The ride to his home was a very stressful one as we kept having disagreements on which way to follow. We finally got to his estate after about thirty minutes of touring the whole Island aimlessly.
"So my home is just down this lane." He said and I followed his instructions driving through the wonderful estate. It was really beautiful and I was certain only the rich people resided here.
"Which one is your home?" I asked driving through a line of houses. They were all beautiful and I would do anything to live in one of them. It was a dream I know but it doesn't hurt to imagine.
"Thats it." He yelled pointing towards the last house on the row. It was very big and had a huge fence over it. I couldn't believe my eyes, was this actually where this jerk lived? It wasn't just huge, it was massive.
"Wow. This is where you live? It's humongous." I said and made my way to the gate. He pressed on the horn as an Hausa man came rushing out. He didn't seem friendly at all but when he sighted Jerry, he quickly opened the gate and I drove into the compound. The compound was as big as my whole compound with my neighbor's combined.
"Ah oga. Welcome o." The man said as he quickly opened the door and Jerry came out. I followed shortly after as I began admiring the whole place. It was like all these houses I see on television in the US.
"Wow! This is beautiful. You live in this big place all alone?" I asked turning around as he smiled.
"Of course not." As he finished making the statement, a little girl came running out... she was about the age of nine and was really beautiful. She was accompanied by another lady probably her mother.
"Daddy! you're home." The little girl yelled as she ran to Jerry and he carried her up. "Be careful!" I yelled at him since he was still drunk but he managed to twirl her around carefully and dropped her gently back onto the floor. He seemed happy. The lady also came and gave Jerry a hug.
Wow I never pictured Jerry as a family man. They seemed very happy.
"You must be Mrs Brown. It's great to finally meet you" I said as I stretched my hands to greet her. They all bursted out laughing which got me confused. "Did I say something wrong here?" I asked.
"Your mouth Ehn will never cease to amaze me." Jerry fires and began laughing again as he made his way inside holding the little girl with him.
"Who's she daddy?" The little girl asked facing me as I followed closely behind them.
"She's my assistant. You know, to make work easier for daddy." He said and laughed as the lady opened the door for us to get in.
I was still extremely confused as I had no idea what was going on.
"Thelma, meet my daughter Hannah." Jerry said as he sat down on the couch with Hannah sitting on his laps. "And this is her nanny." He said pointing to the lady earlier.
"Oh wow. Hello Hannah, nice to meet you." I said making a little wave for the little girl who only ignored me to face her daddy.
"Dad why are you home early? Did you close early from work today?" She asked. That means he didn't let her know he hadn't been showing up to work since Monday.
"Yes dear. I finished work early and decided to pay my Queen a visit. I missed you!" He joked and tickled her as she laughed. I was just surprised and this even made the soft spot I had for Jerry increase.
"Hannah wasn't feeling well today. So that's why she's at home today and not in school." Jerry explained but honestly I didn't pay much attention to what he was saying. I was mesmerized in affection. Hannah was a beautiful young girl and she already had my heart.
"Hannah, you're how old?" I asked hoping it would get the little girl's affection but then again it fell fruitless. She ignored me again and quickly ran up the fleet of stairs.
"She's not used to strangers coming into the house." Jerry said as in to console my rejection but it didn't really help. I felt horrible.
"You have a beautiful daughter Sir. Where's her mo- I wasn't able to finish my statement as she ran back downstairs to us yelling "daddy" on her way.
"What's up my Queen?" Jerry asked as she brought out a book to show him.
"I made a drawing of our family yesterday at school. I tried to show it to you last night but you came home late so I didn't see you and you also left early this morning. So here it is." She said smiling as he glanced through it. "Wow I look so handsome." He joked and then continued. "Look at my Queen, so big!" He teased as she let out a chuckle exposing her cute set of teeth. "Who's this? Is this Mommy?"
"Of course Dad. Who else would it be?" She asked rhetorically as Jerry let out a laugh but I could tell it was fake. If the mother of Hannah wasn't here, it only meant that they weren't living together. Maybe divorced.
"Well Sir I should get going. I still need to get my stuffs from office before closing." I said as I got up to leave. He accompanied me outside to the gate of his house.
"Thank you Thelma. For today I mean and make sure to get back home on time."
"Acting like someone that cares." I teased and he did what he usually did, cracked a stupid joke. "I don't care... I just don't want the police to come and say I kidnapped you or killed you." I just hissed as I made my way outside of the estate to the main gate where I could get a taxi back to the office.
I just learned an amazingly new thing about Jerry today and maybe I misjudged him from the start. He seemed to care about his daughter a lot and didn't seem to be the jerk I usually called him.
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Weren't expecting that I'm very sure?😅
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