The car finally arrives at the school. Nora and Lily got down and the driver found a place to park. Nora walked into the receiving area. They went through the necessary process and Nora was glad she came with Lily. Finally, it was time for Nora to leave and Lily to be sent to her new class.
Lily felt very sad looking at Nora leave but she didn't cry. The teacher held her little hands and walked her to her class. She tried to cheer Lily up by asking a few questions, but Lily was either quiet or would open and close her mouth like a goldfish.
The teacher finally arrived at Lily's classroom and she handed her over to the class teacher. Lily was sent inside. She saw a lot of other children. They were all looking at her.
"Lily, this is your new class. They are all your new friends" said the teacher smiling.
Lily had no expression on her face as she stared blankly at them. The teacher led her to sit with the children.
"I am Kate," said a little girl once Lily was sitting down comfortably.
"I am Lily" replied Lily.
"Can I be your friend?" asked Kate. Lily looked at her for a while and spoke
"Okay."
"Would you yell at me?" Lily asked.
Kate replied "No, I won't yell at you" Lily smiled at her.
Like that the day went by and Lily was delighted to meet people of her age. She started loving the place and was getting excited. They played songs, painted and did lots of fun things. Lily made some more friends as Kate introduced her to her friends. Lyla, Agnes and Nina.
Towards the end of the day, another child was brought in. A 7-year-old boy, very handsome with curled black hair. He had blue eyes but a cold expression on his face. Lily couldn't help but stare at the boy.
Kate said, "He is back, he will run away again before anyone knows it"
Lily turned to look at Kate" Why?"
"I don't know. I think he doesn't like school" replied Kate.
Lily turned and continued staring at the boy. The boy finally sat down behind the round table next to Lily.
Lily smiled at him and asked, "You don't like it here?"
The boy turned and looked at Lily furrowing his brow and said nothing. He turned and decided to look straight at nothing. Lily was not bothered by the boys' unresponsive behaviour because she is used to that sort of response from her Aunty Abigail said
"I am Lily, I will stop bothering you now"
The boy did not even look at her this time. Lily put her forefinger to her chin, tilted her head slightly and as if a light bulb lighted in her head she asked
"Did you have a nightmare?"
The boy was stupefied by Lily's question. He opened his mouth to speak but closed it again without saying anything.
Lily continued talking "Here, have some chocolate it will make you feel better and you won't have nightmares again"
The boy's mouth dropped open, looking at Lily and the chocolate in her hand. Kate was about to tell Lily to stop when the boy spoke.
"Who told you chocolate stops nightmare?"
Kate and the other children were surprised. They have never heard him speak. Kate asked in broken sentences
"You, you...can... can talk?" The boy shot Kate a look and went back to a silent mood.
Lily, not sure what was happening, replied to the boy's question.
"My Aunty, aunty Nora. My Aunty Abigail often angrily yells at me because she had a nightmare. Aunty Nora told me I should give her space and chocolate and she would be fine. Well, Aunty Nora told me to give her space. I thought of adding chocolate" she said feeling very proud of her idea.
The boy couldn't help smiling at how naive she was. He wanted to tell her chocolate doesn't stop nightmares but decided to let her dream on for a while. He looked at Lily who smiled at him. Her smiles made him smile too. He didn't know why he smiled back at her but he felt good inside. Kate looked at him like she had seen a ghost and looked at Lily but said nothing.
Soon the school session was over. Before the boy could leave, Lily grabbed his hand and asked
"What is your name?"
The boy stared at Lily's face for a while. Lily smiled. He was forced to smile again.
"Why am I smiling," He thought.
He wanted to get out of the place quickly as he was beginning to feel awkward standing in front of a girl who made him do things he wouldn't do. He turned and was about to leave when he heard Lily's broken voice like she was about to cry
"You won't tell me your name"
He didn't know why but her sad broken voice made him sad, he turned and looked at her. Looking at the sadness on her face he realizes he preferred her smiles and would want to see her smile.
"Derrick, Derrick Mingles".
Lily smiled and said, "Can I be your friend?"
"Yes, you can. I have to go now," said Derrick.
Lily said bye to him and he left. She quickly returned to Kate and her friends. They all walked to the waiting area and waited for their parents to come for them.
"Is your mummy coming for you?" asked Kate.
"No, my mum is in heaven" replied Lily.
"Oh! So, who is coming to pick you up," asked Kate.
Before Lily could reply, the driver called out to her. "Lily it is time to go home. Say bye to your friends"
"Bye Kate, Lyla, Nina, Agnes, I will see you all tomorrow," said Lily and she left with the driver.
Kate said to Nina "Her dad is very nice."
Kate's parents arrived soon after and took her away. Lyla and Nina left together with Nina's parents. Agnes was picked up later by her cousin.
Lily got home at 6 pm. Nora quickly bathed her and took her to the dining area to eat.
Derrick sat in the back seat of the Rose Royce. He seems to be lost in his own thoughts. The driver looked at him twice from the rear-view mirror. He smiled to see Derrick's calm demeanour. He was usually giving off a very cold demeanour.George asked, "School was fun today?"Derrick said nothing but rather gave him a cold stare and turned to look outside the window. The driver smiled and the ride continued in silence.The Mingle family is extraordinarily rich and powerful. They own the entertainment industry, ten luxurious hotels and five Estates. For anyone to leave in any of their Estates you must be a top government official or extraordinarily rich and powerful. Fifteen minutes passed and the car arrived at the villa. Derrick got out of the car, gave the butler a nod and walked straight into the house. Derrick changed his shoes and headed for the stairs leading to his room. Before he could enter his room, his dad called out to him from his study. Derrick opened the door and thre
In a city called Villa Milpa Alta, a borough in Mexico City which lies in the southeast corner of the nation's capital, bordering the State of Mexico and Morelos. It is the second-largest and most rural of all the boroughs with the lowest population. "Yes, when is she arriving," the man on the call asked."Okay, that is no problem at all. You just need to give me my usual" He said laughing sarcastically.He put the receiver back on the phone. Just then the door opened and the cold wind blew in. Standing at the door was a woman in a black chevron maxi puffer coat. She had her face covered with a black scarf and wore sunglasses. She walked into the inn and politely gave the man a gentle nod in greeting. She placed a gold card with a tiger symbol on the counter. The man looked at it and said to the woman."Come with me." The man used the back door of the inn and the lady followed him. At Shawn's residence, Lily was happy about her newfound friends, especially Derrick. She enjoys going
Lily, upon exiting the coffee shop, runs into someone causing her to spill her coffee and burn her hand in the process. She wanted to lash out at the person for spilling her coffee but she recognized the person to be Derrick, Derrick Mingles her childhood friend. Without thinking, Lily placed the coffee down on the table next to her and hugged him. The man was taken aback by the lady's sudden hug and was unable to react. "Derrick, Derrick, I am so happy to see you again. I miss you so much, really really miss you" Lily said in one breath happily while hugging the man. "What did you say?" came the voice of a lady. Lily moved back from the man to see a woman who appears to be in her early thirties. She had rather a cold expression on her face. She was wearing a tailor-made glamorous dress. You can tell by just looking, that the fabric used in making the dress is very expensive. The dress was long and flowy with a split side. With one leg forward and hands akimbo she revealed a rather
The first thing Nora noticed about Lily when she walked to the kitchen was the red patch on her hand. Surprised she asked"What happened to your hand""Huh! O, that, just a little accident" replied Lily.She was not ready to share the details of what led to the burn on her hand. Nora who was very concerned drew closer to Lily to inspect her hand."Don't worry Aunty Nora, I just spilt coffee on my hand accidentally?" said Lily trying to calm Nora down with the excuse it was nothing."What happened, how did you spill the coffee to sustain such a serious burn" enquired Nora."Errrrr, I missed my step and spilt the coffee? coffee," Lily said clearing her throat."Yes, does what happened" she lied.Nora shot her a look, with a calm expression on her face and a much more relaxed posture she asked"Interesting. Have you become so smart now you think you can lie to me?" asked Nora"Huh, no no, aunty Nora" she stammered"Okay then, tell me, what happened exactly," asked Nora getting the first
Lily was in a hurry to join her friends to listen to their school band perform but bump into Derrick by accident who caught her and prevented a fall. The two had their eyes locked on each other for 10 seconds before snapping back to reality.Derrick let go of Lily after she had steadied herself but the two could not stop staring at each other in silence.Lily had a mixed feelings of surprise and embarrassment. She smiled awkwardly and lowered her beautiful long eyelashes. Derrick broke the silence"What is your name""Lily, Lily Shawn" She replied smiling awkwardly.Derrick wanted to ask if they have met before because he was getting the feeling of familiarity seeing her again but he stopped himself before he could ask and ended up rather asking"What brought you here""Oh!, an old school reunion party" replied Lily.Lily was feeling a mixture of joy and fulfilment within herself. Even though she could not explain why she was feeling that way about him looking at the situation now, sh
Derrick never cared about who he ended up with as a life partner until he met Lily. On his bed, with his hand behind his head and staring at the roof of his room, he found himself thinking about not disappointing his father and also not disappointing himself. He needs to give himself a chance to know what it means to care for someone.Until he met Lily he didn't know one can have an undeniable attraction toward anyone. Even though he couldn't define what he feels for Lily he could not deny the sense of belonging he felt both times he met her. He smiled reminiscing about the two instances Lily landed in his arms. His lips curled upwards. He recalled her innocent face, the purity in her big brown eyes. her plump pink lips. He wanted to know what her lips would taste like. He was in his dreamy thought when his phone buzzed and interrupted him. He picked up the phone and checked the caller, Marcus his PA's name flashed on the screen. He picked up the call"Speak""Our trip to New York Cit
Derrick, using the back exit of the hotel went straight to the car park and drove out of the premises toward his hotel. He kept hitting the steering wheel of the car. "Fuck, fuck" he said through gritted teeth. "How can I be so stupid" "Fuck!" His emotion had an impact on the way he was driving as he ran through a few red lights and a couple of times he almost hit other cars in his anger. "Hey, watch where you are going, idiot" shouted an unknown angry driver he almost hit. Derrick didn't have time to care about what the angry driver said. He just wanted to get to his hotel. Derrick completed half an hour trip in 15 minutes. He drove straight into the car park, using the ground floor elevator he went up into the hotel, grabbed his room keys from the reception and went straight to the third floor of the hotel. He unlocked his door and entered. Bang! he slammed the door shut. He walked straight to the bar in his room poured himself some drinks and gulped down 3 glasses before taking
Lily did not expect to meet Derrick in the hotel she was lodging. She is not sure if it's just a mere coincidence or if Derrick is deliberately following her. She believed the latter. Derrick must be following her. "Does it mean he has been watching her since their meeting at the shop?" She thought to herself. With this realization, she got up to leave but Derrick caught her hand before she could "I don't think you want to create a scene here. (Lily looked at the number of people in the restaurant, she frowned and sat back down). I have a reservation for a private room. Please come with me, it will be more comfortable there" "I don't want to," Lily said with traces of anger in her voice. "Lily, I am sorry for everything I did. Please just give me a chance to explain myself. There is something really important I want to tell you" Derrick said with all honesty. Lily stared at him and she could tell from his eyes he was sincere. "Please Lily" Derrick begged. Her heart softens looki