… Six months later … “Here you go” Sofia handed her a glass of juice and a plate of snacks, she sat on the couch beside her and rubs her really visible bump. “Thank you” she sniffed the snack then scrunch her nose as she looks at Sofia who frowned at what she did. “Did you make this with fish?” she asks. “No?” Audriana’s brow rose and she shrugged “Maybe there was some fish seasoning added but there isn’t much of that inside,” she says. “I am not eating that, I feel disgusted, no offense” Audriana dropped the plate on the table and looks at her friend who was irritated. “Well, for your information lady, my pregnant ass is offended and I am eating them because I am craving them” she took the plate and starts eating from the plate. “I am sorry ma’am, I…” Audriana sighs and placed the glass of juice on the table then turns fully to her friend who gave her full attention “I… I have been so stressed these couple of days” she said. “Oh baby, what’s going on? Still on that Daniella’s c
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"So, that's all for today," Audriana said then began packing her books and laptop from the table. "Okay Miss" the students got ready to leave the class too bus she stopped them. "Your assignment is to create a portfolio website. Simple but elegant, if you know what I mean,” she further explained to them in detail what they could also add. “When you are done with it, make sure to submit it to the school portal under the computer science department before Friday, no copying. You guys are very talented and I want each of you to express yourself in this project, okay?" she said. "Yes, Miss Audri" the class chorused. "See you in the next class," she said. "And you too," they replied and she walked out of the class to her office. Audriana is seated in her office as she goes over the code challenge her dad sends to her every week. She had done 30% of the work the previous night but she got stuck when she was going to move forward with it so, she stopped and promised to continue later.
Sofia typed on her computer and then sent a file to the printer before looking at Audriana who was on her phone. "Did you call him after receiving the message?" she asked. Audriana looked up from her phone "Yes, I did" she put her phone in her bag. "He sounded worried?" "Surprisingly, no. He sounded rather calm but the urgency in his message got me worried" "So, we're headed to your parents after I'm done here?" Audriana nods in response "Well then, I hope my proposal doesn't get rejected because I worked my butt trying to make it more presentable and better than the one I sent earlier" "What did the counselor say about the previous letter you sent to him?" In the best gruff voice Sofia could muster, she said "I will not waste my time reading a five-year-old written letter about an excursion to a place that makes no sense or adds any value," she mimicked then scrunched up her face so bad, you'd think she was bathed with acid. Audriana bursts out laughing as she slams the table
"There's no need for all this Sof, I already told you that I am fine, I will be good, I promise," Audriana said once Sofia parked close to the hospital for her to be checked. She agreed that she was a bit shaken by what happened minutes ago but she has been trying to explain to Sofia that she was just in a state of shock that's why she couldn't respond then and was okay but her caring best friend begs to differ. "Let's just be sure that things are okay with you before we leave for your parent's place" Sofia sighed "You know how worked up your parents might get just because of this, I don't want them to be worried when they find out what happened today" "They do not have to know" "But you're still shaken up by what happened" Sofia states. Audriana couldn't argue about that because it's true. She still feels shaken up by what happened minutes ago and if Sofia had not come to take her away from that harsh man, he would have kept blaming her and she would have broken down in tears. T
Dimitri sighed when he parked some streets to where he lives. A very strange habit he had grown over the past few years. When asked why, he just looks and shrugs. No definite explanation for doing so. He looked back at the food he bought for him and his friend who was staying over then the encounter he had with the golden-brown-haired lady resurfaced in his mind. If he was going to be true to himself, he mostly was at fault because he had been taking a call from one of his clients who liked to provoke him at any instance he got. He got into a heated argument with the client in question and when he threw his phone at the passenger seat, he realized he was still on the road driving and hadn't been watching where he was going. Then the lady filled his line of vision and he had to press the break on time else it would have been a different story. He had already caused enough drama for his family and this will just make his dad view him as irresponsible over again and again, he doesn't
She is beyond shock at what her dad told her last night, she was restless. 'How could that have gone wrong?' she kept questioning herself....previous night..."What about the company?" she asked her Dad.Kingsley sighed. "Remember the new feature we are working on? For Kindswel's Motors?" he asked.She nods "Yes I do remember that, what about it?""Well, the model we trained for the new car they are about launching got..." he looked at her."Got what? Dad?" she was getting really worried now."The... when the trained model was programmed to the car it caused some kind of damage, and..."Audriana's eyes opened wide in shock when her Dad told her about the damages."How could that have happened?" she voiced out her thoughts."I don't know Princess, I actually don't know," Kingsley said."But wasn't the model supposed to be properly trained and assured it won't create security issues of any sort?" she asked."Yes dear, it was. But we suspect mismanagement in handling the model or somethi
A man dressed in an all-black Emporio Armani two-button slim suit paired with his sleek black pointed-toe leather shoes, his wrist decorated with the finest silver-colored Rolex, comes out of a sliver-colored Mercedes-Benz G-Class, he parked in the building parking lot that is just a minute walk from the building. He walked towards the tall building that looks to be built with only glass.He climbed up the stairs that leads to the reception area and the glass door automatically opens, he got in and looked around the reception. it's quite different from the last time he was here, 'what's he saying? it's been years, of course, there will be changes'The table for the receptionist is located on the left side of the main entrance, the table is cream and light brown in color, complimenting the chairs. The chair surrounds a portable glass table that has some magazines stacked neatly on top. There is a brown rug underneath the table, giving it a classy look. He walked up to the receptionist