The Contract ✔

The Contract - 3

Song of the chapter: Castle on the Hill by Ed Sheeran.

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Abena emptied her breakfast into the toilet and groaned in frustration. She was at home, unfortunately with her step mother, and for the past few days, she wasn't able to keep anything down.

She looked down at her stomach and saw the baby bump. It was obvious that she was pregnant now, and her step mother was already suspicious.

"Who's the father of the baby Abena?" She heard the voice she had grown to hate.

Her step mother.

Abena's mother had died when she was just five, three months after she had given birth to her younger sister. Three months after, her father married Bridget, and although Abena was young, she hated her from the beginning. Two years ago, her father had a heart attack and died, his company crashed, and Abena was left with Bridget.

"Theres no baby." Abena lied although it was very obvious.

"So what, your stomach size increased for no reason, you're tired all the time and you've been puking like anything." Bridget pointed out.

Abena sighed wearily and walked past her and out of the bathroom but Bridget pulled her back and slammed her Palm against her cheek.

Abena touched her cheek in surprise and glared at her step mother.

"You filthy slut!" Bridget went on. "You're just like your mother."

Abena gasped in surprise. Bridget never mentioned her mother. Abena opened her mouth to speak, but Bridget beat her to it.

"You see, your mother knew that your father belonged to me, but being the slut that she was, she stole him. We were best friends, yet she stole him. And gave birth to two sluts. But I always get what I want."

"Don't you dare talk about my mother like that! You got what you wanted, and you killed it after!" Abena shouted at her, clenching her fists and resisting the urge to slap her.

"It's not my fault, your father was a weak man." Bridget shrugged nonchalantly. She stood by the door, smiling at Abena while the latter burned with anger.

"You sucked all the wealth out of him, and at the end of the day, you sucked the life out of him too!" Abena pointed an accusing finger at Bridget.

"Well it's his fault for having two useless daughters who couldn't run the company without him." Bridget spat back bitterly.

"I was 20, just in my second year of university, when he had a heart attack, because he caught you sleeping with his assistant. You took over the company and burned it to the ground. Don't call me a slut when you're the prostitute." Abena snapped and Bridget froze. She looked at Abena with so much hatred and stepped closer to her.
Bridget raised her hand to slap her again but Abena caught it in midair and held it tightly. Bridget winced but made no move to back down. "I'm leaving. Not because you want me to, but because I'm sick and tired of you." Abena said and walked out of the bathroom and towards her room.

She looked down at her stomach again and she felt tears welling up in her eyes.

She was just as bad as Bridget.

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"She's in there." Funmi said to Tobi when he was about to walk into his office.

"Who? Eniola?" He asked placing his hand on his temple.

It had been over two months since the deal with Abena, and from what he had been hearing from her doctor, she was healthy, and so was the baby.

It was a Monday morning, and he had lots of work to do. A meeting with Chinese investors, and deal to close with a company in Ethopia, not to mention all the paperwork and contracts he had to go through. He didn't have time for women that morning.