“Is Gisela in?”Pam had knocked at the door. It was Dashiell who answered.“She went to the market.”“I will come around another time then.”“She will soon be back. It’s been a long she went to the market. You look troubled. Are you fine?”Pam came in and dropped her head in a damp mood.“Please have a seat.”Pam took a seat beside him and started crying hot tears.Dashiell allowed her to express herself, handing her a clean napkin to wipe her tears.“So tell me why are you crying?”She narrated the whole ordeal to him.“He was at the airport. Possibly he had an engagement he was running late for. Just like your mum said, if he is not married – he will be back and he will look for you.”“But why couldn’t he just ask for my contact? How is he going to look for me if he doesn’t know my whereabouts?”“Don’t you worry about that? If you are fated to be with him, you’ll both find each other.”“Seeing him today aroused feelings that had been buried. I have no man to call my own.”“But there

“Stop playing – she could come in any minute and catch us kissing.”“I don’t care Pam. I could marry you this minute.”“Why are you acting like I’m the first woman you ever slept with? You’ve been with several women before me – even Sasha. And every Tom, Dick and Harry knows Sasha is a pro in bed.”“She may be a pro. But I emotionally connect with you differently. Now I’m thinking I made a mistake marrying Gisela.”“You can’t divorce my friend – that’d break her.”“Promise me you will come when I want you to.”“No pun intended. But I can’t help coming myself. You do that to me.”Dashiell and Pam hugged tightly – scratching his manly chest against her full breasts.Suddenly, they could hear footsteps.They were disjointed and went their separate ways.Pam pretended to be watching TV – while Dashiell went to the guest room – pretending to be cleaning up the place.As soon as Pam saw Gisela, she didn’t feel as nervous. Possibly the kiss did some magic.Gisela embraced her warmly.“Pam!”

Lumi saw a message on her phone. It was from a strange number. But she knew who it was. The message read: “When are we meeting Quinn so I can know your decision? I still have your sex tape with me.” How audacious of him! Sending her such outrageous text in broad daylight. What if Fenris had seen it? Though he was not the type to check her phone. She made up her mind she won’t go to see him – before she incurred further problems. As though he was reading her mind, another message popped up with a photo she recognised. She gasped in surprise. “If you would like to see your friend butchered up in a bag and dumped at your doorstep, then come to me, baby.” Lumi wept silently. Why was Didi making her life a nightmare?” What had she done to him to deserve such treatment? She pinched herself for ever having given him an audience. He was death in motion – making life miserable for everyone; because he was miserable. Her phone beeped. She felt like throwing her phone away. Only t

“I’m not the person you were expecting to see right?”Quinn showed up behind Didi who turned in surprise. He never lost his composure though. He just laughed.“How may I help you?”Quinn had shown up in front of Didi.They were meeting in a secluded area. At a mountain top.“I came to visit you, my friend.”Quinn had worn a face mask so Didi couldn’t recognize who she was. And he had not seen her much at the company – or interacted with her as such.“To what do I owe this visit? Lumi sent you to kill me.”“No Sweet. The opposite.”Didi rushed at her – trying to overpower them.Quinn blew her whistle and 50 hefty skilled fighters appeared.She knew his weakness from the stories Lumi told her – he single-handedly worked alone whenever he penetrated his evil deeds. He didn’t have a team or accomplices.“Now are you ready to cooperate with me in saving your life? If I had wanted you dead, I won’t be negotiating with you this instant. It’d have been an instant kill. But here I am being ben

Pam didn’t just stay a day in Gisela’s place.It was nearing a month. And she was yet to leave.Gisela had no problem with it.Dashiell enjoyed Pam’s presence in the house.One would think that since Pam was at home to ease the workload, Gisela would devote more time to her husband.Not at all.Rather Gisela was always put shopping with the kids or at one of their games.When she wasn’t there, she busied herself with church activities and volunteering at workshops.She saw it as a period to invest in herself and the growth of her neighbouring community.“Babe, I’m happy with all these you are doing. But don’t I get some of your time and attention?” Dashiell had said one day.“Stop whining like a baby as if sex is food. Do you want to kill me for my parents?”And that was it – the response that made Dashiell give up on pursuing her.Over time, she noticed he wasn’t disturbing her for sex any more.And she felt relieved.But then it was six months down the lane. And he never bothered to