Incomplete - Episode 26

 

“phew ………… phew…..phew” the revolving fan overhead, murmurs and whispers. People on white walking up and down; the white bed, white walls, everywhere white. It is certain I am in heaven awaiting judgment

“Oh thank God, you are awake; you have been in coma for long now” Max said rushing to my side 

“Wait, I am not in heaven; where then am I” “where am I” I asked

“in the hospital but you are okay now” 

“Dad” I called out quietly and fresh tears fall from my eyes 

He engulf me in a soothing hug “it’s okay” he said stroking my hair

“Where is Tristy”

“In the other ward; she is in a deep state of shock but we hope she recovers soon”

“And Chris”

“At home” he says and bent his head

“I disappointed him; he has refused talking to me”

I looked at him speechless; truly I don’t know what to say about that “what of Nora” I asked unsure of what I want to hear

He raised his head “she is in the police custody, we have strong evidence against her and Frank is never letting her go free” 

He smiled “I am so proud of you but I wish I curtailed her early enough, it wouldn’t have gotten to this” he said gritting his teeth

I hugged his back; we have passed through a lot of pain to spend the little time together thinking about our past

“Sir here is the files” 

We disengaged from the hug and turned towards the man that just walked in

“Oh Mr. Paul, thank you very much” Max said and collected a bunch of files from him

“What are the files for” I asked peeping into it as he opens it

“It’s the file I prepared for our official partnership” he paused and looked at me “now we need it more  urgently, Nora is laying claims on your company because most of your shares are under her; I have checked your company account and you fighting it alone won’t be of good to you

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. Handover to me and I will never allow Nora come near your company”

I made no argument and signed at the necessary places, now it makes sense to me why Nora acts as if she owns me. I planned on living a quiet life from now and signing with my father will make me just not a normal working lady not a boss

I heaved a sigh of relief as I signed at the last place; he smiled too; that’s the cutest smile I have ever seen. Truly I have missed the father figure in my life; I hugged him again, I hope Chris realized that what we shared was a mutual understanding and likeness as siblings should do.

“Maybe I can give him Tristy” I laugh at my thought 

Max peered at my face “what’s with the laugh; or are you laughing at your old man”

“Nothing” I giggled again

“Paul, please go and buy food for her; she must be very hungry by now”

He bowed and left

“Who is he” I asked 

“My best Pal” he smiled showing how close they really were 

I laughed “Really”

“Yes, he has really helped me in the company; starting from when I found the location of you and your mother but couldn’t do anything for fear of what she would do to you, that was why I approached you through business, courtesy of him”

“and you never remarried”

He smiled “I already have two beautiful and handsome children, what else do I want besides I have had a fair share of troublesome women” 

I nod thoughtfully “and I was even hoping of meeting my young siblings” I said pouting my mouth playfully 

He laughed out loudly “you already have one, just pray he comes back” he bent close to me and whispered “he is very stubborn” 

That cracked me up and we laughed; we spent the whole time catching up on a lot of things. It was never hard to bond with him; I really hope my younger brother understands this

******** (Chris) 

Finally its my Dads birthday, the long awaited day. Bea turns out to be the surprise he has been talking about. I am glad to have my big sister back but lost the love of my life. Its hard to come to terms to that but I cannot blame nature for bringing us together.

“Nora, my mother” I thought and waved it out of my mind to forget that “she is as good as dead to me”

Looking at my old man, I can see he is all smiles; happy that we are united as family. I looked around searching for Bea and found her upstairs with Tristy looking dazzling and pretty; very happy that they wore the cloth I bought for them, blue off shoulder gown showing their slender and fair neck adorned with a golden necklace that cost me fortune; I bet the makeup artist did a very good job on their face and hair packing. I personal called the best make over house in town. They smiled back at me and start coming downstairs; I swear not to take it lightly with any man that play with these ladies, Bea is older than me but the love I feel for her is now turned into the urge to protect her as my sister.

They whispered to each other and Tristy smiled showing her complete set of white teeth with her dimples so inviting. “Maybe I should go with what Bea said, Tristy will make a good match; someone that did that for a friend is someone with a good heart” I had a long talk with Bea last night; we talked about the little memory of our childhood which we can remember, it helped ease my pains and the secret of Tristy being the brain behind the chat with Bea brought smile to my face; I was actually talking with Tristy all this while

I scratched my hair in thoughts, picked two glasses of wine from the usher walking around and walked over to them. I put on my best smile, as I draw closer Bea noticed my move and disappeared “Oh, dam that girl; sisters are the worst in planning ehh”

****** (Bea) 

I noticed Chris difficulty in walking over to us and when he summoned the courage, I have to make way for him to be comfortable so I melted away leaving Tristy to complete what she started

I smiled as I hear him stutter talking to Tristy “this brother of mine” 

“Can I get your attention please” I turned in hearing Max voice boom on the microphone. He cleared his throat and signaled to me, Tristy and Chris to come forward 

We exchanged glances and walked up to the stage. He signaled us to come closer and stand beside him “I am pleased to present to you my two adorable kids and pretty adopted daughter” 

“Daughter” Tristy asked   

He laughed rubbing his small protruded stomach “yes, you sacrificed a lot for my daughter; so you are now part of my family” 

He faced the crowd that turned up for the birthday celebration “I stand in front of all this people telling you that you are welcomed to my family anytime and promise to help out in anything you need from me”. Everybody cheered happily to this 

“come and give this old man a hug” he gestures to us and we hugged him happily.

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. He crossed his hand on my shoulder “my latest business partner” he paused and looked at me 

“Britni; my eldest child”

“Dad” I murmured 

“Allow me to call you that” he leaned closer “it was my mother’s name”

I sniffed, happy that he considered me that important to give his mother’s name

“Thank you Dad” I whispered and hugged him

“Congratulations” filled the air, all his business partners’ present walk up one by one clicking glasses with us congratulating us forgetting the main man celebrating his birthday 

“Now is time for cutting of cake” the MC said and we gathered around him; his name was spelled in full and we cut the cake 

“Now I can die a happy man” Max said after we cut the cake; Mr. Paul slapped his shoulder for saying that 

Foods and drinks were served, everybody ate happily “I know Nora said I am an orphan but Max I mean Dad never made me feel so; I am very glad he adopted me”

Chris and Tristy were at a corner gisting and laughing, grinning from ear to ear. Dad took me round showing me off proudly introducing me as Britni”.

I am going to change my name from Beatrice to Britni, just the mere thought of it makes me feel complete. Thank God for the absence of Nora in my life.

“Meet my Jewel; Britni” Dad said tapping me with pride introducing me to a young man “Britni meet my youngest business mogul, Stan”. I turned to see a young guy wearing a suit which shows off that he is stinky rich.

We exchanged handshakes with a smile; his hands were so soft. I scanned him with my eyes; he is dark, tall, brown eyes to die for and most importantly the broad shoulder that looks so inviting to lie on. Just the way I like my man, I smiled again and slipped my hands away from his. I have to gain control; my Dad disappeared immediately 

“Oh fathers” I wonder

“its nice meeting you, Britni” he says with a thick voice that will make you listen to him talking all day long. He smiled again displaying his white set of teeth as if aware of the effect he has on me

“It’s my pleasure” I muttered collecting the glass of wine he offered me. This must be a long night but most importantly am complete, I am with my family.

I laugh out loudly with what he whispered to my ears and finally I get to rest on that shoulder.

I feel Complete

*The end*

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