Oscar rolled his eyes, not believing his elder sister was starting to make this be about herself again.
“It is fine! I’ve got this. I will talk to you later.”
“Okay, bye!”
He waved, then ended the video call. The engine of the car was already on so he drove out of the parking area to the direction of his lodge.
The moment Oscar was out of sight, Vicky rose to her feet, reached for some tissue from the tissue box on her table, then made her way towards the window, wiping tears off her eyes and at the same time. trying to avoid her mind lingering on the conversation that she just had with Oscar.
Vicky was brought out of her thoughts when a knock came through on the door.
She turned around, hoping it was not Oscar. But again, she thought that if he was the one, he would probably have badged in and not knocked.
“Come in,” She answered with a cracked voice.
The door opened and her bundle of joy ran in.
“Mommy!” The little girl ran towards her where she stood and hugged her legs tightly.
It was only then that Vicky remembered that she had a date with her daughter this afternoon before the little girl left for a weekend trip with Lara.
“My baby.” She released herself from Sophie and crouched down to her daughter’s height. She instantly pulled her into a hug.
“I missed you.” She showered kisses all over her face, making her smile..
“I missed you too, mommy.”
And it dawned on Victoria. “Sh it!” She mumbled, then looked up to Gloria, Sophie’s nanny, who was just a few steps away from them.
“Did you meet anyone on the way?”
“Anyone?” Gloria sounded and looked confused.
“Yeah, Sorry, I mean a man.”
Gloria still looked confused.
Vicky me ntally facepalmed. “Sorry, what I mean is, did anyone stop you both when you were coming to my office? Did you greet or talk to anyone?”
She stared at Gloria expectantly for answers.
She thought for a while, then eventually shook her head. “Just a few staff who waved from afar! But no one got close to us to make any conversation.”
“Thank you!” She said, relieved because Oscar just left her office and she did not want him around her baby.
“Mama, are you sad?”
“No. Why do you say so, My love?” She asked, still crouched down beside her daughter.
“Your eyes are swollen.”
“You think so?”
She nodded.
“No, my love. I am fine. I think I have a little bit of a cold. That is what is giving me blotchy eyes.”
“I do not want you to fall sick, mama.” She said with a really sad face and voice.
“Don’t cry. I will be fine. I just need to have some rest.”
“You sure?”
Sophie nodded.
Vicky leaned closer to her daughter and placed a deep kiss on the crown of her head. “I love you.”
“I love you too, mama.” The little girl mumbled.
“How about we grab Ice cream first,”
Yes!” She smiled, nodding her head.
After what felt like forever, Oscar got to the hotel he was lodged at. The moment he got to his suit which was the presidential suit, he locked the door behind him and went straight to the bar corner to pour himself a drink, filling up the glass cup.
Still on his feet, he took a few gulps after which he brought out his phone from his pocket and went to his recently dialed contacts, looking for his best friend’s number. Oscar finally found the number and dialed it immediately, putting his phone on speaker.
“I was literally just thinking about you.” Greg’s voice came through from the other side.
“Why?”
“Cos I have not heard from you as soon as I thought I would. Please do not tell me you have done something really crazy.”
“I hate you,” Oscar mumbled.
“You have f***d up, haven’t you?”
There was no response.
“Christ!!! Oscar!! After all the warnings that I gave to you.”
“I am going to end this call if you keep guilt-tripping me!” He mumbled, taking another sip of the strong alcoholic wine.
Greg sighed. “What did you do?”
“So you know Vicky works in a marketing firm. She is the senior manager. I told you, right?”
“Yes, you mentioned it. What about it?”
“I approached one of the shareholders, talking him into buying the shares from him. It was a huge deal so he could not refuse.”
“Okay, did you do that to creep into Vicky’s life, and automatically be her Boss so you can keep bossing her around?”
Oscar did not say anything.
“What the hell is wrong with you, dude?”
“How can you do something this f*****h? Do you not see that history is about to repeat itself again? You were her boss when you ruined her and now you want to do the same thing?”
“Come on man, I thought you were wiser than that!”
“What even made you think of such a thing?”
“I wanted revenge,”
“What f*****g revenge, Oscar? It is so evident that you are the one at fault. Your actions should get you into getting closer to her and making her forgive you. Not getting on her bad side and making her regret ever knowing you.”
“Wait, why the revenge?” Greg asked.
‘Cos I thought she moved on, had an affair with another man, gave birth for him and she has been going on dates with different men lately. I guess jealousy just really got to me.”
“G od!!!” Greg sighed, feeling exhausted already.
“Your Ego is going to ruin you if you do not learn how to control it. Not every thought that runs through your head is the right one, dude.”
“What now changed your mind about the revenge? What makes you want to repent?”
“I saw her daughter today,”
“Wait, let me guess, She looks so much like her father. Oscar Wayde?”
“Wipe that smile off your face before I murder you!”
“You can’t even see me, how the hell do you know that I am smiling.”
“I am no fool, Greg. I could tell from your voice.”
“I do not know why you find pleasure in being in denial of everything. I told you to calm down, that there. is a possibility that that girl could be yours.”
“Yes, you said so! You do not need to throw it at my face. I do not know what came over me. I am hardly jealous too but I do not know why I always lose it when it comes to her.”
“She hurt me too and I guess I was low-key looking for something to use against her so I could feel good about myself again.”
“You sound like a su cker!”
“I am and I have literally ruined everything. I had a brief conversation with her today and I got to know that she did not leave herself. Mom chased her out of the apartment and from the little explanation she gave. It seems she was pregnant then.”
“Thinking back about everything. I remember her leaving me text messages saying that she had something important to discuss with me. I am so screwed” He said, after which he gulped down the rest of the wine in the glass cup.
