His little obsession

Chapter2

Myra was not sure how long she had been unconscious but when she woke up she was in the hospital. She looked around and found that someone was lying on the couch next to her bed but it was a male figure. Suddenly she felt a throbbing pain in her forehead as she recalled the events of the day she had lost consciousness. It wasn't a dream. She had raised her hand to her head to soothe the pain when she realized that her head was wound in bandages. Just then, the door opened and a female doctor walked in, she was a middle-aged woman with shoulder-length blonde hair that she slicked back into a ponytail. “oh you are awake?” she asked smiling. “Yes I am”, Myra replied not taking her eyes off the person on the couch. “Oh him? he brought you here last night and hasn't left since then, he only just fell asleep in the early hours of this morning”, Mrs. Willie, the doctor said. “Oh”, was all Myra could reply. “Miss Myra, you were quite drained when you were brought in yesterday, what happened? do you remember?”The doctor asked. Myra didn't want to speak about any of it.” no, I don't remember”, she lied. “Okay then but you should stop taking narcotics, they are extremely bad for you, I understand you may be going through a lot but that isn't the way to go”, Mrs Willie said scribbling something in her hand-note. “Narcotics?”Myra asked wide-eyed. “Yes narcotics, a lot was found in your system and it could be extremely perilous to your health”, the doctor stated. How did narcotics find their way to her system, Myra thought? She had not seen them before in her entire life. Just then she remembered Keisha's words…they had wanted to send her to the mental asylum before she found out about their evil ploy that explained the strange-looking drugs she had found in Jess's suit pocket. She had thrown them out because they looked dangerous. She realized there and then, they were planning to ruin her life, had she not caught them. She fought to hold back the tears in her eyes. Finally, the doctor prescribed some drugs to her and told her she would be discharged by the evening. Myra could not say anything, she only nodded not taking her eyes off the stranger on the couch.

Jamie had just gotten off the phone with his little brother Jeremy when Mrs. Myers knocked on the door to his study. “can I come in?”, she asked in her usual quiet voice. Jamie hesitated for a while before answering a quick yes. He wondered why his mother needed permission to be in his study room. She's such a drama queen, he thought to himself and chuckled. “I just knew you'd be here”, she said lightly. “Yes Mum I should be here, the annual report of the company just came in and I need to analyze it before sending it over to Jeremy later”, he said not looking up from the papers scattered in front of him. There was a tad bit of silence in the room. “why are you not sleeping”, he said suddenly, breaking the silence. “I couldn't sleep”, she replied turning the ring on her finger, she did that when she had something on her mind that she had to say. Jamie had sensed her uneasiness since she entered into the study and now the ring-fondling confirmed his earlier suspicion. He looked up at her and smiled. “spill it mum”, he said crossing his legs and leaning back into the chair.”You see Jamie, I know you have been occupied with too much work lately and I understand that you want the good of the business as much as we all do but you need to understand that you need companionship too, you can't continue to be like this forever, you are the heir to the Myers empire and many girls would kill just to have a conversation with you. I know you’re still hurt, but son you can’t chase the dust for a long time”. “I understand Mother, I’ll do something about it “. He said returning to his work. Erica stared hard at him. “okay mom, he said coming around to cuddle her. “you can help me find someone so I won't have to go through the stress of finding someone nice”. Erica’s face lit up. “really?”. “Yes, Mother”. “Tell me what kind of person you want and I'll get her”. “Anybody you find will be as special as you”, he said returning to his seat. “Okay I'll start looking from tomorrow”, she said leaving the room. Jamie looked at the woman he had called mother since he was ten. She was his father's secretary. He had seen her on a few occasions when his mother took him and his sister to his father's office but he had never taken notice of her until his mother's terminal health issues started. She was always around to take care of them when their mother and father were flying to various countries to find a solution to the terminal disease. When Diane finally had three weeks left to live. She called Jamie and Janice, his immediate younger sister, into the room placed their hands into Erica's, and made her promise she would love them like her own. She also made the kids promise that they would have only love and respect for Erica and treat her like she was their mother. They all promised Diane amidst tears. She died the next morning. The entire Myers household was thrown into mourning as they were all sad about Diane's death. Somehow Diana's death had affected Mr Myers greatly and the company was suffering a major loss but he cared less. He was always drinking and brought home different women who most of the time, always treated Jamie and Janice badly. But Erica was there to put them in their place before they left for the next woman to come. One day Erica had returned to find Janice crying in the bathroom. When she asked what had happened, Janice told her, that her father had traveled even after knowing that Jamie was very ill and now she was left alone with him not knowing what to do. She rushed to Jamie's room and found that the boy was in a terrible state. He was burning hot and had a high fever, he was shivering and sweating profusely. She panicked as she couldn't reach Mr Myers on the phone. She quickly gave him a cold bath and dressed him up. She took her car key and wanted to drive him to the hospital but the car refused to start. She cursed silently as she placed the half-conscious Jamie on her back and began to run to the main road to find a taxi but it was so late. She had no option but to walk down to the hospital which was like three kilometres away with Jamie on her back. When they eventually got there she collapsed to the ground and the nurses quickly took her in and admitted the both of them into the same ward as she was already so weak. Jamie woke up at midnight to find that Erica was also in the same ward as him and she wasn't feeling too well. He remembered how he had gotten there, how she had taken him on her back to the hospital even when she was already weak and that day he decided he wouldn't be calling this woman Erica anymore. She was his mother, his and Janice's mother. They left the hospital the next morning with a new relationship. By this time Erica was working so hard to restore the company to its old state but she was distraught when she learned that Mr Myers was selling the mansion and company and relocating abroad with the kids. She couldn't bear the thought of the young children alone with Chelsea, a young model who had managed to crawl into Myers's life and they were getting engaged in three months after which they would sell the properties and relocate abroad. She was sure this was Chelsea's suggestion because that woman was Delilah and Jezebel in one body. Erica knew this because Chelsea had a reputation for going after old men in the industry and milking them dry before she would move to her next available victim. She had hooked up with almost all the big shots in the industry. She had only gone as far as getting engaged with Myers just because she would have a lot to gain from it as she had no intention of ever marrying. Erica confronted Mr Myers and demanded to know why he wanted to relocate with the children Diane left in her care. Myers told her that he was selling the properties because everything had gone south and the company was no longer flourishing so he needed to relocate to make a new and better life for his children and soon-to-be wife. Erica challenged him and asked what would happen if she was able to restore the company before the three months were over, would he still want to relocate?He laughed and told her to try but he was sure it would end up in failure. So Erica worked tirelessly day and night to grow the company. She eventually got people to invest in the company and she signed a multi-billion-dollar contract all in two months. She still didn't stop there, she diverted the money into all other sorts of establishments and businesses and grew the Myers dynasty single-handedly. Myers was impressed but Chelsea wasn't. She broke off the engagement when she found out that Myers wouldn't be selling his properties any longer and he was going back to his sober, old self. Myers returned to the company and he was astonished. He hosted a business dinner in his mansion to celebrate Erica. Jamie looked at Erica, this woman, she had done it again, she had given him back his father. She was his superhero. Myers convinced Erica to come live in the mansion with them to take care of the children properly and she was now the managing director of the company. In less than a year, the Myers empire was on top again, higher than it used to be. The children convinced their father to wife Erica and he did. She was the perfect mother figure to them and she gave birth to the two boys who were now Jamie's little brothers, Jeremy and Jason. He loved them exactly as he loved Janice and Erica never discriminated among the kids. This woman right here was Jamie's world and he would kill for her. She was his strength and his weakness.