The Daughter Of A Mistress ?
Episode 8
The next day, The chief Nanny requested to have a word with Eric Moore senior.
The middle-aged woman had politely told his PA, that she wanted to see their boss and have a word with him.
“We are about to leave for an important meeting but I will tell him that you are here” The PA replies as he walked in to inform Eric Senior about the Nanny.
Without hesitation, he said “Let her in, maybe she has something to say about my son, my son is way more important than any meeting”
And the PA nodded as he went to call in the Nanny.
In no time, The woman walked in, and she greeted her boss politely. After a while, the woman entered
“Sir, I know you will wonder why I want to have a word with you”
“Yes… It’s everything okay, Is my son giving you troubles or what?” Eric Senior asked with a straight face.
“No… No… Not at all… Eric… Is a… Good boy” The woman stammered.
“Then what is it? Please say what you have to say, I have an important meeting in less than an hour” Eric senior entered with a dark expression.
The middle-aged woman was afraid but still, she summoned courage and said
“Sir, do you fancy that girl… I mean Cynthia. It’s been 2 years since you lost madam and you haven’t brou-ght any girl home, talk much about proposing to her openly, I must admit Cynthia is a good girl…Yesterday… I noticed that her face was familiar, and just now when I was watching a movie on television, I saw her and I can tell what she does for a living… sir she is an actress”
Ignoring the woman’s question, Eric senior thought with an angry-looking face
“Cynthia is an actress! That’s interesting”
The woman was nervous as she wondered if she had overstepped her boundary by coming in there to talk about Cynthia.
“Is that what brou-ght you here? You came in here to tell me about that?” Eric Senior asked
“Yes sir” The woman replied calmly, she was choked with fear.
She didn’t un-derstand why she asked if the boss fancied Cynthia, she was so frightened
“My Curiosity will kill me today,” she thought in sweet fear.
Without uttering a word further, Eric senior dismissed her.
Even though he was pleased with the woman, his expression said otherwise.
The day before, Cynthia didn’t get the role at the audition, and she was so devastated, she had spent all the money she had on acquiring the house for his ex, Williams, and too bad, she bought the house in his name. Cynthia was late on her bills and she needed that role to be able to make money but she was disappointed when the casting director choose another actress.
” yes you can act naturally but this movie requires an actress that is fit, there’s a lot of fighting and running scenes, and you don’t fit in this movie, I’m sorry,” The Director said calmly.
The main reason why Cynthia was rejected was that she refused to agree to the director’s demand, which is that she would have to sleep with the director.
The other actress that was selected fulfilled the director’s demand, no wonder she was selected.
The next day as Cynthia remembered her conversations with the Director, a week before the Audition, the useless man shamelessly director had asked her to sleep with him for the role.
And Cynthia turned him down, She had no idea that the man would reject her because of that.
She had thought that when the man sees her acting capabilities that he would have no choice but to give her the role, but the reverse was the case
As Cynthia cried that day, Her Grandfather consoles her.
But she was inconsolable, she had to open about what had happened and how she had used all her savings to buy a house for his ex.
“Why will you do that?, no you shouldn’t have done that…oh that’s unacceptable, I’m disappointed ” Her grandpa scolded her
grandpa suddenly remembered all she had been throu-ghin the hands of her parents and how ha-rd her life has been, he began to console her again, the old man wished she listened to him
Grandpa made her promise him that she won’t do such a mistake ever again
And Cynthia promised” “Grandpa, I promised, I have learned my lesson.
” you are beautiful, you should never for-ce relationships, you are wise, you are strong don’t ever allow yourself to be used, “Grandpa said and she nodded her Head
That same day, Cynthia got a phone call from the CEO of the entertainment company that managed her acting skills, she greeted the woman so politely, she quickly told the woman how she lost a role yesterday at the audition, and the woman a-ssured her that the role that she lost would be given back to her.
Cynthia couldn’t believe her ears.
” ma, how is that possible?!” Cynthia asked in confusion
” I will explain better, just come over today by 3:30 pm,” The female CEO by the name of Natalie said at the other end of the phone.
When the call ended, Cynthia who was so excited, gave her grandfather the good news she got and the old man smiled happily.
It was already 2:20 pm that day, and Cynthia decided to leave so she could arrive early.
In no time, Cynthia was already on her way for her appointment.
But that day, the traffic was very bad, it was a rainy Friday and a big truck had fallen abruptly on the road, causing a hu-ge obstruction.
So when Cynthia arrived, She was already late. It was 5:30 pm, Her excitement had long disappeared as she wondered if she would be rejected again this time because she was so late.
She cried within as she walked into the building, she wondered why she was ill luck.
“Why will a fallen truck obstruct the road today of all day, if I am rejected again, I will just end this miserable life of mine,” she thought
Seeing Cynthia walking into the building, the woman who called earlier walked closer to meet her.
Cynthia was sweating even in the cold weather, soon, she sighted the woman walking in her direction.
She feared for the worst as she prepared her mind as well.
Cynthia quickly began to apologize for coming in late but the woman gave out a smile instead.
“That’s not a problem ma’am,” The woman said smilingly
“Let’s go inside and discuss properly, we have been waiting for you” The woman added and Cynthia was Surprised
“Did she just refer to me as ” ma’am”, and who are these people who are waiting for me?” She thought.
Cynthia and the woman walked into a group of people in the Conference room
They were all well dressed, it was obvious that they were important people. They were the major shareholders of the entertainment company Lucky Star Entertainment.
“You all already know our own Miss Cynthia, she was signed in to this entertainment company a few years ago as an actress, please welcome her, she is the person that we have been waiting for as she is the company’s newest and biggest shareholder,” The woman said and everyone present clapped and cheered for Cynthia.
The meeting was held to welcome and introduce Cynthia to the other company’s shareholders, they were also referred to as the company’s higher-ups. They were in charge of decision making in the company
Cynthia who was surprised turned to Natalie for an explanation.
But Natalie whispered to her
“I will explain better later”
Cynthia was the highest shareholder meaning whatever she wants goes, her wish would always be accepted and obeyed. She is so powerful now that she could replace the CEO if she so wished. No wonder Natalie was acting all nice, so she could retain her position.
To be the highest shareholder of a company like Lucky Star entertainment, one would have invested more than 10 billion naira and Cynthia couldn’t un-derstand what was happening.
Lucky Star entertainment was a company that managed, Singers, models and actors and they are the best entertainment company around the country and the continent at large.
After the meeting, Natalie handed over all the important docu-ments to Cynthia for her to un-derstand the situation.
“Here, someone bought these shares with your name and your address” The woman explained.
As Cynthia glanced throu-ghthe papers, she wasn’t surprised, when she saw a name, it was this person that bought these shares for her and made her the highest shareholder in the company.
“Eric Moore?” Cynthia said angrily
Without saying more words, she dismissed herself and left the building with the papers.
She boarded a cab to the New GRA and she stopped at the front of The Moore’s residence.
One knock at the gate, The gatekeeper came to the gate.
On seeing Cynthia, the gatekeeper could easily recognize her, it was almost 7 pm and Eric Moore was just approaching his gate when he sighted Cynthia.
From afar, Eric senior could tell that the gatekeeper has told Cynthia about his absence and she turned around to leave.
On seeing this he quickly told his driver to honk the car, his gatekeeper quickly ran to the gate to open it while Cynthia’s attention went to the cla-ssic car,
Eric senior had to roll down the car’s window and his handsome face was revealed.
He wasn’t alone, by his side was his son, Little Eric.
The little boy giggled when he saw Cynthia, and she smiled back.
Without giving Cynthia a chance to say a word
Eric senior said ” I didn’t buy the shares for you”
“But your name is boldly written on this papers, I told you that I don’t want anything from you but you still went ahead to buy shares for me that are worth over 10billion naira,” Cynthia said with a straight face
“Just read the paper again, it’s not my money, it’s my son’s money, right my boy,” Eric senior said and little Eric nodded and smiled.
Cynthia stared at the papers again with the street light that shined bright like daytime and she saw, “Eric Moore Junior”
Earlier, she had read throu-ghthe docu-ments hastily that she didn’t notice, it wasn’t Eric Senior but Eric Junior that paid for the shares.
“What’s the difference, your son can’t buy these shares, he is only a minor,” Cynthia said
“Yes I know but it’s not my money, it’s my son’s money, he had inherited his late mother’s wealth, and I don’t need that money, I have more than enough, so i told him about your troubles and he agreed to help you, yes I am in charged of my son’s a-ssets but I performed this transaction on behalf of my son ” Eric Senior explained
“But I don’t need this favor either, it’s too much, I know you will want something in return,” Cynthia said at once.
“Yes you are right with that ” Eric senior responded with a grin.
TBC