Dinning room
You are welcome, please sit let's have dinner
Thanks uncle
Mike, Sam and Rita meet Melissa your cousin and her friend Stanley but she prefer to call him kill
Hello they all greeted
It's nice meeting you all, thanks very much for hosting us
You are welcome to our house they all chorused
Food is serve please let's eat
After dinner
They all sat down in the sitting room
Melisa I want us to have a family meeting he looked at kill
I will just wait in the room mell
No kill
You can say whatever you want to say, kill is part of the family
Are you sure my dear?
Yes uncle go on
What i will say today is gonna bring a lot of issues
It might even lead to my death
It might cause enmity because you my children and i
What's wrong dad? Sam interrupted
Is everything okay uncle?
Please my children let me finish
Like I was saying
Even though the step am willing to take today is gonna cost me a lot, I will not relent
I made promised and I must fulfill it
What's going on dad Rita asked
Yes dad talk to us, your getting us confused
What am going to say today, is a story that started long time ago
Flashback
I know what am gonna do is hard but baby I have to leave
I have to prove to my parents that am a man
And am old enough to take care of myself
You don't need to travel down to America to prove that to your parent
You can do that here
Henry you know I need you she came close to him
I know Margret
I love you and I want to be with you forever and I can't achieve that if I don't go out and work
This is my opportunity to prove my parents wrong and take what rightfully belongs to me
My father's company
I know you are upset, but running away from your problems won't solve anything
It would only make you look like a coward
What do I chose to gain staying here
For my sake please don't go
Am sorry dear but I have to
Present day
What! Uncle
You mean you had an affair with my mum
Your Mum and I were lovers before she got married to Kingsley
Why didn't Mum mention this
She knows what Kingsley is capable of doing so we kept quiet about it
You mean no one knew of your affair?
No one knew
Although she wanted me to make it official
Flashback
Okay fine even if you want to go let us get married first
Take me to your family let them know me, so you can also go with me to my family so that we can do the necessary
I love you Maggie
But now is not the right time
When will it be the right time?
When am married to another or when am dead?
Don't talk like that dear
Do you even love me?
With the whole of my heart I do
Then marry me
Henry what are we waiting for?
I can't just get married and leave you all alone by yourself
I promise to do that when I get back
How sure am I that you won't get married before you come back
I promise I won't
You have my word Maggie
Few years later
It feels so good to be home
Thanks brother for picking up from the airport
No problem bro
Look what you've become am sorry happy for you
Sorry man for not coming for your wedding
It's fine
It's my wife you need to apologise to
She didn't get the chance to meet her ideal brother in-law that she have heard a lot about
You should have At least show her my handsome face
Our family album got burnt in the house
No picture left of us
(He parked the car)
Welcome home they entered inside
Thanks
Baby! See who's here
Present day
That day I got the greatest shock of my life
Thank God I was able to hold myself not to fall
You realised your younger brother got married to your lover
And she already have a kid for him
You remember the time I came to your house
When you were still little ?
Yeah I do
That was the last time I saw you
I was hurt and betrayed
I felt bad
I didn't want to see your mum again
Because you still love her right?
How does this link to me uncle?
I got a good news one day
What news uncle?
Marilyn!
Yes sir
Please get me a cup of coffee
Okay sir
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Hey guys
I hope you love this chapter
Find out the secret between Margret and Henry in the next chapter
Thanks for taking your time to read, love you all
Henry:Melisa's uncle
Margret:Melisa's mum
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Roman d'amour"He walked close to her not knowing what he was doing and kissed her lightly on the lips but stop to see her reaction, she draw him back and kissed him back,this time slowly and gently and he responded just immediately covering the gap between them...
