THE BILLIONAIRE’S PERFECT MATE

Walking with no strength in him and as if he was about to fall, the only thing Richard could think of was the death of Pamela and his unborn child. He blamed himself severally for being the cause of her death.

‘I should have protected her at all cost. I shouldn’t have left her side earlier today. I killed her. My greed killed her’, he kept on telling himself while crying like a child who had just lost his mother.

He couldn’t bring himself to drive to Pamela’s house as he was filled with guilt and his conscience kept on pricking him for being the cause of her death. With no where else to go, he decided to call his mother.

‘Hello, Richard. Why are you calling me so late in the night? Thought we agreed you won’t call me whenever I am at home?’, his mother asked, keeping her voice very low, which showed she wasn’t comfortable speaking at where she was.

‘Richard, are you still with me? Are you sure you are fine?’, his mum asked when she noticed Richard was silent on the other end.

‘Mum, I need you right now’. Richard said in a pleading voice, which hinted his mum that he needed someone by his side at that moment.

‘Where are you right now?’, Richard’s mum asked.

‘I am in front of your house’, Richard, who was devasted, said.

‘Are you out of your mind? I told you to never come looking for me. Leave now and wait for me at our regular meeting place. Will be there with you in few minutes’, Richard’s mum, said hanging up on Richard.

Richard, who was standing in front of the house of his mother’s new found love, turned around and entered his car dejectedly, zooming off to he and his mother’s meeting place. But what Richard didn’t know was that, Edward who had dropped by his father’s house to discuss the company’s affair with his father had seen him zoomed off in his car.

At first, Edward thought he had come to pay his father a visit since the two were somehow close and he could say his father loved Richard more than him. This was what he had thought but when he saw his-step mother, Allison, rushing out of the house and driving off in her car in the same direction Richard had drove, Edward sensed something was off and decided to trail them.

After driving for some time, Allison stopped in front of a church. She alighted from her car, looking around to make she was not being trailed and upon her confirmation, she entered the church. Edward spotted Richard’s car parked in front of the church which ascertained the fact that Richard was also inside the church waiting for Allison. As Edward moved closer to the entrance of the church, he kept on asking himself what relationship does Richard and Allison have together and who exactly is Allison?

So as for them not to be aware of his presence, Edward didn’t enter the church but he stayed where it was close enough to eavesdrop on the ongoing conversation inside the church.

‘What is going on? Why did you ask to see me this late in the night?’, Allison asked, surprised.

‘Mom, ………. She is dead’, Richard said, sobbing profusely.

‘Mom?’, Edward who was eavesdropping on their conversation was shocked to hear Richard say that.

‘Allison is Richard’s mom?’, Edward kept on asking himself inside of his head.

‘I have told you so many times to stop calling me mom’, Allison yelled.

‘Pamela is dead’, Richard, who had just ignored his mom’s statement said, sobbing with pain visible in his eyes.

‘Pamela is dead? What happened to her?’, Allison asked, taken aback by the news of Pamela’s death.

‘Sophia found out about my affair with her. To get back at me, she decided to kill her’, Richard responded with his voice filled with pain.

‘How did you find out she killed her?’, Allison asked, confused and wanting to know more about the issue on ground.

‘She told me herself. She even described how she killed her and how Pamela begged to save her baby. She wasn’t remorseful and even enjoyed the act’, Richard said, sobbing softly.

‘What do you want to do now?’, Allison asked.

‘I am going to expose her. I can’t just allow Pamela’s murderer keep on roaming around the street without getting the punishment she deserves.’, Richard, who had become determined, said.

‘Do you have any evidence against her?’, Allison asked.

‘No ……… Not yet but I am sure once the police start their investigation, they would get a lead’, Richard said, sounding confident.

‘Are you sure about that? Do think Sophia is gullible and daft enough to leave evidence of her murder? You actually know who Sophia is. She is a lady who wouldn’t stop at anything until she achieves her aim. She is fierce and manipulative. You can’t win against her. Just let this go and pretend like it never happened. After all, Pamela never added any value to your life’, Allison said, rolling her eyes.

‘Mum, how could you say that? Pamela was carrying your grandchild!!!!!!!!’, Richard yelled, finding it hard to believe what his mother had just said.

‘So is Sophia. Sophia is also carrying your child and my grandchild in her belly. Sophia is our only reliable tool in achieving our aims. You can’t go against Sophia now. She knows too much about us which might cause havoc to our plan if we dare to go against her. Be sincere with yourself, what value did that dead, good-for-nothing pauper ever added to your life?’, Allison said, yelling back at Richard and trying to talk some sense into him.

‘Do you ever consider me as your son, mom? Have you ever considered my feelings? You forced me to approach Sophia just to achieve your aim. I do not even love her. Why are you so hell bent on getting your revenge on the Lion’s family at the detriment of my own happiness?’, Richard who was becoming frustrated asked his mother in anger.

‘You know what? You should be grateful that I linked you up with Sophia and you should be more grateful towards Sophia for taking away your distraction. With Pamela gone in your life, you will be able to focus more on Sophia and our mission. Have you ever wondered why I love Sophia so much? She is just like me. She doesn’t like any distraction and she is a woman who would do anything to get what she wants. Look at the way she took Pamela out of the way just to have you all to herself. This action of hers remind me of what I did 18 years ago, when I took Catherine out of the way, just to have Daniel all to myself. That’s the type of woman I want. She is a perfect match for you’, Allison smiled with satisfaction on her face.

‘You killed Edward’s mother? I thought she died in a car accident?’, Richard asked, surprised.

‘Car accident? It was a murder in disguise of car accident. I orchestrated it’, Allison said, laughing hysterically. As she laughed, all Richard could see was Sophia in his mother’s face, laughing the same way Sophia had laughed while describing how Pamela had died.

Edward on the other hand, who was standing outside the church, eavesdropping on their conversations, stood still upon hearing the mystery behind his mother’s death, trying to absorb the whole situation.