Chapter 93

Chapter 93

I simply ignored her while she laughed her soul and body away but her laughter is making me so uncomfortable right now and I don't know how to tell her about it. She laughed for a while before she became silent but honestly speaking, the traffic congestion here is far more worse than the ones I have experienced in New York, we have spent up to one hour and traffic is still very tight it just looks as if there is nobody controlling it. "Does the traffic congestion last very long here?", I asked looking so exhausted of being in one position, "That's how it is over here, Lagos is one of the most crowded places in Nigeria and everyone wants to live here because of the amazing opportunities but you will get used to it very soon", she replied.

  "Get used to what!. No way, how can I get used to staying in one position, for hours simply because of a traffic delay. What if I have something urgent to attend to?", I asked looking so furious. "If you feel you can't wait, then why don't you come down from the car and try your best to resolve the traffic issue", she replied. I came down from the car as she instructed and when I turned to my back, the huge pile of smoke passed my nostrils made me to start coughing and spitting our saliva like a pregnant lady, the smoke is choking me badly so I had to rush inside the car and close the door with an extreme force.

Aunt Stella looked at me with anger in her eyes, she didn't like that way I shut the door because that would have led to a damage if I wasn't careful. "How do you feel now?", she managed to ask after she became calm again. "Please let me just stay inside her, a huge pile of smoke just attacked me right now. I will be patient till we get to your house", I replied trying to catch some fresh air, thank God she turned on the air conditioner. "That's good, at least you will keep your mouth shut till we arrive home", she replied.

  The cars started moving and not long enough, the road was free for everyone to drive and my aunt increased her speed, seems she is also tired of the hold up on the road. About few minutes later, we got a huge gate and on getting there, she brought a card and gave it to one of the security guards who looked like a human hulk, this guy is so huge and a punch from him would send anyone to the grave instantly but don't quite get the reason why she's handing a card to the security before she can enter her own house?. "Why do you have to give the security guards a card before you can enter your own house?", I asked out of curiosity, "This is an estate and I don't own the estate, I only own a house in it and that's why I have to show them my card to prove that i live here", she replied

She drove inside and the houses I saw were quite attractive to the eyes, some were far more beautiful than the ones I saw in Atlanta Georgia. "But what if you lost the card somewhere you can't even remember. How will you now gain access to your house", I asked looking so curious. "I will simply make a call to the estate manager and it will be sorted out without any delay", she replied, we kept moving round for a while and she finally drove into a luxurious mansion.

  The mansion is really beautiful and I must say that my aunt is living well in Nigeria. "Welcome to my little paradise Andrew", she said after stepping down from the car, I came down too so that I could observe the new environment because this is my first time here, "This looks nice", I complemented. "Thank you darling, let's get your things inside so that you can meet my fiance", she replied

I never knew she was even engaged to a guy, seems she would be getting married very soon. We both walked inside and when I got into the living room, I was stunned by the beautiful art works on the wall and the magnificent design which is almost identical to the one in my dad's mansion, I kept staring at the walls until she walked passed me and climbed upstairs with my big traveling bag in her hands. And to my delight, I saw a tall handsome dude walking down the stairs and they bumped into each other which eventually led to a passionate kiss, I had to look away because such actions makes me feel uncomfortable, the guy has a dark skin tone and a muscular body statue which somehow makes me feel that he exercises all the time. "Babe, meet my Nephew that I was telling you about the other day", she said after their long passionate kiss.

  The guy turned to me and he waved at me with a smile. "You must be Andrew right?", he asked, "Yes, nice meeting you", I replied. He walked up to me to give me a warm handshake while my aunt continued her journey upstairs, "I have heard a lot about you, my name Stanley and I'm your aunt's future husband", he replied with a broad smile on his face. His beards made him look like beast, coupled with the fact that he has a muscular body shape.

"Once again, it's nice to meet you", I replied, "So what brings you to this great country?", he asked. Seriously, now is not the perfect time to start asking questions, he is just seeing me for the first time in his entire life and now he wants to start bugging me with questions. "I need to rest first before answering any of your questions, I'm so tired right now", I replied trying my best now to sound rude. "Oh, please forgive inquisitive nature, let me take you to your room", he replied and we both walked upstairs till we got to a particular room.

  My aunt was already arranging my stuffs in the room and she was surprised to see us "Hey, guess you guys have introduced yourselves. This your room, I will head over to the kitchen to prepare some food and I will call you once it's ready, hope that's okay?", she asked. "Yeah, that would be nice. Thank you so much", I replied and went straight to lay down on the bed because the only thing on my mind is sleep....

Phillips POV 

 I was quite relieved when is saw Andrew entering the flight and I'm pretty sure he must have landed in Nigeria. Let me call his aunt to find out the situation of things over there. "Good afternoon sir,"  Stella replied immediately after picking the call, "How is the situation of things?. Hope you have picked Andrew from the airport?", I asked.

   "Yes sir, he didn't even seem to recognize me anymore, it's been a long while since he last saw me", she replied. Actually that's a fault on my part because I didn't allow Andrew to come visit her in Nigeria because of some little circumstances, she was the one who travelled all the way from Nigeria to from visit him and my wife has complained severely about it till she eventually got tired. "Oh, so that means you guys are heading home right?", I asked, "We are already at my place and he is taking a nap as we speak", she replied

"Okay, that's not a problem but I would like to discuss something with you and I don't know if you are free?" I asked, "You can discuss it with me sir, I'm just trying to prepare some meal for everyone in the house but you can still talk to me", she replied. "Alright, I would like to talk to you about Andrew's character, because he has changed over the years and I don't want you to be surprised when he starts exhibiting it", I replied.

  "what kind of character are you talking about?", she asked, "Well, Andrew has become quite rude this past few years and he finds it really hard to change his rude manner and that's why I want you to assist him to achieve better results in his character and if you notice, he is quite fragile and he doesn't know how to do any house chores because my servants attend to everything in the house, so I would like you to simply ignore him if he refuses to assist you with any duties or house chores", I replied.

"That's not an issue then, I have a personal maid who comes to clean my house in the morning and in the evening. I don't stress myself at all so that won't be any issue because he won't even need to do anything in the house and when will he resume at his new work place?", she asked. "That depends on him, he can start in two days time. Hope there is no problem?", I asked, "Not at all, I was only asking so that I can create time to drive him around Lagos and show him some areas and the route to his workplace because I'm a very busy woman and I hardly have time for anything else other than what's important to me", she replied.

  "I understand, just try to show me the major route to his work place, he will become more familiar with the other routes as time goes on", I replied. "Yeah, how is my sister faring?", she asked. "She's good, I think she might be at home now. She won't find it easy to stay all alone by herself especially now that Andrew won't be with us anymore", I replied. "I understand, she will get over it pretty soon all you need to do is to be by her side at all times and don't let her be alone so that she won't start thinking too much", she replied

"Alright then, I will talk with you later if there is any new development", I replied. "Okay, I'm always open to any new information on ground", she replied and hang up the call. I checked my time and it's exactly 4PM, I better start heading home before this woman starts disturbing my phone lines with her calls. "Waiter, please bring my bill", I called out to the pretty lady standing by the table.

  I felt like going out to drink in a place that a little bit far from home, I'm not used to drinking but the urge kicks in whenever I start thinking too much, my health is generating slowly and if not for my doctor, I would have been long gone by now. "Here is your bill sir", the waiter called out to me while with a white paper containing the prices of everything that I have bought so far, I simply brought out my ATM card and paid for everything without even looking at the bill twice

I got back home around 7PM Andi was quite surprised when the maid told me that my wife is already asleep. What would make her sleep so early?. I simply walked straight to her room to see what was happening and I found her lying down on the bed with her eyes wide open. "Where are you coming from sweetheart?" she asked softly. "I went to the bar to drink for a while", I replied and took of my clothes so that I could take my bath.

  "So you spent almost eight hours at the bar drinking?, is there anything going through your mind that you would like to share with me?", she asked. Deep down, I feel like opening up to her about everything, including my health status and what I'm passing through secretly, but that would only make her panic and I don't want that at all so it's better I remain quiet till the right time comes. "Nothing is going on, just felt like drinking something. Did I commit any crime?", I asked