The Billionaire Charm

e and place it on the table with a thump and a dejected sigh. A second disappointment wouldn't hurt as much and I knew it. I would rather take brutal honesty where my partner adm

as black as night. I imagine my lips on Dare's like an artistic painting. I look around the fancy re

ep

tween the hotel and all the people I know. I decide to call the unknown number to get some clarification but that seems abortive as it was unreachable. I try calling Dare but he too is unreachable. After trying to decode the strange message and its link to me, a thought comes to mind and provokes a half smile in me. I conclude after being i

let any pessimistic thoughts invade the happy bubble I'm already encased in. I board a cab and arrive at the address in less than fifteen minutes. While

pointedly in my direction. A thin man sits with his legs crossed, smoking in a corner. His shabby appearance makes him look like someone who had just escaped from a rehabilitation

from me?" I ask

e thin ma

are? What did you do to h

is fine, he's doing very well" He

ds, walks to a chair at the opposite end of the room and ruffles through a bag. I

m me?' I ask, already

are. He looks tortured and bruised. He had on the suit he promised to wear to our date and the gold

rty-eight hours and Dare will be all yours" he sa

the police. If you do, Dare's head will be

ughly undo the ropes tying me down to the seat. They blindfold me and drive me back to the place they had picked me up. It

t right before my eyes. The next morning, I woke up with a splitting headache and the pungent smell of alcohol in the air. I recall

ns selling the properties my father left behind a

re myself. Later that evening, I made arrangements

my room with the money I had withdrawn from the bank and the other cooperative soci

of the money?" I ask out l

nce my nappy days and in tears, I tell he

I'm so sorry" she sighs and continues in a tough tone, "Thank God you're fin

ed that you are saying this, Tessy. We both know