Chapter 7
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It's been six distraught months since the passing of our parents. I have stories that could last a lifetime.
I stared at my short wavy hair,rapidly combing through it with my fingers,adjusting my knee length flowery gown. I applied some lipgloss,and a little blush to my cheeks. I have a date....yeah,you heard that right, I, priscillia teni Lawson was going on a date.
Marvel was a former classmate of mine,back in college,we met a few weeks ago and exchanged contacts,and you can guess the rest.
I made my way downstairs,careful not to run into anyone in my three inches heel.
"You look good." Diana complimented.
I blew her a kiss." Thank you,I just hope I don't fuck this up,am not a fancy restaurant kind of girl."
" You won't."She reassured.
" How's Cecilia now?"
" Same,I think she's going cray. She won't even eat." She reported.
"Any word from Davis yet?"
She shook her head. Turns out Davis was still mad about Cecilia's options on his car,he left,early the morning after that awkward kiss. I still brush my lips,and it's been two weeks.
The doorbell rang. "And that's my cue. Call me if anything happens, anything at all."
"I will.......... Have fun."She bid.
" I doubt......that." I said under my breadth, opening the door. "Hey marvel."
"Hi Priscilla,you look amazing." He said.
Marvel Harrison was a short stubby handsome guy,he was a doctor,and was doing very well for himself.
"Shall we?" I asked making my way to his car.
"We shall."
Two hours later
"........my mom still cries till today,she wanted me to be a banker,or a lawyer. She hates the sight of blood and she doesn't want me anywhere near it. But then am like if I didn't become a doctor,i might just go crazy." He laughed.
I smiled sipping my glass of champagne.
" It's been five years since we last saw each other,alot of time has passed....did I tell you I bought some shares in one of the biggest hotels in Nigeria here?"
I shook my head.
" Can't believe I haven't,How about you take a guess?"
" Hmmn, probably transcorp Hilton or eko hotels and suite." I offered.
" You are so wrong." He laughed,in my mind I was like...nigga that was so not funny."I'll give you another guess,it's in Abuja."
"Sorry,those are the only ones in my head right now. I don't do alot of travelling."
He looked surprised." I have a very tight schedule, but I still manage to get out as often as I can. My last trip was to ibadan and I couldn't drive in traffic,so I took a flight. It was about twenty minutes or less........" He kept rambling.
I zoned out,fiddling with the chains on my mini bag. It's been over thirty minutes since we arrived and he has been on it,non stop. I could count how many words I have said ever since.
"............the ladies were hysterical and kept yelling at me to leave the gym. It was really funny and I would tear up with laughter whenever I remembered. ...."
" We should order." I interrupted. Waving a waitress over.
" Yeah,we should." He agreed.
The lady handed us two menus." Snail pepper soup." I decided.
"I'll have the chicken pepper soup." He answered, returning the menus.
The lady left." You eat snails?" I nodded,if I didn't eat it,would I order it,this dude was really dumb.
"So uhm,how is it being your own boss?" He asked taking my right hand to his.
I shrugged."It's........"
"I mean I get it, can't wait till I own my hospital and all that money goes into my account. I'm not saying the pay is not good enough,but it's different compared to what I would make for myself." He interrupted.
I was bored at this point,he was really clueless,little wonder he's still single at 37.
The lady returned with our order and I snatched my hand from his. Heaven knows I tried my best .
"I told my mom about you and she would really like to meet you, between me and you,I think she's planning a wedding already." He informed.
" Marvel...marvel,where I come from,we don't talk while eating. Especially spicy foods." I instructed.
" My apologies. Enjoy ur meal. This is really nice,I should leave a tip for the waitress. About 2k,or what do you think?"
I sighed....this was hopeless.
"........ My mom makes us this killer stew, my sisters abroad would pack it back with them whenever they came home and were going back. I took some to my office the other day and everyone wanted to have a taste. It couldn't go round though. I'll tell her to prepare some when we decide to go see her. "
I sighed looking at my watch." Do you like see your mom every weekend, no offense but you won't stop talking about her? "
" Weekends.... Nope, we stay together. She lives with me. Since she got separated from my dad,we've been together. Going on three years now."
My jaw dropped." What happens when you get a girlfriend,or probably a wife?"
"She's still gonna be around. I love my mom alot."
Ladies and gentlemen,that was my cue AGAIN....that was if I still wanted to give this another shot. A live-in mother-in-law, like seriously!!!!
" I know this is probably gonna sound a little rushed. I like you a lot,and I would really love to........"
My phone rang. God knows I didn't want to hear the rest of that sentence.
"Hello Diana."
"I honestly didn't want to spoil your date, Cecilia fainted,I rushed her to the hospital. I think you need to come over." She said panicking.
" I'll be right over." I ended the call." I need to go."
" What,why.... I was still planning to take you to a club,I have the day off tomorrow,we could spend the night over at my place."
" No thanks, with your mom as a live audience. No offense marvel, but you've unintentionally made this date my worst."I picked up my bag.
" I'll call you." He offered
" Please don't!" I rejected." Will you pay for the bill or should I?"
" Pay yours."He seethed obviously getting angry.
" Bye." I bid, I saw him making a call while I payed for my meal at the front desk. Probably calling his mom. TYPICAL!!!!
"What happened to Cecilia?" I asked Diana as we both made our way into a ward.
" I went to her room to call her for dinner as usual,then I noticed she didn't say the usual 'not hungry.' I knocked,no reply,then I used the spare keys. I found her in the bathtub. Luckily,she didn't turn on the tap. Or this would have been a real mess."
" Hi cee." I waved as I sat beside her on the bed.
" Heard you went out on a date huh?" She asked tiredly.
I nodded "Shouldn't have though, t'was a disaster."
"Miss Lawson,the test we carried out,confirms that you're two months pregnant." The doctor said coming in.
" Oh God no!!!" Diana screamed,the blood rushing to her face. She looked like she was about to faint.
"You're not on the pill, you don't use protection, my goodness Cecilia,a baby!!" I yelled
" I was on the pill before,I got tired of them,and Davis didn't like protection." She cried.
" Excuse me ladies." The doctor left.
" I honestly cannot believe this....." I said walking out of the room. I rest my back on the door,drawing deep breaths. Turns out my worst nightmares were rapidly approaching reality.
" Priscy!!! Priscilla help....." I heard Cecilia yelling and I ran back in. Diana had fainted too.
"Doctor!!!!" I screamed.
I was exhausted....... honestly hoping she's not pregnant too. I could only deal with one pregnancy news a day.
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"So you didn't like the mummy's boy huh?" Jude asked making himself comfortable on the kitchen counter.
" I could deal with the short visits and the visitation when we have babies. But long term,I can't deal. I just can't. No offense." I replied pouring the sliced plantains in the oil. I was making us plantain and fried eggs.
"So,did you ever tell your sister about that....kiss?"
I turned to face him,holding the hot spoon up as a weapon." Our relationship was already upturned,telling her would only make things worst."
" So,did it ever happen again?"
I shrugged,turning back to turn over the plantain." About once or twice,and then he groped my ass once." I heard Jude jump down from the counter,to stand beside me.
"And what did you do?"
"I would really love to demonstrate if you don't move back right now." I threatened.
I removed the fried plantain, placing another sets into the oil.
He laughed. "You're going to kick me in my baby making factory."
I nodded." Davis really has God behind him,I was dead sure I crushed his nuts." I turned to Jude." Don't make me do the same to you."
" My mom would hunt you down. Don't mess with a lawyer's son." He threatened.
" Your mom is a lawyer?" I asked turning back to my plantain.
" Yeah,my dad is a banker. My sisters are pilot,fashion designer and a blogger/brand influencer respectfully."
" Three?"
" Two,a cousin turned sister is the youngest. You should meet them soon. I told my mom about you already."
" Mommy's boy huh?" I asked raising a brow. I love the fact that I could do that.
" You can say that again."He winked.
"My last experience with a mommy's boy was a disaster." I reminded.
" I have a feeling this is gonna be different. My mom told me to live everyday as it comes."
I poured the sizzled egg into another pan of hot oil.
"I've been meaning to ask,the girl Davis brought over to our house, diana, is there any updates about her. The police claims she has disappeared. Am a little worried about her."
" I did ask around, no one has any info. Let's just hope for the best."
" Food is ready." I declared.
" About time. Local man is starved." He whined.
Typical mommy's boy.
Tell a quick story of your worst date ever.
Mine : we went out to see a movie. I think it was ocean's eight, Last two or three years. This dude slept off about twenty minutes into the movie,and he started snoring,really loud. I tried to wake him,he wouldn't bulge. Heavy sleeper. I got lot of stares from people. (I hate attention.) I had to leave him,and watch the rest of the movie on Netflix. I blocked and deleted his number straight up.
Call me crazy,I dare you 👁️👁️
Chapter 7 boys and girls....whew😰😰
Despite the fact that my tired is tired.
See you in the next chapter 💆💆💆
