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Two hours had passed since Dave returned from wherever he passed the night and Serena who had as intructed had entered the kitchen, prepared breakfast of yam and fried egg, dished into a plate and according to Dave had dished another into a warmer which she placed on the dinning table.
Sine Dave entered his room, she was yet to see nor hear from him, all she heard was the running water from his bathroom.
"Is everything set?" He asked as he entered the living room.
"That's it over there." Serena muttered pointing to the dinning and without another word, he walked into the dinning area and little had he sat down than his phone started ringing.
"Hey bro, how you dey?" He said.
"Am okay, how about you?" Nate's voice sounded from the other end.
"Am fine.. I called your line but you weren't picking up." Dave said.
"Yes, abeg no vex. I was not in the room when you called. What's up?" Nate replied.
"O boy, something just came up o. You sha know about Dad's recurring......" That was all Serena could hear before Dave picked up the warmer and left the house without touching his food.
While expecting him to return, at least, if he had gone to make his call outside, he should return. The next thing she heard was the sound of someone opening the gate and by the time she got to the window, Dave was driving out of the compound after which he locked the gate and drove off.
Serena slumped back on the chair as hot tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Why am I being treated like an outcast?" She asked herself as she thought about the event of the past weeks. First, it was Nate and Dave conversing in hushed tones, then came Nate detention at the police station where she played a major role in ensuring his release and Nate taking his time to explain the reason behind his arrest to Dave who did little or nothing at securing his bail. Now, Dave, her father and the gatemen spent the night at only God knows where and now that Dave was back, he couldn't even tell her where he spent the night or where the other were, rather, he just bossed her around instructing her to prepare breakfast, and now he could only explain the whole situation to Nathan who is almost a three hours drive away from them in Kwara state.
"Maybe I am not a member of this family." She concluded as she brought out her phone and dialled her mother's number.
The phone rang for the first time, but no one picked up, therefore, she had to retry for the second time and in the middle of the third ring, her mother's voice came on.
"Good morning mum." She said.
"Good morning Serena. How are you?" Her mother's ever sweet voice came on.
"Am fine and you?"
"You don't need to ask me if I am fine or not. You! Serena, you?" Her mother's voice changed immediately such that, one could notice the anger and vernom that came with it.
"Mum." Serena said. More of a question in a bid to confirm if she was on with her mother or not.
"You are speaking with me. Yes. You never bothered to check on me for almost a month. No calls, nothing nothing. The last time we talked was when?" The raised voice returned. "check your call log, that is if you still have my number, then you'll realise that my number has been pushed behind into obscurity. Serena, is that how daughters treat their mothers? Is that how Stephanie treats her own mother?" The spit in her mouth had dried up as she listened to her angry mother.
"For your information, Stephanie visited me yesterday. Yes, she did. She claimed she was coming from Iwo road and she remembered that I am lodged at Womile hotel. You can imagine that? My daughter's friend visited me, but my own daughter is avoiding me." Th voice at the other end was turning shaky.
"I know your father asked you to avoid me like a plague. And even Dave who does like I don't exist now calls me everyday. I don't know what happened to you. Serena, I am disappointed in you. Whatever happened to the mother and daughter love that we once shared?"
Serena breathe in once her mother was done pouring out her heart, something she was grateful for. If it were to be in the case of her father, he won't say a thing, but rather pretend like all was well and when you have offended him about five different times, he would let it all out, and apologising will be like pouring a cup of water on a raging fire.
"Mum, am sorry." Was all Serena could say. "How can I see you? We have a lot to talk about."
"Is everything alright?" Her mother asked.
"Maybe when you answer my question, everything will be fine. I'll be there in an hours time." Serena said and hung up.
As she made to leave the living room, a knock sounded on the gate outside.
Only one person knocks like that, JAKE.


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thronekid, I see you.
Princesssusan, you be Hausa? No wahala.
Be back later to read nd criticise, but since oga thronekid don point out somethings, I knw, there z nothing to talk abt anymore.
Toykathy, candy, stuff46, na my eyes I take see una. Good morning.

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"What do you take me for?" Chris asked quietly as he took a step towards Clara.
"I don't understand." Clara said.
"You can't understand, why will you?" Chris replied. "You are taking me to my father and you are recieving calls from Mayor. Is Mayor my father?"
"He is in charge of everything. Your dad gave the job to him." Clara replied.
"Aunty, stop lying. I hate it." Chris said. "Mayor is in charge of everything and he was telling of not wanting to have anything to do with you again. He didn't even ask about the boy? Isn't he aware that I am here? And why should my dad put someone in charge of bringing me to him? Can't he just meet with my mum?" Chris poured out.
Clara wanted to talk, but her energy failed her. She was suprised that all the training she underwent as a non commissioned female trainee, she could be brought to the ground by a thirteen year old boy.
"I'll leave you here and believe me, you'll be arrested for kidnap." Chris said hitting her once again. This time on the arm and shoulder before he ran out of the house in search of help.
After running for close to two three minutes, he saw them, about ten men were standing afar off conversing. He ran towards them waving his hands. He flung himself on the first man he recognized very well.
"Chris, is that you?" Collins asked as he held the boy tightly.
"Yes it is me. She is there." chris replied pointing the dirction in which he had come.
"Are you okay?" The men asked in unison.
"I am perfectly okay. She is there." He said.
No one was paying attention to whatever he was saying. The most important thing was the fact that he was fine and unhurt.
Mark walked up to him, tapped his shoulder.
"Uncle." Chris flung himself at Mark's muscular body.
"Call me Mark." Mark said as he led him away from the chattering men.
"How did you get here?" Mark asked.
"Aunty Clara kidnapped me. She is still there." Chris replied.
"Where?" Mark asked a little loudly.
His loud voice caught the attention of the chattering men who looked in their direction.
"Mark, any problem?" Collins asked.
"None for now." He replied as he led Chris further away from within their earshot.
"Where is she? Clara." Mark asked.
"Inside one of the huts." Chris replied.
"Can you take me there?"
"Sure." Chris replied.
Immediately, Chris led the way back towards where he had come and Mark after a few words with the other men, they all followed Chris.
After a minute of running and walking, Chris came to a halt in front of several houses. The men behind him stopped, waiting for him to make the move, point to a hut and leave the rest to them, but a confused Chris looked back at them and said nothing.
A strong hand was wrapped around his shoulder.
"What's going on boy?" Mark asked.
"I am confused. All the houses look alike. But am sure she is inside one of them." Chris replied.
"Do you take us for fools? You are confused? You mean in just five minute, you forgot the house from where you came out?" Collin's voice thundered from within the other group of men.
Chris looked at Collins with a am-disappointed-in-you-look, but he said nothing.
"Calm down Collins. He is just a boy and you don't expect him to at the same time while he is trying to escape from danger, he can't at the same time take cognisance of his environment. His safety is more important than identifying his abductors or wherever he was held up." Mark explained.
"So, what's going to happen now?" Collins asked.
"We search every house around." Mark replied. "Are you sure the house is here?" He turned to Chris.
"Yes Uncle." Chris replied.
And a minute later, every man had entered a house each and after minutes of fruitless search, they all converged outside once again.
"She is gone."
Chris felt his head go blank like was floating on water or suspended in the air. With his eyes closed, he searched for something to hold onto in a bid to steady himself, but there was none. He breathe in the last of air and breathe it out before falling to the ground and passed out.
"Chris!" Everyone exclaimed as they scrambled to put him in the car.

END OF CHAPTER 9

--continuation--
Danny Lovato walked out the big mansion which was built inside a very large compound enclose in high walls. Five men were standing beside a van and the men had triumphant looks on their faces, even though beneathe the look of triumph was etched the fear. The fear of the unknown was the best way to describe how the men felt that moment. They were happy because they were successful in the assignment, and afraid because they allowed two of the boys slip.
"welcome boss." The men said with a bow.
"Where are the goods?" He asked in a business-like manner.
One of the men stepped forward, opened the door to reveal three boys crawled up, all asleep and still dressed in their sport wears and sport boots.
"Where are the others?" He asked.
"What others?" The man blurted out the first thing that crossed his lips.
"You said you are bringing five boys over, why three?" Danny asked calmly.
"Have you paid for those three? Another of the five men asked.
Danny Lovato stopped in his tracks, suprise written all over his face.
"Are you serious?" He laughed.
"Of course, I am. Pay for the three." The man replied.
Danny Lovato walked away from the vehicle towards the man who took two quick steps backward.
"Are you asking me to pay?" Danny asked. "Like, I should pay before seeing the goods, before accessing them?" he took a step closer. The man in question took two backwards. "Have you forgotten your root? You still belong here in case you don't know. We made you a man here and sent you into the world to catch them young. What's giving you the guts to ask me for money?" Danny took two steps, the man who was now trembling took four backwards. Now he was standing just a step in front of the wall.
"Every outside assignment you embark on, the pay is regarded as bonus to your basic salary. Have you seen me give out brown envelopes before?" This time, Danny had closed in on him.
"Sorry boss. He is new in the system." One of the men, the biggest and obviously the leader said.
"So?" Danny glared at him.
"Sorry sir." He bowed.
"Who recruited him?" Danny asked.
"I did." The big man replied.
Danny kept quiet for a minute, looking from one man to the other, his brain working sharply.
"Lock him up." He said to the other three men and without another word, they seized the big man's hands and without struggle, he was led into the building.
"I love your courage. You'll take the place of the man who recruited you." Danny said placing his hand on the new man's shoulder. "Come with me." He tapped him and lef the way into the building.
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After several futile attempt to chase down the driver of the CRV who was now alone in the car and probably get words out of him about Clara's whereabout and that of the boy, the team of private investigators succeeded in chasing the young man behind the wheels until he ran into a three on the outskirt of the village and the loss of blood and lack of medical attention made him give up the ghost after five minutes.
The team of private investigators were now saddled with the responsibility of finding Clara and the little boy, because the last call the team leader from Mark, it was clearly said that the boy must be found, or else... He left the words hanging and allowed him complete it with thatever threat he could think of.
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"Chris, what's going on? Are they anywhere near us?" Clara asked a horror strickened Chris who was looking out through a window and Clara through another.
"No Aunty. They just walked past this place." Chris replied referring to the hut they were hiding in. The hut belonged to an old woman who age couldn't be anything less than ninety. "Aunty, why are you doing this? Why are they chasing us?" He asked.
Clara smiled, he had a lie already cooked and ready to be served hot.
"Its your mum. I told her I was going to take to your father, but she refused. That was why she sent those men to kidnap you and these ones after us." Clara explained.
"But, why did you tie my hands and legs?" He asked.
"I was afraid you'll shout that I kidnapped you. Am sorry for that. Its all for the best." Clara replied.
"For the best?... Yeah it is." Chris stuttered. "But I am going to meet my father right?" He asked.
"He can't wait to meet you sef." Clara replied.
"Wow! I can't wait too." He said happily, throwing his fist into the air.
Clara returned to her position, back turned on Chris as she looked out of the window. Chris silently stood up and walked to the door where he picked a club which stood just behind the door. He walked silently to where Clara was and just before Clara could see him coming, he flung the big stick which hit Clara on the head and she fell to the ground in pain.
"Chris, why are you doing this?" Clara asked, but her question was met with another hit from the stick.

--tbc--

--continuation--
Mark sat just beside Tina's bed inside the medical wing of the building when Collins strolled in confidently in his usual white shirt rolled up to his elbow and black trouser.
"Hey Mark." He said shaking hands with Mark.
"Collins." Mark replied standing up to allow his boss sit down on the chair while he moved to sit on the bed.
"Hows she?" Collins asked taking Tina's hand in his.
Mark could feel his inside churn, it was obvious to him that he was jealous, but his alter ego convinced him that the feeling was not jealousy, but anger at Collins who was breaking rules by holding the hand of a fellow colleague during the office hours.
"Is the hospital wing part of the office?" Another voice asked, this time the question was directed at his alter ego.
"Of course it is." His alter ego replied with an accent that sounded American.
"And when he kissed Tina inside her office, you call that what?" The voice asked again.
He screamed at the two voices who kept quiets and he could imagine tham glaring at each other in his insides. No wonder, his insides gave funny sounds most times and he used to think it was hunger, maybe the two voices were fighting at those times.
Mark continued to stare at Collins who still held unto a sleeping Tina like his life depended on it.
"What did they give to her?" Collins asked. "I mean, medication."
Mark wanted to slap him hard accross the face and say; "Can't you ask her or do you know anything about drugs?" But the thought of what would happen afterwards made him change his mind.
"The doctor in charge already sedated her when her struggles became too much. They said she is suffering from something, but I can't remember what he called it." Mark explained.
"What's the doctor's name?" Collins asked.
"I don't know." Mark replied.
Just then the curtain into the ward opened and the female doctor whom Mark had developed likeness for walked in dressed in a blue t-shirt over a black pencil skirt.
"Hey Angela." Collins said standing up with open arms which the lady walked into after a second of hesitation.
"Hi Mark." She greeted Mark who barely opened his mouth before he replied.
"Are you just resuming for work today?" Collins asked, his eyes all over the lady.
"Yeah. I reached an agreement with one doctor who did the night duty and he promised to cover for me this morning. So I will take over now and cover his night duty for today. Am off tomorrow." She explained.
"That's good."
"Let me change to my wears." She said to Collins who made sure he patted her back before she left.
"So, will you be here with her all day?" Collins asked Mark.
"Excuse me please." Mark said as he walked out of the ward. He returned a minute later talking as he ran.
"Something just came up. They seemed to have located Christopher's abductors, I am going after them right now." Mark said as he returned to the room.
"I am coming with you." Collins said standing up swiftly and darted for the door.
Once the two men had left, Tina opened her eyes and shook her head amusingly. It was evident that Collins wanted to be on the same paper page with Mark where they both have access to Tina, while Mark was either forcing himself not to fall for Tina or he had fallen in love with one too many ladies. One couldn't but notice the angry glare he had given Collins when he hugged Angela and how he had replied Angela's greeting.
"He must be a confused fellow." Tina concluded.
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A yellow Honda Element was driven to a halt inside the very large compound belonging to Daniel and Adeola Martin. A middle aged man got down from the driver seat and made for the backseat, opened the door and slowly, Adeola got down after which another young lady much younger than Adeola got down.
"Welcome home madam." The gateman ran up to them and said.
"Thank you o." Adeola smiled.
"I wanted to come and greet you in the hospital, but Oga won't give me the address." The gateman said. "Don't you leave your duty post and go about visitng people in the hospital or I have you fired." He added mimicking Daniel's voice.
The two ladies bursted into laughter at his jokes which the driver considered dry.
"I don't know why he wants to fire me. Fire ke?" The man added hopping to draw laughs from the ladies, but he only earned himself a correction from the other lady, whom he knew to be Daniel's sister.
"Fire means sack. When they asked you to leave your job." She said.
This time, the driver bursted into laughter. "This is the joke of the century." He said as he carried the bags and took them in while the two ladies followed.
"Home, sweet home." Adeola sang as she walked into the room she shared with Daniel and what her eyes caught was not only disturbing, but heartbreaking.

--to be continued--

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The black Honda CRV sped on as if a race was on and Dragon who was behind the wheels enjoyed runing into potholes and out of them. He also enjoyed at a point, swerving off the road and returning to his lane after a few minutes or when he saw a roadside retailer, so he doesn't hit anybody.
Clara was seated at the backseat with a horror struck Christopher who had his mouth covered with a tape and his hand tied. His legs were clamped together which made it impossible for him to move, talk or fight, while his abductor, his mother's bestfriend turned sister, who practically was his mother. A trusted family member, someone he had grown up to know, it wasn't until recently that he got to know that his mother was not related to Clara, and yet, that didn't change the fact that he loved her with his all, and he was always disturbing his mother asking of when Clara would visit them again, since she no longer lived with them.
"Dragon, did you notice a car has been tailing us right from the time we picked this boy?" Clara asked as she sharpened her nails like nothing was amis.
The scary-face Dragon looked into the mirror and smiled. His smile looked like a frown, but the etching lines on both sides of his mouth was an evidence that his frown was actually and intended smile.
"Lets do some games." Dragon said as he stepped on the gas and the car seemed to fly a hundred kilometres at once. He stepped on the break and reduced his speed.
"You guys okay?" Dragon asked.
"Yes we are." Clara replied glancing backwards to have a look at the supposed car which was on their tail, but nothing was seen.
"They probably weren't expecting such run from us." Dragon said with a victorious smile. "They are here again." He said and right to his words, the car was speeding to catch up with them.
"Let's do this one more time." The car burst forward, as it seems it had developed wings and the next time dragon stepped on the break was three minutes later, but to his suprise, the car was still in view, despite the number of bends he took.
"I now understand this game. Make some calls." Dragon said to Clara who calmly removed her phone and dialled a number. Seconds later, she spoke.
"Hey Mayor. Calm down. I have left your life for good, but something just came up. A car is on our tail." She said.
"A car? Is Dragon there with you?" Mayor asked.
"Yes." Clara replied.
"Give the phone to him."
Clara handed the phone to Dragon who despite driving spoke to Mayor for the next one minute.
"It is settled." Dragon said.
The name Mayor rang a bell in Christopher's head, but his problem presently is bigger than whoever Mayor is. Afterall, every Mayowa is likely to be nicknamed Mayor and his mother's brother is one of those Mayowas.
After ten minutes drive, Dragon pulled the car roughly out of the tarred road and joined the untarred road that probably led into a village.
"What's happening?" Clara asked.
"Watch me." Dragon replied without glancing back.
The car sped on the untarred road without any problem, this time, Chris was up and conscious of his environment, but he was immobile.
"The plan now is to drive you further into whatever village lay ahead. You are to go in there and mix with the villagers." Dragon explained as he looked into the rear mirror. Their pursuers are nowhere to be found, all thanks to the bad road and the kind of car they drove.
"Nothing is a good as jeep." He throught as he ran into a pothole.
"Jesus!." Clara said clutching Christopher to herself for balance and to make sure the boy didn't fall or hit his head on anything.
"I think you should fasten your seatbelts." Dragon muttered looking at the rear mirror.
"What is Mayor playing at?" Clara asked.
"I don't know." Dragos replied.
Just then the car sped past a palmwine tapper who was pushing his bicycle by the side of the road. He hailed Dragon who hailed him back.
"You know him?" Clara asked.
"No." He replied.
"Then, why did you greet him?" She asked.
"He greeted me first and I replied. Maybe he thought I am one of the golden sons of this village who lived in Lagos and decided to visit the village with my wife an son." Dragon explained with a smirk.
"That's a settlement up front." Clara called his attention to a square-shaped hut metres away.
"Seen." He snapped as he intensified his speed. "Its a market square." He said. "Just what we wanted."
In one swift movement, he drove into the vast land surface filled with sheds and stalls before switching of the ignition.
"Now mix with them."
Clara together with Chris who is now free as every bound on him have been removed walked into the crowd, just at the time that their pursuers came into view from afar. Dragon kickstart the car engine and went deeper into the village.

--tbc--

You need to see how bad the MTN network was throughout yesterday, despite the fact that I live inside an MTN mast, abi the mast live inside my house, one of the two sha. I climbed tge mast, nothing changed. But its all better now, so, I will just drop four updates.
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kitnah:
Where. Is dee??

Update nah

Aunty calm down na. Mtn network blacked out throughout yesterday. It is a bit better now, so I will just go and look for my phone from where I threw it at.
Good morning.

Joskiro50:
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donPhill:

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You all can check your mails.

ibizgirl:
Ha!!! It seems mama Londoner is not aware of Anita and Barrister's ish. Please he must not take Anita back, she is a demon in disguise.

Exactly! Mama had no idea of Anita and Olu, cos someone is desperate

harjibolar10:
Eeyah, get well soon Mr oluwole, and BTW, mama londoner is quite right and blunt there thou




Thanks man, for the update s

Dnt blame mama na. Maybe someone is holding her to a ransome. That's the Thomas family for u

Winningbt, prettydiva89, sammyomotola, hadease, harjibolar10, kizzykeziah, barackodam, LogoDWhiz, onemansquad, omolabaketemi, Adeh39 and others... Thanks for your patience.

ElectGINeer:
D9ty you are.......... Well I will call you a great e-Authour.

Thanks boss

Hey guys! The 24hrs break is over, and the updates for today is cooking like some people would say.
Join me later in the day(any moment from 12noon downward) for the updates.
Thanks for your patience.

Hey guys! I just hope the last two updates were worth the wait.
Keep your comments coming and meet me at the other end later in the day.
Good morning yo y'all.

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The greatest cheat on earth will find it difficult to cheat nature, not because nature is cheat resistant, but because nature is life, and the moment you try to cheat nature, you are cheating life as a whole. I just doesn't add up, people trying to stay awake all night. Despite the sudden absence of her father, her brother and the gateman the previous day, Serena still one way or the other fell into deep sleep at a time.
Waking up early this morning, she woke up to the emptiness of the house.
"Abi rapture don sound ni?" Serena asked herself as she walked up to the living room, switched on the tv, hoping to find a giant headline. "Miracle: people gone missing."
The first channel, an Oyo state owned television station wouldn't start broadcast until 7am, she checked the National television, the Ibadan zone, they were broadcasting a breakfast show. She checked a few private owned tv stations, while one was showing British movies, the other was showing musical videos.
"Even early in the morning? Films and music?" She thought as she switched on the decoder, connected it with the tv and picked up the remote.
"Why am I doing this?" She asked herself.
"You want to check CNN, BBC and Aljazeera maybe everyone in earth had gone missing." A voice in her subconscious replied.
"You are just so dumb." She screamed at the voice as she dropped the remote control.
"I belong to you. When you talk, I talk, when you sleep, I sleep. I am dumb cos you are." The voice replied with a laugh.
Serena felt like hitting herself hard on the head. Who talk to their subconscious and get replied? Was there even anything like that? You asking yourself question and a voice within you answering.
She concluded it has to be some mind stuffs and the way we see life in general. A man once said, "The world has no ceilling or a fence enclosing it, the world has no limit. The only limit that exist, exist in our minds." The same way when you ask yourself, am I going to pass this exam and a voice within you which belonged to you, a voice that does everything the way you want it, acts on your command and whatever it is that is in your mind, the voice dwells with it. The same voice of yours that speaks with fellow human speaks to you within, says you won't pass, then you surely would fail that exam or be a step away from passing which still means failure.
Just then, the door into the living room opened and Dave strolled in like nothing happened.
"Hey sis." He said as he sat on a nearby couch.
"Good morning." She replied calmly.
"Did you sleep well?" He asked.
"Where are you coming from?" She asked.
"What?.... What do you mean?" He replied.
"You didn't sleep in this house last night, did you? Same with dad."
"Oh! That?" He exclaimed more like waving off her question.
Serena stood in front of him, arms akimbo.
"I'll be going out in an hours time. Could you fix a quick breakfast for me? Am sure you can." With this, Dave gently pushed her out of his way.
"Dave!" Serena screamed loudly.
Dave stopped in his tracks, turned to face his sister.
"I asked you a question. We need to talk. Where did..." She was saying.
"I am tired." He mouthed before walking away.
Serena watched as her elder brother disappeared into the hallway.
"What's going on again?" She asked herself as she made for the kitchen.
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"Listen to me Wole, this is not the end of the world, you have to take back Anita. She is still the mother of your children. Your lawfully wedded wife, your other half, the bone of you bone, the flesh of your flesh." Mama Londoner said.
"Mama, I am not taking Anita back. I will take care of my children myself. Moreso, they are old enough to know what is right. The best that could happen is Anita coming to visit them, and nothing else." Mr Oluwole Thomas replied, he was lying on the hospital bed after he suffered a relapse of his ailment which almost led to a cardiac arrest if not for the quick intervention of Dave and his gateman.
"I am not categorically in support of the divorce in the first place and I am not in support of you taking Anita back. But I want us to make this family stronger. Wole, you know I don't like Anita, I don't need to tell you how much. " Mama paused.
"But, please for the sake of me as old as I am, leaving the comfort of my home last night to be with you here, take back you wife." Mama pleaded.
"Mama, but." Wole was saying.
"sshhhhh! We make sacrifices. If Anita should leave, many things are at stake. I am your mother, I can't push you into danger. Make this sacrifice because of your little girl, and believe me, you'll be glad you did. Just call off the divorce."

-tbc--

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Serena woke up with a start, her room very dark and her head blank. Truly, she felt like someone who just came around after an hour long collapse. She squinted her eyes as she searched for her phone. After minutes of searching with her hand, she felt it just underneathe ne pillow.
She fished it out and pressed the power button while she waited for it to boot. Two text messages flew into her phone immediately and she clicked the first one open which reads;
What exactly are you playing at? I was at group medical for over an hour searching for you, but the impatient matron on duty told me Serena is not a name and no such person was admitted into the hospital during the hours I said.
The events of the day came flashing that moment and she couldn't help but burst into laughter as she imagined the frustrated look on Jake's handsome face as he chased virtually every nurse and doctor that walk past the waiting room in a bid to get one or two words out of them.
"Taiwo is mad, I swear." She said to herself as she checked the second message, it was from MTN, reminding her of how much data she had used out of her monthly subscription. She hissed as she stepped out of bed and made for the bathroom where she washed her face, before returning to the room. The time was 7:26pm and she knew her father would have returned since around 5pm/6pm, which means his dinner is supposed to be on table by now. But, the blame wasn't hers entirely, afterall, she couldn't cheat nature, hence her decision to sleep, and two, she was still adapting to the fact that she would be in charge of the cookings in the house.
She stood up and made for the door, her phone clutched to her hand and a reading lamp in the other hand. Something was quite unusual about the sudden silence in the house. Her phone started to ring as she entered the living room where he father's laptop, glasses stood on the table. It was Jake. She cleared her throat, ready for some drama.
"Hello Jake." She said.
"Serena, is that you?" He asked. Without giving her a chance to reply, he bombarded her. "I recieved a call from your friend saying you collapsed and on admission at group medical. I hope you saw my message?" He said.
"Yes, sorry for disturbing you. The thing was, the matron you spoke with probably just began her shift and had no idea of who and who was on admission. And by the hour you came." She said as she tried not to laugh.
"Then, she should simply go through the log book and tell me wherever you are." Jake said angrily.
"Jake, why are you talking like this? You know that group medical is an old hospital, more active in the late 80s and 90s. You won't believe I wasn't admitted with the purchase of cards or whatever. I was just wheeled into the ward immediately. They have no record book." She explained.
"Okay. Are you still in the hospital?" he asked.
"Dad came to pick me this evening. A doctor would be coming over to treat me at home." She replied.
"Hope you are okay now sha?" He asked.
"Of course." She replied.
"Good to hear that."
"Please, let me call you back, I need to go." Without another word, she hung up and switched off her phone.
She dragged herself into the kitchen and started pulling some magic, trying to fix a suitable dinner for her father.
As at 9pm when she returned to her room, her father was nowhere to be found, same with Dave, the gateman was not in his house too and trying their numbers, she could hear her father's phone ring, Dave's phone wasn't connecting, the gateman's number was not on her phone.
"Where could they have gone to?" She asked herself as she stared at her ringing phone.
"Hello Taiwo."
"Hello babes. How you dey?" Taiwo replied excitedly.
"Am okay. Only that the collapse hangover is still playing on me." Serena replied.
"Abeg o! Me I don't know about that." Taiwo laughed. "Gist me, Mr Jake called you or he is still afraid?"
"He called me two hours ago." Serena replied.
"Is that all? What did you guys talk about?"
Serena took her time to explain every word they exchanged and when she was done, she expected Taiwo to be thrilled that she could at least muster the courage to play along, but Taiwo didn't say anything.
"Won't you say anything?" Serena asked.
"anything like?"
"Aren't you impressed with the lies I told him?" Serena asked.
"Sincerly speaking I am, but you just killed the fun."
"How?" Serena asked.
"You told him you are back at home. He knew the time to meet your dad at home and the time not to. He probably will try to visit you and what will happen after that?" Taiwo explained. "You should have just let me handle everything. I told you to switch off your phone, why did you have to switch it on? Now you are on your own and if he visit, with your flunctuating heart, you may just end up kissing him.
"So?" Serena asked. "I am even tired of this set up. I will forgive him if I want to, period. Goodnight." With this, she hung up.

--tbc--

Josiah was a kid wen he became a king and sat on the throne of Isreal. Thronekid is also a kid when he sat on the throne of.....(maybe he'll tell us)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY OGA THRONEKID, LONG LIFE AND PROSPERITIES IN GOOD AND SOUND HEALTH. Amen

kitnah:
Oops!!!

What about today??

Please do something jor

Two updates ready... To drop in minutes

hey guys. There won't be update(s) today at all. I am on a 24hrs self imposed break from updating.

hey guys. There won't be update(s) today at all. I am on a 24hrs self imposed break from updating.

What else can I wish for someone who have it all? You are happy, you write the best around here, you are a model to other intending writers around here... Name it. You just have it all. But I will just wish you long life and prosperities. I also tabled a proposal to God to make you bigger. It will approved before you know it.
Happy birthday k.

kitnah:
WOW!!!

I know you'll always deliver

nice one

This deserves fp

Are you kidding me? @bolded. Like, are you new on Nairaland? Stuffs like this don't make frontpage on Nairaland.
Regular things on frontpage;
- wizkid buys rolex wristwatch for N3m
- Tiwa savage denies divorce rumours.
- Wizkid's girlfriend eats amala and takes pictures with Harrysongs
- 20 nollywood actresses with the biggest boobs.
- What's your selling point.
Nairaland frontpage sucks.

Wonderful write up I must confess. I just wish everyone on earth can know this, then this world will be a better place to live in. Especially Africans and Nigerians to speak the truth.
And you forgot to add that, the begger who was buried just anyhow and the young man who was buried and sealed up with cement, including the Chief who was buried probably in his spacious living room and the head of state who was buried in a vault on a vast land where other head of states have been buried, they will all meet in heaven. Therefore, regardless of their earthly class and status, they will either wine and dine in paradise or suffer and go through pain in hell.
Sometimes when I think about life in general, the question I ask myself is that is life really worth the hype?
Once again, you have a nice write up.

All of you team Taiwo, I hope you all know that God is watching you.
Anyways, I still remain #teamJake. Onemansquad, abi you too don switch camp?

Slimzjoe:
Oga Dee no dey pray dhiz kind prayer for me na.....
I fit go use Slap Kill thiz kind Pikin

I won't slap her. She will just have to live with a relative or I take her to Afghanistan or Syria where she'll live till she grow some liver.

Chubbiehills:
d9ty7..i started d story nd enjoyed it..pls for heaven sake update d hidding part..fell inluv with d story dan to end it dis way...plsss

Drop your mail address here. I will redirect you to where you can read the hidden chapters.
Sorry, I am replying late.

Joskiro50:
D9ty7 u too much walahi.

Please send me d link to d hidden posts... Diz story interesting gan, I need to finish am all. Thanks in advace

Diz my whatsapp no 08138875495 or via e-mail joskiro20@gmail.com

I'll get back to you on your mail before noon and whatsapp before the end of today.
Several people to send the link to....