Tina started crying again, and she wondered what she had gotten herself into?
Where would she sleep? How would she get back home to face her mother? And where would she even get the transport money to go back home to her village by that risky hour of the night, since it was already dark due to the heavy rainfall that made the night fall quickly?
While still in her thoughts, Patrick stepped out of his house, and he was shocked to see Tina still standing outside and crying.
As Tina was shivering due to the cold weather, and her clothes had already soaked wet and clung to her body, bringing out her shape to his view.
Patrick knew that Tina was stubborn, but he still had to ask her what she was waiting for, as he was shocked that Prisca had actually left her behind.
Patrick came out to ask the security man to lock back his main entrance gate, since it was already past 9 pm in the evening, and Sharon had already called him on the phone and told him that they weren't arriving home.
Patrick hesitated to speak to Tina at first, as he knew that Tina was stubborn. So, he walked past Tina to inform his security gateman to lock back his house gate, since Sharon had already called him on the phone and told him that she was sleeping over at the hotel they went to.
But just as Patrick walked past Tina, Tina shivered in fright, and she immediately shifted backwards, as she wasn't expecting anyone to walk past her. But seeing that it was Patrick, and he was also leaving the house, Tina immediately called him back, "Hello, excuse me, sir!"
Patrick paused and stared back at Tina, as he heard her tiny voice.
Tina immediately stared downward, unable to meet Patrick's intense gaze on her. She remembered that she had been rude to him before, and she didn't even know how she would ask Patrick for his help again, as she needed money to transport herself back home.
But she was hopeful that she would find a bike to take her home by that time of the night. So she stammered to ask him, "Please, sir, can you..."
"Wait, I'm coming first. Let me tell the security man to lock back the house gate, since Sharon and Prisca aren't returning back, and for security purposes," Patrick said to Tina, as he met her gaze.
"Okay," Tina gulped and watched Patrick walk up to the gate-house to instruct his security man to lock the gate.
She nervously stood and continued staring at him until he returned back to her.
Patrick said, "Honestly, I thought that you've already gone home with Prisca and Sharon. As I'm quite surprised to still seeing you here, meaning that Prisca actually left you behind. Why not come inside and wait, as you will be feeling too cold by now, and I don't think Prisca will still be returning back here tonight, since she already left with Sharon."
Patrick offered Tina his kindness, as he knew that Tina might still reject his kindness and prefer to sleep outside. But Tina didn't have any other option as she stood silently, remembering that she had been rude to Patrick before.
Patrick drew closer to Tina again, as it began to rain again. He asked her, "Aren't you going to say something, miss?"
"I... I..." Tina stuttered as she met Patrick's gaze.
She said, "I wanted to ask you before, if you can help me with transport fare to go back home to my village, but I don't even know my way going back home either. Or can you help me with transport fare, and also the directions too, because I have never been to this area before. And my mom will be worried about me, and looking for me too, if I don't return back home tonight."
Patrick sighed, listening to Tina's sweet voice. He replied, "I can help you with directions, but it's already late now, and before you will get to the junction that leads down to your village and start trekking home. It will be very risky and already past midnight. So why not stay in for tonight? As tomorrow, first thing in the morning, I will personally drop you off, before leaving to my work office."
Tina remained silent, and Patrick hoped that Tina would understand and calm down, as he wasn't happy seeing her sobbing.
He shook his head and walked to open the parlor door to usher Tina into his house, as her clothes were already completely soaked wet and clinging to her body. Thereby bringing out her feminine shape to his view, and making him a little uncomfortable too, as he actually liked Tina.
Tina was shivering due to her wet clothes, and she finally stepped into Patrick's living room. She watched him lock up the parlor door. As he turned to face her, Patrick said to her, "Wait here, let me go inside and search in Sharon's room for any of her clothes to give to you, wait."
"Okay," Tina replied and Patrick went inside and brought out some of Sharon's clothes for Tina to change into. After seeing that the clothes Tina wore were already wet and dripping water onto the tiled floor in his parlor.
Tina said to Patrick, "Thank you, sir."
Tina finally collected the clothes from Patrick's hand, and not comfortable to change her wet clothes in his presence, she asked him, "Can I use the restroom, sir?"
"Sure," Patrick replied to her.
Tina immediately went into the restroom, as she was scared, and anxiety ran through her, as she knew that Patrick and her were the only two people in the house.
Tina had no other option than to change into Sharon's gown. After drying up her wet body, she rinsed her wet clothes and squeezed them tightly to dry, as she hung them in the restroom window.
She hoped they would dry before morning, so she could wear them back and go home to her family house, in her village the following morning.
Tina also took off her bra and panties too, as they were already wet. She rinsed them out and hung them beside her wet clothes on the restroom window.
As she was done dressing up in one of Sharon's gowns that Patrick had given her, without wearing any panties underneath her waist or any bra to support her big breasts,
Tina finally stepped out from the restroom, and dread ran through her spine as she walked out back to the living room and to the parlor to meet Patrick.
Patrick had already served his dinner set before him on a stool in front of his blue couch. He was eating the delicious jollof rice and fried fish.
Patrick saw Tina step out, and he asked her, "Will you like to join me for dinner?"
Tina hesitated at first, but feeling her innocent stomach grumble loudly in hunger, Tina nodded, as she hadn't eaten since noon when she arrived, due to the silly gist that Prisca was telling her at her home, and also dragging her to accompany her to visit Sharon.
Patrick already knew that he was dealing with a stubborn lady, as he noticed that since afternoon when Tina arrived, she hadn't drunk or taken anything.
So, he stood up from his blue couch, abandoning his food, as he went to his kitchen to serve Tina's own meal, and he brought it out to her and set it on another stool, in front of another blue couch in his parlor.
Patrick was the one who cooked the meal before the rain started to fall, as he knew that Sharon was lazy and she wouldn't agree to cook it.
So he cooked his food by himself to prevent any silly argument between him and Sharon.
Patrick served the tray of food on a stool and walked back to his parlor fridge to take out a bottle of water for Tina.
He returned and set it on the stool, before he went back to his previous seat, and he sat there and stared back at Tina who was still standing and staring at him too.
Patrick said to her, "That's your meal, and I hope you will like it."
Patrick continued eating his dinner, while Tina nervously sat down and she replied to him, "Thank you, sir."
Tina didn't touch the food given to her yet. Even though she was hungry and the food smelled delicious, she was still unhappy and she wondered how her mother and siblings would be worried about her, since she didn't return back home.
Patrick continued eating his meal, and as he finished up, he stood up and cleared his plate to the kitchen. When he returned to the parlor, he saw that Tina hadn't touched her food yet.
He walked up to meet her and sat down opposite her, as he stared directly at her face, and asked her, "Aren't you going to eat, or do you want to starve, or should I feed you?"
Tina shook her head as she looked up at Patrick's face. She met his eyes and replied to him, "No, sir, thank you. I will eat it, but I am just worried about my mom and siblings."
Tina finally picked up her spoon and started eating the delicious jollof rice, little by little, while Patrick asked her, "Don't you have a phone to at least contact your mom and tell her that you're at a friend's place. And that the heavy rain fell, and you won't be able to return home until tomorrow?"
"No," Tina replied as she shook her head. She stared at her plate of food and said, "I don't have a phone."
"How about your mom's phone number? Do you know it? Let me help you contact her on the phone," Patrick asked, but Tina still shook her head, and she replied to him, "No, I don't know my mom's phone number either."
Patrick sighed and stared away from Tina and to the TV, watching a movie, while Tina managed to eat half of the food given to her.
As she got tired, Tina started fallen asleep.
Patrick got engrossed watching TV, since the light had come on, he stared at Tina as he admired her, and he saw that she was dozing off and had fallen asleep on his couch.
Patrick saw that Tina was already feeling sleepy due to the cold weather, and from her previous sobbing.
He interrupted her from dozing off again on the couch, as Tina nearly fell off.
Patrick asked her, "Miss, you're already feeling sleepy. Do you want to sleep here, as you won't be comfortable? Why not come sleep in my bedroom?"