Caught between kings

Chapter 4: Getting to know Zubby

Zubby's pov

Today is the day my father is going to announce his retirement and also he is going to hand over my inheritance, I have worked so hard for this and dedicated my 33years on earth to my family and I know I deserve it, my alarm has gone off ten minutes ago but I' m still reluctant to leave the comfort of my king size bed, I was about to go back to sleep when my phone started ringing from God knows where, I stood up like a zombie to look for it, but because of the clothes scattered across the room from our gaming activity last night, I tripped and fell face down hitting my head in the process, the impact was so great that I started finding difficult to see, and to add salt to injury the stupid phone will not stop ringing, I started walking towards the direction of the ringing, and found it in the bathroom, I must have left it there after my shower the previous night, picking the phone up without even looking at the caller ID , hello, I said trying to sound as polite as possible,

the voice at the other end was that of my friend Michael, Mr CEO, congrats in advance, hope you are prepared, because we are gonna shut down Lagos, and don't forget the after party is on me, he said, making it sound like he is the one organizing the party.

I can never run away from you Michael because your love for me is undying, and before you start to argue with me, I know I am irresistible, but please I am not gay, so make it perfect by bringing all the hottest models to the party, because I live for that moment, I said knowing that, smoke is probably coming out from his head right now because of his anger towards my smart ass self right now, He knows I love to tease him a lot.

the other end was quiet then there was a chorus of laughter from my two silly friends, bro when are you getting married ? Ken asked.

Immediately after you do i***t, I replied , Michael continued laughing his head and probably the brain too out because he knows how much I hate commitments, talk less of marriage, the rest of the talk was about planning for the main party and the after party.

After my call I entered the bathroom for my morning routine, after my shower, I wrap my body with a towel and walk to my walk in closet to dress up for the day, it already 11am already and the party starts by 12pm, I wore my cooperate wears, in order to look more presentable just to make my mum happy because she likes seeing me in my official wear, according to her it makes me look responsible but to me it like punishment, after spending quite some time on myself I look at the mirror to check if I am good to go and it was perfect, I step out from my room and slowly descend the stairs to the sitting room and saw my cleaning lady Amanda doing her chores with a rather foul mood but changed it to a smile when she caught sight of me.

good morning Mr Michael I can see your handiwork all over the place sirrrr.. , she said sarcastically,

I walk to her and smiled, Morning Amanda and sorry the house is a mess, is not my fault, Michael was the cause of most of it , butI promise to change baby,

She gave me a sad look and shook her head, you are such a grown baby that needs taking care of all the time, she teased

I had to laugh all the out to my car, I can't stop teasing her because the look on her face right now is priceless, sometimes she will get so angry and say I pity the innocent girl that you will marry but that will only make me laugh louder because I know marriage is not for me.

I drove out towards the busy street of Lagos, because one notable thing about Lagos is the incurable situation to has to do with the mad traffic, so, listening to my favorite song one ticket by kiss Daniel ft Davido helps me deal with the mad traffic, I have been am having some nagging feelings about this party and my father's retirement, because I know how my father works and how he thinks , and am scared for the first time in a long while of being thrown into something that will further complicate my life, because I know He has been trying to send me to Abuja to take over the management of our company's head quarters for the longest time, I just have to wait for the big announcement then.

Its not like I am gonna be missing out on anything here in Lagos, I don't even have a girlfriend to start with, Don't get me wrong, I love being committed, but after my ex cheated on me 4years ago, everything changed drastically, I never bothered about entering into another relationship again, I just maintained my one-night stands, with string attach, no form of commitment whatsoever, and I like it to remain that way because I have sworn never to love again, infact love is not for me but f*****g bitches sure is.

My friends Michael and Ken are, the most constant thing in my life because my father will not allow me have other friends, he believes the more the association the more the jealousy and also enemies and my mum views people with too many friends as irresponsible persons, so I am kinda stuck with the two friends they choose for me, and the irony here is that Michael's and Ken's parents kinda of did the same thing, I swear sometimes I just have this feeling that my parent, and that of Michael and Ken belongs to a coven or an association disciplinarians and have agreed not to let other people into our space, because I don't really get the logic behind their ancient way of reasoning in this modern time.

So, Michael and Ken have become the most constant and the very important part of my life, and truly, I can't see myself anywhere without them, I can't survive a week without them, we have practically tried, but it has been futile