perfect strangers

chapter 8

When the hotel staff came to  James room with the menu he had just finished having a bath and his stomach was growling out of hunger,  the last food he had was during his flight which is ten hours ago. He took the food menu and chose a dish he thought could eat which was rice and stew.

After some minute the same lady came back to his room with his food then she asked him if he needed anything else, he dismissed her and started eating the food which he noticed was nice but a little too spicy.

    James called the reception to have the plates cleared, when the plates were removed he checked the clock on the wall and noticed it was three o'clock then he decided to have a nap before he did anything else., 

     '5:47', the digital clock on the wall read when he woke up from his nap. He decided to call his sister

"What took you so long" his sister said immediately she picked up the phone

"well I'm fine Jeanette thanks for asking" he replied.

"stop being sarcastic with me, well how are you finding Nigeria?" she asked

"Hot"

"c'mon James stop being a sadist, how was your day?" she asked and he replied putting emphasis as he said "fine",
his sister was not taking that answer when she said

"Fine, just fine?, don't give me that shit, I want details"

"okay fine!" James exclaimed and begin to explain everything that happened from  the airport to the meeting, Michelle, the director and to the hotel.

"Hmm Michelle seems very interesting"
James scoffed and rolled his eyes at what she said

"Robin don't roll your eyes at me" she warned

"how do you know I rolled my eyes", he asked his little sister

"when you scoff like that you roll your eyes dummy" Jeanette replied in a smug tune

"Rhoda I think you're forgetting who's older" he said smiling

"James stop calling me that" she groaned

"only if you stop calling me Robin" he said

"Not fair, mum and dad gave you a hero's name for your middle name and they gave me Rhoda" she said while saying the name like it's irritating.

James was chuckling then she said again "Rhoda sounds like the name of a gossipy old woman – Rohda do you know what old Mr Marcus did today" she said the last part immitating an old woman's voice. The both of them laughed hard that Jean even began to hiccup.

  "okay, okay how was your day Jean" James asked

  "I thought you wouldn't ask, first of all, Bryan is teething and he's been so sick, running a high temperature and crying a lot, Anna caught the flu from someone at ballet school today of all day and made a huge scene before taking the flu shot at the hospital. my brother went for a job abroad and couldn't even call when he arrived adding to my list of people to worry about, Grey. my loving husband Grey went on a trip today to some stupid lab for some shitty testing of a fücking new product. That's ls not all, Mrs Smith daughter Roselyn came here complaining about her designer who was out of town and unable to make her fücking dress for a reunion she has to attend and  gave me a helluva task while she complained about almost all the dress I tried to fit her in, I fücking need to res-"

Cutting her off "okay stop ranting and don't you think that's too much cussing for someone who has children?. Sorry for not calling when my flight landed but my day wasn't any better" 

"yeah you were rude to the lady"

"Let's not talk about that Jean, have you taken the kids to do ped?"

"Yes Anna's flu should be gone by Wednesday that leaves Bryan"

"When's Grey coming back?"

"He said he'll be back tomorrow" she replied

"I'm guessing it's nine over there since its five here, just get some sleep okay"

"alright I'm really stressed out" she replied her voiced laced with fatigue

"Goodnight Jeanie" he said

"stop calling me that"

"I thought you said you could grant wishes?"

"Yeah when I was four, now bye Jamie"

"night Jeanie" he said with a smile as his sister hung up.

         He placed his head back on the soft pillow and thought about his day and his new partner who he can't get along with. Picking up the remote control he tried looking for a TV channel to watch to end his boredom.
                   
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      "Take care of yourself and visit soon" her aunt told her.
 
   "Okay auntie" Michelle said hugging her aunt.

Michelle escorted by Michael to where her car was parked. The sky was dark as it was already midnight. Knowing if she stayed any longer and her aunt noticed what time it was she would convince her to stay.

   "Michelle seriously why don't you visit often, dad is always working about you" Michael asked his voice oozing concern for his cousin, she was a closed book. She never wants to tell anyone what's wrong with her, so afraid to open up but always put up a brave face.

    "Michael it's not like I'm five, I can take care of my self. Beside I'm always busy with work. "

"I know that, but you know we are your only family here and we are bound to get worried about you." After saying that the both of them walked in silence to her car.

"Mimi about work, is there anything new?" Michael asked as he wriggled his eyebrows, he knew Michelle doesn't like talking about work, she is secretive with her life but even more secretive about her job, so he always try to annoy with questions about her job.

  Michelle did not answer and they both laughed as she enter her car, without answering him. "You didn't answer me but you know I always find out". She rolled her eyes put her window down to let the cool breeze in. She waved at her cousin and drove to her house happily .
 

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  Hi guys I'm sorry I haven't updated in a long time but now I'm back again with an amazing new cover in case you haven't noticed.
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