There She Is!

After her conversation with Pete, Kathleen returned to her office and tried to act like everything was normal despite the fact that she knew nothing was going to remain the same again.

"What happened? What did he say?" They all asked eagerly the moment she came within view.

"It's nothing; he just wanted to find out something from me," Kathleen said in a flippant tone that told them to mind their business as she returned to her seat.

After sitting down, she decided to formulate a new timetable for herself so she could function well in all her capacities.

She twirled the pen in her hand as she thought about what to write in the journal, and after giving it a thought for some minutes, she dropped the pen.

Maybe it was time to stop planning every move and just be spontaneous. What she needed was to learn to live more by taking each day as it came instead of making too many plans.

So, having come to that conclusion, Kathleen threw her journal back into her drawer.

She tried to focus on the work in front of her, and by the time she finished, it was closing hour already. It was as though everyone was waiting for the clock to hit 5 PM, because the moment it was 5 PM, everyone stood up and picked up their bags or whatever they came to work with.

As they all trooped outside, they were surprised to see Pete standing by his car with his daughter.

"There she is!" Amanda exclaimed the moment she saw Kathleen, making her colleagues look at her curiously.

Pete, who had been leaning against his car, straightened up when he saw Kathleen approaching.

"I'm sorry. I told her about it, and she wanted to wait and see you before we leave," Pete explained, looking slightly embarrassed by the way the staff was looking at them.

"Let's give her a lift," Amanda suggested excitedly.

"No, o! That won't be necessary, thank you," Kathleen said with a small smile.

"Why not? Someone is coming to pick you up? Your boyfriend or perhaps an Uber?" Pete asked, making Kathleen want to laugh.

Uber ke? Who dash monkey banana? She would have preferred to lie that her boyfriend was coming to pick her up, but she quickly reminded herself that she was a Christian.

No telling of lies. Before giving her life to Christ, she used to be a very good liar. She lied so well that people came to her to get inspiration when they wanted to tell lies. But now she couldn't do that again.

"No. I just don't want to inconvenience you," Kathleen said with a polite smile.

Of course, receiving a lift from them was going to spare her so much stress. It was better to be stuck in traffic in a beautiful Mercedes-Benz GLK than to be stuck in traffic on a bus, rubbing body with sweaty market women and dirty laborers, but she also didn't want them to know where she lived.

She was just going to have to tell him to drop her off on a different street, closest to hers or probably a couple of compounds away.

"That won't be any bother. I would like for you both to use the short time to get to know each other better," Pete said as he held open the car door for her to get into the car.

Kathleen's eyes darted to the side, and she winced when she noticed that her colleagues were going green with envy.

'Well, I didn't ask for any of this,' She told herself as she got into the back seat of the car with Amanda.