Chapter 24–Progress

Ella was going to be discharged today. I had our chef prepare her favourite. The whole interior design of the house was changed to a welcoming one. More effort was put in the designing of her room. This I paid extra for.

I had also changed the setting of the house arrangement. I didn't want the slightest thing to trigger her memory. As bad as I want her to remember everything, I don't want bad memories to be the first on the list.

I decided to work from home on Thursdays and Friday so as to be close to her. I got some new clothes too for her, I know she may want to disagree to wearing them but I had formed an excuse in my head of wanting to make sure my workers were well dressed seeing the type of person I was in the society.

The joy of having her back in my house was a tremendous start for Kendrick and I. Thanks a healthy wet nurse, he had been feeding well even in Ella's absence. After a long chat with the doctor who is a good friend of mine, I get all the necessary drugs for her to complete her healing process.

The first two weeks was traumatizing for me especially because I couldn't get Kendrick to stop crying for a second. This parenting thing was a new phase for me and I just couldn't do it alone without support.

The drive home didn't take long because the hospital was in the neighbourhood. I gather all our things and head into the house.

I introduce the newly employed staffs to Ella one after the other and during my introduction, I made sure that I made it clear that the amount of respect given to me should also be passed to her.

"I hope you like my home and most of all, hope you find your room very convenient and welcoming. Feel free to ask me for anything and if you ever need someone to talk to, I'll be right here."

"Mr Brown, why does it look like I am being given preferential treatment? "

"Of course. You are going to be taking care of my son, my only son. I want you to be as comfortable as ever. Count it as the benefits that come with caring for Kendrick."

"Oh. I see. Mr Brown, I must confess you have a nice place."

"Wait till you see the remaining places in the house most especially the pool and the fountain in the courtyard ."

I give her a tour around the house and introduced her to Kendrick's wet nurse.

I feel my anger made me take extreme actions. I shouldn't have sent her out. I was so angry I wasn't thinking straight. None of this would have happened. I just want to flush all these memories down the drain.

The second she carried Kendrick, he stopped crying immediately and started giggling. The expression on his wet nurse face 'Matilda' was priceless. I wouldn't blame her though it took weeks for Kendrick to get familiar with her. Still, that didn't stop his almost unending cries.

I moved all of her property to the spare room and locked it up permanently. I didn't want anyone to waltz into the room and open up fresh wounds.

I receive a message from my private investigator saying he had been able to gather all her background data and he was waiting at our usual meet up spot. Iya Risi her aunt almost had my head offered to the wolves when she heard what happened.

Yes. I had an investigator run a background check on her. I didn't want any further future surprises springing up. I think I have had enough to last forever.

I was about to inform her that I'll be stepping out and won't be arriving till evening when I saw her doing some very funny movement with her ears and nose.

Now I see why the house was so quiet cause whatever she was doing got Kendrick's full attention because he was giggling the whole time. I just couldn't hold in my laughter anymore. The moment she caught me laughing, she froze immediately and her expression made it clear that she was embarrassed.

"Mr Brown please tell me you hadn't been standing there for long." She said while playing with her fingers.

"Enough with the formalities. Please call me Jade. And if you are asking if I saw all that display, yes I did." I say as I smile which only makes her feel more embarrassed.

"Jade? First name basis? " She questioned.

"Yes, please. It makes me sound very old when you call me Mr Brown. I will be stepping out and wouldn't be back till evening."

There was this strand of hair that had come out of the neatly packed ponytail which I couldn't help but tuck behind her ear. I only had intentions of tucking her hair behind her ear but my hands decided not to listen to my brain but work on their own accord.

We just stood there literally staring into each others soul while my hands were working magic on her face. I missed her so much. It was like she was gone forever. I was leaning in for a kiss when my phone decided that it was the perfect time to ring.

Whoever was calling better have something reasonable to say. Why in the world did the person choose this moment to call? I quickly excuse myself to check who was calling. Turns out it was the private investigator.

Before I could finish my conversation she had disappeared with Kendrick to God knows where.

I head out to meet up with Mr Johnson.