Chapter 4

“from their office individually, her mom called them and asked some questions from them, Tatiana how is today's work?“ her mom asked,

“We pushed it well” Tatiana retorted,

“And you Anabel?“ Fakky asked,

“everything in that company is still the same, I need to reduce the number

workers” Anabel says,

“Why,” Fakky asked,

“the company was owning the raw material company a huge amount of money and they have stopped selling raw materials for us on credits and the bank has stopped financing the company for more than a year” Anabel explained,

“Did your father know all these things?“ Fakky asked,

“Yes, we used to do meetings every Saturday on this matter,” Anabel says, “but what am suggesting is maybe we could invite some investors to invest in the company, it might boost the economy of the company,” Anabel says,

“There is no need for that, your father had put it on sale, and we have seen a potential buyer that is ready to pay good money, but with a difficult condition, and If we didn't meet up with the condition in a short period, we might be sent to a trenches Island,” Fakky says,

“Mom, which one is trenches Island?“ Anabel asked,

“You don't know trenches Island,” Tatiana says, “trenches Island means that we will become broke niggas, poverty Island,” Tatiana said, and she smiles while Anabel dropped her cutleries and stared at her father,

“Dad, did you hear what mom said?“ Anabel asked,

“It is true, the problems have been eating me up for months but it is like a solution will come through you,” Prince Patrick says,

“As how?“ Anabel asked,

“your mom will explain to you,” Prince Patrick says, and he stood up from the dining table, and he walked to the living room where he sat down,

“Mom, what is happening?“ Tatiana asked, “please, don't put us in the dark, light up, let's know what's up,” Tatiana said,

“Mom, dad said that you will explain something to us” Anabel inquired,

“eat your food, otherwise I will not explain anything to you,u,” Fakky said,

“Am done eating, I have lost my appetite” Anabel said, and she left the dining table to join her father In the living room,

Meanwhile,e Prince Patrick looks miserable, and was thinking about the evil he has done in the past both to his ex and his father-in-law,

When their mom was done eating, she and Tatiana join their father and Anabel in the living room, and their mom Fakky started, “Tatiana, you are the eldest daughter” Fakky says, “when are we expecting your laws for visitation?“ Fakky asked,

“I don't have any In law that could come for visitation, but maybe later this year or early next yea,r,” Tatiana says,

“why not now?“ their mom asked,

“he has gone for further studies” Tatiana retorted,

“What is his specialty?“ their mom asked,

“He is a lecturer in the University,” Tatiana says,

“that is good,” her mom says, “When Is he coming back?“ her mom asked,

“he might come before the end of this year,” Tatiana said,

“Okay, we will be expecting him,” Fakky said, “and you Anabel, when is your fiancee common to visit us?“ Fakky asked,

“He can come for visitation at any time,” Anabel says,

“Okay, that is fine,” Fakky says, “both of you are cool” Fakjy inquired, “Now, two of you must listen to me no,w,” she says, “we have a potential buyer for the oriental cables international, and the person wants you to manage the company for her but you will have to marry his son, that is the condition” Fakky explained, “what did you girls see to the matter?“ her mom asked,

“you can sell your company at any time, and at any price but you can't sell with the company,” Anabel says,

“We are not selling any child with a company but we want you to maintain your status as a CEO of that company, and we have a limited time to pay up our loan, and If the given time lapse, the bank will put our properties on auction sales, and we are going to lose a lot of our properties because you know that bank will take every penny including default and penalties charges, but If we have the opportunity of selling the company at a reasonable amount, we can be able to liquidate our debt and some of our properties will be protected” her mom explained,

“Mom, I still don't get it, you want me to marry someone I don't know, maybe he's an Imbecile or deaf and dump, you don't know maybe he's a drug addict or urtitism patients, you didn't know but because you want to solve your problems, you are pushing me into something I knew nothing about, please, solve your problems, don't drag me into it,” Anabel says furiously, and she left them and entered into her room,

“Prince, please, help me bring all the letters that the bank has been written to your mail, let me show them,” Fakky says,

“don't worry, we will talk to her later maybe she will reason with u,s” Prince Patrick says while tears dripping down her eyes, and Tatiana moves closer to her dad and say, “you are bigger than this, you are strong man, don't cry, I will talk to he,r” Tatiana says, and she gave her father small face any to clean his face, and Fakky walked to the home office, she brought out the laptop computer and she opened it and showed it to Tatiana and she took it from her mom, she went through the messages, and say,, “why did you keep all these things from us, you use almost all the property to pay guarantee loans in different banks, it is too much” Tariana says, “mom, did you know about all this loan,s,” Tatiana asked,

“I didn't know anything about most of the loan, I got to know most of this things not up to a week, I have to scrutinize him before the could open up to me, and the deed has been done, we need your support to sort out things”Fakky said, “but If you want him to die untimely, and If you want the bank to takeover your inheritance, It is left for you” Fakky says, and she left her husband and her daughter in the living room,

“Prince Patrick was dump founded, he could't say anything when her daughter was lashing him, and Tatiana asked, “dad, do you have any solution for this problem apart from the conditional buyer that is available?“

“Right now am short of words because I realized that the woman is like a Almighty sent to me because the letters that I received from the bank yesterday made me depressed, I feel like committing suicide because all the luxury is about vanishing in my presence, I don't want to witness all my wife properties vanish when am alive, It better happen when am gone, and If happen that way, make sure you take care of your mom and your kid sister, the only one house that will be left you, sell it off and three of including your mom should relocate to America, that will cover our shame” Prince Patrick says, “because I believe that you can be able to find your feet on time in that place, once more take good care of your mom” he says,

“please, don't take this matter to that level, we love you and we still need you, don't leave our mom a widow and don't leave a fatherless, give me some time, I will talk to Anabel, she might agreed to set us free from the debit” Tatiana says,

“we have little time left for us, just thirty working days” Prince Patrick says,

“within twenty days miracle will happen” Tatiana says, and she left her father in the living room, she walked into her parents bedroom where she met her mom, “why are you here alone?“ she asked, thinking or being depressed can not solve the problems, we need to team up and put all our head together and find solutions to this problem that want to render us homeless” Tatiana says,

“Anabel is the only solutions to this problem, If only she agreed to marry her son and played along, this is going to be a game, we need her money to boost our economy and retain our properties, she needs a company and the person that will run and boost the economy of the company, and at the same time she needs a beautiful and smart girl for her son to marry, Anabel can marry him for a year or three years and divorce and still come back and marry her fiancee, even the marriage might not last for six months, just for him to play along till she will pay us, and after we might have solve our problems, we might relocate Abroad” Fakky says,

“mom, let's go and talk to Anabel because with what you said, I think we can still lives a better life” Tatiana says, and two of them walked into Anabel's room and they met her sobbing and Tatiana sat beside her while their mom stand in front of her, “please, safe us, safe our family name, the debit and the loan is too much and if we failed to pay up in thirty working days, all the company and the houses will still, we will be rendered homeless and cashless” Tatiana says,

“My baby, we are not sacrificing you for our existence but for your inheritance and for the family luxurious life to continue, and for your father to live a long life because If we loses all the properties, believe me he might last a week before he will pass on, and I believe that you love your fatger

, you don't want him to die untimely, please agree to the terns and conditions of the woman, even after marriage, you can divorce him and come bank and marry your fiancee” Fakky says,

“After a long persuasion, five days after, she went to meet her father and say, “dad, If I agree to marry this guy, will you support me in terms of problems because I don't know or his parents, hope I will come back alive?“ Anabel asked,

“I have put everything into consideration, we have two options, If the banks put the properties on auction sales, we will lose all the properties to them, but If we sell the properties off and we pay off the loans, we will still have some properties left and we could retain the plastic company that your elder sister Tatiana is running” Prince Patrick says,

“My questions Is that will I come back alive?“ Anabel says,

“the woman Is after the recovery of the company, and she want you to marry her son, she can never hurt you” her father says,

“okay, for the sake of the family, I will marry him, but I don't know him” Anabel says,

“thank you my Precious daughter, and to know him is the smallest issues, I will talk to your mom, we will invite them for lunch so that we could see and recognize him” he says and he walked into living room where they met Fakky and Tatiana, “good news, she has agreed to marry him” Prince Patrick says,

“thank you my daughter” her mom days, and she stood up to hugs her and Tatiana also stood up and hugs her kid sister and they rejoice together and Prince Patricknwas happy to see that he will not died pauper,

“In the evening, he called Mrs Maya Dakova, “hello Prince” Maya says, “and how are you and the family?“ she asked,

“we are fine” he retorted, “and how are your family?“ he asked,

“we fine and doing great” she retorted,

“It is my pleasure to invite you and your family to a lunch date” Prince Patrick says, “how about that?“ he asked,

“when and where?“ Maya asked,

“On Saturday, In my house” Prince retorted,

“let's meet on a neutral ground for our business discussion” Maya says, “have you discuss with your daughter?“ Maya asked,

“All the necessary steps has been taken in my side” Prince Patrick says, “will your son agree to marry my daughter?“ he asked,

“I cleared up all the hurdles and barriers that could stands as an obstacles” Maya says,

“hope your son will not make my daughter's life miserable?“ he asked,

“So, you can be afraid of living a miserable life or seen your daughter in a miserable lifestyle” Maya says, “Anyway, am not like you that enjoying seen people living a miserable life” Maya says, “believe me, I will never torture your daughter as you torture me in my matrimonial life before leaving the country, but, never mind, I will take care of her like my daughter” Maya says,

“Maya, please forgive me, the pains that you felt that time, am feeling more than that now, please, don't pour your anger on my daughter, If you want to kill me, please murder me but let my children and my wife lived” Prince says, and tears dripping down from his face,

“You will not die but lives” she says, “but one thing that I need from you is true Informations about the company” Maya says, “tell me how much debt do you have on the company?“ she asked,

“Almost one hundred and fifty million naira” he retorted,

“only that, what of on raw materials and workers?“ Maya asked,

“we are not owning workers because we are paying the workers with bank loans” Prince replied,

“Okay, I will pay you three hundred million for the company, at least that one will solve your problems” she says,

“where do you want the lunch and the introduction take place?“ he asked,

“Eko le Meridian hotel” she says, “are you alright with that?“ she asked,

“Yes, am okay, when you are ready, let me know” he says, and he ended up with the phone conversations,

“Maya was happy to heard the good news of the recovery of their cable company because she has a contact of point of sales in most of the African countries, so she was rest assured that she will recover all the expenses she might have spent on the company, and she walked to the library where she met her husband and she narrated the discussions between him and the Prince and he asked, “have you speak with your Thompson?“ William asked,

“I haven't but I will call him” Maya says, and she called her son, “hello mom” Thompson responded, “how are you today?“ he asked,

'Am fine” she retorted, “what did you see to what I discussed with you recently?“ she asked,

“I have told you, am not interested in that girl, I didn't know this girl at all, I don't know her background, how Is It possible for me to start a romance without natural emotions and feelings, I don't think It can work because I have my heart and life elsewhere” Thompson says,

“I understand that you have your heart somewhere, but I want you to marry her for my sake, you can marry her and divorce her later, I want her to run the company for us because the has been running the company for more than one and half decades, the name Oriental cables International was your father's legacy, I want us to recover the company from them, they bought it with all the documents because we are. In a tight corner that time, we don't have money to run the company and we ran into serious bank debt, and now we back with a full force, please I need your support at these junction” Maya says,

“I understand that you want to recover our family legacy, my father's first ever company, I understand that you want to rebuild our family reputations but not to discomfort my joy and happiness” Thompson says,

“Am happy that you understand what am trying to do, I need your support to accomplish all the goes” Maya says,

“why did you want me to marry this girl?“ he asked,

“I want you to marry her so that she will dedicate her life to the business and she won't be distracted by other men, and we could use her for a long time because the girl is very intelligent” Maya explained,

“We can buy her intelligence by employing her and offer her fat salary, that would be better” he says,

“It can't work in that way, she can be easily distracted by all these top personnel because of her Intelligence, this an opportunity to recover and to secure your father's legacy, think about it” Maya says,

“I will think about it” Thompson says,

“Please support me, let my dreams come to reality” Maya says, “and we are invited for lunch on Saturday” Maya says, “I will call Steve and Angel to notify them that we are having a family outing on Saturday, so please get yourself prepared and dressed nice” Maya says,

“All this plan, did dad know about it?“ he asked,

“Your father don't have problems with any of my decision” she replied,

“And this girl in question, If I marry her and If problem occurs, what will happen?“ Thompson asked,

“She is a very cool headed girl, I don't think that she can be troublesome” Maya says,

“Alright, let's watched and see what will happen” he says, “and where is the venue of the lunch?“ he asked,

“Eko le Meridian” Maya retorted,

“Okay, on Saturday” he says,

“yes” she retorted, and she ended up the calls, and she returned to the library to meet her husband, “dear, we have finally recovered our lost property, our legacy has come back to us” she says, “anyway, we are having a lunch date with them on Saturday” Maya says,

“Ypu this woman, do not say I did not warn you because that man is dangerous, stay away from him” William says,

“He can not be dangerous more than me, am capable of handling him” Maya says, “on Saturday we are going on a lunch date as a family” she says,