CHAPTER 2- BAD TIMING

Roman immediately grabbed Paul's ear and left the house. Despite Paul screaming that it was hurting, Roman still kept pinching him on the ear and scolding him till Roman suddenly entered the car.

Tiana on the other hand looked at Malia filled with lots of anger. She was not the type of mother who beat up her child each and every time. For a while, there was a moment of smile as Tiana and Malia kept looking at each other.

'What have you both done?' Tiana finally broke the silence.

'Nothing mother. We were almost doing it before you and the strange man who claimed to be his father entered' said Malia in a pellucid voice filled with lots of fear.

Tiana was a tough mother who hated lies despite being a lawyer by profession. She moved closer to Malia and embraced her since Malia was prone to panicking each and every time she was in trouble. This gave Malia the courage to calm down who looked at her mother and smiled.

'I am sorry mother. I really didn't know your date was going to be Paul's father' said Malia feeling a little bit guilty.

'Go and shower then dress up. We will talk more about it during dinner because I know you haven't taken any dinner yet. Mother is going to prepare dinner for you' Tiana said who signaled Malia to go to her room. Maria quickly went to her room as she never liked to be seen by anyone in her state of nature including her mother.

She immediately took out her phone from her pocket and deleted the dating site. She then went to the kitchen and began preparing dinner for Malia.

Roman drove his car as quickly as he could. He always drove quickly whenever he was filled with lots of anger. As soon as he arrived home, he got out of the car and opened the gliding door of the car for Paul. Paul quickly got out of the car as Roman grabbed his shirt and took him to the house. He found the house maiden seated on the couch watching television as she laughed out loudly. Roman didn't pay attention to the house maiden, he instead slapped Paul which caught the house maiden's attention who immediately stood from the couch and bowed before Roman.

'I told you to stay here and not go anywhere tonight. You are such a disobedient and useless son. I can't believe your spendthrift mother died leaving me in the hands of a worm like you' said Roman as tears welled down Paul's eyes.

Paul ran off the living room and went to his room then locked the door. The house maiden filled with lots of fear knelt down to beg for forgiveness. She was the one who had given Paul the permission to leave despite knowing the fact that Roman wouldn't like it. She had no idea that Roman would come back early.

Roman used the chance to beat up the house maiden and ordered her to leave the next morning as he called the agency to hire another house maiden for him. Paul who was hearing the house maiden's cries from his room broke into tears. He hated his father as he was not only heartless, he was capable of killing.

Roman then went to Paul's room and knocked on the door as he wanted to continue scolding him but Paul did bother to open the door, he rather went to his bed and slept.

Roman slowly went to his room. He opened his closet which was full of black and white clothes and removed his black sleeping gown. He always wore black whenever he was in a bad mood and white whenever he was in a good mood.

He was strange in such a way that even his guts feared him. He wore his sleeping gown and slept at that instant.

Tiana decided to take the meal to Malia's room who had just finished dressing. Malia looked at Tiana who was holding a tray in her arm and smiled.

'Thankyou mother. You are the gift that I didn't ask God to give me. I love you' said Malia who took the food the placed it on top of the table and began to eat.

Malia wanted to be like her mother. Therefore, she copied everything that her mother did including her eating style. She would spend most of her time reading the past history of prominent people and watching their lifestyle just like her mother did.

'Yes my darling. I love and admire you too much. The next time you want to invite a boy to my home, please tell me. I don't want to get worried for nothing. You are my entire world Malia' said Tiana as she kept watching Malia eating.

She saw herself in Malia. The beauty that was highly recognizable everywhere, the slim figure which always fit every type of costume, the long straight hair which everybody lounged to touch and the tallness that made every woman hate her because of the attention she got including in her own hotel and the firm that she worked for as a lawyer.

As soon as Malia finished eating her food, she realized that she had hardly paid attention to her mother who seemed tired and was already asleep. Malia took the utensils to the kitchen and came back the room. She took her bed cover and covered Tiana with it then watched her sleep the whole night till she finally fell asleep on the floor.