At Denise’s Apartment“Dad, Uncle, welcome back.”Daniel shouted when he saw his father and uncle walking in. He rushed to them and gave them hugs one after the other. When Denise disengaged him from the hug, he began to imagine the day his baby would do the same thing to him when he returned from work. Then, he looked at his pregnant wife and smiled in satisfaction.“Welcome back, hubby,” Olivia greeted.(Peck)“Thank you. I promised you that I would be back before noon. Here I am,” Denise said, and took his seat beside his wife.“Yes. You kept to your words. Thank you for that.”“It is my pleasure.”Freya welcomed her husband before she broached the news that Denise and her husband tried to keep away from her.“Denise.”“Yes, big sister.”“Did you watch the news yesterday? Did you see how karma had caught up with Uncle Stephen?”“Yes. I saw it. That will teach him how to respect other people’s freedom.”“You have said it all.”“I learned that the government gave him some money to gi
“How did it go at the office today?”He asked before they sat down on the couch. Then, Lorene gave a superficial answer.“Nothing much. We will continue on Monday.”She gave him a keen look which he mistook for a suspicious look and that made him to fidget because a sinner will always run even if no one is chasing him. Then she requested, “Tell me, how did you spend your day without me?” Now, Stephen tried to change the tensed atmosphere to a lively one and joked. He gave her the same response she gave to him a while ago“Nothing much. We will continue on Monday.”Although, it was a joke, but he was honest because he had agreed with Evelyn to meet on Monday for lunch. Lorene laughed softly, and he laughed too before she said.“Wow! That is funny.”They laughed happily. And to distract her further, he volunteered to serve her some breakfast.“Let me serve your breakfast.”“Oh! I don’t mind. Thank you. Let me change,” She said, and got up from the chair and began to walk to the room wh
She calmed down, and lifted her face and announced, “I just remembered how Louis wept the other day.”“I thought as much. It is all right. He is fine now. Let us send a message to our family platform. I am sure it will soothe all of them to hear that we arrived safely,” Arthur said, and ran his hand through her hair. Then, she cheered up and said, “Ok. You can go ahead.”They sat together on the bed, and he drafted the message and sent. He looked at her and declared, “Maternal Instinct can be powerful.”Nichole only smiled. Then, he drew her closer and gave her a peck. Indeed, maternal instinct could be powerful. Their message got to Louis when he was about to take a decision that would affect everybody adversely. The feeling Nichole got when she got into the room was the type a mother got when her child was in danger.At The Tourist Center.Jude was beginning to feel guilty of eating and doing nothing. He wished to be of assistance to his host by any means to justify the kind gestur
At The Tourist CenterBy the arrangement between the Security Officer and the Men's Wears Company, the clothes would be delivered to the island by 7 AM, and they kept to the time. At the stipulated time, the company vehicle was at the Tourist Center and Robin took the delivery of the wears. When it was time to serve Jude’s breakfast, which was the same as the complimentary breakfast that the guests took. Thereafter, he accompanied the waiter, to his room. After the waiter left, he handed the bag of clothes to Jude, who was about to start eating his food.“Jude.”The panicked Jude who had lived in fear for the past four years looked up, thinking he had wronged anyone. Then, the Security Officer continued.“The boss sent this bag to you. He requested to know what you can do. That is, he wants to know if you have any skills.”Now, Jude’s eyes became moist. From the look of things, the only skill he had was to aid in criminal activities. Thanks to the adults who were supposed to be respon
“I mean, as a Security Officer, how can you assess him?”“I can attest that he has a good spirit.”“It is all right. You can order for a piano keyboard for him so that he won’t be bored. Did you get it?”The security officer responded cheerfully, “Wow! That will be nice. He will be delighted. I will do that right away.”“It is okay.”After the call with the officer, he headed for the barracks. ‘Even the officer was happy because of him. He must be an impressive person. Meeting impressive people at odd places.’ he reasoned as he drove off. He ruminated about how he met his wife and his face beamed with delight, and he prayed.“God bless the man who rejected her. Otherwise, I would not have met her.”Meanwhile, he was already inside the barracks and headed towards Gen. Bailey's apartment.At the Military BarracksDenise got to Gen. Bailey’s apartment at 12:50 pm. He searched out for a suitable spot to park his jalopy, which gave him much delight. Initially, he was uncomfortable, but hi
Now, the aggrieved elders interrupted him.”We will not accept that cock-and-bull story.”“Please sit down, if you don’t have anything to say.”“You can give him your wife and daughters to abduct.”Some other family members said as they raised their voices. When Brown heard someone say ‘you can give him your wife and daughters to abduct’, he became ashamed of himself and quickly sat down, and the Patriarch took over.“Thank you all for your patience. I thought his Family Head would have started by apologizing to Oscar and his wife.”“Yes,” the house chorused in unison."That explains why Stephen did not have a proper upbringing. If a Family Head cannot think of an apology unless he is reminded, what do you expect from his family members?”Now, Brown, who was infuriated, walked to the last speaker and pointed at his nose.“I will not have you insult me or any members of my family. Watch your tongue.”Now, the Family Head that he touched his nose rose swiftly from his seat and pushed hi
“The woman I have in mind is a woman in our mist who had made this family proud. I am convinced that with someone like her by Stephen’s side, he will be stable…”Now, one of them interrupted him and requested, “With due respect, our Patriarch, can you stop dilly-dallying and tell us the female psychiatrist in our mist who is capable of marrying a mad man like Stephen?”His question erupted raucous laughter in the house. Denise, who had not said a word since the meeting, began to laugh too. Mr. Oscar and his wife laughed heartily before Gen. Bailey chuckled and continued.“All right. Moving forward, the woman I have in mind is Nichole, the widow of our late brother, Williams. She is a…”Now, all eyes were on Denise. Gen. Bailey, who knew that he had broached a delicate issue, avoided looking at Denise’s direction. But whether he looked at him or not did not matter because Denise must make him to look at him compulsorily as he interrupted him. Then, he lifted his right hand and without
“When did Nichole get married?”The other Family Heads attacked him at once and demanded, “Why did you not ask her son before he left?”Now, Zoey could not help but laugh. To defend himself and maintain his dignity, he explained, “I was about asking him, but before I looked up, he had gone.”“Coward. You knew nothing but to insult and push a fellow Family Head.”Brown blurted out, and the Family Head rushed at him, but he was restrained by other Family Heads. Then, the Patriarch ordered.“Go home, all of you. The meeting is over.”They began to file out one after the other, still barking and yelling at each other. Then, Oscar shouted, “Zoey, get into the vehicle and let us leave here.”Zoey glared at him and got into the car. She did not relent in rubbing it in his face.“Can you really shout at me, Oscar? You could not raise your voice when it was necessary.”Oscar, who was used to such berating, kept mute, he turned on the ignition of his car and drove off, ignoring her.At the Tou