Stella looked for the perfect spot to park her car and brought out her phone to check the address."yeah, I guess we are there already," she said as she picked up the packaged gift she bought earlier and then, step out of the car."Hey, be careful!" She warned as the kids got down from the car.After making sure her car has been locked, they head towards the gate and pressed the doorbell."Good afternoon, ma'am." The man who appeared to be the gatekeeper greeted as he opened the door."Please, is this Mr.Tobe's house?" She asked."Yes, ma'am. You're here for the birthday party, right?" "Yes.""Oh! please come in, your friends are having fun inside already," he said as he opened the gate widely for them to enter. He led them towards the entrance of the house; the sound of the music playing inside could be heard as they moved closer."Hey, Mrs. Jacob, you are here already," Tobechukwu exclaimed with a big smile plastered on his face as he saw them."ha! Yes, we're here.""Hey kids, h

"Hi, sweetheart, I missed your call earlier. I'm sorry, I have been busy." Stella said as she walked out of the hall placing her phone in between her ears and shoulder as she used her other hand to look for her car key in her handbag."Yeah, I understand. How was the seminar?""Oh! To God be the Glory, it went well." "That's good to hear. Hint me, how did everything go? The exciting part and all that.""Yeah, a lot of exciting things happened and I can't wait to share it with you but that will be later because I'm just leaving the venue now.""Why are you just leaving?" He asked in Surprise."Yes, the seminar ended late.""Oh! You can't come back to Lagos today anymore, it's late already. I was thinking that you are on your way back already.""Nope, that will be tomorrow. I will just lodge in a nearby hotel, my host has arranged one for me. I am heading there now, It's about ten minute drive from this place.""Okay, that's better.""Yeah, I will call you later. I need to go and fres

"No, give that to me, it belongs to me," Stella yelled as she tried to snatch her things away from the strange woman."No, you're missing it again. They are not yours, they belong to me. They're now in my possession." She yelled back tightening her grip on it as she placed it close to her chest."Please, let me have them back." Stella pleaded, crying bitterly."That's not gonna happen. They are not yours again. Everything you have are now in my possession and there is nothing you can do that will make me release it back to you." The woman replied rolling her eyes in a wicked manner."No! This is fraud. You can't forcefully take my things away from me like that. It's against the law. I will sue you for fraud." The woman let out a peal of hysterical laughter. "Wow! I never knew you were as dumb as this! You can sue me, stupid woman. Sue me and let's see the lawyer that will defend you." Stella burst out crying "Oh God! How do my things get to this woman's hand? They are mine." She c

~Sunday Afternoon~ Stella was in her room studying the scripture when she heard a knock on the door."Come in.""Mommy, I think someone is at the door," Felix announced as he walked inside."Okay, I will go check who is there," Stella replied as she closed the Bible and got up on her feet. "Reduce the volume of the TV it's too loud" She instructed the kids as she passed through the living room. As she got to the door, turned the doorknob, and opened the door revealing Mr. Tochuckwu smiling face."Oh! It's you Mr. Tochukwu.""Yeah, Good evening.""Please, come in." She ushered as she opened the door widely for him to enter."Good afternoon, sir." The kids greeted."Afternoon, lovelies.""I'm sorry I didn't inform you I will be coming over.""Oh! it's nothing. I mean, you're here already. What should I offer you? Food? drinks? juice? water?""I think water should be fine.""You think so?""Yeah," he nodded in reply. "Let me go get it then," she said as she walked to the

A few days later, Richard and his staff arrived from the business trip. The staff organized a small welcome-back party in Golden Ville just to lighten up the atmosphere. It was indeed a joyful moment as everyone was laughing and gisting. Apparently, it was a rare free day for them. "Cheers to more wins, successful contracts, and more joyous celebrations like this," Richard said with a wide smile as everyone made a toast. "Cheers! Welcome back to Golden Ville." Bella was super excited that she was going to start seeing Richard often, he won't have to ignore my phone calls or messages again because I will be here to do whatever it takes for him to notice me. "Welcome back, sir. We missed your presence here," she said beaming with delight as she walked up to him. "Thank you, I missed almost everything about Golden Ville here in Nigeria; the weather is not friendly over there. It's good to be back, there is no place like home." He replied as he sipped from his wine. "Yeah, that