six hours

25: Six Hours

I got to my apartment in the early hours of the morning, last night as the driver spoke non stop, I had time to think, how did they know I was at papa Hector and Maman imelda?, That was the question I thought about but I quickly forgot it the moment I opened the door to my apartment and run the take a shower, I needed it, I looked like a ghost and smelled like garbage.

After forty minutes of scrubbing and cleaning, I finally looked good and smelled good too, I throw on a lazy sun dress with no underwear underneath, tied my hair in a messy bun and wore slippers, after that I realised how hungry I was so I went to the kitchen and made myself some food, I had plans to skip church service today and just relax, after what happened yesterday I needed rest.

As I passed my living room, I smelled the smell of coffee,I was shocked because I do not drink coffee and also I live alone, so I grabbed an umbrella and moved slowly in the living room,as I entered the living room, the door behind me closed and he appeared infront of me.

" Edward!!" I said in shock as I dropped the umbrella, he smiled and sat down on the sofa, took a sip of his coffee and said " I know what you are thinking right now. How did Edward get here?" As he sipped his coffee again, " what do you want from me" I said in a shaky voice.

" Revenge" he said calmly as he smiled at me, " what Revenge?" I said sounding confused, he smiled at me and lit up a cigar and said " ma chérie, what you did six years ago is still fresh in my mind" as he smocked his cigar, " six years ago?!" I said as I realised what he was talking about, " you know that all that happened is not true" I said as I glared at him.

He smiled again, smocked his cigar and said " not my problem. Now shall we get to business" he said as he looked at Roberto Cavalli and at the same time, Roberto Cavalli snapped his fingers and a man with a case appeared, he opened the case and removed some documents, I looked at Edward who smiled at me and stood up from where he was sitting, he looked through the window and faced me back and said " these are marriage documents, read through them and sign, after that you will be my wife" he said as he smocked his cigar again.

I looked at him as if he had three heads and said " what makes you think I will do that?" As I smiled at him, he looked at me and laughed and said "because you will have no choice" he continued to laugh, those words make me shack from the inside, " you have six hours to decide" he continued, " and what if I don't?" I said as I stood tall, " you will have no choice" he said again as he opened the door to leave, " and by the way, you made me loose millions due to the fact that you burned important documents and one office floor, you are going to pay with your life" he continued and left.

Roberto Cavalli stood up and said " he thinks you made him loose millions, the truth is you made him loose billions plus thirty thousand billion" as he smiled and left and so are the other body guards, I stood in the middle of the living room felling confused, he was the one who bought me at the auction, it was no jock when the supervisor said that the office was on fire and now he wants revenge, he wants me to be his wife.

I stood there trying to figurer how and what I have to do, probably he was joking about the whole thing but then I remembered what he said, I had no choice,I only had six hours before I give him my decision , he left me with no choice, I had no choice, I couldn't give him the pleasure to have me for free, I was afraid that my world will end after these six hours because I had no choice.

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Tick Tock was the only thing on my mind, I did not realise that an hour had passed since Edward was here, I stood up from where I was and I called Florence but her phone was off, I did the same for Jack but it went into voice mail, I could not call Papa Hector and Maman imelda because I did not want to bother them.

I stood by the window and noticed that a towing service was in the process of taking my car, I was shocked that I do remember that I left my car at the farm so how did it get here?, There was no need to look for answers because the answer was Edward.

Soon after I watched car being taken away, I received a call, " hi, this is Edge from towing service, may I speak to Nora" the man said, " yes, this is she speaking" I said in a calm voice, " we will like to inform you that you need to come to claim your car back within three hours, please bring a police statement" the man said, " thank you" I said and disconnected the call.

Police statement, the last place to see me is at a police station, I looked around and I felt like the ground was becoming hot for me, before I could think of what to do with my car problem, another call come in, " hi, this is Lola from central bank calling, can I speak to Nora please" the woman said, " this is she. How can I help you?" I said as I sounded frustrated, " I'm calling to inform you that you haven't been paying your direct tax and that your bank account is empty for the past four years. You have been using someone else money.we will be happy if you come to the bank within the next three hours so that you can clear up all your statements and probably pay, also please bring a police statement report." she said.

I was shocked at what she just told me and I answered " thank you, so will be there" as I hung up the phone, I felt my body collapsing from the inside, how did all of this start, I need help but I have no one.

I sat down and tried to process everything but my phone rang again, I answered and it was a woman from home affairs talking, " yes, this is Nora, how can I help you?" I said, " ma'am your files have been accidentally destroyed, you will need to come to the home affairs within the next three hours so that we can start with the process of a new identity, failure to come will result in you being illegal in this country and you will have to leave the country if that happens. There is more, if you leave the country no other countries will accept you due to the fact that you don't have documentation" she said.

" Thank you,I will be there ma'am, have a nice day" I said as I disconnected the call, I was done for it and I have Edward Romano to thank for it, all I built in my life was ending, crumble right infront of me, Edward Romano, a monster yet a lover.

I tried to call Florence and Jack again but non of the picked up, then the door bell rang, I hoped it was Florence or Jack when I opened but it was Mr Edison, he got in my house and looked around, " sir what a-" " cut it right there Ms Dubois, I'm here to tell you that you have three hours to vacate the apartment" he said as interrupted me, " sir how?.why?." I said to him, " we received an anonymous call saying that you have turned this house into a prostitute house every weekend " he said as he walked around.

" But sir, every weekend I'm, at the farm" I said to him, " even better, you are renting your house for immoral activities. Ms Dubois, please do I as say" he said as he left, I was confused, how did I start a brothel without knowing, I had no idea what was going on, I needed help but I had no one right now, at the same time as my thoughts were wondering, my phone rang again.

It was the supervisor, " sir, I'm glad you called I need help" I said with a voice full of excitement, " I'm not calling you to help you, infact I'm calling you to add more problem to your life. Nora, you are fired, don't bother coming to the office tomorrow, your box will be sent to your house, we don't want to see you anywhere close to the office or else it prison time for you." he said and directly disconnected the call.

He did not give me the chance to talk, now I have no job, I can not believe I am jobless, as I stood there trying to figurer what to do, my phone rang again and this time, Jack was calling, I quickly answered, " Jack, you won't-" "we need to break up, we are over" he says as he interrupted me and hugged up.

I was now without a foncée, what a luck, everything I have worked for will be destroyed in the next three hours and it only the beginning...

            
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Pple, even though I'm the writer, I feel sorry for Nora. I don't think she needs all of this bad luck.

So wat do you think pple?.
Do you think Edward is behind all the bad luck? Or it just happened?., Tell me ur thoughts 😉

Stay safe pple 💋🤗😁.