Amya arrived at the office twenty minutes late because she got stuck in traffic, she now had her own car which she was gifted by her rich tycoon boyfriend two months ago as a thank you gift for having accepted him as her boyfriend. She parked the car in the company garage and went to the elevator and took it to the 12th floor where her office was. She firstly wanted to see her boyfriend- boss and inform him that she finally informed her mother about their office romance.
She knocked on the door once and entered without waiting for a reply, she entered and saw David speaking to a man in his early fifties with short brown curly hair, brown eyes, pink lips and a medium athletic built body filled with muscles. The two men continued talking without realizing Amya's presence in the room.
Amya wanted to leave for her office and leave the two men talking but as she turned to leave David noticed her and called out to her. "Oh Amy you are here!" and he stood up and went to her and gave her a quick peck on the lips. "Hi! I am sorry I did not know that you had a visitor. I'll just go to my office and come back and talk to you later," said Amya. "No there is no need to leave at all. In fact let me introduce you," replied David and he held Amya by the hand and led her to the place where the man was sitting. "Amy! This is my uncle, my father's maternal cousin, Mr. Felix Peralta and uncle this is Amy my girlfriend and personal assistant," introduced David.
The man rose up from his chair and extended his hand for a handshake to Amya. "Nice to meet you Amy! I am Felix Peralta, David's uncle," said Felix. Amya grabbed Felix's hand and shook it and said, "nice to meet you too sir! I am Amya! Amya Cora." The moment Amya mentioned her last name Felix's eyes went wide in shock and his face completely went pale and his hand started to shake but he quickly hid it and broke the handshake and sat back on his chair. After the introduction Amya excused herself and went to her office to conduct her work.
Thirty minutes later a knock was heard on Amya's office door and Felix entered the office and went straight to Amya's desk. Amya who was so engrossed in her work did not hear the knock or feel Felix's presence until he cleared his throat.
"Oh! Mr. Peralta! I am sorry I did not see you there! Please have a seat! How can I help you!" exclaimed Amya. "You said your name is Amya Cora right?" asked Felix whilst he sat down in the chair opposite Amya. "Yes My name is Amya Cora," replied Amya. "Is that so? Are you perhaps related to a woman named Amber Cora?" asked Felix. "Yes! I am related to her! She is actually my mother!" replied Amya. "I see," said Felix whilst rubbing his chin in thought. "Why did you ask? Do you perhaps know my mother?" asked Amya.
"Yes! I do know her! I know her from her feminist activist movement programs and also her famous court cases. I really love the way she defends and helps all those mistreated, abused and disadvantaged women and girls. She really is a strong woman and I really like her will power and character. She is really amazing. You must be very proud to be her daughter," commented Felix. "Yes! My mother is very amazing and I am very proud and happy to be her daughter. To me there is no mother in the world who is quite like her and I love her so much," replied Amya. "Well I am glad. Well I will be on my way now. I should let you continue your work," said Felix whilst standing up to leave. "Ok Mr. Peralta thank you for the visit," said Amya whilst standing up also to escort Mr. Peralta out.
Felix moved to the door then suddenly stopped and turned to look at Amya again and he asked, "How old are you Amya?" "Oh! I am reaching twenty-four years this weekend. I am sorry to prowl but why did you ask," replied Amya. "Oh! It's just that my daughter was going to be reaching twenty-four also next month. So that's why I asked." Said Felix. "I am sorry but 'was about to reach twenty-four' I am confused," asked Amya. "Yes. She died nine years ago from Leukemia," replied Felix in a slightly broken tone. "Oh! I am so sorry to hear that Mr. Peralta," said Amya. "It's alright. Well I better be going now. Pass my greetings to your mother will you," said Felix. "Ok Sir! I will," replied Amya and Felix said his goodbye and left.
Later that night at Amya's apartment, the mother and daughter duo are having dinner until Amya decided to strike a conversation with her mother since neither of them talked to each other since morning when Amya told her mother that she was in a love relationship with David.
"So how was work today mother? Anything interesting happened today?" asked Amya. "Work was fine as always but nothing unusual took place today. How was your day?" replied Amber. "The usual as well but I met David's uncle today and he seems to know you very well. Because he praised you a lot and even asked me about my age because his deceased daughter was going to be the same age as me and he is also a company lawyer working for the famous prestigious Kingston law firm," said Amya.
"Oh really! What an unusual man! What's his name? Maybe I have met him somewhere since he is a lawyer who works at the firm I used to work maybe he is an old acquaintance?" asked Amber whilst standing up from her chair holding her dinner plate so that she could carry it to the kitchen. "Oh! His name is Felix! Felix Peralta!" replied Amya. The sound of the dinner plate breaking echoed in the room. Amya quickly turned to see what happened and she saw her mother frozen on the spot with the broken pieces of the plate on the floor.