The Rich Girlfriend*
*_ Chapter 43_&_44*
“Hi plea-se there’s a man who I have issued a restraining order against and he’s not observing it. He’s right in front of me and it looks like he wants to harm me. plea-se hurry, I’m scared, he has weapons and he might r@p£ me or harm me. Hurry”, she said on the phone.
“Yeah. I’m in front of the Greyson clinic. Hurry”, she said and she hung up.
“Really? Weapons? r@p£?” Ross asked her.
“Do you want me to add more?”
“Sasha, I’m really sorry for everything and I promise I’ll stay out of your hair. I won’t bother you again. The last time I was just not in the right state of mind and I’m really sorry”.
“You’re still talking, the cops are on their way”.
“I’m really sorry and I hope that one day, you’ll forgive me”, he said and he got into his car.
“Oh don’t go. Come back? Come and talk”, she said to him and he drove off.
“Next time”, she said, sm-irking. She took out her phone and called the police to inform them that everything was okay. She got in her car and drove off.
*****
Sasha was in Hanson’s house with a few of his friends and they were pla-ying monopoly.
“Give me some money!” Dominic exclaimed and Sasha frowned and she paid him.
“Now you pay me too”, Hanson said to him.
“Oh man. You going to get me bankrupt”.
“Better you than Sasha”, he said wiggling his brows.
“It was always me and you against them”, Dominic said, frowning.
“Well, he’s got a woman now”, Tevin said to him.
“Next time, I’m bringing Rachel”, he said to them.
“Wow. So things are moving with you two?” Chris asked.
“Yeaaahh I guess”, he said, smiling.
“Hmmm”, Sasha said.
“What?” He asked.
“Nothing”.
“Oh c’mon it meant something”.
“Oh I’m just hoping that it works out for you two”.
“You think it wouldn’t ?”
“I didn’t say that. I just don’t want you to hurt my friend”.
“Why would I be the one to hurt her?”
“Hmm, I’m just saying be sure that you want to do this and don’t go in too de-ep and end up hurting her later”.
“Sasha, I’m in this 100%, she’s the one that you should be speaking to because she seems to be in 50%”.
“She’s just scared. It’s not everyone who would put up with a pregnant woman who just called off a wedding few months ago with her baby daddy. So don’t blame her if she’s terrified that one day you’ll di-p”.
“Hmm, I really like her and I don’t care about all that and whatever she comes with. I’ve always said that to her but I guess it’ll take sometime for her to fully trust me”.
“Yeaahh just give her some time”, Chris said to him.
“Yeah I am”.
“Can we go back to the game now?” Hanson said to them.
“For someone who’s opening a restaurant tomorrow, you seem to have a lot of time on your hands”, Chris said to him.
“I’ll have to leave soon and that’s why I want to hurry and win the game”, he said and Chris rolled his eyes.
“How come the name of the restaurant isn’t displa-yed yet?” Sasha asked.
“It’s all p@rt of the grand opening. The name would be displa-yed tomorrow”, Hanson said to her.
“I see, I hope it’s something catchy though and a name that can stick in everyone’s mind”.
“Oh it is”, he said, wiggling his brows and the others smiled.
They pla-yed for a while and then he had to leave with Tevin. Sasha stayed back with Dominic and Chris as they pla-yed other games.
*****
Sasha and her friends were at her house, catching up.
“I can’t believe that he still had the guts to show up”, Alicia exclaimed.
“He’s really crazy. At first I thought it was normal to want to get someone back but this is absolutely crazy”, Lilian said to her.
“If ever see him again, I swear, I’ll knock him out with whatever is in sight”, Sasha said, frowning.
“I would help you do that”, Alicia said and she laughed.
“Rachel you seem to be quiet, what’s up?” Lilian asked.
“Hmm, I’m just so confused”.
“About what?”
“Archie is really doing his best to get me back. He’s not giving up, he’s always ma-king sure that he’s there for me and he keeps telling me he’s sorry and keeps letting me know that he’s never going to do that again and I’m just confused. I’m still in love with him but I just can’t get back with him although I want to and there’s Dominic. He’s been so supportive of me and my pregnancy and he’s always there too and I really like him so much and I just don’t know what to do. I don’t want to hurt him too”, she said, with a frustrated look.
“Hmmm, we can’t tell you what to do but I think you should just pray about it and also take your time to decide on it. Maybe Archie has really changed and is re-ady to be better or maybe he’s not. But one thing I know is that Dominic is serious about you”, Sasha said to her.
“I know he is. Gosh this is so difficult”.
“Just take your time but you can’t also keep leading any of them on. You’ve got to drop one eventually”, Lilian said to her.
“Or just do them both, who cares”, Alicia said and they glared at her.
“What?” She asked and she looked away.
“Just take your time and we’ll be here to support you in whatever decision you make”, Sasha said to her and she nodded.
“Thank you”, she said, smiling. “So how excited are you for tomorrow?” Rachel asked her.
“I’m so excited and also nervous. I just pray everything goes well”, she said, smiling.
“Aww, don’t worry. Everything will be fine”, Lillian said to her.
“So do you have an idea of what the name of the restaurant is?” Alicia asked.
“No, he said it’s all p@rt of the launch and he wants me to be surprised like everyone else”, Sasha said.
“I see, have you picked out your outfit?” Rachel asked.
“Of course. Do you want to see it?” She asked and they nodded
She took it out and showed it to them.
It was a sky blue dress with silver linings.
“Oh my God, this is so pretty”, Alicia exclaimed.
“It’s so beautiful”, Lilian said.
“You’ll surely b!ow his mind tomorrow”, Rachel said, wiggling her brows.
“That’s the aim”, Sasha said, smiling and they all chuckled.
They talked for while till it was late and then they left.
*****
The day of the grand opening of Hanson’s restaurant had finally arrived.
The entrance, car park and the streets were filled up with cars and people. They all as-sembled in front of the restaurant as Hanson addressed them.
“You’re all welcome to my grand opening. I’m really grateful and honored that you all decided to come and join me in my new phase of life. All that you see here is not my doing. It’s all God’s doing and the people around me. I’ve gone throu-gh a lot in life but when you’ve got God, you’ll come out on t©p. Before we continue with what we’re here for, I will like to thank everyone who’s been p@rt of this journey”.
“First, I’ll like to thank my parents and my siblings. They’ve been so supportive and so amazing. When I got out from prison, I honestly gave up on God because I thought he had given up on me, but my parents kept ringing it in my ears that God wasn’t done with me. They tried everything they could to cheer me up and they also encouraged me to start from somewhere. My little brother even tried to get me a job at the old restaurant I worked at when I was in highschool, I was so amazed when he did that and it made me realize that I could still do something and start from somewhere, my sister also kept s£nding money to me to start up something and I ended up using the money for useless things, they all kept pushing and one day, I got up and said, I can’t keep doing this. I could see from all their efforts that God hasn’t given up on me and so I decided not to give up on me too. So I c@m£ back here to figure out something”.
“When I arrived, I had no where to stay and Derrick offered me to stay with him. Dominic helped me to get a job at a restaurant where I was a dish washer. No one accepted me due to the fact that I had to tick a section on a fork which declared that I had been in prison. I tried to explain to them that I was wrongfully accused but no one cared to pay attention. Getting the job as a dishwasher was the best offer I could get at that time. But it made me meet my new friends Chris and Kevin. They’ve been so amazing and supportive too, I’m really grateful to all my friends, I appreciate you all so much. And Tevin, you made prison feel better for me and you’ve been supportive with the setup and everything. I’m grateful to you”.
“And to my church, you’re all amazing. When I returned, I felt like I was so far from Christ and my pastor and all my friends at church, took me in with open arms and helped me back up on my feet and I’m so grateful for that. Pastor Jude you’re the best and I’m so blessed to have you in my life”.
“And to the woman that drives me crazy”, he said and they all laughed. “Oh I don’t mean crazy crazy”, he said, laughing. “Sasha I think you were just the spark that I nee-ded to push me to achieve this. You’ve been so excited about this than I am and it keeps me going when I seem to hit a road block. You’ve been supportive and you’ve encouraged at every step. I can’t find the words to show you how happy you’ve made me and how this restaurant is 80% you. I’m so grateful my love”, he said, b!owing k!sses at her and she blew it back.
“And my new family, Ann, Fred, Sammy and Sally. You’ve all been amazing and you’ve done quite a lot to help me with this. Ann especially, I’m so grateful”, he said, smiling.
“And to everyone who’s helped in one way or the other and to everyone who’s here right now. I’m so grateful and I promise that you’ll definitely leave here craving for more food”, he said and they all laughed.
“Thank you everyone”, he said and they all applauded as he handed the mic to Kevin.
“So before we launch the restaurant and displ@ythe name, we’ll invite Pastor Jude to pray over it and to pray for Hanson and his future endeavors” Kevin said and Pastor Jude walked you to the front and took the mic.
He appreciated everyone for being there and he thanked Hanson for the opportunity. Then he prayed for the restaurant and for Hanson. When he was done, everyone applauded as he walked back to join the crowd.
“Now is the time to displ@yto reveal the restaurant and the name”, Kevin said to the crowd.
The front of the building including the name was covered with a white and gold satin material, and it had a blue ribbon encircling it.
“So I’ll invite, Sasha to join Hanson in front here as he unveils this glorious building”, Kevin said and they all applauded as she went forward to join him.
Kevin handed a pair of scissors to him and he went to where the ribbon was with Sasha. They both held the scissors and were re-ady to unveil it.
“So we are going to spell JESUS and on the last S, everything would be displa-yed”, Kevin said to the crowd.
“Now let’s go, J”, he exclaimed and they all spelt it with him and on the last S, Hanson and Sasha cut the ribbon and everything was unveiled.
“We pres£nt to you, Sashys”, he exclaimed and Sasha was shocked when she saw that it was named after her.
“Oh my God”, she exclaimed and she hvgged him as everyone cl@pped and made some noise.
“Just before we all go in, I’ll like to add one more thing”, he said and Sasha was still busy trying to contain her excitement.
“Sasha”, he said going down on one knee and everyone made some noise.
“Oh my God, oh my God”, she said, trying to calm herself down.
“Sasha Adams, right from the first day I la-id my eyes on you, something in me just knew that I had met my p@rtner, my second half, my bestfriend and the bone of my flesh. And right from day one, you’ve been nothing but nice to me even when you had no reason to be. You accepted me for who I am and you’ve believed in me since then. You’ve been at my side ever since and you’ve never left or la-id back. I don’t think I would want to spend my life with anyone else than you. I love you so much and can’t even go a minute without thinking of you. So Sasha Adams, will you marry me?” He asked and she screamed and couldn’t st©p herself from crying.
“Yes yes, I will”, she said, smiling and he placed the ring on her f!nger. He quic-kly got up, hvgged her and k!$$£d her.
The Rich Girlfriend*
*_Chapter 44_*
The crowd cheered them on as they embr@ced each other.
“I love you”, she said to him.
“I love you too”, he said, cu-pping her cheek and k!ss!ngher on thel-ip.
“After this, we’ll get out of here and have our small celebr@tion”, he said to her and she smiled.
“You can all come in now”, he said, opening the door and everyone got in.
“Congratulations!!” Rachel said, lifting her from behind.
“Rachel! You’re going to hurt our baby!” Sasha exclaimed.
“It is excited for you too”, Rachel said, smiling.
“Congratulations!” Lilian said, hvgging her.
“Congratulations Sweetheart”, Ralph said, hvgging her too and he pe-cked her on her cheek.
“My girl is officially off the market! Congratulations my love!” Alicia said, hvgging her so ti-ght.
“Let’s see the ring”, Rachel said and she flashed it in their faces.
“Aww, it’s so cute”, Alicia said as they all looked at it.
“We’ll have our own mini celebr@tion after this”, Alicia said, wi-nking.
“Another day plea-se. I have a d@t£ with my husband to be”, Sasha said, smiling.
“Oouuhhh, husband to be. I love that”, Lilian said, smiling.
“Yes”, she said, wiggling her brows.
“Let’s go in”, Sasha said to them and they all walked in. As Sasha was walking in, Samantha, pu-ll-ed her aside and hvgged her.
“Congratulations Sas-shyyyyy”, she said and Sasha hvgged her back. “Thank you my love”, she said to her.
“Congratulations sissy. You’re officially out of the house”, Sally said, hvgging her and they both laughed.
“My baby girl is engaged”, Ann said, hvgging and lifting her off the ground.
“Mum! You’ll hurt yourself”, Sasha exclaimed and she put her down and still hvgged her. Fred joined in and hvgged both of them and Ann rolled her eyes when she felt his arms around her.
“Okay, that’s enough”, she said, pushing his hands away.
“Congratulations baby girl. I’m so excited and happy for you”, he said to her and although she was still mad at him, she hvgged him.
“Thank you dad”, she said to him.
“Let’s go in”, she said to them and they all walked in.
The waiters and waitresses directed everyone to their tables and the menu was given to them to make their choice.
Sasha’s friends and Hanson’s friends were all at one table and Sasha’s family were at a separate table. Hanson’s family also had their own table whiles Hanson and Sasha had a different table.
The menu was displa-yed on the LED screens with Sasha’s picture displa-yed on the background.
“Oh my God, take a look at the menu, that’s Sasha on it”, Alicia said to everyone at the table, looking at the menu in her hands and everyone looked at it and they were all excited.
Sasha was blu-shing so ha-rd when she saw her picture on the menu. It was a monochrome unlooking of her on her be-d, laughing.
“When did you take this?” She asked him and he laughed.
“The first day I walked into your room”, he said and she smiled.
“It’s perfect”, she said, smiling.
“You’re perfect”, he said to her and she grinned.
The dj began to pl@ysome cool songs and the people were entertained.
After a short while, Hanson got on the mini stage he created and took the mic from the dj.
“Hello everyone. Can I get your attention shortly”, he said and he had everyone’s eyes on him.
“You’re all welcome and thank you once again for being here with me. I see that most of you have made your orders alre-ady. I as-sure you that you’ll enjoy every food served to you today and the drinks but there’s a special menu called Sasha’s combo and it’s dedicated to my sweetheart. It consists of every new recipe I’ve made her taste till d@t£”, he said and everyone made some noise.
Sasha grinned so ha-rd that her cheeks were hurting so much.
“Go Sasha!!!” Sally exclaimed and everyone laughed.
“Yeah. Go Sashy!!!” Alicia exclaimed and the crowd cheered.
“So I’ll have the waiters and waitresses distribute that menu right now. Take your time to select. Everything on it is amazing, Sasha can attest to it. Have a nice meal and plea-se I’ll nee-d everyone’s feedback on this. So when you’re done, kindly log in to our website which has been displa-yed on the screen and drop your feedback. Thank you”, he said and they applauded.
“Yeah one last thing. I’ll invite my friend, your MC, Kevin to perform one of his songs from his current albu-m. I hope you enjoy it”, he said and he got off the stage as everyone applauded.
Hanson got back to his seat and Sasha had tears on her face.
“Is everything okay?” He asked, concerned.
“Yeah. It’s tears of extreme joy. I can’t believe you did all this”, she said to him.
“Aww”, he said, wiping her tears off.
“Sasha you’re p@rt of me now and everything I do is for you and for us”, he said to her and she smiled.
“I love you so much”, she said to him and he smiled.
“I love you more baby”, he said to her.
“Congratulations my loves”, Margaret said to them and she hvgged them.
“Thank you Margaret”, Sasha said to her. “Let’s go and and meet your parents, we don’t expect them to walk up here”, Sasha said to him and they got on their feet and walked to his parent’s table.
“Hey my babies”, Hanson’s mother said, getting on her feet and she hvgged them.
“Congratulations and may God bless your union”, she said to them.
“Congratulations my children”, Hanson’s dad said to them and he also hvgged them.
“Where’s Junior?” Hanson asked.
“Samantha pu-ll-ed him to their table”, Margaret said and they all looked in the direction of their table. He and Samantha looked so engrossed in their conversation.
“She’s always wanted a younger brother and now she’s gotten one”, Sasha said, laughing.
“We’re going back to our seats”, Hanson said and they left.
Everyone was busy eating and enjoying themselves.
“I can’t believe this finally happened. God is good”, Hanson said to her.
“All the time. He is”.
“I pray it keeps being full the way it is now”.
“It would. With the hvge marketing you’ve done, I’m sure you’ll have a full house everyday and your food is amazing. It will speak for itself”.
“Thank you baby”, he said to her and she smiled.
“Congratulations to you two”, a lady said to them and they turned around to see that it was Chloe.
“Hey”, Hanson said to her.
“I see I wasn’t invited” She said to him.
“Do you see any one with an x on them here?” Sasha asked her.
“Baby, I’ll handle this”, Hanson said to her.
“No, no. I don’t think she’s been hearing you. Maybe my voice will sound better in her ears unless she actually has a hearing problem”.
“Sasha, I don’t want this moment to be ruined for you. I’ll handle this”.
“Chloe, I mean no disrespect and I don’t mean to be rude but I’ll really appreciate if you just leave and prevent us from causing a scene. Today is a good day for us and we wouldn’t want it to be ruined”.
“So I’m ruining your day? You’re really a mean person. After everything I did for you, you’re just going to treat me this way because of your rich girlfriend?”
“Rich and beautiful”, Sasha said to her.
“I’m sorry Chloe but if my wife doesn’t like you or want you around, I’ll adhere to that and if you truly cared about me, you’d respect that too”, he said to her.
“If you keep being a problem to us, I would have no choice than to tell our s£nior pastor. I don’t think you’d want that especially when you’re also in a new relationsh!p”, he added.
“Now you’re ma-king threats?”
“It’s not a threat. I appreciate everything you did for me but I don’t owe you anything and you don’t owe me anything. We’ve both moved on, let’s keep it that way”, he said to her and she glared at him.
“Alright. No problem. Congratulations once again”, she said, smiling and she left.
“Oh Lord even on a good day like this, these people with an x on their face keep popping up”, Hanson asked.
“What do you mean by the x thing” he asked.
“Exes duh”, she said and he laughed.
“I don’t think we’ll have any ex problem. Ross is off your back and Eve is all the way in a different state and I don’t think Chloe will bother us again after I brou-ght up our s£nior pastor”.
“Mmmm” she said, thinking.
“Unless you have an ex or someone else”, he said.
“Oh they wouldn’t dare!” She said to him and he smiled.
Their food was finally served. They ate and enjoyed it.
“Hey Sasha!” Mavis said to her.
“Mavis!!! You made it”, she said, getting up hvg her.
“Yeahhh, I’m sorry I’m late”.
“It’s fine. You still made it”.
“Yeah. This place is lovely, congratulations Hanson”, she said, giving him a handshake.
“Thank you Mavis and thanks for coming and hvge thank you for all that you’ve done for my baby”, he said to her and she grinned.
“You’re welcome and thank you for treating her right and ma-king her so happy”, Mavis said to him and he smiled.
“Did you come alone?” Sasha asked.
“No, I c@m£ with my husband. He’s using the washroom”.
“Okay speaking about husbands, see, tadaa”, Sasha said, waving her f!ngersat her.
“Oh my God. That’s so beautiful. Congratulations!” She exclaimed.
“Thank you”, they both said to her.
“I’m so happy for you two!” Mavis said, smiling.
“I’ll leave you two now. I’m sure my husband is alre-ady at the our table. Before we leave, I’ll make sure you meet him”, she said to Sasha.
“Okay okay. Thanks for coming and I hope you enjoy your food”, Sasha said to her.
“Thank you”, she said and she left.
*****
The place was finally empty as everyone had gone. It was just Sasha, Hanson and his employees who were at the restaurant.
Hanson was instructing the cleaners as they cleared the place.
“C’mon Hanson, I can handle it. You can go now”, Tevin said to him.
“You sure?”
“I’m the manager, I got this”.
“Alright, bye. See you tomorrow”, Hanson said to him.
“Bye Tevin”, Sasha said, hvgging him.
“Bye Sasha”, he said and they left.
“Where are we going to?” She asked as they walked to his car.
“The beach”, he said to her.
“This night?”
“Yeah, we’re just going to sit at the shore and enjoy the breeze”.
“Okay”, she said, smiling and they left.
*****
At the beach, they both sat at the sea shore and talked for a really long time.
Hanson la-id down and Sasha also la-id down and placed her head on his che-st.
“I’m going to be your Mrs soon”, she said to him.
“Yeah, Mrs Carr”, he said, smiling as he looked at the sky.
“How many kids would you want to have?” She asked him.
“Mmm, 7 or maybe 10”, he said and sat up.
“7? 10? From whose b©dy?” She asked and he laughed.
“Relax. I’m just kidding”.
“Better or I’d have suggested that you find a way to give birth to them yourself”, she said and he laughed uncontrollably.
“Oh my God! You should have seen your face”, he said, laughing and she la-id down again.
“On a real, how many would you want?” She asked.
“Oh I’m okay with 4. What about you?”
“I think 4 is fine. I always wanted 2 but I’m okay with 4 if you want 4”.
“Okay. Thank you”, he said, smiling and he ran his hands throu-gh her hair.
“Where would you want us to live?” She asked.
“I’ve always wanted to have a house at the mountain area”.
“Me too!” She exclaimed.
“Really?”
“Yes. I’ve even sp©tted a lot of places there that I wanted to buy when I decide to move out”.
“You want us to buy” he asked.
“Yeahh”.
“Okay but building is cheaper and we can also choose how we would want it, it’ll be according to our preference”, he said to her.
“Mmm, you have a point but it’ll take a while I guess”.
“Yeah. We can rent a place in the meantime and wait till we build our house”.
“Okay, so when do we start looking at places?” She asked in excitement.
“I don’t know yet but I want my business to run for a while and when I start ma-king a lot of money, then we search for a place”.
“Oh Hans we don’t have to wait that long when I have the money and don’t give me that whole bull cra-p of not wanting my money. If it was the other way round, you would have insisted that you buy it for us”.
“Hmmm”.
“You know when we get married, what’s yours will be mine and what’s mine will be yours and so the money will be ours”.
“Hmmm”.
“Hmmm hmmm, say something”, she salt o him.
“Alright fine. We’ll start looking for place then but I’ll try to cover half of it or quarter at-least”.
“Ugh! Men and their ego. Sure”, she said to him and they were quiet for a while.
“To Sashys”, he said lifting his hands for a high five and she tried to reach his hands but he kept tossing it.
“Hey!” She exclaimed as she tried to reach this hands and he laughed.
She got up and threw sand on him.
“Hey!” he said, getting on his feet. She ran off and he chased her.
They kept running till he caught up with her at the sea and they both fell in. They stayed in and pla-yed with the water for a while till they decided to leave.
He dropped her off and when he arrived at his house he saw someone sitting in front of it.