❤️ Heart Robber ❤️
47
Mrs Benson was sitting in the living room when simi walked in
“Hey ma. Good evening ma”
“Hello darling, how was your day”
“Hectic!!”
“You spend the whole day shopping and that’s hectic”
“Well mom , it is quite a struggle to get what you want in it’s perfect size”
“Indeed madam fashionista. How’s Nancy by the way I haven’t been seeing her around for awhile”
“She’s fine ma. Just busy lately”
“Is that so. Oh have you spoken to jimi since yesterday”
“I did send him a text and he seem to be doing ok”
“He’s not picking my calls am sure he’s coming up with another excuse to not come home for the holidays”
“Mom, honestly I don’t think jimi wants to come home right now, he has alot going on that he nee-ds to figure out before thinking about going anywhere”
“What is going on that he nee-ds to figure out. He already tried with that stupid girl and that was just a complete waste of time now he has to focus on the company and getting himself out there”
“Mom pls don’t be like that”
“Like what”
“Like you’re oblivious to the fact that jimi is actually in love for the first time in his life”
“Well that didn’t work out , how long is he suppose to pine over that for.”
“It’s only been two days”
“And so, he is a man he nee-ds to get his acts together and you nee-d to stop making excuses for your brother. Don’t you dare defend him like this when he’s here”
“Why not. He is longer living a dream reality struck him and he’s fully awoke so let’s stop deceiving ourselves. Jimi is far gone mom you nee-d to see how he talks about this babe especially her daughter”
“Her whaaat!!” Mrs Benson snapped
“Ah you don’t know she has a daughter”
“That girl has a child ”
“Hmmm hmnn I think her name is abby . Jimi won’t stop talking about her. It’s insane”
“Ah ‘egbami’ what’s all this nonsense”
“Dial your brother’s line for me right now”
“Is everything okay mommy”
“Call him already.”
“Okay” she dialed his number
“Do you know how old she is”
“I have no idea but she’s definitely old enough to have a conversation because jimi keeps saying she says this and that.”
“Has he picked up his phone” she jumped up
“No mom he is not answering”
“Ehn God. So I’ve just been covering myself with a burning wrapper all this while. ”
“What’s going on mom”
“Your brother is getting himself tangled in this crazy girl’s scheme. And that’s about to end . Nobody messes with my son”
She head upstairs lamenting
“Okay mom you lost me there what are you talking about?”
#
Marty and Phili-p sat on the stairs by the veranda, it was late at night and they were just by themselves enjoying the sight of night fall
“Do you think there’s something we can do to rekindle the fire….. “Marty started
“.. Am sure if we think de-eply we might be able to find something, do something to save their relationship”
“What do you think we can do”
“I can’t think of anything and it annoys me, as her friend as their friend, I should be able to come up with something but nothing is popping up”
“Am I not jimi and Diana’s friend too, I feel just as bad to watch everything crumble and not be able to do anything”
“It’s almost like we were being selfish, we cared only about ourselves”
“You know that’s not true, we did our best but because it didnt work it now makes it look like we did nothing”
“Diana deserves to be happy, I just don’t un-derstand why she’s completely shutting him off”
“With or without jimi…. You know we can’t for-ce her”
“She’s too stubborn…. She won’t even tell me anything….”
“Am sure she has her reasons, The point is she thinks she will be making a mistake by agreeing to be with jimi….”
“She is building a wall around her and even before the proposal she has already given up on jimi she was just playing along for some dumb reasons”
“Because she thinks he hasn’t changed
And he’s stuck up with his old ways…. But he isn’t, jimi has indeed changed, he’s completely transformed, to a better version, a reliable and trustworthy person…. I wish diana can see for herself . ” Phili-p explained
“Do you think he’ll go back to being the guy he was before diana at some point maybe he’s pretending and we don’t see what she’s seeing”
“I don’t know…. But I don’t think so, I hope not”
“I think that’s what she wants to sees, that all this is not a part of a game or something, that he doesn’t care about her and cannot truly loves her”
“So you think she’s testing him”
“I don’t know for sure it’s ha-rd to tell what’s going on in Didi’s head”
“And I think jimi will prove her wrong and maybe everything can be fixed and we can’t put this awful trying period behind us”
#
The door bell wont stop ringing as diana hurried to open the door. It’s late already who is here now, she opened the dooe and the last person she was expecting showed up at her door step
“Mrs Benson” she called us in shock
“Miss ebenezer” mrs Benson plastered a big smile on her face
“Can I help you”
“No sweetie, I do not nee-d your help”
“Then why are you here”
“Still the same stinging attitude, well…. Am just here to drop this off ”
she toss her a big envelope, diana catches it with shock in her eyes
“What is this” she asked fli-pping the envelope on both sides
“Oh am sure you can read and if you think it’s cash…. Oh dear think again… I do not nee-d to buy what is already mine”
“I don’t un-derstand”
“Am sure you will, just take your time and read every content…. ”
She turned to leave then killed her tracks
“. Oh Kay let me try and summarize what’s in there for you….. so about seven years ago two sisters show up at my house begging me to accept a pregnancy that my son is responsible for , a pregnancy we couldn’t accept because we didn’t know for sure if it ours. Seven years later down the same lane we cross paths with the daring little sister and boom she’s yet again in my son’s life but this time with the baby from seven years ago. am sure by now you un-derstand the basis of the story and I don’t nee-d to start stating the obvious”
Diana was wearing an exhausting frown
Mrs Benson figured it out
How long before jimi comes knocking
Drained out of color diana looked down at her toes
“What do you want mrs Benson”
“A DNA test”
“What!”
“The maths add up sweetheart and I just want to make sure she’s actually my granddaughter”
“What makes you think I’ll let you anywhere near my daughter”
She scoffs
“If you know me you’ll know I never ask for permission to do things but am trying to do things the right way here . Don’t push me dear especially not now that I know about all your devious plans”
“I don’t want anything to do with your family Mrs Benson. So just take your shitty envelope and your speculations straight to hell because my daughter is mine not yours”
“Like I said am going to have my way whether or not you approve”
“That’s your business”
She cracked
“You’re so stubborn, you remind me of myself when I was younger”
“Am nothing like you madam Benson”
“Whatever, anyways I have some docu-ments you nee-d to go throu-gh. They are court orders demanding that you go throu-ghthe DNA process tomorrow or we’ll be having a different kind of conversations You can’t keep away from her own family”
“What family.”
“The one she truly belongs to”
“And what family will that be…. Abby is my daughter, I have no idea what you are talking about”
“Oh am pretty sure you do, You deprived a little girl from her rightful home, her family…. You’ve done harm than good ”
“Mrs Benson, Abby is mine , I don’t get what these fuss is about” she answered sweetly
“We will soon find out once the DNA tests says otherwise”
You can’t conduct a DNA on my daughter without my consent, I am not agreeing to this”
“If you have nothing to hide why do you have to refuse it”
“I don’t have to prove anything to anyone. Especially not to people like you”
Mrs Benson laughs ” I came here so we can agree amicably but I can see that you are just too stubborn and greedy”
“Oh so now am greedy ,You are going to act like you care after what you did it…. So what changed….. Seven years ago you called us liars and gold diggers….. You didn’t seem to care at all then….. Why do you care now…. Well in case you don’t know I have no intention of giving up now because I didn’t give up years ago….. Nothing is going to stop me, and am not going to back down ”
“I’ll advice you get a good lawyer darling, all this noise cannot help you….. Have a good night”
She walked away gracefully like she didn’t just drop off a bomb right in front of Diana just now
Immediately she left , diana hurried inside the house and begin to pack their stuff, she was going to deflect till weekend before traveling but with everything going on
She and abby must be out of this place before sunrise tomorrow. Everything is falling apart, she really did not put alot into consideration before taking on this stupid senseless revenge plot
Now she has not only exp-osed herself she has exp-osed Abby and now they are coming after her
#
Diana was loading her luggage into the cab when Jimi’s range rover pulled over
She wanted to be invisible or just for the ground to open and swallow her. It’s ba-rely six o clock in the morning what was he doing here.
She purposely didn’t inform anyone about her traveling plans moving forward because she didn’t want any surprises but somehow fate seem to be playing a dirty trick on her
She’s hooked no matter where she turns to someone is in her way.
Jimi was coming straight from the club after figuring out what happened with Dorcas, jimi took the whole night to reflect on the way forward and he realized he had to mend whatever this is
So instead of heading home he went straight to her apartment,with the alcohol in his veins he has just about the right confidence to face her
Only for him to get there and find her putting bags in a car
Is she leaving. Jimi ran out of his car
“Diana what’s going on”
“Oh goodness” she fli-ps
“Where are you going to”
“Isn’t it obvious that we are trying to get away from here, from you and everything else”
“You can’t go just yet and if you’re leaving because of me . Don’t. I now know why you’re being so angry”
Diana was confused, what is he talking about
He went back to his car and returned with a familiar framed picture the same one she was looking at yesterday before going to the pharmacy
“Where did you get that”
“That’s not important”
“Of course it is, you went throu-ghmy things”
“Can we focus on what’s important here and leave aside the minor issues”
“There’s nothing to discuss Jimi. Am done talking am exhausted this is a mistake”
“Your sister Dorcas and I met in the university. We had an affair am sure she told you about it and that’s why you hate me so much but diana that’s like eight years ago I was living a wild life , I didn’t know what I was doing, I was young and foolish. Stuff happened and I can’t hold back on my mistakes but if your sister is here she’ll tell you that I didn’t mean to hurt her, everything happened so quickly it was over before I could stop myself. I am really sorry diana I didn’t plan for any of this”
“I don’t nee-d your apology jimi. I just nee-d you to leave me Alone pls”
“I already told you that I am not going to disturb you anymore, if you want space I’ll give you space you don’t have to leave”
“I have to…..” She answered impatiently
“Okay I won’t stop you but I nee-d to speak to your sister, I nee-d to apologise for my actions and behavior. She’s a really good person Diana, very sweet girl I just wish I could go back in time and fix what have broken”
“Well it’s too late for that. ”
“I just want to talk to her pls”
“You can’t”
“Why not. Are you going to place another embargo on your sister because I really don’t un-derstand you and your upti-ght principles. Why don’t you ask her if we can sit and chat before making the decision for her”
“I can’t….. I can’t Jimi” she yelled at him
“I can’t…because she’s dead.
She’s not here anymore, she pas-sed away”
Jimi’s jaw dropped and he couldn’t even hold the air in
Diana got into the cab as quickly as possible,abby was still fast asleep laying in the back.
If jimi isn’t talking about Abby he obviously doesn’t know she is his daughter yet so she has an edge to get away from here before he realizes
His phone rings and it was his mom calling for the umpteenth time, he clic-ked the answer bu-tton and she was already blabbing
“Slow down mom. I can’t hear you”
“Jimi where the hell are you”
“At home”
“Nonsense, have been waiting in your house since last night and you didn’t come home”
“Wait! What are you doing in my apartment mom”
“We have something very important to discuss Jimi. Where are you”
“On my way to work. What do you want Mom”
“I finally figured out what that crazy girl is up to jimi. I think she’s holding your child against you”
“Hold on what are you talking about”
“Diana”
“What about Diana”
“That baby she’s carrying about is yours jimi and am going to prove it”
“Whaaat!!”
“We’re going to do a DNA test , everything is going to be out in the open”
“I don’t un-derstand anything you just said. How’s that even possible, abby is not my daughter. Diana and I have not met before just her sister we met in the university a long time ago like eight years or thereabout”
Then it clic-ked
“Oh my God. It’s Dorcas baby. Abby is six years old . ….. Jesus Christ mom. You’re right”
Jimi hopped into his car and followed diana’s Ride
Tbc