"please ,hold on don't cut the phone",matt said desperately.
"You are wasting too much of my time matt,if you can not do it then say it out and you know what that means",the caller threatened.
"I will try all of my best sir ,just give me a little more time,please",he pleaded his voice holding desperation.
"I am giving you a week matt,and after that week if you don't give me what I want then the deal is over",the caller said at the other end of the phone his voice held warning.
"I will sir ,I will ",matt replied thanking him continuously before cutting the call.
He released a breath he never knew he was holding after placing his cell phone on the table.
He held his hair tight almost making his scalp to ache badly.
He have not been focusing these days ,there is so many things on his table that gave to be done..
All he have to do now is focus and begin again from where he literally stopped .
*******
Yvonne glanced at the side mirror of her car again.
The black jeep is still following her.
She noticed this have been happening for some days now and it is not funny anymore.
Maybe she will have to trick them again to make them lose her.
Her heart was beating against her chest badly,as she drove into the garage .
She hopped out of her car immediately rushing inside the house.
Why are they on her trail?
And from what she can recollect,she has never commit any sort of crime or has she??
Yvonne pondered on her thoughts as she walked inside the room , dropping he bag on the bed,she moved to her dressing table to take off her jewelry.
As she was taking it off ,she felt someone hugged her from behind, this startled her and she jump in fear making attempt to scream her lungs out .
"You are back my love",a voice said .
She clamped her mouth shut when she saw matt from the mirror,he was the one.
"You scared me ",she said her heart thumping heavily across her ribcage.
"Why?",he said as she turned to him.
"Nothing",she stuttered.
What would she say.
I think some bad guys are after me?
"I missed you",he said bringing her out of her own thoughts.
"What are you even saying matt?",she asked surprised of his sudden change of attitude.
"I said I missed you, can't I miss my wife?",he asked his brow ceased.
"No ,that is not it,it is just that you have been acting all weird and stressed these days and you aren't yourself,",yvonne said and he sighed.
"It is alright ,I am okay now",he said and yvonne removed his hands from her body.
"Matt what about the company you stole from?what is going to happen now",she probed further.
"That should not be a problem",he said and she eyed him not believing what he was spitting from his mouth.
"Matt what are you even saying?you committed a crime and you are not even admitting it,",yvonne said frowning.
"You know I have even been wondering why that company have not locked you up yet,you frauded them",yvonne said and his jaw tightened.
"It was a misunderstanding",he said calming his nerves.
"Misunderstanding?can you even hear yourself matt,I just can't believe you anymore",she spat angrily.
"You are not even there for the kids ,all you do is go out of the house early in the morning and to come home late , sometimes you won't even bother coming home,is this how you have been living just before I married you?is this how you have been treating your son,your only child",yvonne yelled not able to contain her anger in anymore.
She have heard enough of his rubbish and stupid way of life.
"Sergio have not been complaining",he said not wanting to yell .
"And what if he haven't been complaining matt,you are his father and you have to be there for him not wasting your life drinking and gambling", yvonne yelled on top of her voice losing her cool already.
"Gamble?what are you even talking about?",matt denied not meeting her eyes
"Stop with all of the pretence Mr man,I know what I am talking about,",yvonne yelled.
"I am not that stupid matt,me not talking out doesn't mean I am stupid", yvonne furthered.
"Where is the matt I married?This isn't you ,I thought you were all so responsible ,it is like I didn't even know you",yvonne yelled .
"I wanted a man who will make my daughter happy,a man who will stand by me and by katherine a man who will be a loving father to her and will love her like his own,I wanted my daughter to have a father figure her life ,to know how the love of a father is...", yvonne shouted her voice breaking at the edge.
"Why don't you just do it all yourself if you are capable",matt yelled finally losing it.
"I am not capable matt,I can not be enough for my daughter because I am broken myself",yvonne yelled tears rolling down her cheeks in balls.
She just want to let it all out,she wants to all of her frustrations out.
Philip's death is taking a toll on her,she can't keep it in any more.
It is just killing her.
Maybe katherine was right after all,she is not mentally and emotionally stable for another marriage.
She was right that she need to see a therapist,to pick up her pieces back before running into another marriage.
And that so called marriage isn't helping at all,it is just draining the little life left in her out.
She does not want to be the only one to parent katherine,but here she is doing what she never wanted to do all alone.
She thought as angry tears rolled down from her eyes.
*****
"So how have live been?",mia asked sergio .
They are seated beside each other in a Park.
"Good i think",sergio replied sipping from his can of non alcoholic drink.
"I am sorry I left just like that, without looking bad and I know that was so bad of me ",mia said as she sighed.
"Your mother was my friend and she is like a sister to me,she stood by me always and that was why I was so devastated when she died,you looked so much like her that when I look at you I feel as if I am looking at her.
The thought of her being dead was driving me crazy so I thought the best thing to do is to leave,to leave the place where we made memories with,it was killing me ...",mia trailed as her vouce shook with tears .
Tears has already clouded sergio's eyes by now.
His mother's angelic face and voice practically filled his head.
She was his everything,his world.He misses her so much
"I could not take it in anymore so I thought the best thing to do is leave,not thinking for once how my decision would hurt you ,I was not even there for you when you needed me the most,I don't deserve to be called a friend to your mother,I could not even protect her child when she left the world,how terrible of a person I am...",mia said her choking on her tears.
"It is nothing aunt,it is not like it was your fault,It is okay now,all that matters now is that you are here for... me", sergio said naively pulling her into his arms engulfing her in a hug.
"I am a terrible person",mia said crying as he pat her head sympathetically.
'That is not true aunt mia,you are one of the sweetest person I have ever met,we were all struggling then,we were all struggling to overcome mom's death ",he said pressing his lips together.
He successfully made her stop crying after some time and they spend most of the time talking , laughing most of the time.
"I don't how to put this sergio but I have something important to tell you",mia said amidst their discussion.
"What is that?",sergio asked his eyes perking with curiosity.
"You mom told me something before she died",she began smoothly.
"What ?"sergio asked again his tone full of curiosity.
"I don't know what it may contain but she sort of left some properties and money in your name but she didn't tell me where she hide the file,she put everything she had in your name sergio,did she ever mentioned this to you?ever?",mia asked as she squint her eyes looking at his dazzled expression closely.
Sergio was confused, properties?
"I really don't know anything about this,she never mentioned to me anything",sergio said confused.
"She didn't?But did she ever give to you a file before she died",she asked.
"She didn't do anything like such, didn't she tell you about it?",sergio asked back.
"She didn't,your mom was from a wealthy home ,she just told me everything she has is under your name and that is all",mia said and sergio seemed lost,like totally lost.
"You have to get hold of that file sergio before you can have access to everything"mia said.
Wait did he just heard files ?files?
"Files?",he asked a frown plastered on his face.
"Did she give you ?",mia asked hopefully.
"No",,he said and she felt downcast.
"I think dad knows about this too",he said and she feigned ignorance.
"He knows?",she asked acting amazed.
"Yes,and I must say to you that he is looking for it also",he said.
"He is?Are you sure of this?",she asked and he nodded positively.
"I am absolutely sure,he came to my room maybe last week to look for it telling me he needed it urgently,he replied.
"Really?!!then we have to act fast sergio ,he must not get those files before you do,you know matt very well he is a selfish and greedy man",mia spat .
"Don't worry aunt,I will look for it in the house and will get to you if I see it,don't worry",he said and she smilede at him.
This is much easier than she thought.
Penned by ✍️ Aisha Humayrah.