'You are just the perfect match for one another.'
The next morning the first stop I make before I head to the job is at Theodore.
He is having breakfast with Samantha. I walk to them in the kitchen, I have an early meeting so it's not efficient for me to have breakfast with them.
I walk to Samantha from where she is sitting talking to Theodore.
"Darling, am leaving." I kiss her cheek and when she raises her head to look me in the eye, I lean in and kiss her on the lips.
We pull back and she frowns her lips. "You are not even going to take a sip of the coffee I made." I shake my head with a smile on my face.
"I have an early morning meeting." Instead of getting it, I watch as her frown deepens.
"Have I told you how much am hate not being your secretary anymore." I look back in her eyes and smile.
"You always will be dear, you are my girlfriend, my lover, my partner, my secretary. You are everything you want to be to me in this world." I say to her.
"Right, why was I worrying." I smile. "No reason and no need." She chuckles.
"Am leaving darling. Theodore a word." I say to him and he nods his head getting on his feet.
I look back in Samantha's eyes and lean in to kiss her goodbye.
"Have a good day darling."
"You too, think of me all the time." I chuckle and lean in to kiss her forehead. "Will do my darling." I finally get myself to move from her. Staring at her sitting there having breakfast in nothing but my shirt and a short it's a burden to get to be away from her.
But eventually, I do.
I walk out of the house and find Theodore at the doors.
"Let's talk in the garage," I say and step forward and head to the garage, I pull the doors up and turn to Theodore.
"Theodore," I draw in a long breath feeling so on the edge with the man in front of me.
I am still pissed with the bullshit he was pulling yesterday.
"You know I love you, I looked so up to you from when I was a very young boy. I can say the things that I know it's because of you, the man I am today was because of you in my life." I say looking at him and he keeps nodding his head every once and now.
"To me, I have realized where I went wrong and I hope you do too, the thing you were trying to do to come between Samantha and me will take time for me to forgive you but I apologize also for being selfish and keeping you here with me disregarding your family out of the picture. I am sorry for that but from this moment, I wanted to let you know that I am releasing you off of your duties. Go back home Theodore, take the jet whenever you like, and go back to your family." I say to him and I realize my heart feels relieved too after saying that.
"I am grateful for the life you and I had. Am glad for you stepping up for me for that time. I am glad that you believed in me when my mother wasn't, even when my mother was abandoning me. You know you are like a second father to me and I would hate for that to change."
"A hug?" It's when he says that I realize he lumps in his throat, I nod my head, and when he throws his arms around me. I feel like it's like saying bye to my father but it does not surprise me at all that this man makes me feel like that because I have always considered him like my father my whole life.
The hug ends up becoming so sentimental and so emotional for both of us when we pull away, I lump in my throat too while Theodore is with tears in his eyes.
"Thank you." He says and I nod my head feeling so bad for how selfish I have been to him.
"Take care, Theodore." He nods his head trying to get hold of his emotions.
I turn to leave but he holds me back and when I turn back to him, he puts his arms around and whispers in my ear.
We pull back and I look at him wondering why he just told me that or for how long he would have told me.
"I love you like my own son Kai and I am glad you have a woman like Samantha by your side." I nod my head. "That girl might be young but believe me when I say this because it's true she is a rare woman. You do not wake up and find them just like that every time you are out there. Do everything in your power to keep her by your side." I nod my head understandingly.
"And bring her over to Canadian family." I nod smilingly because I want to take her to meet with my family personally but not before I have things here in control and thinking of control.
"Theodore, thank you for everything, and no matter what happened, nothing changed my love and gratitude for you," I say and he mouths for me I know.
I nod my head and get in the car and drive to work feeling so tense with what he whispered to me.
It's not like I did not know it but I only had doubts, it feels so hard on my shoulders knowing of it.
SAMANTHA LILY ADAMS
I watch Theo walk back into the house and it makes me frown, I thought he was going to be leaving with Kai but I don't get a chance to go all detective on him because Tiffany follows not long so I get down to my books.
At lunch when I tried to speak with him, he was not there because he left.
I get through the day not feeling settled, I might know what Kai wanted Theodore for so am not settled not knowing what might have come out of it.
I hit the gym the same moment Tiffany left the house, today Angel does a night shift because when she has school she does night shifts, and when not she comes and spends the day.
I spend roughly two hours in the gym but mostly I am doing some running on the treadmill.
I love running because it helps my mind calm down, I also get busy with what Kai taught me to do while am in the gym.
I walk out and hit the shower before putting on a tight long dress before walking out of the room to the living room. A good thing about being homeschooled. Homework, team-assignments everything it's done with the tutor.
I walk downstairs for some food before I meet with Theo pulling a suitcase.
I gasped feeling surprised. "Theo?" I call rushing down to him. "What is going on?"
"Oh dear. I am leaving to my family." He says and I frown not liking it.
Did he feel unwelcome here and decide to leave us?
"Is Kai kicking you?"
"No, Samantha where would you get an idea like that?" He says shaking his head vigorously.
"He did not if anything he freed me to go back to my family. Remember I told you about my three daughters?" I nod my head.
"Am going back to them." He says and I feel like crying I was warming up to this guy very quickly.
"I can't believe this, Theo you were my first friend here." He smiles at me. "Come here, Samantha." I walk into his open arms and hug him feeling a lump in my throat.
Having this man here felt so warmly in me. I know my dad cut me out of my family but Theodore made me feel so close to fatherhood with him here. I can not believe he is leaving so soon.
His phone beeps and he reaches for it with his other hand while the other is still around me. "My ride is here Samantha."
"No hell no, I am at least driving you. And do not bother there is no arguing about it 'cause am not backing out." He pulls back and sighs defeatedly at me.
He sends the Uber away and reaches for his suitcase while I get in the garage to get the car ready.
He comes in after, we get in and I drive him.
"I can not believe you are leaving a big house like that for just me and Kai," I say and he chuckles.
"I can not believe you are whining about having a big house in a city like this."
"No," I say feeling like he heard me wrong. "I am not saying it like."
"Shh, I know Samantha." I turn to glance at him lightly.
It's around seven in the evening so the traffic is light but it's there for people I presume leaving work to their homes.
"I know what type of girl you are and I have to say you are amazed in this short time I got to spend with you. It's unfortunate how short it's been because I know I could have learnt so much more from you and your cooking, child I will miss it however I feel happy and at peace knowing I am leaving you with Kai but I also feel safe and good knowing I am leaving kai with you too. You are just the perfect match for one another. I know you have been through a lot but there is nothing like sharing bad and challenging times with your partner my child. Trust me those are what will make you stronger together. Good times are good and we always want them to ever last but it's in those dark times we grow and don't ever, not wish for growth, it is what we live for." I can feel a lump in my throat, these words are full of wisdom and full of insight.
It's at this moment that I am feeling so bad for having this man leave, I knew I was going to learn a lot from him too.
"This is why I do not want you to leave. But I know how that makes me look, selfish and I am not selfish but I want to keep you, I guess you can say am getting greedy of you with your children." He chuckles and I let out a groan.
"Am only a call phone away." I roll my eyes.
"You are miles far away that is."
"Do not put it like that Samantha, because I am here just call me and say and ask whatever you want from me." I nod my head and focus back on driving.
Reaching the airport takes us almost an hour, I get out and walk him in. I stop at his checking-ins, hug him for one last time, and watch him leave my view.
I feel bummed going back to my car, I let down all car windows and play Adele's songs on my Spotify but I connect to the car Bluetooth so it resounds loudly in my car.
The night breeze and the soothing voice of Adele in my car feel so perfect, I wish Kai was here with me.
Speaking of which, I call him and wait for him to answer.
"Baby," I call when he does answer.
"Darling, are you alright?"
"Yes," the wind hits my eyes and nose making me sniffle.
"Are you crying?" I shake my head at Kai's question.
"No, but I feel sad."
"What happened sweetheart? Talk to me."
"Am not home."
"I know, the security system alerted me, and am also there making us dinner."
"I drove Theo to the airport, I feel sad having him leave us, he was like a father God blessed me with, and finding him here felt right. Like God exactly knew how deep my father broke me and put Theo here to try and mend me." I pause for a second.
"He did not do much but I saw my father's wisdom in him and I liked it. But now, I uh I feel the same way I felt the other night. Abandoned and unworthy."
"Stop it, darling," Kai says cutting me off.
"Please do not feel like that, you know Theodore is going back to his family, to three daughters that he left to come here. He is not abandoning you, darling. He is just retiring to be with his family.
And I know no one abandoned you sweetheart, you are a gem, a blessing to be in anyone's life out there. What happened with your family was just the influence caused by the heat of the argument, I am sure they are back in Rwanda counting down the days till they will meet you again and tell you how sorry they are." It's so good hearing him trying to comfort me because his voice is so much sweetly in my ear than Adele's.
I know what he is saying is not true because I keep tabs on my brother, Yarrow and he told me no one there back in my family who talks about me but again he told me they barely also talk to one another.
So to people who do not talk about you, I know missing you is the farthest thing they would do.
"Keep talking to me as I come home to you baby."
"Of course darling, but please drive slowly and so carefully." I smile feeling touched.
It's always good having someone who cares about you even in times you feel like you don't care for yourself.
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