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Chapter 17 Homecoming

Bella's POV
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The plane landed in Nigeria and we got out of the airport, as we came out of the lobby I saw the driver my father arranged for me.
The driver put my things in the trunk then we entered and after then he ignited the engine and drove off.
Few minutes later, we arrived at my father's Mansion and drove in.
I remembered the beautiful memories I had here when I was a kid, it's been so long I've been here.
It's been three years I left for Nigeria and I miss this place, only that I had to come back due to some unfortunate events.
The driver drove to the garage and parked the car, I came out and I saw my mom coming out to welcome me.
" Mom" I said then went to hug her.
" My sweet baby" she replied as we embrace each other.
" Welcome back my child" she said.
" I miss you mom" I said.
" Me too darling" she replied.
" Good morning ma'am" Stella greeted.
" How are you Stella?" She asked.
" I'm fine" stella replied.
" Come in...I know you must be tired" mom said and we entered while the maid put my things in my room.
Everything about the house remind me so much of my childhood cause I spent most of my childhood here.
As I grow up I don't stay here for that long.
" Where's dad" I asked as I didn't see him anywhere in the house.
" Oh. he went out not long ago with a friend, he will be back soon" mom replied.
" Okay" I replied as I sat down on the couch.
" I already asked the maid to make your favorite food, I'm coming let me hurry them up" mom said standing up.
" Okay Mom" I replied as she went to the kitchen.
After my mom left I think about all that happened to the company in a just a little time.
Why am I the one to take the fall when I didn't do anything wrong in the first place.
First with Frank and now with Gary when I'm not the one to blame, why are the men trying to cause me trouble.
They wanted to ruin my career, everything I ever worked for in my entire life, I can't let this happen.
The front door opened and my dad entered then he saw me in the room.
" You're home" he said as he entered.
" Good morning Dad" I said as I stood up and went to hug him.
" Welcome home" he replied then we disengaged.
" Dad, I'm sorry" I said almost in tears.
" Heyy, it's okay, it's just a minor setback, we can sort it out" he said then kissed my forehead.
" What do we do Dad?, I'm confused, how do we get back up?" I asked.
" I wouldn't lie to you Bella, this is a huge blow on the company, infact it's affecting the headquarters as well" he said.
" How dad?" I asked.
" Due to the progress of your branch and the headquarters as well, we begin a project worth billions of naira" he said then continue.
" I never thought things would turn out this way, and now that it has happened the whole company is staggering..."
"...and if we don't get back up in time we will go bankrupt and the company will collapse" he said and my heart raced.
" Can't we lend the money?" I asked.
" How do we lend a huge amount like that?, we have some debt on ground already that are yet to settled" he said just then my mom came back.
" What do we do Dad?, I'm clueless and it's scaring me" I asked.
" I'm working on it but what I don't really understand is, how did all of this happen?" He asked.
" It's Gary. he started all of this" I said and they got shocked.
" Gary!" They exclaimed in shock.
" You mean Gary as in your fiancee?" Mom asked.
" Yes Mom" I replied.
" Why would he do that?, last I checked he's also part of the company, he's also a shareholder" dad said.
" Not anymore Dad, he withdraw and convince some others to withdraw as well" I revealed and they are shocked.
" Why would he do that?, did something happened between you two?" Mom asked.
" Actually Yes, I caught him cheating with another woman in his house" I said.
" Oh my God" Mom exclaimed.
" That's absurd, it remaining a few months for your engagement, why would he think of doing that?" Mom said.
" Just because I told him I won't have sex until our wedding night" I replied.
" After that what then happened?" Dad asked.
" I told him we're over then he threatened to pull out his share away from the company" I said.
" And you didn't even think of telling me?" Dad said.
" I thought I could handle it but I didn't know he could get behind me and ruin our relationship with the other business partners" I said.
" Everything happened so fast" I added.
" Perhaps maybe i should call him" dad said then he pulled out his phone to call Gary.
" Dad, I don't think that's a good idea" I said.
" We'll see about that" dad said then dialled Gary's number on his phone.
" Put it on speaker" mom informed and he did.
" Gary" he said.
" Good morning Mr Richmond or should I say Father-in-law to be" I heard the bastard said then chuckled.
" Enough with all this Gary, what the hell is going on?, why would you pull this kind of stunt?" Dad asked.
" Sorry Sir, that wasn't my intention in the first place but your daughter gave me no choice" he said.
" I need you to reverse this immediately" dad said.
" I already told your daughter what needs to be done" he said.
" You must be outta your mind if you think I'm ever going to agree with that" I said.
" Uhhh, I see daddy's girl has come running to Daddy" he whined.
" You can't do this Gary" dad said.
" I'm sorry Sir, I've said my piece" he said then ended the call.
" Damn it" dad muttered.
" I can't believe this is Gary speaking" mom said.
" He's been pretending all this while, that is his real self" I said then turned to dad who look confused as well.
" Dad what do we do now?, the rest of the shareholders gave me a month to find solution" I asked.
" I've been thinking of something for a while now and I hope it works especially at this moment that we have no other choice" Dad said.
" Alright then let's do it, what is it?" I asked.
" I'll tell you all about it but first I need to make some calls, and you should know all of this will possible only if you agree to it" Dad said which got me more worried.
" What are you talking about?, I'm lost" I said.
" Don't worry. I'll explain it later but first I need to start making some calls" he said then left to his study room.
" Mom, what's dad talking about?" I asked my mom.
" You know your dad, he makes the plan himself" mom replied.
" Well whatever it is, I hope it works" I said.

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