PHONECALL
780 Words
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The front door creaked open. She walked in stealthily with her red heels in her left hand. She left the lights off so she can sneak into the house unnoticed.
Suddenly, the lights were switched on. A middle-aged man sat in a wheelchair by the corner of the living room. He stared accusingly at Stella who had already paused her sneaking in.
"Good evening, Papa" She greeted.
"What says the time?" Mr. Chukwu asked pointing to the wall clock fixed on the wall above his head.
"Ten O'Clock, papa" Stella answered.
"It was the traffic. I left work since seven, Papa" She added conciliatorily.
"Your food has gotten cold already. Your sister prepared it for you. Goodnight" Mr. Chukwu informed phlegmatically as he wheeled out of the living room.
Stella was fazed. Usually, whenever she returned home late from work, she would be ready to scold and nag her about why she needed to be there for her younger sister and how she is depriving herself of the medically recommended eight hours of rest.
"I guess he got tired of nagging" Stella muttered feeling distraught.
***
Richard raised a tumbler of Milagro tequila to his lips. He was brooding over something. he gulped down the tequila left in the tumbler and placed the latter on the glass table absent-mindedly.
"Hmm," He murmured.
A scantily-dressed lady sat beside him on the couch. She got her right hand under his white shirt and caressed his broad chest.
"Hey, handsome" The lady whispered in his ears.
"What do you think I'm forgetting?" Richard asked.
"You are forgetting your treat with me tonight" The lady whispered seductively.
"No, that's not it" he dismissed.
"Ah-ah!" He exclaimed after a while.
Richard pushed the lady off and walked to the long table a few meters away from him. He picked up his phone from the table and searched through his phone files.
***
Stella laid lazily on the bed with her blue nightgown on and her phone in her hands. A call popped up on her phone.
"It's Halima," She said to herself.
She picked p the call and held her phone to her ears as she sighed contentedly.
"Hey girlfriend" She greeted.
"Hello stranger" Halima replied.
"I wasn't able to ask about what happened at work today. A lot of guys were crowding you like you are one celeb." Halima jested.
"Celeb indeed. You will not let me be. I'm tired as hell" Stella replied casually.
"So what happened between you and buttface?" Halima's question got Stella laughing.
"Mr. Williams? That guy is a joke. You won't believe what I saw today" Stella started.
"What?" Halima's voice was excited and curious.
"Buttface was smashing one lady like that. I couldn't see her face but I think it was the secretary"
"So? Is that one gist?" Halima replied detached.
"Everyone knows he f***s his secretary. He has slept with half of the female staff at work" Halima added.
"I thought those were just rumors" Stella commented.
"Why are you acting like a newbie? You should have known all these by now" Halima scolded.
"Sorry, 'ma'. By the way, I met a really strange guy today" Stella started a new conversation."We all meet strange guys every day" Halima retorted nonchalantly.
"No, this one is strange but especially" Stella insisted.
Halima snorted: "What do you mean?"
The buzzing of Stella's phone on her ear distracted her. She checked her phone only to discover that another call is on the line.
"Hey, Hally. Can I call you back? Another call is on the line" Stella informed.
"Seriously? What about Strange Guy?" Halima whined.
"We will talk about him later"
She ended the call before Halima could protest more and switched over to the next call.
"Hello, is this Stella Chukwu?" A husky voice queried over the phone.
"yes, who am I speaking to?"
"It's your boss, Richard Williams"
For a moment, Stella wanted to end the call. Then, her conscience pricked her. He is still your boss, it reminded her.
"Mr. Williams, good evening" Stella greeted in a phony friendly voice.
"Evening. Sorry for calling by this time. I just wanted to apologize for what you saw today"
"Excuse me?" She was puzzled.
"And I also want you to keep it between us"
"I... I... I didn't see anything, sir" She stuttered.
"Good. You get me. Goodnight" Richard remarked.
Stella was fazed by the entire conversation. What kind of boss apologizes to his employee for a s*x scene? Besides, didn't people say he is obnoxious and rude? He sounded nothing like that.
***
Richard sauntered toward the lady in his bedroom.
"Shall we get started then?" He smirked.
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