"Are you talking to Camilla?" in the background, Camilla heard her father's voice
"mom please give the phone to dad, let me talk to him". She felt guilty for blaming her father all the time and thinking he was annoying, she just thought he didn't love her.
"hello" Camilla suddenly heard her father's voice, she snapped out of her thoughts and cleared her voice
"Dad.... i-i am s-sorry, I...."stop" Mr Shaw interrupted her words. Camilla was startled, she didn't expect to have a smooth conversation with her father, not at all, but she was still startled because he caught her off guard.
"I don't want to hear you say all this on the phone, you make time and come home then you can say whatever you want, for now, I just want to know how school is and how you are fairing".
Camilla sighed helplessly, of course this was her father's personality, he would never want to hear an apology on the phone
"father, everything is fine with me over here".
"Dad wants the best for you, I don't hate you, I want you to be the best. Don't follow your mother's advise of running after men, you are better than that dear".
Camilla smiled, she knew her Dad was talking about Terry.
"Dad, it's funny how fast things change, His a serious person and is very respectful I can assure you of that." Mr Shaw was stunned, was this guy really serious.
"ok dear, if his serious, then we might soon hear the news of wedding bells". Camilla smiled
"Dad, I first want to graduate, then I can think of that".
Mr Shaw started to think he was talking to a stranger now,. was this really his daughter "but darling you already failed two semesters, how can you say you want to graduate?"
Camilla paused "if I fail again this year, I will listen to you and come back home, if i manage, I will have to see it through till the end".
Mr Shaw felt like he was proud of his daughter for the first time, since things were like this, he had to see how far his daughter would go.
"alright, let us know when you are ready to come...and that young man, i hope to see him come home with you soon"
Camilla smiled brightly, she remembered about the money Terry sent.
"oh and dad, I asked him to send mum some money, it seems he sent her alot of money. Don't worry about it, I can guarantee you that whatever amount he sent is not much to him so don't worry please".
Camilla pleaded, she knew her father's personality very well.
Mr Shaw looked at his wife who seemed rather stupid and wondered how much she received.
"you can share that money with mum if you need some".
"hmm ok alright. I will hung up now". Mr Shaw hung up the phone and looked at his wife,
"how much money did you receive?" Mrs Shaw was still in shock, she took her phone from her husband's hand and opened the message she received from the bank and showed her husband.
Mr Shaw looked at his wife's phone and carefully read the message, after a few seconds he froze upon reading the amount and abruptly looked at his wife "are you sure this is.....he failed to complete his statement.
Mrs Shaw nodded her head vigorously, "I also thought it was a scum. Camilla had told me before that she would send me some money so I called her directly to confirm if it was her. She told me she asked her boyfriend to send the money because she was having class".
On the other side, when Camilla finished talking to her parents, she felt a sense of joy within and was more determined to achieve her goals and prove her father wrong, she then went back to her books.
Not more than twenty minutes, Terry walked in leisurely with a smile on his face, his gaze was only on Camilla and nothing else.
"my sweetheart, tell your husband how your day was" Terry said as he hugged Camilla from behind. Camilla smiled "well my day was fine and how was work?"
Terry just nodded his head indicating that work was fine.
"Darling, did you have to send my parents so much money?"
Terry smiled "hmm you didn't tell me exactly how much I was suppose to send so I decided to choose my own amount". Camilla sighed, this guy is really something else, before she could say anything, her phone rang, she looked over to see who was calling and saw that it was her mum, she shook her head helplessly, I wonder what the problem is now.
"hello, mum what's the matter?"
"Camilla what does that guy do? what kind of work is he involved in?" Camilla's father spoke in a commanding tone. Terry who was close to Camilla could hear the dialogue clearly.
"Dad, you better ask him those questions yourself, I know you will need full details even if I tell you his into business, you will continue to ask so please dad, ask him yourself and you don't have to worry" Camilla stressed out.
Mr Shaw sighed "tell him that I need to see him... this amount of money is too much, I must know the kind of a man my daughter is with and most especially, what he does".
Camilla felt helpless "ok dad, I will tell him" Mr Shaw directly hung up...Mrs Shaw was silent, she had no opinion in all this even she was hesitant to use the money.
"darling, we can go and visit your parents this weekend, I don't think their hearts will be at peace".
Camilla nodded as she thought to herself, Terry is right, we have to see them before their hearts reach the roof.
" sweetheart, did you find out anything new about what happened yesterday? who spiked my drink as well as Ariana's drink and why they did it?"
Terry sighed "it is as I told you, those drinks were not meant for you, it was probably a mistake"
Camilla nodded, "but how did I find myself home?"
"actually, your driver saw Ariana and an old man dragging you to a hotel so he called me. when I got to the hotel, I found Ariana laying on the floor unconscious and it seems like the old man wanted to take advantage of you".