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Prologue
Sophia Moore endearing as a young girl, was an only child who grew under the shelter and protection of her tender parents.
Sophia knew nothing of the world other than the immense love she was showered. Her parents, Bernard and Cecilia Moore were well educated and working class. They met themselves during an interview for an internship and both fell in love immediately and their love story began. Those two loved each other so much, they were like the two sides of a coin, so inseparable, and wanted nothing more than a happy home and life for their daughter.
But tragedy struck...
Cecilia was diagnosed with Breast cancer. The news tore her happy home apart. Bernard loved his wife so much that the thought of losing her distressed him, But he had to be strong for her sake and their young daughters' sake. So they kept the situation hidden from Sophia to keep her from trauma.
Their finances were running low yet Cecelia wasn't responding to treatment but her husband wasn't deterred, he went to loan sharks who helped him out.
He gave his all and still was giving but fate had other intentions. Cecelia gave up few weeks to Christmas with her husband and daughter beside her.Sophia in hysteria attempted to mangle herself with anything she saw fit but with the help of people around, she was saved.Her father Bernard was in his reverie. He sat stupefied by the sheer reality of everything going on. His beautiful, loving wife lay on the bed quite warm with a quirky smile on her livid bony face while his daughter was in hysteria all because she was taken by surprise at the news that her mother was about to die. Surprisingly he wasn't overreacting as he thought would. But he knew in his heart that subsequent Christmas would never be the same. It would never radiate energy as it did when his wife was alive. He could hear people's voices echo from afar and their distinct worry-etched faces blurry to his vision yet he sat still and collected, a ticking time bomb about to be set off.And that was how Bernard sat with his body present and mind in whirlwind shutting out the world and himself from his pain and reality.Related chapters
FATE Chapter 1
Two and a half years later... Sophia sat on the worn-out couch inside her Father's bedroom. Bernard looked so pale and emaciated, one could count the number of bones on him.After his wife passed on Bernard shut the whole world out. He never shed a tear nor cry out in agony as everyone and the doctors who saw to him had expected. And weeks turned into months and months years. Yet Bernard starved himself, kept to himself, and unfortunately developed a heavy malfunctioning heart. Sometimes when his demons would haunt him, Bernard had panic attacks which led to seizures and Comatose. So it was advised he shouldn't be left all alone in quiet. Fortunately, Sophia grew up quickly, taking over the motherly role with strong conviction and bright optimism. She made sure to care for her fragile father and never showing her doubts and fear to him. It worked. Because soon
FATE Chapter 2
Exactly three months later...Sophia sat in front of her dresser at five-thirty a:m and packed her dark curly hair into a neat bun.It was the best thing she had inherited from her birth mother, Cecilia. She had very beautiful curly dark hair and light skin, while Sophia had a caramel skin color, a mixture of Bernard's dark color and Cecilia's.Cecelia, Sophia's mother was from a little village in Morocco while Bernard was from Nigeria but Bernard being a son of the soil and Cecelia an understanding wife brought up their daughter in Nigeria. Although sometimes they visited Cecilia's sister in Morocco.Sophia finally finished with her hair and looked at her former bright caramel skin color now looked pale and needed proper care.Since the death of her father, she'd cared less about a lot of things like food, her body, and her academics.She wasn't doing well anymor
FATE Chapter 3
Mrs. Olivia Bestman stood under the spiral staircase with poise and watched as the workers carried in the new pieces of furniture that were ordered from Amazon.She was so excited about her husband's return from Switzerland where he was at a private political meeting. It had been their lifelong prayer to stay near home.Olivia was half Swiss and half Nigerian, her mum was Nigerian once miss Africa and lived a reckless life then ended up marrying an old Swiss banker. Both died in a plane crash while on holiday to Bali leaving behind their only child Olivia.Luckily Olivia had helpful relatives who took her and brought her up.She worked in the American embassy in Nigeria after her studies there she met her husband now Ernest Bestman.He was still running for the house of the assembly and still struggling when they fell in love, technically they both built their empire together.
FATE Chapter 4
"Tonight" by Nonso Amadi boomed in the club and people danced to the rhythm. Everyone was having a good time except the ones who didn't wish to or the ones who were denied access to the top floor where the reggae singer patoranking was with few friends. Sean, Jason, and Mason were lucky enough to have made it inside the cubicle without much stress. Mason was a high school classmate with the singer, which made it easier for the trio to enter. In the meantime they were being entertained by patoranking, he was doing a freestyle reggae for them while they listened with rapt attention. While he was on it, Jason kept texting Charlotte and her. Once she found out where he was, she was madder than before blaming him for not telling her beforehand about the club thing with Pato. Jason tried apologizing but she went offline. "Man would you stop texting Charlotte and listen to what we're discuss
FATE Chapter 5
Jason turned and twisted weary, he couldn't sleep. Even with the cold weather outside, he was still sweating profusely on his king-sized bed. With firm resolve, he got off the bed,illuminating his room, he entered his bathroom thinking how much he needed the cold shower. Fighting so hard to forget that his psyche has been ruined because of the late-night incident as he preferred to call it in his head. His greatest fear was if the victim was dead. He'd be a murderer, a heartless one. Jason knew he couldn't stomach such truth,Sean, too. But Sean had done well to relinquish the blame on both of them promising Jason that the victim was collapsed and their impulsive decision to flee the scene was the best. Jason knew keenly a part of his mind didn't believe that sorry excuse but he needed pacifying at the moment and Sean did. Once he was done he wrapped his
FATE Chapter 6
The office was small for a consultant like Dr. Simon or was it so because of many properties like the bookshelf by the window side containing medical books of different sizes and colors. Maureen looked around her, files were packed on the floor away from trespassing while some on his desk were scattered and rumpled. By her left where the trashcan sat filled with wastepaper and disposed of pieces of equipment, a rickety standing fan rotating at an angle one-eighty constantly blowing hot air. Maureen sighed, wondering why an office would be so disorganized. "Weren't doctors supposed to be well organized and neat?" She imagined it was the problem federal hospitals in Nigeria suffered. Low maintenance.And the doctors and nurses were underpaid. Thereby taking out their bitter frustrations on the patients. She wondered what exactly was taking the old man his time, she'd been sitting around for minute
FATE Chapter 7
Maureen came back!! She returned to the hospital a week after Sophia was discharged. She came to see Dr. Simon. "I... I was kidnapped!" She cried wiping her crocodile tears."Once I went back home after coming to see you and Sophia I was kidnapped the next day" she paused for a breather. "Some people around still think my late husband has more money like before, they called for ransom and my younger sister who was around then couldn't raise any money... She had to sell the only home and property we owned Yet it wasn't enough for my kidnappers.I was taken hostage for one good week with no food or water Doctor, I prayed for death to take me... but I remembered my dear Sophia... I started praying to get out and for God to keep her safe for me and... And he did hear my prayers" She burst into fresh hot tears.Slowly she took out a dirty handkerchief from her old purse and dabbed her fake tears.Maureen
FATE Chapter 8
Everyone, family, and friends were celebrating his return. Ernest Bestman thought quietly as he watched his wife with her co-worker's chat at a corner. He recalled how he met Olivia, he was still struggling as a young politician, and she was a single lady with no family, working at the embassy. They weren't the best of collabo as friends advised but they tried hard to keep the relationship alive with so much hard work and sacrifices which brought them here today. He smiled. But whenever the thoughts of his son Jason filtered in, Ernest would feel weary.Jason was given everything his parents could afford and as the saying applied, much was expected of him. Ernest was disappointed, his wife wasn't helpful too, she overindulged Jason who cared about nothing and no one except himself. He understood his wife Olivia grew up an orphan and wanted her child to have the life she didn't. Ernest didn't sha
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