Suspects: murder case

Chapter 45

Chapter 45

Back at the office, I pace back and forth restlessly thinking about what I just did- I acted on impulse from pressure I wasn’t thinking straight. How do I even find a man who will agree to act like my fiancé for a couple of days?

My phone rings bringing me out of my trance, on the other end of the phone is Jada, ‘’hello,’’ I say.

‘’Hey babes, I have been waiting to hear from you, dad told me you went over but he didn’t tell me what you discussed.’’

‘’I have messed up pretty bad.’’

‘’What did you do?’’

‘’I told your father I am traditionally engaged and will be tying the knot soon.’’

‘’Stella!’’ she exclaims. ‘’How could you do that? Daddy P is going to find out that you lied and it will be over for you.’’

‘’’He has invited me and my fiancé for your sister in law's birthday dinner on Sunday.’’

‘’That’s a day after tomorrow, what are you going to do? How could you be this careless?’’

‘’I was desperate, I really need this job to prove to get back at Mr. Msizi, please help me.’’

‘’You are putting me in a tight situation Stella, you want me to play along and lie to my family.’’

‘’I will tell him the truth once I get the job and prove myself worthy of him.’’

‘’Oh lord, what do you want me to do?’’

‘’Just help me think, I need a fiancé between now and Sunday.’’

‘’Daniel? Didn’t you he wanted to be committed how about you call him and tell him you are ready for a serious relationship?’’

‘’You think he will play along with it?’’

‘’You don’t have to tell him that this is for a job, you play along with him for a couple of weeks and when you have it all figured out, you stage a break up and go your separate ways.’’

‘’That sounds like a good idea, thank you so much friend, I owe you one.’’

‘’You owe me big you fool.’’

‘’I really appreciate what you are doing for me.’’

‘’I hope this is really worth it.’’

‘’It is, I promise you it is, I will not disappoint your father, I will so hard to gain his approval.’’

‘’Okay.’’

We talk for a moment and when she hangs up I call Daniel, he answers almost immediately.

‘’Stella?’’

‘’Hey babe.’’

‘’Babe?’’

‘’How are you?’’

‘’I am okay, what can I do for you?’’

‘’I want you back.’’

He laughs, ‘’you must be sick or something.’’

‘’I am okay.’’

‘’So can we meet up later and talk?’’

‘’We have nothing to talk about. I am sorry but I have moved on,’’ with that he hangs up without giving me a chance to respond.

I try to call his number again and it takes me straight to voicemail. How dare he treat me like I am trash? What do I do now? Who do I call to help me out? Maybe I should go back to Mr. Sondash and come clean with him but would he forgive me for lying to him in the first place? Lord I need this job, I need to teach Mr. Msizi and that stupid Kenzie a lesson, they need to see that I can make it without the both of them.

The office door opens and I turn, upset that my thoughts have been interrupted.

‘’Mr. Msizi,’’ I regard him pointedly. ‘’You don’t knock anymore?’’

‘’Calvin told me that you were free.’’

‘’How can I help you?’’

‘’Where have you been all morning? I was looking for you? We had a management meeting, you weren’t even answering your phone.’’

‘’I had a few errands to run.’’

‘’You are slacking with work.’’

‘’I am not in my right frame of mind.’’

‘’Maybe you should take some time off.’’

‘’Are you firing me?’’

‘’I am not firing you but I won’t hesitate to do so if you continue with this pathetic attitude- I am speaking to you as your boss.’’

I laugh, ‘’she finally put you up to it right?’’ I clap my hands.

‘’What are you talking about?’’

‘’Your daughter Kenzie, she put you up to it? She asked you to threaten me? You know what fire me if you want, I don’t care.’’

‘’I am tired of your tantrums Stella, yes things didn’t work out between your mother and I, I left and married someone else, yes you grew up without me but I showed up eventually and I have trying to make it up to you, what else do you want me to do to show you that I am sorry for not being there for you when you were growing up huh?’’

‘’You don’t have to do anything Mr. Msizi, just leave me alone.’’

‘’Honestly I am tired of all these fights, I am tired child, can we please start over? Allow me to love you, allow me to make up for the years I missed, please don’t let me die without making things right with you.’’

‘’I think you should leave.’’

He opens his mouth to say something but instead he closes it then he turns on his heel and storms out, slamming the door behind his back. I smile, ‘’wait until I leave this place.’’

I sit down at my desk and spend the next few hours working by the time I am done with everything on my table. It's past sixteen and I am tired and hungry, I didn’t even have time to buy food because I had a lot of things to work on.

After that I just sit at my table and think about where I will get a person to pose as my fake fiancé, when an idea hits my mind, I don’t think twice about instead I grab my phone and instantly call.

‘’Can you please come to my office?’’

‘’Right away.’’

He walks into my office a few minutes later and I eye him from head to toe, I really hate him and he has a weird fashion sense, he has these cheap and common clothes, I wonder what he does with the money we pay him.

I don’t know how but the idea in my head will have to work one way or another, he is my last option.

‘’You called for me?’’

‘’Yes, please sit down.’’

‘’Huh?’’ he asks obviously surprised that I am asking him to take a seat in my office.

‘’Please sit down.’’

‘’Is there a problem?’’