C2 H2
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“I don’t know what to do ash, I’m going crazy. what will we do”
“you do Felix, it’s your problem, you and miss Stella. The only thing I can do is help you imagine a miracle”
“what type”
“à saviour”
“ok, I’m listening”
“let your imagination run wild”
“It is”
“Imagine, a group walks in and goes to sit some steps away from us”
“Ok”
“After some seconds, she comes in, in a red short dress, flips her hair and smiled at you before going to sit with the others”
“ash”
“she looks at you and frowns because you’re staring too much”
“ash”
“she taps…”
“Aaaaash”
“what”
“she’s here”
“who”
“Hayley McCartney”
“where”
“there, ash”
Ash turned and gasp
“holy cupcakes, did my imagination come true or we’re in cloud nine”
“yes, idiot. I’m going there” felix stands up and ash dragged him back
“don’t be stupid, you can’t walk up to strangers”
“that’s Rebecca”
“what if she’s not, you’ll make a fool of yourself” ash stands up
“let’s go”
“I’m not leaving, I’ve got to talk to her”
“no” ash held his hand and dragged him away
“ash, she’s the one”
“she’s not”
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“you seem to have gained attention, becca” Clara says
“yeah..”
“so have you seen someone that you’ll lay with” Becca looked at karl, then back at Clara
“that can wait”
Clara looked at karl, then back at Becca
“ok”
“I can feel the tension in the air” Fred says
“we’re in a club, not a courtroom, lawyers. please, let us feel relaxed” Nora says
“where are the two that finishes the circle” Clara asked
“not coming” Fred says
The next day
“you did what!” Clara barked
“calm down madam, he provoked me”
“firstly, karl divorcing Nora isn’t a surprise but asking your hand in marriage, that’s out of it”
“relax, I always win. He'll have to send the best fighters for the champ”
“wake up Becca, this isn’t a mortal kombat. love isn’t a human that you can knock out, it’s a feeling”
“I’ve been like this for years, six months can’t change that fact”
“what if you meet someone that’ll make you feel loved, someone that will spark up your dead feelings”
“I’ve met so many men, none has impressed me enough for me to fall”
“a man that will drive you crazy, that will set you on fire”
“set me on fire ke, dem dey craze…”
“not that kind of fire. the way he’ll look at you, his eyes sparkling and glittering with desire and the way he’ll make love to you and..”
“I get it” she cut her off “you indirectly talking about you and my son”
“oh becca” she sits
“ok, ok, I’m not in a good position to do dirty but I can help your situation by dragging you into my jobless world. we’ll go to the park”
“it may probably help”
“not may, but will probably help your accelerating under lips”
“you want a divorce, karl”
“yes Nora, a divorce. we both know that there’s nothing left”
“is it because of her”
“who”
“Rebecca, Estella”
“what about her?”
“you’ve always loved her and i knew all along. you have her pictures, you follow on every of her stories. Even when she ignored your calls and messages, you hanged on. she rejected you”
“so, she can change”
“Rebecca doesn’t need a man in her life, she wants to be independent. why don’t you just let her. You chose not to make another child with me and my miscarriage was your fault, Karl”
he stands up from the chaise lounge
“I agreed to marry you because of what you claimed was mine, now it’s gone and Becca is back. she’s taking her place”
“what have I not done to please you, karl?”
“Nora, any man will be lucky to have you as a wife but I don’t love you, I’ve tried to but I just can’t. if you remain with me, you’ll be unhappy. you’ve been the best but we can’t work. I don’t want to hurt you Nora, I want you to be happy. i wish you well” he leaves and she bursted Into tears
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“you saw rebecca”
“yes stella, i was shocked”
“but Becca doesn’t go to clubs, she hates it”
“you right”
“did you talk to her”
“Ash didn’t let me”
“felix, we have 5 days, five good days to provide Rebecca. what will we do?. Even if it’s her look alike, I don’t mind an imposter”
“Imposter!, please don’t go there”
“come on Felix, we have to do something or it’s a flat tyre. if Becca doesn’t come home, aunt laurel will loose herself and that wicked man, will penetrate perfectly into the family”
“I can protect them”
“indeed, we all don’t know how related you are to them, so, don’t go there” he stands up
“well, I’ve got to take Adrian to the park, he couldn’t go to school today, he’s not too well”
“should I come along”
“no no, it’s fine”
“I hope you see a miracle again”
“me too” he leaves
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“Aren’t you going to work” Esther asked her husband
“not today, staying home and working is giving me enough breathing space”
She chuckled
“we working on a new animation”
“better be good or your son will be mad”
“ok”
“I’ll get groceries then stop at my shop”
“how about you stop at the shop first before getting groceries”
“whatever” she pecked him
“your sister”
“what about her”
“well she’s your family and her headache should be yours but I can’t help but worry”
“Rebecca is fine, she’s stronger than me and she doesn’t give herself reasons to have headache” she leaves
“you talked about a lady that I’ve never met, yet you want me to marry her”
“Jason, Rebecca is in NYC, but she’s stubborn. Her sister wants her to settle down but she doesn’t”
“why”
“she doesn’t feel like but her family wants her to”
“what do you want me to do”
“approach her, talk to her, get to know her”
“a stubborn girl”
“you should know how to clip wings perfectly, she shouldn’t be a problem”
“she isn’t a problem. So, when are we meeting”
“we going to have dinner at their house tonight”
“splendid, I won’t have to eat your tasteless food”
“Jason” he grins and runs off
“I’ll get you, butt face”
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“felix”
“yes, my boy”
“when will you get married to Monica”
“soon”
“do you like monica”
“very much”
“good, I want you to be happy. please don’t look at lana, she’s stupid. 16-31, who does that”
“your sister, i can handle her” he pulled up at the park
“are we there”
“yeah, I’ll help you down”
“no, I’m a big boy” he opens the door and comes down
“right” felix came down too and the doors were locked before they joined the people
“it’s so good to be out Felix, I feel good”
“I know you will, but I’m worried”
“about what”
“you, aunt isn’t well and you’ve fallen ill”
“just a little, I’m not my mom”
“yeah, kinda”
“cotton candy” he squealed “please get one for me”
“no sugar for the next one week”
“Good” they walked up to the stand
“3 cotton candy please” felix says
“four, you mean”
“adriiiian”
he grinned
“buy it, he’s a kid” a voice said
“doesn’t mean that he should be eating sugar”
the voice chuckled and Felix turned to look at the person
“you”
“me” she walked up to the stand
“five candies, two for the sweet boy here and three for me”
“rebecca” Adrian hugged her
“hey” she bent down and ruffled his hair
“Rebecca, where’s the candy” another girl says joining her
“so you here. wait, it’s the man from the club. you later said you don’t mind having him as your baby’s father” Becca ignored it and diverts “Clara, meet this cute little boy. what’s your name?”
“Adrian”
“Adrian”
“yes Rebecca, why haven’t you come home”
“excuse me”
“you travelled and you didn’t come back home, mom is worried and she’s not feeling well”
She looked at Clara then at Felix. she stands up, paid for the candies and collected it
“do I know you?” she gives the candies to Clara
“let’s go Becca” Clara says
“wait”
“Becca, it’s me Felix, your cousin and this is your younger brother, Adrian”
“first of all, I don’t have a brother and I have no cousin named Felix. I am Rebecca Estella Robins, I don’t even know you guys”
Adrian takes her right hand and examined it
“she doesn’t have it”
“have what” Clara asked
“Rebecca has her name tattooed on her wrist”
“I don’t have any tattoo like that”
“but you look like her…”
“except the color of the hair” Adrian says and turned to Felix
“is my sister missing” he scratched his head
“so you’ve been lying”
“Adrian, I’ll explain later” he turned to Becca
“I want us to meet and talk” he brings out a card
“please can you call me” she looked at the card
“please” Clara collects it
“she sure will” she gives two of the candies to Adrian “call me tonight, please and I’ll tell you where we can meet”
“she will” Clara says
Rebecca looked at felix then to Clara before rolling her eyes
“bye Adrian”
“bye Estella” she walked away
“I’m Clara” she says before following
“hey wait, you walk too fast” Clara shouted
“so Hayley is missing”
“Adrian, don’t tell anyone”
“I won’t if you allow me to eat sugar”
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Lana drops her tray and sits “hey Lana, why the long face” a friend asked
she huffs
“he just won’t give me attention”
“who”
“felix”
“Your cousin”
“he’s not really a cousin, shantel. He’s a relative that came out of the blues”
“how old is he” mercy asked
“31”
“you’re in love with a thirty one year old, you just sixteen” shantel says
“who cares shantel, he’s cool, gentle, sweet and patient. I don’t know why that stupid sister of mine doesn’t like him”
“because you’re family”
“we didn’t come out from the same hole or suck from the same breasts. So, who cares”
“the society. what do you want people to say?” mercy asked
“let her be, it’s her life”
“shantel!, are you listening to yourself. it’s like you being in love with your uncle desmond”
“Whoa, he’s way older than me” shantel says
“same goes for Lana. please listen, we have boys in school of your taste. stop looking at a man of your sister’s age” mercy says
“He’s six years older than Hayley but ok, I’ll heed.”
“Thank you” Mercy says but Lana’s mind didn’t accept
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“what are you going to say to her, felix”
“get to know her, probably give her a job”
“like being an imposter till my sister is found”
“I never said so”
“but it all points that way..”
“ok yes, you’re too smart”
“I’ll help you”
“to do what”
“I don’t know, keep her in check”
“Oh, that makes sense”
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“Felix John McCarter, hmm nice name” Clara says
“don’t you have something to do, like work?”
“yeah, i was supposed to go to work but I called and lied that I’m not well”
“and they believed you”
“who wouldn’t, don’t change topic”
Becca folds her hands
“you’re going to call John or Felix, whatever”
“and what if I don’t”
“aren’t you curious to know about your look alike”
“I’m curious”
“good. so you will call him”
“ok, I will call him but I hope that I don’t kick him, if he pulls a stunt” she says as she collects the card from clara, who grinned
“he may turn out to be your future..”
Becca ignored it
“when is the challenge starting”
“beginning of next month” her phone dings
“who’s that”
“my sister”
“a message that will infuriate you, I guess” Becca checks her phone and goes through it
“you are right”
“what is it”
“the whatever boy she wants me to marry is coming over for dinner”
“that’s good, you’ll have two men that wants to marry you, I hope Felix doesn’t be the third”
“excuse me, we just met Felix and you’re already adding him to an invisible list. if everyone around me can just be like Rebecca Estella Robins for one day, point of views will turn out reasonably” she stands up
“and where are you off to”
“I don’t know” she leaves
“Rebecca and her temper, unreasonable things gets her angry”
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Lana closed her locker and turned to see a face that she’s uninterested in
“what now woof woof”
“lana, you’ve been ignoring me”
“if you were Joe Biden's son, I would have spared a glance”
“why can’t we work”
“cause I love someone else”
“we’ve been friends for a long time, Lana”
“yes Rufus, yes but I do not see an us”
“it’s because of him right”
“who”
“felix, it’s because of felix”
“and why do you think so”
“I’ve noticed the way you look at him, the way you behave around him”
“what’s your point”
“you like him”
“so”
“he’s older than you”
“is he your older brother or father”
“none”
“your cousin or nephew”
“none”
“your grandfather or god”
“none”
“so what’s your business, your headache. He’s not your uncle either, so why are you taking pills over my headache. i don’t like him, I love him so much and I’m ready to be his wife and to give my all to him”
“you’re crazy”
“yes, I am, crazily in love”
Adrian clears his throat
“sorry, come sit” Monica says
“aunt monica, when are you two getting married”
“soon adrian”
“he’s so inquisitive” felix says as he gets a drink from the refrigerator
“when we start having kids, you’ll know how handful they are, felix”
“well, I can’t wait for the offload”
“so how about rebecca” she looked at Adrian
“you can say it” Adrian says “I know my sister is missing and we met her look alike today”
“what”
“Adrian!”
“felix, didn’t you plan on telling me”
“I did, but not so quick” he gives Adrian a nasty look
“tell me about it, i want to know, I want to know”
“monica, I’ll tell you later, ok”
“not ok”
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“how do you like my new home”
“Good, everything seem new”
“not seem, karl, they are”
Karl wanted to touch the chair
“don’t”
“why”
“cause I said don’t”
“don’t be dramatic, fred”
“what has Nora done to you”
“I don’t get”
“remember, you caused the miscarriage. she’s been good to you and she loves you. You two have known eachother before you met the rest, she’s been..”
“stop fred, just stop” he sighs
“how about we turn the table around and talk about you, about you being in love and having an affair with a woman of my age”
“no, I don’t want to hear it”
“good, so mind your business”
“but..”
“but, clara is 26 and you’re 24, why don’t you find a woman of your age”
“There’s nothing wrong in what I’m doing, i love her”
“and there’s nothing wrong in what I’m doing, I want Rebecca and that’s that”
“did my mummy agree”
“she made the deal herself and I couldn’t agree less”
“did you provoke my mum”
“why would I”
“I don’t just trust you, I don’t”
Karl rolled his eyes
“now, I want you to get one thing straight..”
“and what’s that”
“she’ll never end up in your bed, are we clear”
“crystal”
Fred walked away
That night
“aunt becca”
“yes David”
“do you like uncle jason”
“I haven’t met him”
“why is my mom running around because of him”
“I don’t know, my sister has lost it”
“Becca, David, come downstairs” Esther shouts
“here goes nothing”
they went downstairs
“Becca come, quick” Esther says and Becca walked up to her sister “this is becca”
“oh, you two aren’t the same” Jason says
“different fathers, hers, foreigner, mine, african”
“that’s explains the colour of her hair”
“it’s a wig, idiot. my hair is short and black in color” Becca says and Esther stepped on her
“what the butt, sis”
“we should go to the dining” Daniel says and they all went to the dining. the food was served and they digged in
“I heard that you’re a writer” no response
“becca”
“yes”
“I’m talking to you”
“good, now you specific. you just said that ‘I heard you’re a writer’ you were not specific about who or what you talking to. Everyone here writes, we not the only one here, jasgig”
“Becca, you knew too well that he was talking to you” Audrey says
“I know, but I don’t answer stupid questions. what if I write, so, do you have an idea in mind”
He clears his throat
“I have some top writers as friends, I can link…”
Becca bangs the table hard
“I don’t need your assistance, Jason durelo or whatever you’re called. I am Rebecca Estella Robins, i am independence itself. Keep your assistance, dumface” she stormed out
Esther sighs in frustration
