Fatima: Love, Family, and Career

Chapter 46: Obsession

Monday

Zac just returned from Florida around noon. He stops by the office to drop off a few things and then goes home. He showers and then takes a nap. He wanted to surprise Fatima at work, so he leaves to go to her office around 4:00.

Fatima's receptionist lets her know that she has a visitor in the lobby. She goes to the lobby area wondering who was there to see her. She gets there and sees Zac with some edible arrangements. It was a fruit basket with chocolate-covered strawberries, fresh strawberries, and pineapples. The card read, just because I love you.

"Aww, thank you, babe." Fatima kisses Zac. "I thought you weren't coming back until tomorrow."

"I thought so too, but I didn't need to stay an extra day after all," says Zac. "Are you almost done with work? I would like to take you on a date."

"Oh, ok. Well, I can go ahead and shut it down now. Give me 5 minutes." Fatima goes back to her office to grab her stuff.

She heads back to the lobby and hands Zac her work bag.

"You look nice. Is that what you bought the other day?" asks Zac.

"Yes. Can we stop by Madea's real quick?"

She drops something off at Madea's house and then to dinner with Zac.  After dinner, he takes Fatima to pick up her car and then he follows her home to her house. Once she gets home, she checks the mail. Fatima opens the mail when she gets inside the house. She receives a letter about Ian's Will. The letter is asking her to come to the reading on Thursday.

She tells Zac, "Apparently, Ian put me in his Will."

"Are you going to take whatever it is?" asks Zac.

I don't know, should I?

"No, why would you?" asks Zac. "Whatever you need I can get it for you."

Zac ended up staying the night since he has been gone a couple of days. He had brought a change of clothes for work in the morning.

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The next morning, they go to work. On Fatima's way to work, she calls Andi and Fatima.

"Hey girl," says Andi.

"Hey, hey, Lori is on the phone too." Says Fatima.

"Hey, what's up? Why are you calling all early?It better be good." says Lori.

"Whatever Lor," says Fatima. "You know when I told you I am in Ian's Will? Well, Zac doesn't want me to go and to refuse whatever it is."

"Why? You better take it; you deserve it after all he put you through," says Lori.

"He said that he can get me whatever I want and need. You know how men are, they don't want you accepting anything from another man."

"But this man is dead. He is not a threat," says Lori.

"I know tell that to Zac," says Fatima.

"When is it?" asks Andi.

"Thursday."

"I think you should go," says Andi.

"Right, girl what if it's $1 million?" Lori asks.

"Well, I am going because I want to know what it is. Zac just gone have to be mad." Fatima says. "Alright, girls let me get off this phone. Bye."

Thursday Afternoon

It is Thursday, the day of the Will reading. Fatima decided to go so she is leaving work a little early and headed to the Probate court.

She enters the office and sees Ian's mom and Crystal. What the hell? Fatima thought.

"Hello Fatima, how are you?" Ms. Walts, Ian's mom asked.

"I'm good, sorry for your loss," says Fatima.

"Hey, sis." Crystal greets Fatima.

Although Fatima did not want to speak back, she decided to just be cordial.

"Hey," Fatima responded.

A few minutes later, a guy comes in to read the Will.

"Good afternoon, ladies. I am John and I am here to read Mr. Ian Walt's last wishes.

Ian Walts would like to give is property and assets as follows

Mama Walts

I would like for all of my savings to be transferred to my mother, Ms. Walts.

Ian has $69,000 that he would like transferred to you.

He also has paid for your house and would like you to have the title.

Fatima Wilson

My Fatback, I would like you to have my current home, as it was supposed to be our home together.

Ian would like you to have the deed to the home. He paid it off last year.

Other

Crystal Wilson. He wants to give you the title to your car.

The rest means clothes, shoes, and the cars he wants to be donated.

"That's it?" says Crystal, "All I get is a car? A Honda Civic, he can have that."

"What about his business?" asked Ms. Walts.

Ian was an accountant. He owned his accounting firm.

"The accounting firm goes to... That also goes to Fatima. He said you are a career woman and that's why he loved you. Please put the firm to good use." John says as he reads the remaining of the Will.

"So, you tell me he gave her all of that and she treated him like crap," says Crystal.

Ms. Walts chimed in. "Crystal, he didn't care for you like that. He and Fatima were supposed to get married. She was the love of his life."

Crystal gets up and walks out.

"Fatima are you pregnant?" asks Ms. Walts.

"Yes ma'am."

"Congratulations, baby. Ian loved you and only wanted the best for you. He said he was going to do whatever he had to get you back. I wish it could have worked out with you two. You take care, hunny and I'm here if you need anything," says Ms. Walts as she hugs Fatima goodbye.

Fatima thought to herself. "Whatever, he was obsessed with me. Both of y'all are delusional."