A desire for love and fortune

CHAPTER-FIVE

About 20 minutes later, Dave went to meet Tessy inside the other office where she had been waiting and immediately when he got there she was already fast asleep.

He got close to her and was wondering how to wake her up. He took his time to stare at her calm face while she slept and wondered if he should yell at her or just pay her to wake up. Yes, she was so beautiful, but at what cost?

He knelt down to wipe the donut cream that was on her lips which she had been served minutes ago. He took out his handkerchief and tried to wipe it off. At the sense of someone’s presence Tessy opened her eyes and they both made eye contact, glancing at each other’s faces.As though there was a spark between them.

Heyyyy, what are you looking at? Tessy yelled as she pushed him away. Do not forget you are not the father of my child and I don’t seem to understand what you were trying to do.

Well, little miss know it all, you had a little rubbish on your face and I was only trying to help you wipe it off. Do not get your hopes too high. I wouldn’t dare try anything with a girl like you with no dignity for herself. Get up and let’s leave here.

The words he had said stung in her heart and she felt ashamed of herself. She couldn’t reply nor say anything as she was too stunned to speak. She got up immediately and left for the car that had been parked outside for them.

They got to their destination and were directed straight to the vip room to check out their clothes. Tessy was on her way to her dressing room and immediately the guy masked and dressed all black gnarled at her and she ran to meet Dave. Getting there, she was so scared that she couldn’t even remember who Dave was to her. She just wanted someone to keep her safe.He wondered why she would be holding onto him in that way.

She remained silent but was watching every corner of the place like she was in search of her lost child. Dave was confused but didn’t react so badly. He was determined to find out why she was acting that way.

She kept on acting strange and refused to go back to her own dressing room. She insisted on staying with him in his own room and didn’t agree to leave.

After so many trials, they pull her out of the room. He finally decided to let her stay.

What is wrong with you? ‘Dave asked’

Why are you running like you are being chased or something? Did you kill someone?

She didn’t give any reply to him and remained silent.

In the process of questioning her, Dave saw a shadow that passed through their window and immediately ran to check who it was. Clearly, the person must have been eavesdropping on their conversation or it could have been a staff member.

He went there only to find a man all dressed in black running towards the gate. He wondered what such a person was doing in this kind of place.

Maybe it was also a flower shopper, he said to himself, but at the sight of him, why was Teddy fidgeting and looking scared?

Immediately they saw him, Tessy held onto him with so much grip. He became even more confused.

There might be more to this pregnancy than I thought or is her life being threatened?he thought to himself.

Anyways, I need to leave this place.

He took the outfits that were given to them and asked the waiter to pack them up for them.

They got their things and started leaving.

As he was driving, he noticed a car following him and he became even more concerned about what was happening.

FEBRUARY 2005

Dave woke up with a yawn, stretching his body on the full length of the bed. He missed his bed being this big. “That was a really good stretch” he thought. Thanks to the Owens, he was sleeping peacefully again. He and his sister had been in the streets for over two years, the hardships they had to endure till Mr. Owen found them. He took a good look round the room, since he was discharged from the hospital last week, it had been his sister or the other maids attending to his needs and the occasional visit from Mr. and Mrs. Owen. He hasn’t really had the time to take in his surroundings.

The bed was almost a king-sized mattress, with soft fluffy pillows. Way better than his room with his parents. His parents used to be financially stable, they provided the best for him and his sister. He misses them a lot. But the owners are bloody filthy rich, like they could buy the world if they wanted. The walls had some of the neatest colors he had ever seen. He pinched himself to see if he was dreaming. “Ouch” that hurt, he couldn’t believe how fast his luck had changed. He was still in his thoughts when his sister came in. “Oh” she smiled “I just wanted to come check up on you”. He tried getting up fast but the pain in his leg held him down a bit. “Take it easy you” she walked to the side of the bed, put a hand on his forehead to check his temperature, “ just, because the doctor said you healed really fast doesn’t mean you’re totally healed”. He smiled “I’m fine, I bet I could still outrun you even in my condition”. “You wish” she replied, laughing. He instinctively touched his leg to see if the pain was as much as he thought. He winced, s**t it’s so much worse. He secretly wished for a faster recovery, since he really hated being stuck to a point. That’s when he noticed how his sister was glowing. He had really missed out on her life in just two weeks. She was putting on a hoodie and it looked new. There was a huge embroidered NY design on it. She had her hair braided in a ponytail with nice shiny hair pins on it. Are those gold earrings in her ears?… wow, owners must really be generous people. He couldn’t remember seeing his sister this genuinely happy in the last two years. At that moment, his heart became filled with joy so much that he also smiled.

“What’s going on in that big head of yours?”, she asked when she noticed he was smiling at himself. She was staring at him and smiling too. So long as he was happy, then she was happy too.

“It’s nothing” he said, “just a random thought, nothing really,” he quickly added to avoid being asked another question. He looked up at her and noticed she was still looking at him quizzically. “I think I’m hungry.”

“Now the brother I’ve been waiting for” she replied. “hold on, let me grab something from the kitchen”. She ran out of the room.

He got up from bed, still in pain and walked very carefully to the bathroom.