Dark Nights ✔️

Chapter Fourteen

It was Wednesday and nobody had any news from Jerry even his own stepdad and I was really worried. I did my normal routine which was arranging his office and answering his phone calls... giving excuses that he wasn't at work because he wasn't feeling too well so they wouldn't ask too many questions.

*Ring-Ring*
I brought out my phone to answer and it was Jerry calling! I immediately picked it up and placed it on my ears. He was quiet for awhile and didn't answer to my "Hello, Hello"

"Thelma!" He yelled before he started laughing. I was surprised he sounded drunk. "Come and carry me up. I'm downstairs." He stopped and laughed again before continuing "at the car park." He said and before I could reply to him, he hung up.
I quickly dropped everything I was doing and took the elevator downstairs to go meet him. If he really was drunk, it would be bad if anyone saw him that way, the whole Director of a prestigious company such as this.

I got to the car park and looked around for his car, I finally saw it, his white Mercedes parked recklessly on the driveway. I got closer and saw him inside... he quickly whined the glass down and I could smell the stench of alcohol all over. He must have been drinking inside the car for a long time.

"Thelma!" He yelled again and offered me a drink. "Here have a drink." He said but I rejected and opened the door. He nearly fell off apparently he was leaning onto the door for support. God how could he get this drunk.

"Jeremy. Look at yourself." I rebuked as he laughed while playing with my hair. He was acting like a child and I wasn't having fun at all. How was I expected to carry him up to his office this way?

"Where are we going?" He asked as I leaned closer to raise him up. He had no strength of his own and any error from my side would lead to both of us landing on the floor. Even while I kept struggling to get him up, he held his bottle very carefully... makes you wonder what was more important to him, the bottle or his bones?
"Wait." He said pushing me away as I stopped and dropped him onto the floor to listen to whatever foolish idea he had. I was also exhausted myself and this was an opportunity for me to catch my breath. "Call my dad. He's stronger." He said and that was when I thought for awhile and finally remembered Tolu, he was upstairs and was stronger than I was and was definitely a solution to this mess.

We managed to get him settled into his office. Tolu did most of the lifting and we tried our best to avoid contact with a coworker. We closed his office door since that seemed to be the only way to avoid anyone barging in, most especially his father.
"I'd better stay outside to check on if anyone is coming." Tolu suggested and went outside leaving me with this drunk. What was I supposed to do now?
"So! What'd I miss?" He asked smiling mischievously. I was really mad and worried about him. I had never seen him this way. "A lot of phone calls, oh and yes your dad came earlier this week looking for you."

"My dad?"
"Oh your stepdad I mean. I'm sorry for the mixup." I said realizing I made a grave mistake. This was the wrongest time to make such errors.
"It's fine. So," he said and got up walking towards me, this frightened me a bit because he looked very different. "Did you miss me? You missed me right?" He said as he got to me. I was backed against one of the shelf's on the wall and there was no where to run to again. He got close to me, very close and leaned in. I was frozen I didn't know what to do. I suddenly began to gasp for breath and it seemed like the whole room was trying to suffocate me. What was happening right now?

"What are y-you trying to do?" I stuttered so tensed up as I searched with my hand through the shelf looking for anything to grab should in case he tried to take advantage of me.

"Why you so tensed?" He asked smiling as he stopped. We were face to face, I could literally hear the way he breath and I'm sure he could hear mine too. The sun rays showered on his brown colored eyes making them shine as though they were gold. He had a little birth mark on the left side of his face which I had never really noticed till now.
This was the first time I was this close to Jerry, the first time I could say the only distance between us was our breath.

God what was going through my mind? Why was I thinking all this? I thought as I summoned the strength and boldness to flee.

"Sir. You should rest." I said and sneaked away under his arms which were stretched out across to me.

"Ah yes you're right. Rest. You know what? I need to go home." He said and began making his way to the door. What the hell was he thinking? Where was he going.

He hadn't gone far when he slipped and went crashing down to the floor. Omg, I didn't even think before I ran towards him. I got to him and caught him just as he fell.

"You see." I said as he smiled at me. "I knew you'd catch me." He whispered and this warmed my heart. I don't know what was I happening? Why was I suddenly having a soft spot for this jerk?

"Look it'll be best if I took you home. You can't go home in this state" I suggested and yes it was a good idea.
"You're right. Here's my keys." He said as he reached into his pocket and passed his keys to me. I was going to be driving his Mercedes and yes that was a joy to me.

"My house is at Osborne. Know the place?"

"Yeah." I said and helped him up as we made our way to the elevator. Tolu helped me carry him and this certainly relieved my stress.

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