Chapter Seventeen

The weather was so cold and chilly .It was one of the coldest weather ever as Clinton threw his legs lazily in the air .He stretched all the possible muscles in his body and rubbed his eyes lazily .

He turned over to the other side of the bed escaping from the heavy blankets that was covered all over his body .

"Good morning ,Jennifer came into the room holding a cup of green tea .

Sorry for disturbing you sir ,she said politely ."

Clinton quickly got up from his bed and put on his slippers .

With his hands on the edges of his bed ,he asked lazily ; what are you doing here this early in the morning ? ,he yawned and quickly smelt nothing but his bad breath of alcohol .

"The thing is that ,Miss Carson ; referring to Liza ,asked me to bring you this green tea for your headache .

Last night you got so drunk that you couldn't control yourself so she assisted you here ,Jennifer said politely ."

Where is Liza ,he asked ?

"Sir ,she left home this morning for an important work .

She asked me to attend to you in case you needed anything ."

Alright ,go now ,he ordered and she did so quickly .

"Oh God ,how could I have gotten drunk to this state .

I guess Liza is angry at me now ,he yawned and moved to the bathroom .

After freshinening up ,he wore the pair of clothes he saw in the wardrobe .

He guessed Liza placed them there.It was a dark green hoodie with a black shorts .

Also ,there was a pair of glasses added to it and Clinton selected one of his favourite .

After dressing up ,he reached for the door and moved downstairs ."

Are you leaving already ? ,Jean said from behind walking majestically down the stairs with a cup of green tea in her hands .

This reminded Clinton that he had not drunk his cup of green tea sent to him by Liza through Jennifer .

No wonder ,he had still been suffering from a serious hangover with it's corresponding headache .

His head was buzzing and it spinned around like set of drums being played .

Nevertheless ,he still managed to turn behind to look at Jean in her jogging outfit .

She tied her hair into a ponytail and stiffened it with a red band .

Her red sweater and her pair of red sneakers matched perfectly as she had combined it with a pair of knickers .

"Brother-in-law or should I call you nephew in law ,she got Clinton's attention with her joke .

You forgot to drink this ; handing him the green tea brought by Jennifer .

In case you don't know ,my niece prepared it with so much love so you can't leave it behind ,she said calmly ."

Eh , so sorry ,I forgot to because I had something else on my mind ,Wales said and took the cup of green tea from Jean's hands and without a second thought ,he had gulped all of it instead of sipping it .

Thanks alot for reminding me of it Jean .I guess I should take my leave now because I'm running late ,he said hastily .

"Clinton ..."

"Yess ,he responded calmly and turned to her ."

If you have something to do ,then do it now because time waits for no man and procrastination is the thief of time .

I know you love my niece alot ; it sounded odd for Jean to refer to Liza as her niece .

She and Liza had only three years age difference and they never considered themselves formally as aunty and niece instead they always behaved like two youthful ladies who were sisters and wanted to enjoy life .

Clinton ,if you love my niece that much then , don't ever let her go .

Fight for her because I can't see her hurt again because of you .

You can go now ,I guess I will have to go back to bed now ,she said and lazily walked back to her room and off the bed she went .

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Through out the whole day ,Clinton was lost in thoughts .

He hummed on Jean's words about Liza and wondered where she'd be .

She was not in the firm and other places he searched for her .

Today ,he was determined to win over Liza 's heart again no matter what happened .

"Jean was right ,I need to fight for her ,he thought .

After a while of driving through the streets of Felicidad City ,he was interrupted by a call from his mum ."

"Mummy ,he said at his end with a low-keyed tone ."

"Come home now ,she said over the other end and hanged up ."

"Mummy ...mummy ... mummy ,he called at the other end and quickly diverted his direction towards home .

He sensed the tension in his mother's voice when she was speaking over the phone and thought that something had happened to her .

He needed to attend to her .He tried reaching Liza and Klara but they were both not picking up the calls.

He left behind voice mails so that they could later attend to it .

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"Mummy ...mummy ,Clinton rushed into the house and banged the door out of tension .

Rushing to the hall immediately ,he stopped in his tracks as he saw his mother comfortably sitting down on the sofa with a glass of red wine in her hands .

To her left side was Liza and her parents ; Ben and Corazon Carson who were seated comfortably on the sofa too.

Liza was on her phone so she didn't pay attention to the tension ,however ,she listened to Clinton's voicemails and ignored them .

On her right was his father ; Marcial and his just discovered aunty ; Camila who also sat comfortably on the sofa with Klara joining them as well .

She had a pair of bluetooth ear pods fixed in her ears and didn't pay attention

to Clinton's tension too.

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Mum ?

What 's all this about ? ,he asked as he adjusted his mood to anger .

"Calm down son ,I'm fine .I just wanted you to come so that you and I and your father can settle out the issues once and for all ,Hazel said and walked towards her son ."