p@rt 12
“I LOVE YOU, BUT..”
” Babe!” Freeman jumped from the be-d. He heard Pamilerin’s scream from his de-ep sleep.
He rushed into the bathroom on seeing her on the floor.
” My leg! Freeman …my leg hurts..my ankle” Pamilerin said loudly.
The door to the room opened and the kids rushed in. Remi stood by the door peeping to see what happened to her boss. She was not permitted to enter their matrimonial room unless she was asked to.
” Mummy..sorry…” Juanita said
” Daddy, Let’s lift her .” Venita said
Freeman followed his daughter’s advice and lifted Pamilerin from the ground.
He successfully la-id her on the be-d.
” Remi, get me one of those balms” Freeman called out to Remi
” Ok sir..” Remi ran towards the living room. The balm was in one of the cu-pboards.
” Baby…sorry…Who left the tap running?” Freeman said looking at the pool of water on the floor of the bathroom.
” I don’t know…” Pamilerin replied while writhing in pain.
Remi returned with the balm.
” Come in…” Freeman said at the sound of her knock.
Freeman spent the next ten minutes mas-saging Pamilerin’s ankle. Pamilerin wailed like a bereaved woman , because the pain was unbearable.
The girls couldn’t go to school that morning as everything had been disrupted.However, Freeman had a 10am appointment he could not reschedule.
His secretary had told him there was a new investor looking into investing into their business. He was suppose to meet him at a lounge.
” I will be back before you know it. If the pain becomes unbearable we must go to the hospital.” Freeman said to Pamilerin before the house.
*******
Pamilerin nee-ded to go to the restroom but it was impossible. She la-id her right foot on the floor and what followed ~was a strong internal gruesome pain that went straight to her br@in. The pain felt like she was going to shut down if she made an attempt to go further. She sat back into her be-d… At that point she~ had a flash of something hitting her leg in the dream, but the flash of the dream was not long enough for her to make s-en-se out of it.
” It’s just a sprain, nothing is wrong with my leg, it’s not an attack. Pamilerin, don’t spiritualize this fall, it was just an accident, not something from the devil. Don’t give the devil too much credit.” She charged herself up.
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” Where are you going?” Beauty said to Winter. She had been hearing the movement in the room ever since Winter stood up from the be-d. She couldn’t make out what Winter was doing. Winter also made matters worse by not responding to Beauty’s series of questions …
” Is she dead?”
” Have you heard from the herbalist?”
” If she is not dead, have they found why?”
Winter kept mute, there was a reason for it. She wasn’t suppose to speak to anyone except her target.
” I know it sounds like I am nagging, but can you at least say something!” Beauty said
” Fine… I get it, you are leaving me. No problem…”
Winter walked out of the house. She would remedy the situation later.
*******
Freeman walked into the Posh restaurant the investor had asked to meet him. It was one of the most expensive restaurants in town.
******
Winter sat in the VVIP LOUNGE sipping her white wine. She had not spoken a word to anyone that day. She even wrote her drink preference to the waitress.
Freeman walked around looking for any man who was sitting alone.
Winter and Freeman’s eyes met as he looked around for his investor. Winter jumped to her feet after few minutes…
” Hey, Hello….” Winter said walking towards him. It was time to pl@ythe game she was so good at.
” Hi… ” Freeman answered cautiously with a raised eyebrow. He wondered if this was the investor he was meeting.
“Well, if she is my investor,, she definitely must have a lot of money, judging by her expensively looking outfit.” Freeman thought..
” Are you the one I am meeting?” Freeman asked
” Not sure ..but you have this striking look I can’t place. Have we met before?” Winter said. Winter knew the ” Have we met before” line was cliche but it always worked for her.
” Erm…not sure” Freeman replied disappointed the cash bag before him was not the investor..
Freeman tilted his head to the side to look around one more time. The investor had contacted him throu-gh email, so he had no phone number to call.
” Oh my God, the tilting of your head, just brou-ght this deja vu feeling…like I have seen you do this before” Winter said laughing
” Oh really?” Freeman said smiling
Winter stood looking at him with her mouth wi-de open…Freeman was a bit embarras-sed at the way she was looking at him…
” What Ma’am?”
” If I say this, I hope you won’t say i am crazy?”
” You don’t look crazy , so the thought won’t cross my mind no matter what you say to me!” Freeman said laughing
” I see you in my dreams!” Winter said with the most serious look Freeman had ever seen on a woman…
Freeman was lost for words…
” What?” Freeman asked
” I see you in my dreams!” Winter repeated….
p@rt 13
” I LOVE YOU, BUT!”
“What do you mean? How can you see me in your dreams since we have never met?”Freeman asked after catching his breath.
” Yes, as embarras-sing it may sound, I see you in my dreams… I mean like in the past two months, I have seen you and I seated in an office discussing. Sometimes, it would look like we are in a board meeting… and I think in one of the dreams I saw myself giving you money…” Winter said in a rush. She nee-ded him wra-pped around her f!nger.
” Money…I like the sound of that!” Freeman joked
” Seriously… but why would I have that kind of dream?” Winter said
” Well, maybe it could be a pointer for you to invest in my company. My manners, I am Freeman and I run an IT company….” Freeman was saying
” Do you mind if we sit, my heels are killing me…” Winter said laughing…
” Sure…” Freeman said as he looked around hoping to see if there was anyone that looked like his potential investor.
” You c@m£ here to meet your girlfriend…How can she stand up a very handsome man like you up…?”
” Oh no.. I am married…”
” Ok..and you don’t have a girlfriend?” Winter said teasing
” I.. used…” Freeman was about saying he used to, but he st©pped himself…
” I don’t have a girlfriend.. I am married with three beautiful daughters”
” t©uçhe…You have it all going for you… I guess not everyone can be as lucky and happy as you are…Lucky you!”
” You are Married..so you should be happy” Freeman said refering to her wedding ring. Although he didn’t like the path the conversation was heading, he found himself enjoying the conversation he was having with the woman…
Winter knew this was the time to withdraw from him. She had lured him into her, she could bet he was finding her interesting alre-ady. This was the time to make him yearn for more…
” Can we talk about business …We were alre-ady delving into my personal life and that they say is not healthy for business… Isnt that true?” Winter said in a chic manner
” Yes…I am sorry for drifting too…”
” So tell me what you are really into, and how much you want me to invest..I am not br@gging but I have got a lot of money. I want to make good use of my husband’s money. ”
Freeman gave a soft side smile. Today was a good day for him. He was hoping he would meet the initial investor also. That would be a double victory for him. He could recognize money when he saw it. The woman sitting across him at the lounge was MONEY. He did a quic-k evaluation. Her bag was a designer bag which would cost nothing less than a million Naria…
” It is a limited edition” Winter said
” Huh?” Freeman said
” I saw you staring at my bag… I bought it in London for 6000 pounds. Limited edition. I have been throwing money away recently, so if your business will be a good place to put in money, I am game…” Winter said
” It sure is… My company is into…” Frreman gave his usual 3 minutes speech about the company…
*******
Beauty paced around in the living room. Winter had put her number on speed dial on the phone, but she had been calling her for over 3 hours without any response
” Where on earth is she? Did Freeman’s wife find out about Winter? Is Winter Dead? Or Has winter left me to die in this state? Maybe she got tired of me…”
Beauty was beginning to learn how to move around the house in her blind state. She avoided the windows for fear of the sun. The herbalist had told her to avoid the sun for 21 days.
Her eyes!
It seem like it was getting worse as she was seeing darkness than any appearance of light as she had hoped.
*****
Pamilerin wondered why Freeman was taking forever and unlike him, he wasn’t picking her calls. Even when he was in a meeting, he would pick up for her to hear the conversation going on in the room.
Her legs were burning. It felt like her legs had been placed on h0t coals…
She nee-ded him at that moment.
******
Freeman couldn’t believe he sat with this beautiful stranger for three hours discussing. They Spoke about business, politics, Travelling and Football. She was the first woman who spoke about football with so much Pas-sion.”
” I nee-d to be on my way!” Freeman eventually said ” I wish I didn’t have to go, but my wife had a minor domestic accident”
” Oh really? She sli-pped?”
” Exactly!”
” Is she hospitalized ?”
” No…it’s not that serious. She should be on her feet by now. I just have to be at home early. I promised her I would be back early.”
” Lucky her!”
” Your husband is lucky to have you too, you are easy to talk with!”
” He is dead!” Winter said maintaining a strong intense look with him
” Oh!” Freeman was taken aback. ” Sorry about that!”
” I am healing…so thank you!”
There was a brief moment of silence…
” I hope I didn’t end a good time with you on a bad note?” Winter asked
” No…I am … sorry once again”
” Thank you, but I think luck is shining my way, my Old friend who is also a widower is looking my way and I think we may start something soon.” Winter said
Winter almost punched herself. She was good at this game.
” Rule 221 of s£dûç!ng a married man…Don’t pres£nt yourself as an available girl, men love to fight for their love interest. They like to prove that they snatched her from someone else.” Winter reminded herself…
” Now, my day is once again bright.” Freeman said. ” I will prepare the proposal and s£nd to your mail.
” Alright…I will be expecting ” Winter said.
” Thank you!”
Freeman stood up feeling accomplished. Immediately, his phone beeped. It was an email which re-ad;
” Can we reschedule, stuck in traffic.”
” Good Riddance to Bad ru-bbish” Freeman muttered un-der his breath.
Winter smiled as she watched him go… She had s£nt the mail.
“Winter, give it to Freeman cold, Freeze him to death and take all he has.” Winter said to herself as she took the final sip of her white wine.
To be continued