" After the acquisition process,we shall make changes from the core members of the board of directors to the last employee in the company and hope to bring Rk enterprises to new greater heights under the leadership of legacy holdings." Kevin completed his speech precisely making the journalists to applaud him. The way he spoke was amazing and made the journalists to vacate the premises with smiles on their faces since news regarding this selfmade billionaire was always viral like a celebrity scandal.
Soon the sun was setting with it's orange hue's disappearing making way for the moon to eliminate the city at night.
Dave hissed as he drove through the traffic as it was time for everyone to go back home. Making things hard, most people in this city had cars and those who didn't have were just few. Immediately the traffic officers took control of all the nearby roads to reduce traffic, sighing Dave drove through until he reached Magos international airport. He parked his car in the underground parking and waited at the arrivals.
At that moment, Max's flight landed. Passing through the customs,retrieved his luggage and his gaze lingered on how the workers did their duties reminding him that nothing had changed for the past three years he wasn't in the country.
Taking slow steps,his eyes caught sight of a familiar figure with colored hair looking down at his feet. Max was wearing a white shirt rolled up to his sleeves paired with black jeans. He had sharp eyes with his brown ruffled hair peeping on his forehead making him look a bit unruly. Holding his suitcase,he strode where Dave was seated and tapped on his shoulder but this action made Dave to jump out of his sit almost screaming with panic in his voice. This however made the crowd to look at them with anger as if they're crazy.
They escaped the awkward situation and entered their car. " What was that for? I almost had a heart attack thinking something was gonna happen to me but turned out to be a sill play." Dave shouted holding the steering wheel tightly.
" Am sorry dude, I didn't mean it." Max apologized sincerely. He rolled down the window looking at disappearing buildings and was amazed that outer geography was still fresh in his mind. The car finally pulled in front of Dave's apartment. The reason as to why he chose to stay at his friend's place was to relax before returning to his busy life.
Inside, it was quiet,as sombre as a funeral parlour. Everything was the same as before except the new paintings on the wall. Taking a seat on the couch,he read the latest news on his phone before shoving it back in the pocket. Mean while Dave returned with two glasses of Martinez, gave one to Max and the other to himself.
Taking a seat besides his buddy they started reminiscing about the old days when they got high and spent the night at the beach house. Dave's smile could be seen when they talked about the old days as his eyes showed it. He was very excited for his buddy to come back home since he had spent three years in France working on a particular project. Though France was a beautiful country full of love but he still missed home and neither the sort of person to believe in the phenomenon of love.
Ritah came back dead tired ,her day at the hospital was very busy with patients coming in from all angles. Scarlet was already sitting in the couch trying to broaden her horizons reading the latest trends in the city. They greeted each other warmly and Ritah went upstairs to take a bath before continuing their conversation . The butler immediately signaled the maid to prepare tea with snacks as they prepare dinner. Ritah came back down stairs wearing a lemonade dress . She had tied her hair in a ponytail highlighting her beautiful face.
" So what's your plan Scarlet regarding what you talked about?" Ritah asked Scarlet sipping her tea.
" Tomorrow I will cast a net to look for jobs at the restaurants I marked so that it saves me the hustle of not knowing where to start from."
Scarlet replied eating her banana crisps. Ritah looked intently at her friend with sparkling eyes at the effort she takes to improve her life. " But should I give you a hand." Ritah suddenly asked.
" No! , my dia providing me with a place to stay is more than enough,the battle a head of me won't be simple but I have to fight it alone." Scarlet said hugging Ritah.
People were partying and going high in various clubs and bars but faithful believers also went for the overnight at the church to seek their creator.
At the south east road of Freedom city stood a church called Mt olive healing Tower with all it's glory. The security was tight at the gates as the people responsible were thoroughly checking everyone who was entering the premises for the overnight session. The seats in the church were full and others had to use the tents outside since the church couldn't accommodate the their huge number. A lady dressed in a long black dress with dull eyes went to the receptionist were they receive guests. She had come for counseling from pastor Elvis.
The burden on her shoulder was weighing her down more than anything else in her life. Ever since finding out the truth of her husband's deceitful ways prompted her to seek the man of God.
The ushers at the receptionist welcomed her with their tentative smiles and gave her a seat as she waited for the pastor to arrive. At that moment, a man in his late forties entered the office where counseling sessions were held. His head was bald, his eyes had warmth in them and his presence could calm a troubled heart. He wore a blue suit, holding a Bible in his hands that never left his sight.
Sitting on a mahogany chair,he said , " praise God sister!, are you okay?"
" Am not okay pastor Elvis." The lady replied with a chocked voice as tears streamed down her face.
" Sister! , you should calm down then talk about whatever is bothering you right." Pastor Elvis said in his soothing voice. After calming down,she started narrating saying,
" I met my husband at the University during my second year, he had already completed his studies and had come to get his transcript. We got to know each other slowly through his frequent visits at the campus. Our relationship grew thus deciding to start dating. His family was well off and personally he had an empire at his beck and call.
Time flied quickly like water flowing in a river and as a couple we decided to our relationship to the next step and make it official, we did the introduction which was luxurious and extravagant since both our families were able to afford the expenses. It brought all people from all walks of life and it was the talk of town. After the glamorous ceremony, people were expecting a lot from our marriage like a baby and so forth.
Embarking on our journey as a married couple was beautiful at the start but suddenly things took a ninety degree turn when my husband brought a grown up kid at home with the claim of her being his daughter yet when we were still in courtship he never mentioned anything regarding having a grown up child. I felt hurt but i still loved my husband and decided to let the issue slide and enjoy my marriage. The kid could spend the holidays with us since I had the responsibility of taking care of her as the new mom. I started to feel restless when I couldn't conceive yet we had spent two years together. My husband would comfort me but things started to escalate when everyone caught wind of the news and people started calling me a barren woman.
Visited several gynecologist to check my fallopian tubes and ovaries had issues but when the tests were out , they turned out normal. The doctors reassured me that there was nothing wrong and would definitely get pregnant but nothing came to fruitation. This issue of pregnancy started bugging my mind leading to depression,lost weight and sometimes couldn't believe that something terrible like this was happening to me . I would blamelessly walk on the road and ask whoever I met if they knew what would help me get pregnant but I ended up disappointed. My husband stopped talking about the issue of having a child with him but suddenly one day he came back with a woman claiming to be his sister.
I welcomed her with open hands and treated her like my own family since she was a sister to my husband. This sister in-law was easy and our friendship was beyond sisters. I would sometimes confined my problems to her. It reached an extend where she took me to witch doctors to treat me. And even when she's sick,I would spend the nights at the hospital accompanying her. My husband's behavior started changing like a chameleon when he always found me with his sister. He would get annoyed over nothing because I didn't know what I had done wrong.
My husband's elder sister visited our home and was surprised to find this lady my husband introduced to me as a sister. She immediately went back and told she would visit a nother day. I was confused but everything came to light when that elder sister in-law came back with others and ordered to get into the car to go somewhere and see for myself. We arrived at a certain house and they warned the woman saying, " tell your daughter to stay faraway from the legal wife because we only know one woman who's married to our brother." My brain was slow to act but it suddenly occurred to me that I had been deceived, betrayed,fooled and taken for granted. What hurts the most is that he introduced the mother of his child and first love as his sister and kept giving birth to other children with her behind my back. So whenever I told her my problems maybe she gloated for my misfortune. All my youth is spent on him with his sweet heart bewitching me to be barren."
Pastor Elvis listened to her story and felt sympathy. But all she needed was to forgive her husband and mistress but it takes more than words to forgive.