THE BILLIONAIRES WIDOW (Book 2)

Chapter 2

Character

***Arya J Richards***

Hey am Arya, the billionaires baby Mama? I'm sure you remember. Whatever this guy has been telling you about me is super true. But one thing he is not telling or rather he took some time before telling you is the love I have for Scott, spoiler alert! You guys have no idea how badly I need him. I know you might think am crazy, the guy impregnated me and disappeared. Call it Stockholms syndrome or whatever this is, madness maybe but he is the only guy I have ever been with. I love him and I hope you'll get to know if he does love me back. I'm irresistible where's that guy? ...Come on pick up with your story telling!

Author

Another interruption anyway let's keep the ball rolling. Yes Arya was finally going to tell Melissa the truth. The poor girl was the enemy of the people, she was like the only zebra in a lions den. But that can wait. Let's talk about Arya's dad shall we. Henry Jacob's was a troubled man. Since Lilly and JJ left him in the hospital no one else came. He did not have anyone else apart from maybe Arya who he hated. Two days lying there and the third, fourth day he was feeling better. Solo like a soldier he was Henry decided to check himself out of the hospital.

"Are you sure Mr. Jacob's I would advise you stay for a week", the doctor argued signing his release papers

"That will only increase the bill besides its me who is sick not you. I know when am feeling well or not"

"Sorry I didn't mean to piss you off, the client is always right"

"Exactly I don't know why you tend to forget that" Henry said.

"Here you go" He handed him the release papers.

Henry Jacobs walked out of the county hospital slowly. The truth was he was still weak. He would have used a hospital for the next... Forever maybe now that he had no one to go back to. He realized his car was nowhere in the parking lot. Right there he knew what had happened, it was stolen. Poor Henry had forgotten where he parked it before he fainted. His gun was intact, Lilly left it to the doctor.

"Hello is that the vehicles control agency?" Henry asked.

"Yes sir how can we help you?" A lady asked.

"I want to report a missing vehicle" Henry said scratching his head.

He was pacing up and down the parking lot like a lost person. He couldn't imagine taking public transport with his car somewhere in the wrong hands.

"The plates please" the customer care operator said.

"KBT 418 T"

"Hold"

It was the longest he had ever waited. Henry had even started cursing how public service operators were lazy and incompetent. How long could it take to locate his vehicle? He had served his nation very well meaning he deserved a little respect making him a VIP.

"Mr. Henry Jacob's right?" The operator asked.

"Yes of course will you tell me where my vehicle is and stop asking me this unnecessary questions?" Henry asked angrily.

"Sorry sir we have located your vehicle in Rastopark apartments compound some two miles from where you are"

"Ooh" He said and hang up.

After the call Henry realized he had parked his car in front of lilys apartment. He had to take public transport there, how he hated sharing a vehicle with people. Ungrateful people he fought protecting.

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Life after his father's death was not going well for Scott. He was not the same since the news hit him like a tsunami and he was swimming barely floating on a wave of emotions. Even eating was a problem and Melissa was giving up on him. She was so used to being pampered so much that she did not learn how to pamper him and he was not making it easy for her.

"Come on try this, you have barely eaten anything", She said.

"Am not hungry" Scott gave the usual response and turned his back on her.

"Whiskey is not food" She argued.

"It helps me stay sober, irony but yeah it does. He was not supposed to die now"

"He was dying anyway" Melissa said.

Scott turned around to look at her with anger in his eyes.

"What?" Melissa inquired.

"You really didn't say that, apologize" He said seating on his back.

"For what he was going to die remember he had cancer that is untreatable" She said confidently taking the food back to the coffee table in the middle of their room. She was trying to rip off the bandage, at times it helps to get through the pain.

"No wonder he said we shouldn't trust you", Scott said on a low tone and went back to his earlier sleeping position.

She heard him right and it hurt even though it was true but to stand her ground and get out of the blame she had to pull out one of her usual stunts. Genetically encoded in Her DNA since it was the same used by Lincoln, the blame shifting one? Melissa heard it clearly, they said not to trust anyone and he substituted anyone with her name.

"Of all people you choose me to blame?" Melissa asked burning up with anger.

Scott kept quiet. He seemed unbothered by what she was saying and anything she was about to say.

"Am talking to you Scott, he died with me by his bedside and you blame me? What have I done to you?"

"Am sorry it just came out" Scott finally said on realizing how hurt she sounded.

"Ooh you are sorry now? Is that supposed to make me feel better? You accused me Scott am your wife not some random stranger who lives in your house. We are supposed to be a team if anything you should be defending me from this kind of insults and allegations not the one creating them" she argued sounding devastated.

"I said am sorry now zip it or walk out!" Scott screamed.

It shook her. He had changed. Scott was not the same man she thought he was a few days back. It was said death changes people, she thought they meant dead people, never did it occur to her it also changed the living.

"Scott!"

"Please I beg you let me be"

The door was knocked. She looked at Scott and then walked to it. They did not need any visitor at the moment. The kind of anger she was going to shower on however was knocking was unimaginable she wouldn't have wanted it for herself either

"Get out of here you pregnant b***h!"

"Hey watch your mouth!" Scott shouted angrily getting out of bed.

Melissa turned around to look at him.

"I thought you hate her, she was cheating on your mother with your dad" Melissa argued her case.

"You don't know what I hate and what I love. You expect me to hate what you hate me and love what you love. Look at where it has gotten me, my dad is dead and I had no chance to say how sorry I am, I had no chance to hang out with him because of you" he said in a drunkards articulation.

"You are sick in the head" Melissa said, "I have always done what is right for us, both of us"

"Ooh I don't see it, do you Arya?" Scott asked mockingly almost tripping.

He was smiling actually with a bottle of whiskey in his hands. Arya walked in despite Melissas glaring eyes and took the bottle away from him.

"As much as I would love to join this party am not going to, you can't meet my mother in this state" She said.

"Meet who? Ooh now you are free to bring in your relatives who do you think you are? You might have bewitched this people but am immune to your charms I can see right through you... Hoe"

Scott slapped her. Even Arya gasped.

"You won't talk to the mother of my child like that!" He said.

"What!" She asked surprised, super surprised like her eyes were being pulled out of their sockets by a force.

She had forgotten about the slap. There was another slap more lethal than the physical one.

"Sorry you are the last one to know", Arya said with a sick smile. She had been dying to say it in her face.

"Scott tell me this is a lie, tell me you are drunk" Melissa said her face stiff from held back tears.

She was weeping uncontrollably. It was a bad look and an unfamiliar territory to her. Being on the receiving end of shocking discoveries, devastating and spine crushing news was nothing as compared to her worst of days.

"No he is not, just do you know am willing to forgive your earlier utterances but I will not take any more disrespect form you, not that lightly" Arya warned.

"I will let you girls catch up" Scott said staggering towards the bathroom.

Arya wanted to go after him. Chances were he was going to take a shower with his suit on or take a piss in the small nearby kitchen but Melissa was faster than her. She went to his aid and even though he made it clear he did not need her help she still hang around him like a hyena waiting for the lion to have its share of a kill so that it can have a Caracas.

"I'll go make you something", Arya being the smartest decided to give up.

Melissa followed her until she got to the door and bolted it. It was official, what she thought was only and solely hers turned out not to be hers alone after all. And the whole family keeping it away from her. It was no surprise she was sidelined. There were only two explanation actually. One they hated her so much and for that she did not know why neither did she think it was the real reason, everyone was nice around her and the second explanation was the fact that maybe they knew her dirty secret. All her plotting, stewing the contract, poisoning Ben to increase his cancer and even having a hand in his death. All of it needed some time to think about. She was not so untouchable like she thought earlier on.

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"What the f**k happened who is after me?" Lincoln asked banging on the table.

All the employees of the bank were seated with their heads bowed. They were feeling sad and sorry for not being keen enough to identify a bomber. Even the executives it was only Lincoln who was standing.

This is the second day we've been through this tell me what's happening?"

"Sir the security tape has been re-watched countless times there is nothing" the head of security at the bank said.

"So you mean the bomb just came out of nowhere blew up and what?"

They all kept quiet including the bank manager who was the other one of them trying to put up a fight.

"You incompetent people! This is what my enemies want, instead of making money we are all stuffed in here like a bunch of pigs wondering who is attacking us" He said going back to his seat

Alex came in and walked straight to Lincoln. He whispered something in his ear that seemed to make his mood even more foul.

Lincoln got up said excuse me, work on it when I come back I want answers from all of you!"

He then followed Alex outside.

"What has happened to him?"

"He was involved in a hit and run"

"What makes you think it's a target hit and runs are very common on this city. Come on Alex give me something worth my time!" Lincoln snapped his fingers.

His attitude was making it hard for Alex to explain himself. He was left tongue tied like a cheeky student found skipping school and Lincoln walked out on him clicking his tongue. He was not useless after all. He gave his fellow employees back in the room some air to breath. Martha was watching from a distance and she passed by to remind him he was doing well.

"Come on Alex he is not in his right state of mind" She said.

Alex feigned a cough Thank you mum, what can I do for you?"

"A lot Alex, a lot we need to talk" She said.