Chapter 152

The party ended and everyone was happy the way everything went smoothly. It was time for departure of the family members, everyone member of the family who lived outside of the UK left the following day, except Margaret. She waited till the second day before leaving. This gave her the opportunity to discuss with her Grand pa on the next line of action. They agreed that once she got back to the US, she should try seducing Mike to sleep with her once again, perhaps to he might begin to have a change of mind towards her. 

On the day of their departure, Mike and the other few members of the house hold met and had a chat. They were hopeful that they would meet again soon, even though what they meant and what Mike understood were two different things. After the short meeting with them and Grand Pa who tried persuading Mike to promise him a regular visit, Mike and Margaret left for the US. 

While in the cab on their way to the airport, it looked as if a heavy burden was lifted off Mike's shoulder, his countenance also changed. He became more sociable and interacted with Margaret. He was initiating topics after topics, asking questions and answering when Margaret asked. Margaret was happy to see him in that mood, but she wasn't so comfortable that it was while they were leaving. She felt there was something about it that she need to know, she knew that Mike was a very smart person, so she had to run through her mind to see if there was anything or anyway she had behaved towards him that probably might have given an impression revealing her plan. 

When she couldn't think of any, she settled her mind and got close to him holding his hand, she kissed he back of his palm. The ride to the airport took about 30 minutes, it seemed that the cab driver knew his way around town better than the one that picked them up on arrival. They got to the airport right on time and the driver helped in getting their luggages down. Mike paid him and he left. He took a trolley and packed their luggages on it, allowing Margaret walk by his side with only her hand bag, while he pushed the trolley. 

The waiting time for the flight was less than 45 minutes, after they had checked in their luggages and gone through routine checks. They took a seat at a coffee shop in the waiting hall, it was a cool and quiet place, Mike ordered for two cups, while they waited, all of a sudden Margaret began to throw up. She had to hurry down to the restroom so as to avoid messing the environment up. Mike rushed to meet her in there, he had to wait at the door since she entered the ladies. It took a few minutes before she came out.

A look at her face Mike could see that she wasn't strong, he asked that they cancel their trip and get back home so she would take care of herself, buy Margaret refused. Rather she opted for Avomin, some kind of tablet that would prevent her from vomiting. Mike went to the mini pharm within he airport premise where he got one, this was possible after few questions from  the medical doctor on seat. When he returned, Margaret took he dose as advised, then Mike paid for the coffee. He took his while the other for Margaret was retuned. 

After a while, the speaker came alive and the voice announced the readiness of the Boeing flight to the US. Mike and Margaret had to join the queue, by this time, Margaret seemed to he got a little better. Moreover she knew that if she was identified as being sick, she wouldn't fly. They boarded and in few minutes again, the flight took off the run way and up the air they went. Mike helped cover Margaret with a blanket as he pulled down her seat making her have a comfortable position for sleep. Margaret to thanked him for caring, though she was actually not sound, but she was making sure she took advantage of the sickness. She was making it look more serious than it was, just so that upon arrival to the US, Mike wouldn't just leave her back to his hotel. 

Mike on his part, wasn't comfortable with the new development, it wasn't because Margaret sickness would delay him from leaving for Africa, that wouldn't be a problem, he had already made up his mind not to leave her in such a condition. The main source of concern for him was what happen few minutes ago at the coffee shop. The little knowledge he had about women throwing up, was that it mostly happen when they were pregnant. He began to ask himself the obvious question, "does it mean Margaret was pregnant?" It was more of a rhetorical question and he alone could answer. He knew that right from the night he got drunk and couldn't tell how he did sleep with her, his mind hadn't rested. He had to think very fast on how best to handle this before it blows out of hand.

Chase settled in, the hotel was a big one so it took quite some time before he checked in. Once he got into his room, before logging into the system to check his mail, he made the call. Olivia couldn't wait for the phone to ring out, she was with her phone when the call came in, as soon as it vibrated, she hurriedly picked the call. Already she had seen the name and knew who it was that called. 

Chase apologized for his delay in reaching her, then he told her that he did not board the flight back to Paris. Olivia restrained herself from responding, she didn't want Mira and Lucy to know who and what she was discussing. Chase sensed something about her background, with that understanding, he continued without waiting for her response. He explained how he got call for a duty which coincidentally was to be carried out in UK. It was at that point that Olivia laughed, she told Chase, jokingly though, that he would pay her for sending him to where he was needed thereby making things easy for him. Chase couldn't hold it, he laughed loudly at the joke, after which he continued. 

Olivia was stunned at the strategy Chase adopted in doing his job. She could only imagine how the lady felt, the trauma she would have gone through after Chase had left. She had known Chase and how mean he could handle people especially during interrogations. That by the way, now that she had known what actually happened, she would have to seek counsel before taking any decision. Her annoyance was on why Mike would get involved in such an act, he would have known that such thing could happen. She recalled her earlier discussion with her sister Mira and how they came to the conclusions that men are always easily lured and deceived. 

When she got off the phone, she turned to Lucy and hugged her. She told her that she was right after all. She then opened up on how she had sent Chase to do an undercover at the party. The rest of the story was like a dream to Lucy and Mira. When Lucy found out that it was Chase that actually held her contact, she began to laugh. 

Mira was watching her sister tell her story, she knew that she could do such a thing, but her surprise was that for the first time, she didn't hint her of such plan. When she asked why she behaved in like manner, Olivia told her it was spontaneous. She understood and forgave, but mentioned that she was lucky things didn't get ugly because it would have cost a lot to handle since it was outside the country.

When Mira had done talking, Lucy turned to Olivia and asked her what she planned doing, having known that Mike hadn't any pre wedding plan nor was he engaged with any other lady. Olivia chose not to answer the question directly, rather she told Lucy, that she would love to know the reason why Mike chose to help the lady by playing the role of a suitor thereby allowing himself to be used. She took the opportunity to tell them the story behind Mike's trip to the UK and how it landed him in the trouble he was. 

It was actually at that moment that Mira and Lucy got to know what led Mike to the house. All of them became dumb, the room was as silent as a grave. Olivia had to break the silence by asking them to think things through and advise her sincerely on what to do and how to do it. She asked so because at that moment she was already confused.