FATED BOND

Daisy’s POV

I woke up the next day with a throbbing headache. I figured my screaming the night before led to a heavy headache.

I got out of bed grudgingly and pulled out a pill for headache before going downstairs to get some water from the fridge. I had the intention of going to check up on Stanley but since I was having a headache, I decided to just stay in bed all day.

I walked briskly into the kitchen and was about to bring out a bottle of water to take the pills when my eyes landed on the pack of cereals on the kitchen counter, probably the one Ellah took. My stomach growled at that instant.

I took the water out from the refrigerator and poured some cereal into a bowl. I added water into the bowl and began to scoop it into my mouth with a spoon. I finished it in minutes before dumping the pills into my mouth, then swallowed with large gulps of water which I poured into my mouth directly from the bottle.

I knew I needed to sleep to overcome the headache fully before it turns into a sickness.

I walked out of the kitchen and proceeded to go into my room when Ellah’s giggles stopped me. I turned around to see her and Nina coming out from Nadia’s room.

“Mommy”, Ellah screamed when her eyes fell on mine. I went down from the staircase and bent down on one knee to scoop her in my arms.

“My baby”, I swung her around. “I thought you’ve gone to school already.”

“No, mommy”, she pecked my forehead and I did the same.

“Nadia is down with the flu, I want to take her to school”, Nina remarked. There were eyebags below her eyes and I almost asked if she didn’t sleep overnight. She wasn’t smiling either and it was a usual thing for the past week.

“Good morning, mom”, I greeted and moved closer to peck her cheeks, with Ellah resting on my waist.

“Morning, darling”, she replied with the same look. She stretched her hand to get Ellah but I moved away before she could take her.

“I’ll take her to school”, I said.

“Oh!”

“Yeah. Is something wrong?” I peered at her closely.

“Why? Everything is fine ”, she tried to smile but failed.

“You didn’t sleep overnight?”

“I did.”

You look dull, you don’t look yourself”, she didn’t say anything.

“Were you checking up on Ellah throughout the night?” Ellah was playing with my hair.

“No. I just got to know of Nadia’s sickness this morning.” She answered.

“Is she fine?”

“I gave her some pills already. I believe she will be fine by tomorrow.”

“Alright.”

“Get going. Don’t make my baby late for school. We will talk when you are back dropping her off”, she finally smiled at me.

“Sure?”

“Yeah, bye baby”, she waved at Ellah.

“Bye granny”, Ellah strectched to peck her from my arms before I turned to go out of the house. I looked down at my dress and saw that it wasn’t decent enough, so I asked Richard to drive me to the school. It wasn’t really far from the house and we got there in 3 minutes.

I couldn’t go into the premises with Ellah so Richard offered to take her into the school while I stayed back in the car.

When Richard came out of the premises, I saw him with a black man whom I didn’t recognize until he came closer. He knocked on my window and I rolled the screen down as Richard got in beside me.

“Miss Daisy, good morning”, he beamed.

“Good morning, Mr Kareem”, I said.

I had never paid much attention to the man until that very day. He was handsome with gap teeth and extremely black hair. I would say his black was shining. No wonder Nadia fell in love with him.

“I’ve been meaning to talk to you for a while but you haven’t been coming to take Ellah, are you fine?”

He asked and I agreed with Nadia that he has something for me. I smiled and nodded.

He scratched his head nervously. “Can we talk for a while, please?”

“Erhmm, I don’t think that would be possible now, Kareem”, I muttered and his face fell. “I am not properly dressed at the moment, that’s why I didn’t come down to bring Ellah into the school myself.”

“Oh”, he smiled shyly. “Will you come to pick her up later?”

He seemed to be pleading with his eyes. I thought that would be a great opportunity to tell him off and also let him know about his secret admirer, Nadia.

“I will”, I finally blurted out, much to his relief.

“Great”, he grinned. “I’ll be expecting you.”

Richard cleared his throat and I glared at him.

“Bye”, I waved at Kareem before we drove off.

When I got home, I went straight to Nadia’s room but I met her sleeping. I quickly went out and closed the door softly behind me before I sauntered into Nina’s room. I met her on the bed too, with open eyes

“Mom”, I called. She sat up immediately and I saw her eyes were brimful of tears.

“What is the matter? Are you sick?” I questioned with worry as I moved closer.

She shook her head. She looked vulnerable. She tried to say something but failed as a tear dropped from her eyes. I couldn’t think straight as I hugged her to myself.

I felt hurt seeing her sad and I wondered the reason for her tears. I patted her back as she whimpered softly, trying so hard not to cry out loud. I was glad I was there to give her a shoulder to cry on. It took almost an hour before she could recover and say something.

“Mom”, I called and held her two hands.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

“Talk to me.”

She sighed. “Daisy, I know I am not supposed to say this but I can’t help it. I’ve never been so indecisive in my entire life”, she shook her head as she talked. “I am confused. I feel like I don’t even know what I want anymore.”

I listened to her as she talked. I nodded to urge her to go on, still holding her hands.

“I broke up with Danny”, she said but I wasn’t surprised. I was actually expecting that to happen sooner or later. “I was trying to see if we could work out, even after that night Amar showed up but I saw a part of him that I never knew existed. He got angry because I told him I don’t have plans of having any kids which is contrary to what he has in mind and wants.”

“He wants you to bear him, kids?”

“Yes and I said no. He said he never knew I’ve been on the pills, he would have forbidden it. He got angry and asked me out of his house.”

“I saw him come in here yesterday. I thought he came to apologize?” I asked.

“Yes.”

“Then what happened?”

“I told him I wasn’t ready to compromise but he was ready. I wasn’t happy that he decided to let go. But when I told him what happened between Amar and I, he got furious, called me names , and broke up with me”, she sniffed.

“Call you names? Why will he do that?”

“He was angry.”

“That isn’t enough reason,” I muttered. I was beginning to get angry at Danny. Mom didn’t say anything. “But what did you tell him? I mean what happened between you and Amar?”

She looked at me as if contemplating whether to tell me or not. Then she blurted out. “We had sex.”

I couldn’t make any sound at all, as my mouth dropped open with wide eyes.