Phone call

Mary woke up late and found the bed empty. Her head felt like it was going to explode any second. Still half asleep, she made her way to the washroom and splashed her face with cold water. She then took a cold shower and decided to wear a white shirt and a blue denim jacket with some tight black jeans and a cap. She tied her hair into a high pony tail and wore blue sneakers. She applied some BB cream and a coloured lip balm. She was still feeling light headed. She looked at her watch and found out it was already 9 in the morning.

She made her way to the kitchen and saw the cook cooking something. "Good morning, miss Linda. What have you made for breakfast?" Mary asked as she sat down. "I have made french toasts, some pancakes, I also made a fruit salad and some fresh made bagel sandwiches. What would you like to eat?" She asked.

"Anything would do. I'd like a cup of coffee too. Did Damon go to work this early?" Mary asked

"Yes, Mr Tyson went to work. He said he would be home late." She said.

After a while she served a cup of coffee and some pancakes with caramel syrup drizzled all over with some raspberries and a piece of butter on top. It all looked very delicious. "Thank you, Miss Linda. It looks very delicious." Mary said digging in with a fork. She soon finished it and after complimenting Miss Linda on her amazing cooking skills. She went straight to Levi's room.

She found him awake. He was sitting on the table drawing some pictures. "Good morning, Levi." Mary said smiling bright. Levi was a bit surprised but he instantly replied. "Good morning, Mama. Why did you not go to uh um..." He was struggling to say the word college. "Its because I wanted to spend the day with you. So, what are you drawing?' Mary asked sitting beside him on the little sofa. "I am drawing a flower. You can draw with me too." He said handing her a blank paper. Mary took it and sat beside him and started drawing.

For the next hour or so they worked on their drawings. "Are you done? Let me see." Mary said looking at his drawing. It was beautiful. The bouquet of flowers was drawn beautifully. "Its very beautiful." She said smiling. "Thank you, mama." He said smiling. Someone knocked on the door gently. "No problem. Oh wait, it's already time for your tutor to come. Well I will go for right now. We can go to a park or something later. Alright?" She said. Levi nodded. Mary stood up and left passing by the tutor.

She had no idea what to do so she decided to do some research on Damon online. Then she remembered that she hadn't contacted Katherine ever since she left. Katherine must be so worried. So she called Katherine and luckily she answered.

"Hello?" Katherine said

"Hello, Katherine. I am Marianne talking." Mary said feeling uneasy.

"Mary! Oh god are you okay? You didn't reply to my text or-." Katherine panicked over phone.

"Hey! Its alright. Yeah so I got a new phone." Mary said stopping her midway.

"Where even are you? Your father as turned country A upside down looking for you."

"I'd doubt he would find me so soon. I am in country F in Damon Tyson's apartment." Mary replied.

"Country F? That's so far. Wait, you are in one of DAMON TYSON'S APARTMENTS." Katherine panicked again.

"Calm down. Yes I am in the one and only Damon Tyson's apartment." Mary tried to calm her down.

"Marianne Carolina, what the hell are you doing there? How do you even know him? Explain this moment. What happened? How did you end up there?" Katherine went on and on.

"Well, my name it's actually Marianne Tyson now." Mary nervously said.

"No, just no." Katherine said

"Yes, yes, its exactly what you are thinking?" Mary said nervously chuckling.

"No, how?" Katherine said annoyed.

"Long story short. I bumped into him. He asked me to marry him. He was handsome and rich. So I said yes. Then we got married and then he flew back to country F with me. He also knows that I am running away from that. He was kinda blackmailing me to marry him. Its a win win situation tho." Mary explained.

"Oh good lord. Tell me more." Katherine said.

"So he has a son. Not a biological son. He was like his female best friend's son but unfortunately his best friend died and the child was left in his care. How's dad doing?" Mary asked concerned for the first time.

"He- he is not doing too well. I don't a lot but from what I heard. He was admitted to the hospital just yesterday. He has been barely eating and has got very weak. He cancelled his marriage with Regina. Do you plan on ever coming back?" Katherine asked her voice sounded as if she had experienced great sorrow.

"No, not for a couple months at least. Don't get me wrong I love him. He is the only family I ever had but he is too controlling, forceful, manipulative and overprotective. I need freedom. I will wait for a while. So, did anything between you and Ivan? Huh, huh." She said jokingly.

"Yeah, we broke up."

"What? Why? He was such a good guy." Mary argued.

"Well if he is such a good guy. You should marry him." Katherine said sarcastically.

"Heavens no! I am married already. Never ever in a million years had I ever thought I would get married at 18." Mary laughed.

"Your life is set. You are married to the richest most handsome guy alive. He is nice to you. You also have a son and you are only 18 and here I am in college. Partying every week."

"Pretty much."

"Have you guys done 'it' ?" Katherine asked.

Mary hanged up. She felt her face burning up. She looked at the time and wondered what Damon was doing right now.

In his private office, Damon was working on his laptop. He was currently trying to acquire the marine group. The marine group was very rich and could buy a very useful asset in the future. He worked on his laptop as there was a gentle tap on the glass door. "Come in." Damon said looking up. It was his trusted secretary, Mina. It had only been a couple months since she started working but she showed excellent performance. She was a woman about his age. She wore prim and proper clothes and tied her hair in a sleek ponytail."Yes, Mina?" Damon said glancing at her. Damon's private office was quite quiet. He kept no bodyguards or servants in his office. He enjoyed being alone. "Mr Tyson, miss Naomi is here to meet you. May she come in?" Mina asked. Damon wondered why Naomi was here to visit him. It must be important. "Alright." Damon said not caring too much.