Charles went into his chamber the next morning, being Saturday and when he sat down he asked his men to dismiss the ladies that had been invited for his pleasure. One of his men by name Jude approached him and said, "We brought this ladies for you to have for this weekend, some of them came from different countries and you want us to discard them?" He asked and Charles looked up at his face and said, "Jude, I said, dismiss them"
"We will pay them?" asked Jude.
"Pay them" Said Charles and he went back to the ladies and asked them to leave, handing to them each an envelope. When they ladies had collected their pay one of them by name Shanty held hers but for a while she felt she needed to ask why they were being paid and asked to leave without meeting with the boss and keeping him company.
"Why?" She asked and Jude stared at her.
"Why what?" asked Jude.
"Why is he dismissing us when we haven't done anything?" asked Shanty.
"Why do you care?" asked Jude.
"He is my boss and my client. No client pays me the way he does and it means considerate of me if I should ask of his well-being" When Shanty had said this Jude looked at her and seeing that the other ladies were already gone he asked Shanty to wait a bit. He walked back to the room where Charles was seated and said, "I have to be on my way home now Sir"
"I know Jude, I know why you want to be on your way now. Be rest assured that she is a prostitute; don't fall in love Jude" Charles said, stood up and walked away. Jude sighed deeply, wondering how he knew what he had in mind. He too left the room and headed back to where Shanty was standing with the envelope in her hand and he said, "Come, let's go for a walk" They both stepped outside and entered Jude's expensive posh ride. Charles stepped out and his men ushered him into his car and he sat and dailed the number of Veronica once again but it was going through.
"Where are we heading to now Sir?" asked his driver.
"Head to Charity Estate" he said and the driver zoomed off.
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"I don't know what you have in mind and what is making you resist such a guru but if I'm correct it is because of that village boy by name Edu right?" asked Anita who was holding a plate of noodles. Veronica looked at her and shook her head. "Common, tell me why you want to deny yourself the good things of life. If I were you I would not hesitate to give him what he wants" Anita added. Veronica stared at her for a while and shook her head. "Common Vero, let me know what bothers you. I'm your best friend and I would like to help you the best way that I can help, that is if you would let me help you" Veronica could sense her frustration and so she cleared her throat and said, "You like boss Charles?"
"Yes, I like him" said Anita.
"Then why not try to make him notice you and please let me be" Veronica said and looked away.
"The reasons for your actions are not valid and you know it" Said Anita.
"Oh yeah it's not? Well maybe you don't know yet but Incase you do let me remind you that Mr Charles isn't exactly what you think of him. He is more than a business" said Veronica.
"Yeah, I know, he is a drug lord" Anita nodded and Veronica shockingly stared at her.
"So you knew about it?" asked Vero.
"Who doesn't know about it? We know about it, yes, but we don't talk about it. He is a dangerous man" said Anita.
"Oh you knew and you want your best friend to mingle and entangle with a man such as him?" Asked Vero.
"Nobody is telling you to marry him. He is asking for your love not your hand in marriage" said Anita.
"I don't know what it means to you but I don't value relationship for relationship sake instead I value relationship for the sake of marriage and so any relationship not leading to marriage should not be in existence in the first place" said Vero.
"So what you are saying is that you want to marry the Edu of a guy? You want to go back to your suffering? Babes we discussed this; you told me of how you desire to take back your father's properties from the Uncle that forcefully took them from you. That is what I'm prepared to do; to see that you rise and continue to rise until no one is able to point fingers in your eyes again"
"Will there ever be such a day when a man rises that no man points a finger in his face? For every man that is rich there is a richer man" said Vero.
"Yes, but when a man is so rich those under him must bow to him. You need not go back to your life of poverty and misery. You are way beyond that kind of life now. Love without money is emotions under punishment. You need to see beyond now. What you now have will be tripled times twenty if only you would accept that man" Anita spoke. Just then both of them heard a sound of car horn blasting at the gates and when Anita looked out through the window she was wowed to see that it was Charles cars packed outside the compound. The gate keeper opened the gate for him and he drove in with his men.
"What is it, why are you smiling like that?" Asked Vero.
"You need to see this yourself" Said Anita as she refused to leave the window side. Vero stood up to go see for herself.