nod and smile thinly, “I will be fine” I say.
I won’t be fine.
I clench my fingers when I feel a tug of pain at
my abdomen.
Just great, I have to go and have cramps when
everyone won’t be at home.
That would make it more lonely.
My life.
*******************
Justice.
I shake my head as I lie on my bed, she is
such a bad liar, magic.
I could see clearly that she is not ok being left
alone.
I shake my head again as I drift off.
*****************
Justice.
I make my way to the airport gate, I am so
damn late, my flight is leaving soon.
I won’t be late if the girl called magic had
remembered to iron my gray sleeve. Dunce.
I make my way to the gate but remember I left
my briefcase, I turn, oh shit.
I hate rushing for anything.
My PA decided to fall sick this morning, I won’t
fault her, she is pregnant.
I had to do everything by my self.
Sage came to pick julliet up this morning, she
would have helped.
An impromptu flight to Cameron is not how I
planned this trip.
I grab my briefcase and close the door, I turn
looking at my wristwatch, 15 minutes more,
mercy.
I bump into someone and I lift my head.
Oh eff no.
“Well hello there darlin'”
She purrs and I feel myself getting sick.
“Selene”.
“Well hello sugar, fancy meeting you here”
“Am in a hurry Selene, I don’t have time for
this”
She pouts and frowns, once upon a time that
would have made me move the Earth to please
her but now it just makes me sick.
I feel bile rise to my chest and I clutch my
briefcase, she is touching my chest,.my elbow,
I don’t like that, I step away, she steps
forward.
“Didn’t you miss me?”.
“I have yo go selene”
I walk past her and she calls after me.
“Call me sometime so that we can catch up”
That wasn’t going to happen, the bitch.
I feel my temperature get high and I think, oh
hell.
I don’t need this today, this meeting is
important.
I wish I can tell that to my rapidly growing
pulse.
Just like Selene, always there to turn my life
upside down.

MAGIC.
Oh my God, I feel like dying, my stomach
hurts, I haven’t even started my flow and my
stomach hurts like hell.
I roll on the ground of my room, the thought of
going out to buy sanitary pads is a very
daunting task I don’t want to perform.
I roll over on the ground again, oh sweet Lord,
when will this end?
I close my eyes for a while, I open them when I
hear a car drive into the driveway.
Oh Lord, hope a visitor is not coming to see
the Maxwells today,
what are those gate men doing, letting
someone in when they very well know nobody
is around?
Am just gonna stay here until the person
leaves.
I drift off but as I hear a door bang I open my
eyes.
That sounded like master justice’s room, he
leaves on the opposite hallway from mine so I
have gotten used to the creaks and groans of
the door.
I groan, did he forget something?
I wait for a while, waiting for him to leave but I
drift off again, the pain was too much.
About an hour later I open my eyes and I see
that it’s almost sunset, I don’t think master
justice left.
I walk downstairs to prepare something for it,
my stomach is still giving me problems, I still
have to go get sanitary pads, ugh.
I make a little bit of spicy rice cakes and I
place it on the dinning.
I wait for a while, leaning against the wall, he
doesn’t show up, I ring the bell to signify that
food is ready.
I wait for a while, he still doesn’t show up.
Is he even around?
Does he want me to bring it upstairs?
I place the food in a tray and walk upstairs, I
knock, no response.
I balance the food on one hand and open the
door with the other, I see his figure on the bed,
so he did hear me.
Bastard.
I place the food on his desk and I turn to
leave.
I stop, I turn around.
He is lying deathly still.
Wait, is he still wearing his loafers?
I am going to regret this, I just know it.
I walk slowly to the bed, I see him sleeping but
there’s a fine sheen of sweat on his forehead.
He seems to be having a restless sleep based
on the way his eyes are moving under his
eyelid.
I go to the foot of the bed and kneel, I take
one of his legs and gently pull his shoes off, I
pull his other one off and I start in on his
socks,as I do so I notice that his feets are
cold
He has nice feets but they are ice cold, he has
been wearing shoes it Should have been
warm.
I stand and walk to the head of the bed, he is
clutching his pillows and murmuring .
I place my hand on his head and hot damn.
I can totally boil yam on it.
I pull the bedsheets away and I see he is fully
dressed, I pull off his jacket and unbutton his
sleeves, he rolls away.
No no.
“Hey big guy, you have to let me UnCloth you,
promise it will make you feel better”
He seems to hear because he rolls back and
stays still.
I take off his shirt, that thing was hard, I stand
and glance at the clock, it’s past 8.
I go to his bathroom and get some water and a
towel, I walk back but stop abruptly when a
twinge of pain goes through me.
Ha, my stomach.
I go to the bed after powering through the pain
and I begin to Pat him down with the cold
towel.
He pulls away, oh no.
“You have to stay still sir, it only walks that
way”
He throws the towel across the room.
I become angry.
“Justice!, So help me God, if you do not stay
still so I can try to reduce your fever, I will tie
you to this bed…..”. I can feel tears trying to
push through.
“Am in pain, please work with me here”. I
sniff.
He groans,
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. “No tears…..” He says softly.
“If you don’t want me to cry, stay still,”
I say just as softly and he nods slowly.
I get the towel and I start again.
I try to reduce his fever as much as I can.
When am done , i glance at the clock, it’s past
10, my stomach still hurt like hell.
I stand up and go to leave, he holds my hand
and I turn.
He says a word. ” Stay….”
I sit back down.
“Am not going anywhere, I just want to make
some rice porridge so you can take some flu
medicine”
He let’s go and I exit the room, when am.done
with the porridge it’s almost 11:30, am so tired.
I go back and he is mumbling, about Selene
and a some other things.
I wake him and he opens his eyes slowly and
turns to me.
“You have to eat this so you can take some
drugs”
“Not… hungry..”
“Please? Just a bite?”
He sits up a little and I know I won.
I spoon feed him a little and he gets in some
porridge, he looks so pale, and fragile, so
different from the justice I know.
What Happened?
I make him take some drugs and he lies back.
I stand with the tray to leave.
“Please, don’t go, stay, for just tonight”
Am shocked, he says please?
Am tempted to tell him no but I don’t.
I just drop the tray on the ground and walk
back to the bed.
He makes space for me by shifting, well guess
he wants me on the bed.
I tie my hair and I gently sit on the bed and I
lie.
The moment I do he pulls closer and rests his
head on my stomach.
Well…..
I place my hand on his hair and begin to
stroke, he instantly relaxes.
Well this is different.
I feel his breathing go soft and I know he is
asleep.
I don’t think I will be able to sleep.
My body betrays me as I fall into a deep and
calm sleep.
It was so deep that I didn’t feel him raise his
head, I didn’t feel him pull the covers around
us, I didn’t feel him kiss my head softly.
I was sleeping, I didn’t know.
Tomorrow, Tomorrow.

JUSTICE.
I watch her sleep, she whimpers and smile in
her sleep, so adorable, she rolls over into my
chest and her hair falls into her face.
I brush it out of the way and her she moans,
her hand goes to her stomach, she whimpers, i
frown, what’s wrong?
I watch her for a while as she sleeps,
I think about what happened yesterday, after
seeing Selene, I became sick, I could not
travel under that condition.
Seeing Selene always gets me like that, I
mean I loved the girl for the better part of 5
years.
I feel bile rise to my throat again at what she
took from me, the bitch.
I feel my self getting worked up, so I rest back
on the bed, it won’t do me good to be sick
again.
when she wakes, I instantly know, I close my
eyes to see what she will do.
She sits up a little and pulls away, she goes to
stand but I pull her back, she squeals and
turns as she falls on the bed.
“Good morning”
I say and she winces, what? Was I that bad to
her?
“Good morning sir”
I frown.
“Drop the sir thing, my name’s justice.”
Surprise flashes through her eyes , just as it
does pain follows.
“What’s wrong?”
She shakes her head. “nothing”
“Don’t lie to me, itty bitty, what’s wrong”
She blushes and hides her face with her hair.
“I have cramps and my stomach is hurting me”
She says it in a rush, that it takes some
seconds to understand.
I wince, I know what a pain that could be, I
always took care of julliet when she got her
period.
“Lie back, give me some minutes.”
She does so while looking at Me like she is
waiting for me to pounce on her, ok maybe I
was really bad to her.
I stand from the bed and I feel an headache
Lance through my skull, I guess am not as ok
as I thought.
I exit the room and walk downstairs to the
kitchen, coughing all the way, I hate having the
flu.
I open the fridge and I see some ben & Jerry’s
ice cream.
Rocky road, that’s julliet’s favorite, i dont know
if she is one of those girls who feel better after
they eat sugar, or if sugar makes her cramp
more painful.
As I grab this and some spoons I walk upstairs
and a thought occurs to me.
She has never gone shopping, does she have
sanitary pads?
I enter my room and I see her trying to make
her escape.
“Thought I told you to stay on the bed, itty
bitty?”
She turns guilty eyes to me and climbs back
on the bed.
I climb in too, her eyes light up when she sees
the ice cream, well I guess she is one of those
girls that feels good after taking sugar.
I open the tub of ice cream and I hand her a
spoon.
She takes a big bite and I feel it safe to ask.
“Do you have pads?”.
I should not have asked, I see that now, She
starts choking on her ice cream and spew
some everywhere.
Blood flows to her cheek in a severe blush as
she cleans her mouth, I think she is shy.
She looks away.
“Well do you?”
She shakes her head no, I thought so.
“I was going to get yesterday, but…”
“You had to take care of me, has it started, I
mean….”
I nod my head to the vicinity of her abdomen
and she blushes again while shaking her head
no.
I lean over her and grab my cellphone, I scroll
through my numbers and I see her looking lost
while eating her ice cream, I grab the remote
for the big plasma in my room and I tune it to a
telenovela.
She immediately starts watching, girls and this
shit.
I dial my PA’s number.
“Good morning boss man”
Only Lydia can get away with talking to me like
that, well seeing as she is 10 years older than
me and I am a God father to both of her kids, I
think she deserves some slack.
“I need some pads lyddie”
I see magic glance at me.
I hear silence over the phone.
“Lydia?, Did you hear me?”
“Hear you loud and clear boss man, but am
thinking if you need some pad for writing or the
girly kind?”
I like lyddie, I do, she is badass at her job and
she takes shit from no body, but right now she
is getting on my last nerve.
“Lydia, get some tampons, pads, tissue,
anything, I want it in my house in an hour”
I glance at magic when she tugs at my shirt.
“Can she please get the Always brand? and
some pain relieve drug?”
I hear Lydia take in a deep breath on the other
end of the phone.
“Boss man?……you have a woman with you?
On a Saturday morning?”
I raise an eyebrow, what’s that supposed to
mean?
“Lydia, just get the shit here, I know you heard
her request”.
I disconnect, I know Lydia will either be here
or she will send a delivery guy, she is
competent like that.
And also I pay her a ton of money for her to be
at my beck and call even on weekends.
(Let me just say, arrogant much?-bebe)
I turn to magic and she is watching her show
while eating her ice cream, I pull her into Me as
I settle back on the headboard, she stiffens but
after a while relaxes.
I take my spoon and eat a bite of the feté, I
grimace, how do girls stomach this shit?
She looks at my expression and giggles.
Ha, glad my plight looks funny to her.
After a while I feel rather than see her gather
herself, as if she has something to say.
“What is it bitty?”
“What happened last night”
I tense, I don’t like talking about my weakness
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. Selene.
“It’s ok if you don’t want to talk about it”
“I saw Selene on my way to the airport”
“Your girlfriend?”
I stiffen.
“That b**ch is not my girlfriend”
“Ok…..”
I sigh.
“Selene is my ex, when my sister julliet
traveled to the states, I started dating her, I
thought she was good, kind, wife material
even”
She nods, I go on.
“I was wrong, i was so wrong”
“What did she do?”
I take a bite of the ice cream, I need
something Cold to clear the storm in my
stomach.
“I found out she took money from my father”
She nods again.
“You see during that time, she told me she was
pregnant, I was overjoyed, we were going to
keep the baby, get married, but I had a crisis in
my company at that time, I was just so busy, it
looked like I might loose my company”
I feel her stiffen, she leans and place the tub of
ice cream on the night stand, she turns her full
attention to me.
“I think she thought I would loose the company
too, I don’t know why she did it, her parents
are very wealthy”
I feel pain run through me as I remember the
day, the way I ran from the airport when I got
the news from Lydia that Selene just left my
father’s office and she seemed to be on her
way to the hospital, and not for a check up.
Magic grabs my hand and I feel the pain fall
back.
“Long story short, she took money from my
dad, decided I wasn’t worth it, decided my
baby wasn’t worth it so she aborted my seed.”
Tears fills Magic’s eyes , she climbs into my
lap and gives me a big hug.
“I wanted that Baby with everything I had, she
killed my child.”
I feel her tears soak my shirt and I wonder,
who is this girl that is crying for a child that is
not hers?
Hurting for a man that was cruel to her.
“I channeled my anger into my company, a
company my dad refused to help me salvage
because it was left to me by my mother”
She shakes with great sobs.
“I am successful, I am great, I have everything
now, any child of mine will never know suffer”
I stroke her head as she cries, I feel free, light
even, I feel ok now that I have told someone
about my Amelia, my baby girl.
Who is this girl?
This girl that gives of herself without wanting
anything in return?
Who is this girl that has woken emotions inside
me that I tried to ignore?
A/N
Okay…….
So now we know why justice acts the way he
does.
Too bad.
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*** MAGIC. We spend all of Saturday and Sunday in bed, only getting up to bath, eat or use the toilet. We talked about everything and nothing. How I want to go to school, my fashion designing dream, everything, he says he will look up some schools for me. I didnt really hold that to mind, because it was at the same time His PA brought my stuff, I wanted to go get it but he stopped me, saying something about gossipping and nosy ass people. It’s Monday, I have to wake up now, reality has set in, I wake up early and exit the bed, before I leave he holds me back. “Where are you going?” He mumbled. “I have to go and get ready for miss julliet and Mr Justin’s arrival” “Miss and Mr, so cute…” He says this sleepily and he turns letting me go. I exit the room and just in time, because Alec bounds in as i step into the hallway. “Magic!” “Hey, Alec, how was your trip?” “It was awesome!” I nod as he passes me. I enter my room and quickly take my bath and I go down stairs. As I prepare breakfast I think about what justice told me. I can’t believe some women can be that despicable, throwing away your baby for money. I feel anger on Justice’s behalf, I mean who does that. I feel my self getting worked up so I make an effort to relax. Well it was shot to hell when justice enters the kitchen. “Good morning” I greet, he nods, looks like we are back to master – slave interaction. I sigh. I turn to the toaster and in pull out a loaf of bread. I turn to see him standing right behind me. I squeak. He kisses my temple, am stunned motionless, what? I turn to him. “Did you hear me itty bitty?” I shake my head no. “I can’t have breakfast, I have work at the office, I have to go, just came in to tell you” He came in to tell me Since when? I nod, his other words get through to me so i tug on his shirt, he turns to me. “You were sick, can’t you take today off?” He shakes his head and strokes my hair out of the way. “Can’t baby, but will be back early”.. Baby, I feel tingles run through me. Oh boy. I nod and he grabs a greasy bacon with a serviette and exits. Jesus, Mary and Joseph. I set the table and I see everyone is present except Mr Justin and master justice, of course. I ask about Mr Justin and miss julliet says he isnt back yet from where ever he went. I nod. “So how was your trip?” I ask and julliet turns to me away from Mr sage. There’s something about their relationship now, it seems deeper in a way. “It was awesome, Sage’s mother got me this bracelet”. She holds out her hand and I admire. “It looks good” She beams, I turn to Alec and I wipe grease off his face. He beams. “So how was your weekend? I heard justice was around,” I choke on my juice, did he say something? Is she angry? I nod. “My weekend was fine, it was ok” I don’t look at her but I feel her looking at me speculatively, I hear Mr sage say . “Jackpot” What does that mean? ******************** MAGIC. It’s the afternoon, am trying to mow the lawn, so I don’t hear Mr Justin calls over the sound. I squeal when someone taps me. I jump a little. “Calm down little one, it’s just me” I clutch at my chest as I bend to off the mower. “Good afternoon sir, you are back” “Yes Magic, I am, I have some good news” I dust my hand and wait for the news. “We found your bag and everything seems to be intact” I squeal . “Where is it?” He points to in the direction of the house and I take off running, I hear him following me. When I enter, i see julliet poking at to the bag with her feet and looking suspiciously at it. I almost laugh, I guess it does look out of place in the granduer of this house. “Is this yours?” She asks, I nod as I kneel and open it looking for something specifically. I squeal as I see the phone kelechi gave me. I turn around and I throw myself at Justin. I kiss his cheek as he spins me around. “Thank you, oh thank you so much” I laugh, when he stops spinning me I see justice standing at the door way looking indifferent. Oh shot. *************************************** Justice. All day at work, I could not function, I thought of her, magic. Lydia came in and tried to make me talk but I just told her to stay out of my buisness. She let’s off. I glance at the clock and I see its past two. Might as well close up shop, am not getting anything done as I sit down here mooning over a girl like a puppy. I exit my office with my briefcase and I about heard Lydia’s mouth hit the floor in surprise. “Boss man you are going home?” “Seems so, forward all calls to my private phone” I walk towards the door, I stop at her words. “Who ever she is boss man, keep her, she is good this time I can tell,” I don’t respond just exit.. On my way home I pass a mall and i pull into their parking lot. I exit and walk inside. I go to the confectioneries aisle and I get some Rocky road ice cream, seems she liked it on Saturday, I get some Hershey’s kisses chocolate and a some milky way chocolate. As I walk to the cashier I pass a phone aisle. I peruse the various brands and I settle on an iPhone, I get it and make my way to the cashier. She needs a phone, I get it . I pay and I exit. I drive home. I feel good about this. Imagine my surprise when I got to my house and I see my stupid brother who has a death wish by the way, spinning her around. And the woman seems to be kissing him right back. What the ever loving hell? I know she had a little bit of a crush on my brother, it was obvious, I expected nothing less seeing that he saved her. But I thought julliet put her on the right track. Justin is Sandra’s. She sees me and she stop, taking a step away from Justin. Good at least subconsciously she knows I don’t like that shit. “Good afternoon Justy” I kiss julliet on the head as she makes her way to me. “What do you have there? Are they for me?” I shake my head no, I walk to magic and I hand the bag to her. I walk out of the room and into the Hallway. Am pissed. As I leave I hear julliet ask. “So what the hell really happened during the weekend?” . .

JUSTICE.
When I know enough time has passed for
everyone to be in bed, I make my way to
Magic’s room.
I knock and I get no response, I open the door
and enter and she is sitting on the bed
watching me.
I climb on the bed and position my self, my
back resting on the headboard and my legs
crossed.
I look closely at her and I see her holding the
phone case and another small broken phone.
“What’s that?”
I ask with a nod towards her hand.
“I thought…. I thought you were angry at me?”
She says and I almost smile.
“Anger is a strong word”
“What are you then?”
I decide to ignore her question, I pull the
phone casing from her hand and I open the
wrap.
The brand new sleek iPhone falls out, she
gasps.
I look at her with my eyebrows raised.
“Don’t tell me you’ve never seen a phone”
She blushes.
“I have but not one this beautiful”
She says this while raising the piece of junk
with a rubber band around it lookalike of a
phone.
I nod.
I lean over her and plug the phone in on the
wall socket
“Is there any one you want to call?”
She nods…
“Your best friend?”
She nods again.
“Why haven’t you done so?”.
I ask while nodding at the thingy in her hand.
“I think its dead for ever, it won’t turn on and I
don’t have the charger”.
I nod.
“No worries then, when that one powers on you
can call your friend”
“But I don’t have her number in my head”
“Let’s up it come up when you switch Sims.”
I reach over her and get her new phone, I hear
her pull in a breath when our chests brush, I
almost smile.
I switch Sims of both phone and I power on the
phone, she squeals a little.
After a while I go through the contact list.
“So?! Is the number in there?”
She asks excitedly, I shake my head and she
deflates.
“Tomorrow, we will take your other to the mall
tomorrow to try and get it to power on, ok?
Then we can get your contacts from it.”
She nods .
I go on to show her the things her new phone
can do and soon she is smiling.
We open a Facebook account, an instant
messenger, WhatsApp and even an Instagram
account, she followed all the top fashion
designers.
She knew them all and can even spell.
Not that I don’t think she can spell, just that
am surprised she is that good at it.
I have to really find out about a university for
her.
I turn to her when she tugs on the hem my
shirt, I like that shit.
“Can I ask you a question?”
“Depends, what do I get from answering?”
She frowns confused.
“Go on, ask away”
She takes a deep breath and I brace myself,
this will not be a good question.
“Why didn’t you ever arrest Selene?, I mean,
isn’t abortion illegal in our country?”
I nod.
“Her parents are very influential and good
people, at that time I was going to but to what
end? They will just get her out and am sure
they will saddle me with a name, a name my
company didn’t need at that time.
So I locked up, and besides, her parents are
like one of the major share holders in my
company, good people, a relationship ruined
like that because of their greedy, selfish
daughter would have been irreparable and
again , major shareholders”
She nods.
“But that doesn’t mean I won’t pay her back in
her own coin itty bitty, she won’t see it coming”
She nods and i get that she totally got me.
“She will deserve what ever comes to her”
I nod.
“Of that you are right magic”
She narrows her eyes.
“What?”
“You just said my name, for the first time”
I smirk, well well well.
Someone is observant.
“You like me saying your name baby?”
She blushes.
“Well I don’t hate it”
Ha sneaky.
I pull her face to mine.
“Will you not hate it if I kiss right now?”
Her eyes widen and I see something in there.
What?
No way.
Nah.
But…..?
“Have you ever been kissed?”
She blushes and refuses to meet my eyes by
playing with her phone
“Eyes on me magic”
She slowly raises her eyes.
“Have you ever been kissed?”
She shakes her head no and I almost weep.
So effing innocent.
I pull her gently to me and she comes willingly.
“Am going to kiss you now, break the kiss
when ever you want itty bitty”
Her eye widen, I don’t let her say anything
because I kiss her.
At first she is motionless, I nibble on her lip
and she opens for me.
Good girl.
After a while she seems to get the hang of it
because she kisses me back like a pro.
I break the kiss.
Well what do we have here.
She turns glazed eyes to me and stares at my
lips.
“Again?”
I ask and she nods.
I kiss her again, this time harder and much
more longer, I break the kiss and whisper in
her ear.
“You taste so much better than anything or
anyone I have or will ever have”
She goes still in my arms and I frown.
“What’s wrong?”
“Please leave my room.”
The eff?
“You said what Magic?”
“Leave my room”
I stand from the bed and I pace a little.
I turn to her, pissed.
“Is this what you do? You lure guys in by
being sweet and when you have them grasps
you tighten the noose?”
Hurt flashes in her eyes, but am too far gone to
care.
“Was that even true? Was that even your first
kiss? Or you made that up to make you look
innocent?”
She kneels up in the bed and points to her
door.
“Get out!”
“You don’t have to say that twice bitty, am
going”.
I exit and i slam the door as hard as I can.
Whatever.
They are all the same.
I enter my room and I fall on my bed.
I think about what happened, I go over my
words and…..
“Oh shit”
I understand now why she is angry,
‘better than the one I will ever have?’
Who says that?
So tactless, justice, you slowpoke.
I sigh as I rub my palms on my face.
And the harsh things I said, and after the girl
gave me her first kiss nonetheless.
Ha, justice.
I go to stand but stop.
Tomorrow, Tomorrow.

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