Getting what he wanted.

'She wanna speak with her mum about her relationship status. This could be the chance to find out what I'm looking for'. Leonard thought to himself with gladness in his heart.

He made sure to listen attentively as Eva spoke,

"Why do you wanna speak with me about my relationship status?".

"I know you guys are aware that I am currently single, I haven't seen the right guy yet. The ones I dated in the past f**ked up, am ain't even friends with them".

She laughed, then continued speaking, "Just because I said I haven't seen the right guy for me, you wanna know the type of men I like? OK, I'll tell you".

The moment Leonard heard that, his heart started beating faster, his palms became a little sweaty...Eva was about to reveal the type of men she likes.

"You know, I loved those guys I dated in the past 'cause I found those characteristics I'll love to see in a man in them. But after some time, they started slacking off, and the love I have for them started reducing until I could feel nothing for them anymore. So, mum, this is the type of men I like..."

Leonard's heart started beating faster, his palms became more sweaty.

"I love strong men, mum. Action men, men that are ready to defend their woman at any given time whether it's by fighting or whatever. Not only their women, men that are also ready to defend other women that are in trouble. Such a man must be good looking too, but that's not the only characteristic I look for in a man, your good looks only wouldn't make me fall for you,

A man must possess the other qualities that I just mentioned plus his good looks, then I'll fall madly in love with that man. But you know what mum, I haven't found those types of men in a long time now, that's why I'm still single. All the men that have been trying to woo me for these past months don't possess that quality, they are just good-looking. So, mum, you know the type of men I like now".

And so, Eva continued conversing with her mum on the phone. Leonard just stood there with his mouth open, his heart wasn't beating fast anymore and his palms weren't sweaty anymore. He had finally discovered the type of men Eva likes. No wonder even with his good looks, she wasn't ready to give him a chance at all. She needed a strong man, an action man, a man that was ready to defend a woman in trouble at any time.

Now, how was he gonna do that? He's got no fighting skills, for a matter of fact, he wasn't a good fighter. He'll have to find a way, he couldn't help but smile, like, he's finally discovered the type of men Eva likes. His plan now was to balance somewhere and strategize on what next he was gonna do, and the best place to do that was at home...he'll have to find a way to get out of this place.

Eva was still discussing with her mum on the phone, but after some seconds more, it ended. And Leonard didn't hear a single of what they discussed, his mind was somewhere else, he had already gotten what he needed. How was he gonna get out of this place now that Eva was in the parlor? There was no other entrance to come out of her edifice apart from the door in the parlor.

He stood there thinking of what next to do, how to evacuate her house. Then suddenly, Eva stood up from the couch and turned around, she wanted to take something from her room. But Leonard was too fast, before she turned around, he had already evacuated that place and ran straight to her room hiding at the back of that cupboard once again...he had no idea that her destination was this room.

Leonard's heart started beating fast when Eva entered the room, the back of the cupboard wasn't much of a safe place to hide...it wasn't that secured. If he had known that she was coming to her room, he would have hidden under the bed. Eva sauntered to one of the handbags in the room, then she took something from it, glanced around, stared at the cupboard Leonard was hiding at, and departed from the room.

Leonard breathed a sigh of relief when she left, that was close, thank goodness she didn't catch him. But she could come back in? And he might not be lucky this time. So he decided that he was gonna hide under her bed for some minutes to make sure she wasn't coming in again. As he stood up, mistakenly, his hand touched a metal box on top of the cupboard, and it fell to the ground making a loud noise.

"Shit!". Leonard uttered to himself as he quickly took the metal box from the ground and dropped it back on top of the cupboard.

Now, he feared that Eva might enter any time soon 'cause of the noise, so he quickly rolled under the bed staying at the end side. And truly, Eva heard the sound. She had just dropped the stuff she took from the handbag in the parlor and was strolling to the toilet to pee when she heard the sound, and it grabbed her attention immediately.

After some seconds of Leonard rolling under the bed, Eva entered the room. Leonard saw her legs, and his heart started beating once again, what if she decides to look under this bed? Eva began glancing around, and there was a bit of suspicious look on her face. She glanced at the back of the cupboard where Leonard was hiding before, but she saw nothing.

So if Leonard was still hiding there, he would have been caught. She began walking around while glancing around, and Leonard's heartbeat became faster when she came very close to the bed...he could see her legs closely. He'll be dead if she decides to look under the bed...completely dead. But thank goodness, she didn't, she strolled away from the bed.

Leonard breathed a sigh of relief when she walked some meters away from the bed, but he didn't calm down completely, who knows what could happen. Eva glanced around once again, then she sauntered out of the room. Now, that was another close call, he could have been caught, he's got to be extra careful.

He stayed under the bed for some minutes to make sure Eva wasn't gonna enter the room again, then he came out. Coming out, he strolled to the door and opened it gently, then he came out and began sauntering to the parlor. Reaching the parlor, he saw Eva sitting on that same couch and operating her phone. Now, that's bad 'cause he needed to evacuate this place and go home...it was really late in the night already.

Like, he watched her bathe, cook, eat, watch TV, operate her phone. Now he's gotten what he wanted, and he wanted to go home, was that too much to ask? As far as Eva doesn't leave that parlor, he wouldn't be able to leave this place. What was he gonna do to make Eva leave that parlor? He's thinking if he should make a sound that will attract her attention, then she'll come to that place, and he'll make use of the opportunity to evacuate this place.

Maybe he should go into her room and drop something on the ground which would make sound and attract her attention. Then he'll quickly go out of her room and hide somewhere else, then when she enters her room to see what caused the noise, he'll use that opportunity to depart from this edifice. That doesn't sound like a bad idea, he was gonna implement that now.

He made sure to position the hood on his head well, then he glanced at the door of the room closest to Eva's room, that's where he was gonna hide after making some sound in Eva's room. He entered her room, took the metal box on the cupboard, and dropped it to the ground with force so the noise would reach the parlor. Then he came out of her room quickly and entered the other room.

Staying in the room for some seconds, he heard the sound of Eva's footsteps, she was already heading to her room. Jackpot, his plan worked. Hearing the sound of her footsteps no more, he came out of the room and ran straight to the parlor, then he strolled to the door, opened it, and stepped outside, finally!

Since he was inside the compound, he didn't need to jump the fence, he could just come out from the mini gate. And that's what he did, he walked to the mini gate, opened it, and stepped out of the compound.

"Free at last". Leonard muttered to himself as he began sauntering.