"Esan, this is a family meeting, put down your phone and you do not get to complain afterwards' ' Atima dragged Esan's phone from her hands placed on the large dining table, putting her in a fix.
It took her a while to allow herself to respond to her brother's insult as she termed it. "don't do that to me next time. Do you want to hurt me?" She turned towards her father to get him to side with her. "Papa.... Can.."
Mr. Godson cut her off, "Esan, sit properly. It is a serious matter and any child's play won't be entertained." Her father's eyes widening, oozing out coldly, told her he won't be allowing her to dismiss his demands.
"Okay, Daddy." Esan responded in a lower tone. "Where do we start from?" Esan played around with her fingers hoping for the cold stare to stop. "When last did you speak with Anthony?"
"Oops, this is going to be a question spree. Can they just let me enjoy my relationship in peace? I am engaged to him and that is all that there is to know for now." Like her father could listen to her mumbling, he raised his voice "Yes, we know you both are engaged. When does he come back or you have to cancel that engagement and be with who I have selected for you." Mr Godson passed down a paper portfolio to his daughter causing Atima to snicker.
Esan's side eyes proved to send her anger towards Anthony. "What about you? With all the girls you have impregnated and had to pay off to get rid of the pregnancies. I do not think you have the right to show your teeth in this gathering, do you?" Esan almost cringed when she saw how Atima stood from his seat to come hit her as he would always do.
"Stop it now! Both of you. You are not going to raise a finger on my daughter, Atima and you…. - he turned facing Esan while he pointed a finger towards her - you do not speak to your older brother in that manner. Answer me immediately, when should we be expecting Anthony?"
"By the end of this year or mid-next year was what he said when I spoke with him last on the phone. He said he misses me but he needs to handle pressing matters before coming back to me." Esan flaunted with no persuasion.
"Oh, my, Esan, it may seem as though you do not know Men. What is so pressing that he won't come back for you? Aren't you the love of his life? Esan eyed Atima from his fingers that tapped the table gently to his face that gave out no emotions after hearing him speak.
"Dad, he will be back. Trust me, he loves me so much. He would not want to hurt me or do anything against us being together. Who would dare hurt the daughter of a multi billionaire? No one, not even my fiance. He is not even my level, he doesn't match with my status but the level of love he has shown me is enough to get me to choose him all day and all night. So, please daddy trust me and give me just a year to be married to the one my heart beats for." Esan pouted, placed her palm against each other trying to persuade her father.
"Okay, you have just six months. In six months, if he is not back for you, tell him to never come back as your engagement with him is canceled automatically." He immediately switched to Atima without getting a response, "And you, this is the end of every Casanova act you have been displaying as it won't be tolerated or allowed in my space any longer, except you have decided to not be part of my company and you are ready to step down from the Chief of Operations' position to a departmental manager.
"That step will not be needed, dad. I am in contact with the Sesa's and Beulah will soon be mine. I am sure she is very displeased with me but I know what to do to get her back" Atima's words felt more reassuring to his father and it made him feel more confident in his plan.
"The meeting has been adjourned. If there are any further discussions, we will be sharing that sooner than you both think. Have a good night." Mr. Godson, Atima and Esan splitted into their rooms like they didn't just speak with each other.
Esan panted in her room after getting her bodyguard to leave while she spoke on the phone with her personal talk mate and old time classmate to come to her rescue. "I have not spoken with Anthony in six weeks. I lied to my dad, what do I do? How do I get to him now that I have an ultimatum? What do I do about this?" She bit the tip of her finger with her other hand while she paced around her room.
"Did you both fight the last time you spoke on the phone?" Her classmate asked.
"Nope. He even promised to come back ready to spend the rest of his life with me. He has never gone a week without speaking with me and it's been six weeks. I felt I should give him some space in the first three weeks so I came over to yours….."
Esan has not said everything she had in mind before her classmate interrupted, "so you used me? You came over to my place because you were bored? Wow."
Esan was irritated that he cut her off while she was speaking, trying to express her worries and what needed to be done.
"You know I can't be with you. My father will never accept you. He has seen you just once and he thought you to be a gold digger. So just listen while I speak, stop interrupting me. Moreover, are we in love? What we have is just a fling on the side and if you want to keep having me, stop complaining and let's keep it that way."
"Anthony is not rich either. I am better than him in bed. You attested to that the last time we had a thing so why do you keep playing with my feelings?"
"Anthony will be back and be mine. All of these will come to an end then. I just lost the will to keep speaking to you. I will call you when I need you." Esan cut off the call and landed on her bed after letting out a grunt.
"Where are you headed?" Mrs Sesa tried to get back Mr Sesa's hand when he slipped away from her while they watched Beulah through a demarcated show glass.
"I will be back" Mr Sesa rushed out of the hospital and told his driver to get off the driver's seat. "I am going alone. Get off the car" he sounded paranoid and almost hit the driver but the driver shoved aside before he could get hit.
Mrs Sesa watched as Mr Sesa drove off angrily and wished she could read his mind and his next step.
"Moon goddess, it is me, me Sesa." Mr Sesa's eyes dilated from left to right wondering why the door was locked and she wasn't giving an answer.
Before he could hit the door, he heard her speak, "please leave. Your fate today isn't favorable. You have to leave now."
"My daughter needs help, I got married to a human like you asked me to when all my chosen mates kept rejecting me. But when her mother found out my secret, she got into a traumatic state, pushed me away and left me for years until my secretary lured me into having sex with her. I can't believe I fell for it right at the moment I could have her back. Why is all of this happening with me? Why do I deserve all of this?" Mr Sesa's heart broke, he grabbed his chest, wept uncontrollably and hit his head against the door.
"What can I say? Your daughter is cursed. With arrogance, She let go of the only person who could make her happy all the days of her life and her punishment is to find love this time around herself. Before you utter a word about her past suffering which is evident to me, there is a way out." The moon goddess let out a wry chuckle.
Mr Sesa's eyes lit up with hope, "there is? There is a way out? Please let me know. I will make sure to do anything for her sake. Share it with me, moon goddess." He held on to the door respecting boundaries even if he knew he could break through it.
"She will live only in another human's dying body who wishes to experience true love before she dies. But here is it, to transport her soul into that human body, you will need to let go of all your werewolf abilities and become a human."