Chapter 38
“you see,since the day after we left the family house that day, a lot of relatives have been calling me and asking to invite me out. Even Alan’s mother and sister. The worst of it all is that they are mostly distant relatives. Some who are not even remembered anymore as part of the family like Alan’s mother sister-in-law’s cousin and so on. Am so fed up with their calls and messages but since you offer to help me, why don’t you meet with some of them on my behalf? That will do really do me some help after all, you also hold a very important position just like me”
“that is all?” Benita asked annoyed.
“why? Will you like to visit them all on my behalf then that will be great” Vienna said excitedly and held her hand with an expectant eyes.
“okay no problem, I will help you take care of it then” she agreed reluctantly not wanting to push it less she gets suspicious. Vienna smiled happily at her and hug her tightly. Benita also smiled and hug her too. Seeing as she finally hug her then that means she has really forgiven her and she can execute her plans slowly.
Vienna pat her back and continue smiling.
“since you want to play a game with me then continue and I will also help you by playing along” she thought and released her then the waiter came in with the food and served them. The both of them start to eat in silence and when they finished the waiter came back to get the plates. Benita took a sip from her drink thinking about how to ask things about Alan and also see if there is any contact between her and Karen.
“so how is it living with Alan in general am just curious about how you manage to take care of him all by yourself”
“i don’t really have to do anything and besides the nanny takes care of things most of the time and also he is always busy so you don’t have to worry about it” she answered.
“that’s great I thought maybe you might be having some difficulty with doing things for him and also taking care of the company”
“really? That’s kind of you. You can also help me with that if you are so curious after all he will soon become your brother in law”
“i don’t mean it that way, its not okay for me to take care of him my Karen will kick against it”
“that reminds me, how do your Karen become Alan’s cousin all of a sudden? And also you know that the one who adopted your Karen was dad’s biggest enemy”
“how did you know that?” Benita asked shocked. Could she be suspicious of something?
“of course I will know. Even though I didn’t go for something related to business but still am dad’s eldest do you think I wouldn’t have knowledge about things like this p>
“ah! So that’s it but am really not aware and also dad wouldn’t have told me since am adopted” she said smiling through her teeth.
“so do you know how Alan became blind? Have been curious about it for a while now” she asked changing the topic.
“he didn’t tell you? I guess he felt it wasn’t necessary to. Actually, I don’t know what really happened according to what I heard he was involved in an accident about few months ago after getting drunk at night” she explained. Vienna nod her head slowly digesting her words. Even though she has left him for three years, she knows that he will never drive when he drink not to say that he is drunk.
Benita stare at her trying to read her mind to see if she believe her or not. Although none of them actually knows what happened to make him lose his sight but they only heard a report that he has an accident and he’s admitted and while visiting him with Karen they stomp on the doctor talking about the fact that it might take a while for him to regain his sight and before anyone find out, they inform his uncle and the news went viral and they were able to turn thing around in their favor totally and just when she taught things are getting better and she is about to achieve all her aims Vienna appears again to spoil everything. She drink some wine again and place the glass down. Vienna doesn’t know that her presence here is really a pain in the neck for a lot of people. Even though she doesn’t have enough proof now and doesn’t want to upset Karen but she has a lot of way to get rid of her without making any effort at all.