TRICKY ALPHA

THE RETURN OF MA'AM DAUGHTER

A week had gone since ma’am had been expecting the return of Elizabeth, who was her daughter that went to school in Europe. She missed her a lot but couldn't tell anyone. On a certain day during the afternoon. Ma’am phone ranged. She picked up and said “Hello! Lisa, how have you been? “I’m okay mum.I’ve arrived at the airport. Please send a cab to come and pick me up. Wow! My daughter, I missed you so much. I can't wait to meet you. Hello! Where are you? Let’s go and get my daughter, she has arrived from school. “Wow! That's congratulations to us.” Cleve exclaims as they hugged joyously. Cleve took the car key on the table happily. As he was going out, Ma’am said “come and drop the car key, it’s me and my beloved husband that'll go to the airport and drive our queen home". Baz giggled while he buttoned up his sleeve. “Sit down boy, must you be involved in everything, Including our family affairs?

Cleve puzzled, as Baz was eager to spit on his face. They left for the airport and met with Lisa, who was close to her thirties in age.She hugged her parents. After a lot of complements, they decided to return home. Discussions ensued in the car. Baz grunted “ Less I forgot, we have a house boy hired from another country. Don't talk to him, or make friends with each other. Can you listen? “Yes dad!. Lisa accepted. "But why are you trying hard to manipulate her against the innocent dude? Ma'am asked.

“Just keep muted because you won't understand why. It's better they live as cats and dogs. He might have missions to blackmail us and Lisa could be a great tool for him". Ma’am and sighed.

You're right, but I still don't believe he ‘s such a type." How long has he stayed? Lisa asked.

"We had a terrible experience during his nine-month stay. We recorded several attacks, like robberies and so many casualties, Baz said.

And if that was true, you’ve done the worst to my own experience, your day is nothing to be compared with. But a blackmailer. Ma'am replied.

“It’s okay, dad, mum. I can't believe you both haven’t been happy together since I left for school. Not at all, we are happy together, both of them exclaimed at the same time.

Cleve was glad to welcome them on arrival. While he offloaded Lisa's luggage from the car, Lisa could observe a challenging attitude ' “welcome back home, how were the studies. I believe it wasn't so stressful?"

Not much, thank you, Brother. Her attitude seemed unfriendly due to what Baz had told her. But Cleve had nobody's time. He took all the baggage indoors and went into the kitchen.

Exactly during the evening when the night dream was coming through, they could hardly glance at each other. Lisa was so engrossed in pressing her handheld device. For a while she’d stare at her phone, burst into laughter. Immediately she noticed the room was darkened. ”is there no light in this house"? She raised her voice. Nobody could hear until the second time, she repeated. Cleve was in haste to attend to her when he accidentally stumbled his leg on a chair. “Oops that's painful, sister, how may I help you?. Lisa said "Help me, you mean? That's a silly question. Can't you see the house has been swallowed by darkness"? I'm sorry, Cleve couldn't wait to hear her last statement. Just a hand stretched towards the wall, the light was on.

Next time, here is the switch. You can turn it on by yourself. Cleve said.

Anyway, thank you for the lecture, but I won't have that time, even when I am still at home. I and electrical appliances were not friends.I will always call on you to do that for me, please take note.

Alright, that isn't a problem at all.

Cleve was taking his leave when Baz walked indoors. He said, “Lisa, what have you been discussing with a person who can't make a simple sentence with a given word?

Lisa laughed loudly. “But he speaks fluently in local tongues, however, you can't compare him to me. I schooled and graduated in Europe. Baz clapped! “Of course! High five for my girl.

Supper done and dusted. “My Queen, can we have supper"? Ma’am called on Lisa. Cleve had taken his own meal into his room.“Cleve, Come and join us at the dinner.“Baz demonstrated in anger. “Honey, do you want him to pollute our food with his outrageous saliva? Cleve was chewing already when he answered her call. He said” I have mine in the room. Enjoy your meal.Thank!.

"Enjoy the biggest meat you have taken before us". Baz confronts him.

Cleve woke up to fulfill his daily chores. After cleaning the inner part, the next phase could be the outside. Lisa woke up and checked around the environment as clean it looked. While cleve was coming from behind,”Good morning! He greeted her. “Yeah! Morning. Indeed, the environment is looking more attractive than before. I love this. Cleve smiled. “It’s my job.he replied.

That's true, you're getting paid, but a token, which is a low means of livelihood,she said.

"I was thinking the same, but being broke now, won't be forever."

Lisa giggled, while staring at him. “Your dream is big Mr the sweeper. Do you know how much is in my bank despite being an unemployed graduate?”. Cleve folded his arms, being astonished. As he gazes up in the cloud sadly, “What a bad day", this babe reminds me of my past”. Lisa was curious. She left him alone and walked outdoors. *

"Sweeping has become your daily habit.

Due ti her mockery, cleve decided not to clean the outdoors. Three days later, there was a heavy downpour that messed up the whole place. His refusal to sweep resulted in ugliness. “ What's wrong with you these days, you’ve neglected your daily cleaning of the vineyard?" Baz queried.

Yes! It isn't worth doing.

Baz frowned at him. He said," are you challenging my orders?

Sir! I'm sorry, someone in the household challenged me to stop.

And who the hell could that be?

Someone in the household.

She'll be the one to pay your next salary. Are you taking me for a play? I’ll chase you away.

Out of willingness to clean up the messy environment, Clever just did.

Early during the new week, Baz announced that he'd need staff to resume work in his new company, but said he needed an expert to handle the tasks.

Cleve showed interest, saying "I am the perfect person for the job".

“What makes you think we can work together when you’re not obedient, even an atom of respect you haven't for me".

Pardoned, respect is reciprocal.

Lisa was in the inner room when Baz called on her. “Cleve said he’s the perfect match to be my company's manager when you're still healthy and alive.” What? You must be so stupid. She slapped cleve. Despite that he pleaded to be given the job. I'm a qualified PhD holder in Accounting, banking and finance”, he said.

“Wow! Show us the credentials which will serve as evidence to us. Cleve hurried to his room and brought the certificate before the family alliance.

Baz go through the files and gave it back to him, while saying "Your credential vitae is nice, but I wouldn't trust a stranger with my personal achievements."

"Of course, that's risky." Lisa systematically joined the moving train.

Cleve was going into his room with files in his hand. Ma'am had passed him along the passage. Only to look back and see the files in Cleve's hand. She called him back and said "Cleve! Can I have a check?" Cleve undoubtedly handed the documents over to her".

After verifying for some moments, ma'am was glad to say "I'm employing you as my new manager" ,Cleve joyously bounced indoors.

"Wow"! That's nice. Well, it is for her, if she can afford to undertake such a risk. Today, Lisa is my next of kin whom I'll trust with all I have. Ma’am felt discouraged, yet she couldn't break her promise.”I hope you won't rusticate with my money?” she confronted cleve and asks.

Over my soul, I can never steal from you. Maybe we should pen an agreement with a lawyer for you to believe me"?

That's fine.

Cleve was introduced as the new manager of the ma'am company. The staff received him with open arms. After some time in the office, Lisa becomes jealous because ma’am often talked about exceptionalism, and commitment, she discovers in cleve. Which didn't please the father and his daughter.

Lisa couldn't afford to write quotas because she graduated to become a lawyer and not as a business administrator.

Baz had been disturbing her alot over the quotas before he pleaded to cleve who ghostwrote it for her. They often ride in one car, but to different destinations.

Baz didn't adhere to the fact that Cleve and Lisa have no mutual relationship. He bought a Lamborghini for Lisa in order to separate both. What they share in common is salutations.

Ma’am wasn't comfortable with Lisa driving a Lamborghini in her twenties. “You should have bought her an ordinary car instead,she might be at risk of carjackers,” she told the father.

Lisa was so upset when she heard,"in what way do you expect me to please you, ma'am?"

She bitterly harassed ma'am. "Not as you think. Here it isn't so secure as overseas. People and expensive cars could suddenly disappear, leaving no trace of their destination", she appealed to Lisa. Lisa wasn't that freaked out. She told Ma'am" I'm safe out there. It is a matter of mindset".

Cleve didn't stop fulfilling his daily chores at home before leaving for work every day, but the stress was getting too much. He told Ma'am he needed an assistant from Lisa even though it was cooking. He was getting tired as the whole burden rested on my shoulders both home and away. Please kindly speak to her.

Are you becoming too proud? Ma’am questioned him.

“No, I'm not complaining, better is two hands than a finger.

Alright, I’ll try my best to convince her.

Ma’am had free time to gist with Lisa.At first she found it hard telling her about it. As they were talking, ma'am said “my beloved Elizabeth, a renowned neighbor, needed an assistant in fulfilling his daily activities. Now that he’s employed in an office, he won't be able to shoulder the responsibilities alone. Not even any free time he'll have for himself. I want cooperation and not competition between you both".

The request seemed to be placed at the wrong time. "I'm helping myself, mum." I served the family about nineteen years before I left for school, though I know it will hurt your feelings to say that Cleve should be demoted as manager to continue his household job. While i manage the two companies at the same time, she said.

A single stone can't hit two birds at once. If you were to be in cleve' shoe, how would you feel? Ma’am asked.

Lisa said “I don't care if dad took the job away from me because I have nothing to lose, unlike the poor alien who thought he found pleasure in doing a strenuous job.”.

That was bias, she didn't care to pause her speech when Cleve came around, it could have led to quarrels, but he didn't have anybody's time, just minding his business. Someone who hasn't had anybody's time.

The new employment turned him into a totally responsible man. Despite that Lisa often criticized his ability and hurled hateful speech at him, the young man wouldn't retaliate.

You should value what you have. Thousands of graduates out there are out of jobs, while those who are lucky to be employed are working under pressure. The odds of getting sacked are fifty-fifty at any time. Bosses complain a lot. Eduction won't work for you. If wisdom is not allowed, you're the controller of dad’s pulse string. Ma'am told her.

Baz listened to their speeches. Lisa's aim was to damage Cleve’s reputation before the arrival of Perkins. The eldest of all will soon arrive and take the full charge. Either Lisa or Cleve will have to step off the management title. A time to stay should be encouraged. All the advices ma'am gave to her passes through the back of her ears.

Lisa was infrequent in the office. While customers needed her attention, no one is there to attend. Baz advised her on several occasions before she was given a notice.”I'm not pleased due to your infrequency at work. A new establishment should be unwavering when building trust with clients. shall we be competitive to achieve our aim? He’d say.

“And who are they? ”. That was Lisa's attitude towards their clients, even to baz who's the father himself.

They are beginning to lose more customers. Their goods expired unknowingly. They were still selling before a notice came which led to the disposal of goods worth of millions.

Baz committed his time to attending to the buyers himself while Lisa concentrated on her mobile device.

“It is like you're getting tired. Why are you doing this to me? Baz used to cry.

“Dad!, your complaint is getting beyond what I can bear. Please look for someone else to replace the position. As you can see, I'm a lawyer. Not an accounting expert or business tycoon“

You’d have told me.” The next day, ma’am company secretary introduced a qualified accounting expert who replaced Lisa at work.

Lisa was happy at home. She was having an internet affair which was later discovered that the salary she worked was sent to her internet boyfriend, who pretended to be rich.

Every day was hectic for Cleve. How will a man live long if always stressed just like me? He often asked himself. When he realized he had made some money, "I have to get an apartment for myself. He told Ma'am about the plan. She wasn't pleased to hear that from cleve.“It means you're no longer under me. The moment you quit this house” .