Desperate love

Chapter 2: Wealthy

The next day was a weekend so I didn't wake up early. I slept till around nine in the morning. I made myself some scrambled eggs,sausage,bread and tea. I finished eating and was doing the dishes when I was distracted by my phone which was ringing. I took the phone and saw that it was my best friend marie, i picked the call. "Hi bestie two days no talk". "I am so sorry, ive been busy with work and you know how the kids are now. I heard noise from the background and I knew they were her children immediately. Marie's children were very energetic and loved to play, so I wasn't surprised at how they were shouting. "So what have you been up to" marie asked. "Well nothing much except for the fact that I met a man". Marie screamed out of excitement "so how is he? Is he cute? When can we meet him?. "Slow down with all the questions girl". "Okay so where do I start from, we have not gotten to know ourselves very well, but for now I know his cute, tall, dark and rich I think". "You think" marie asked. "Yes I think, because he said he works at an oil company, but he didn't say as what". " Then ask him". "I Will". "Meanwhile hope he is a Christian " I knew she was going to ask that since she was a very strong believer and always convinced me to go to church. " Yes he is, madam pastor". " I am just saying, because remember what the bible says, " be not unequally yoked with an unbeliever". "Yes ma" I said sarcastically. I saw Dave's call coming in and immediately blushed. "Let me call you back marie". "Alright girl". I answered the call in the most sweetest voice ever. " Hello"."hi Clara good morning, how was ur night?hope u slept well?". "I did. Thanks for asking . "Clara I need you to come to my house today, can you do that?". "Well I can try". I was surprised on how he spoke, as if he was commanding me rather than asking me. "I need a definite answer Clara, you coming or not". "I am coming" I answered. "Okay I will send someone to pick you up, alright". "Okay let me get ready, see you soon". I quickly took my bath and wore a pink strapless gown, a white heels, a curly black wig and a white purse. I did a light makeup on my face and headed out. On reaching outside I saw a black rolls Royce outside and was wandering where it came from. Until I saw a dark looking man approach me. " Good morning Miss Clara, I was sent by Mr Dave to pick you up". "Oh okay thanks". I hopped into the car and was blown away by the inside. I took time to admire it before we started moving. Few minutes later the driver horned in front of a gigantic gate and it was pulled open. He entered and packed the car well. "Miss Clara, we're here". I came down and was awed by what I saw. A big house with beautiful designs. In his parking lot were. Different grades of cars in different colours. "You look surprised" I heard a voice say. I turned to see David looking at me. "Oh so sorry, I was just taking my time to admire your house". He chuckled and led me inside. As we went further into the house, I saw maids all over trying to keep the house tidy. I wondered how someone who works in an oil company as "God knows what" could afford such exquisite lifestyle. "That reminds me, he only told me he works in an oil company, but didn't say as what. "You didn't ask him" my subconscious mind told me. He took me to his living room and I was once again blown away, by how arranged and neat it looked. Everything looked expensive and I couldn't hold in my curiosity as I asked"you said you work in an oil company but you never said as what". "Well you didn't ask so I thought it wasn't necessary, but since you asked I will tell you. " I own it". "You own what?" I asked pretending I didn't hear him well." I own the oil company that I work in ". " Are u joking now?"

"No , I inherited it from my father". "U mean you are Mr Frank Dipo's son?. "Yes" he answered. "Now enough of the questions, the table has been set, let's go eat". "Alright ". I said.

Chapter 3: Racheal is back!!

We were served different varieties of food, and the table was filled up. I considered this as waste, since we won't be able to finish all of it. I mean, I was doing well myself but I didn't get to waste food like this. We ate to our satisfaction and all the food were delicious, but Dave kept complaining about the cooking. Either it was under cooked or over cooked. I pitied the cook who was there receiving all forms of insult from him without a word. I decided to say something to calm Dave down, but he just shut me up. I was surprised, but I just kept quiet. After the meal I was too tired and decided to go home. I didn't want to spend another minute with Dave. I went and Dave's driver opened the door for me. I was about entering when Dave stopped me. He apologized to me and told me it was never going to happen again. I forgave him and we hugged, I felt a lot better after the hug. I entered the car and he promised to call me later on. Few minutes later we were at my house, and the driver came down to open the door. I got down and told him he could leave, but he insisted on staying till I enter the house, based on Dave's instructions. I got my key from my bag and was about to open the door when I realized it already open. I panicked because I was the only one that lived in my house and I was sure nobody had the spare key except Racheal who was not yet back from outside the country."miss Clara is everything alright" the driver asked, he must have noticed how I stood in front of the door." No everything isn't alright, my door is open". "What, miss Clara step back let me handle this. He drew a gun out of his pocket and I was shocked to why he had a gun, but there were way bigger things in my mind. Who could have entered my house. He entered into the house and I followed closely behind. He switched on the lights and low and behold it was Racheal. "Hi girl, I didn't hear you when you came in" I was surprised, she's back!!!!!!. With excitement I ran to her and we hugged." I missed you". "I missed you more", but wait how come your back?, I mean we spoke yesterday and you didn't tell me you were coming back today". Ehhn it was suppose to be a surprise, besides I wasn't sure if I was going to come back today". "Then what changed your mind?" "You changed my mind, after I heard from marie about your new man. "Ehhn ehhn" we heard a cough. "Oh sorry, ehmm Racheal this is Dave's driver and this is my best friend. I introduced them to each other. "Nice to meet you" Racheal spoke. " "Same here, now miss Clara seeing that you're fine,if you don't mind I would love to take my leave". "Okay....that reminds me, you haven't told me your name". "The name's Pete". "Alright Pete see again next time and thanks for today". "Bye ma'am".

" Uhnn look who they called ma'am". "Don't think to much about it rache". Meanwhile why did he follow you in, and why was he with a gun?. We thought someone robbed me that why he followed me in, but as for the gun, I don't know why he had one, besides his boss is a very rich man so I am sure it's for protection". "Look I don't know this guy and I haven't met him yet, but I think you should take things easy all right, do not rush things and seek the face of God in everything". Racheal was also a strong christian as well, I guess I was the only un serious one among them."Alright ma, you know marie is the detective but you behave more of a detective than she does". "Tell me something I don't know meanwhile gist me about the new guy you met" she said excitedly. I gisted her of everything, well except for the part where he shut me up. I mean he apologized and I forgave him, there's no need of opening old wounds. After that we gisted about random things and ate some few snacks since I had already eaten from Dave's house and Racheal was not in the mood to eat something heavy. I knew she wasn't going home today so after watching some movies on Netflix we just slept off on the couch. By nine pm I got woken up by my phone ringing, when I saw who it was I stood up and went into the room so I don't wake Racheal up with the noise. "Hi Dave". Hi Clara, I heard what happened". "Yeah we thought I got robbed but it was my friend"." How did she get the key to your house though?". "Oh well my best friends have spare keys to my house,and she just came into the country so she came directly to my house". "Why, doesn't she have a house?". "She does". "Then why let her stay there?". "Dave she's my friend and I don't see anything wrong with sleeping over at a friend's house, besides it my own house not yours". "Alright I'm sorry, I just don't want anything to happen to you". "I am fine". "Alright just take care of yourself". "I will good night"

Chapter 4: looking out for Clara

The next morning I woke up to the smell of fried eggs and plantain, I knew the only person who could do that was Racheal. She was an early morning person and also loved to cook. It was a Sunday morning after all and I was very sure with Racheal here, I am definitely going to church. I took my bth quickly and prepared for church. I put on a red organza top with ankara skirt, red heels and red purse. I packed my hair into a bun, and went down. "Good morning" I greeted Racheal who was busy trying to serve breakfast. "Morning, I'm glad you didn't wait for me to come drag you to church,you look gooood ,meanwhile eat quickly so that we do not miss the praises". We ate our food quickly and drove in my car to church. On getting there we see marie with her family. We knew we were going to see them since we all attend the same church. Her children ran to us and hugged us and we greeted she and her husband. After the greeting we entered the church and sat in the fourth roll. The service was wonderful and I kept asking myself why I wasn't serious with church. After church Marie and her family went home after we decided that we three were going out in the evening. Me and Racheal got home and I help her pack her bags from her trip into my car since she was going back home today. I took my cloth and shoes for the outing in the evening, since from Rachel's house we were going to pass there. We drove to Racheals house and her gateman opened the gate on seeing it was us. I helped Racheal unpack and later we made lunch. We sat down to eat the jollof rice Racheal and I prepared, then her fiance called her, so she had to pick the call." Ted sends his regards". "Oh you should have given me the phone to talk to him". "He was in a hurry to somewhere that's why" "oh okay, when next I see him I will greet him". After the meal we later had some ice cream. By 6:30pm we started preparing because we agreed to meet by 7pm. After we were done we took drove to the restaurant we were suppose to meet. It was one of the classic restaurants in Lagos Nigeria. On getting there we saw marie already seated sipping wine. Marie was someone who was always early to places. "Hi girls" she stood up to hug us. "Have u been here for a while?". Oh not very long though, so you ladies shouldn't feel guilty for keeping me here. I laughed hard for a while and then Racheal said to her "you wish". We all laughed about it and each of us ordered what we wanted. Racheal ordered for chicken pepper soup, I ordered for the same thing since we already had something to eat at Racheal's place and we're still full, while marie ordered for fried rice, salad and chicken meat. We dug right into our food since the food here was so delicious. " Oh I almost forgot, Clara you haven't told me about the new man in your life". Marie asked excitedly. "Well there's nothing much to tell about him apart from the fact that he is handsome, tall, wealthy and is a Christian". "Okayy... So you mean to say you do not know anything again about him apart from the fact that he is rich, handsome, tall and is a Christian according to you?" Marie asked. "No I do of course". "Really" marie asked. "Yes" I boldly said". "Okay let me ask you some questions about him then". Racheal said "Go ahead I answered" "what's his full name?. "David dipo" I answered. "Date of birth?", "do you know any of his relatives?",what did he study in school?, what church does he attend?. "Hey slow down I am not in an interrogation room Racheal" I said, I was getting so pissed already but that was the truth, I didn't know much about David. Anytime I try to ask him certain questions about himself he just finds a way to avoid those questions. "Look we're just looking out for you alright. Marie said.