The Courtship

Anita was still angry at her mother for taking her second phone away without her permission and also travelling with it.

Mrs Bright had returned back home from her elder sister's mansion and Anita had refused talking to her mother nor welcoming her mother either from her travelled journey as Anita vented all her anger and frustration of not seeing Patrick on her mother, blaming her mother as the cause of the whole misunderstanding between her and Patrick.

Hailey walked to check up on Anita in her room as Mr Bright demanded of Anita's presence immediately in their living room, after he got to noticed that Anita was still misbehaving over the her heartbreak that Patrick had caused to her and Mr Bright sent Hailey to went upstairs and called Anita downstairs to meet with him immediately.

Mrs Bright also didn't cared that Anita was angry with her for taking her phone away, as she was a no-nonsense woman and she was happy to heard that Anita hadn't seen Patrick, as she believed with time Anita will came around and forgave her for smuggling her phone away.

Mrs Bright was happy that Anita didn't had Patrick's phone number on her first phone with her, and Mrs Bright knew and later gave Justina, Anita's second phone to gave back to Anita.

It been more than two weeks since when Anita had gone visiting Patrick's home and office, and she was told Patrick had travelled to his village.

Patrick's office secretary didn't even knew where Patrick travelled too either and he just told Anita their boss was on leave when Anita had gone to Patrick's office the last time to inquired about Patrick.

Patrick's secretary didn't obviously knew when Patrick would be returning back to City A, as Patrick took leave from office works whenever he wanted, except there was an emergency order requiring of Patrick to personally attended too.

Anita frowned knowing she hadn't seen Patrick for over a month and heading to two months and she really missed Patrick so much and wanted to settled things with him.

Anita thought about Patrick's baby and she decided that she and Patrick could adopted Patrick's son to come living with them if Patrick's babymama accepted, when they eventually got married.

Anita feared that Patrick had previously told her during their initial stages of dating, that he was in love with someone else but then the news of the child wasn't out.

Anita feared that Patrick was still in love with the child's mother more than her and might wanted to married the child's mother too.

Anita thought about her finally decision for a while and she decided that even if Patrick insisted on wanting to marry his child's mother, she would still be all over Patrick and Patrick would had no other choice than to marries her too as his second wife, besides she loved Patrick so much to now leave him for his child's mother alone.

Anita accepted her fate to be Patrick's second wife as she thought about it and decided to waited for Patrick to returned back to city A and left him knew her finally decision about their relationship since Patrick didn't officially broke up with her and she was the one whom walked out on Patrick the last time and left his home after Patrick told her about having a child with his past love interest.

Knock knock!, Anita heard the knocking on her room door.

"Yes, Who's there?, Come in" Anita replied to the knocked, standing up to go checked up on whom was knocking, and just then Hailey came into Anita's room as Hailey knew Anita was still angry with her for been the one that had took her phone away to gave their mother.

"What do you want?" Anita asked Hailey with narrowed eyes, not staring directly at Hailey as she walked back to sat on the single couch in her room, and picked up a magazine to read.

Anita had bought the magazines to kept up with the buzz happening in City A entertainment industry, as she hasn't had access to her iPhone yet, since her mother was still with her phone.

Anita didn't wanted to went out to welcomed her mother whom has been back since three days as Anita let her mother held her the second phone, since her mother didn't wanted her to spoked to Patrick and she didn't wanted to saw her mother either.

"Can't you talk?. What do you want here, just do and leave here!" Anita thundered as she was visibly still annoyed at everyone in her family house including Hailey.

They were all happy Patrick had broken up with her and Anita subtly wondered the type of family whom would be against their daughter's happiness.

Hailey gently sat down opposite Anita, on Anita's bed and Anita raised her head up from her magazine and stared to Hailey bitterly and Anita spoke, "You're not welcome here, just say whatever you want and leave my room."

Knock knock!

Anita heard another knocking on her room door as she was talking to Hailey and she cussed out, "Yes!, who's that again, seems you all want me to pack out of this house so i can finally have my peace."

Anita ranted and Justina came in and stared to Anita.

"Mom said I should give to you your phone" Justina stretched her hand to gave Anita her phone but Anita waved her off not wanting to accepted her second phone again, and she told Justina, "Just keep it on the bed and leave. Hailey what do you want, I don't want to see you too?" Anita asked as soon as Justina dropped her phone and left her room and Hailey sighed first.

"Hmph.. Are you still angry with me?" Hailey stared at Anita whom frowned and was already tired reading and Anita closed the magazine and took up her phone which Justina has just brought.in and Anita switched it on.

"Anita.." Hailey muttered softly.

"What?" Anita stared at Hailey coldly, as she waited for her phone to boot finish.

"Hailey, you know what?. Am still angry with you for what you did, why're you here, just tell me what you want and leave me alone for now, I need sometime to think and reflect on somethings" Anita said dismissively and Hailey replied, "But I already apologized to you."

"I Know but am still angry with you all, so what do you want now?" Anita kept down her phone and meet Hailey's gazed in her.

"Nothing. Dad asked me to called you that he want to see you now" Hailey said and Anita frowned, hearing what Hailey just stated and Anita asked her, "Why is dad calling me?."

."I don't know. You should go and answer him yourself as Dad seem a bit angry" Hailey responded and Anita reply, "Hmph, okay. Tell Dad am coming."

Hailey stood up and left Anita's room as she went downstairs and told their father that Anita was coming.

Mr Bright was seated in the living room with his wife discussing as Anita finally came out and greeted them, "Good afternoon dad, mom."

Anita hadn't seen her father too in a while since, after he had told her to forgot about patrick.

"Why haven't you been out since for some days now?. Why are you indoor?" Mr Bright asked Anita as he meet Anita's gazed on him.

"Nothing Dad. I don't feel like coming out" Anita replied calmly.

"Even to come welcome me?" Mrs Bright asked pretentiously and Anita stared to her mother.

"No mom, I wanted too.." Anita lied.

"You wanted too indeed" Mrs Bright curt off.

"Well, Why I summoned you here, is about the Marriage proposal from the Days family" Mr Bright said and Anita frowned and she listened to her father.

"Mr Davis propose a date with his son and you, and I want you to behave yourself when you're finally going to see him" Mr Bright informed Anita but Anita's frowned deepened.

"Dad.. I don't like Matthew and won't go on a date with him" Anita refused.

"You should my dear, why don't you like him?" Mrs Bright interject but Anita kept mute

"Matthew is educated than Patrick, from a well to do family and even more influential than Patrick, so what's wrong with you not liking Matthew?" Mrs Bright asked and Anita screamed out, "Mom!."

Anita stared at her mother in disbelieved and Mrs Bright asked her, "What?," Nonchalantly like she never said anything bad earlier.

"Anita here is Matthew's contact details. You will have to call him when you're free and you should prepare going out on a date with him today so you both can get to know each other better" Mr Bright finally said handling over Matthew's contact information card to Anita.

Anita frowned and collected the card from her dad as she didn't said anything next but turn to went back upstairs to her room angrily as her father had previously warned her not to mentioned Patrick to him again, since Patrick already has a child with another woman.

Mr Bright clearly stated to Anita that, "Patrick should go on and marry the child's mother and Anita, you should try and move in too."

Anita went into her room and threw the card her father has given her away on the floor as she didn't wanted to saw Matthew but she knew she couldn't disobeyed her father either so she cried.