NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 20
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Anastasia’s pov ?
My eyes meets the wall clock and I groan.. it’s 6:40pm already and Matilda is still not here.
I reach for the TV remote control and turn off the TV, the program I was watching is becoming too boring for me.
I continue eating my popcorn while staring at the blank TV screen.
Now Denzel’s operation will commence soon, my crush confessed love to me.. my dreams came true.
But why am I not feeling happy about it? Why do I feel like I wronged someone?
I hear a sound and turn towards the door, the handle move… my mind suddenly race back to the movie I was watching.
Then I hear a knock and my heart starts beating fast… Mummies!
Could it be those mummies magically came out of the TV to eat me?
“Maybe it’s just Matilda” I said on a second thought.
But that thought vanish when I heard the knock again..if it’s truly Matilda, why is she knocking?
She always bring her key along.
I drop my bowl of popcorn and get up and take slow, cautious steps towards the door.
I pick a textbook from our small end table, I stand behind the door and wait for the knock again.
There.. it comes again.
I grab the door handle and slowly open it, I hide behind the door… and wait for whomever was knocking to come in.
The person walks in, I close my eyes and lift my textbook to hit but….
“Ahhh… what are you trying to do?”
My hand freeze halfway, I open my eyes at the familiar voice.
“Tilda?”
She eyes the textbook in my hand.
“What were you trying to do with that? Murder me?!”
I sigh and throws it on a sofa randomly.
“I guess, I thought you were a burglar!” I said and walk back to my chair.
She follows me and sits on the sofa opposite mine, she looks at the book with a frown.
“And you actually think you can hurt a burglar with that?… A note book?” She asked.
I look at the textbook again and my lips quirks up in a smile.
“Don’t underestimate the power of a textbook!”
“Yeah!…I’m so scared” She mocks me.
I rolled my eyes.. who won’t be scared after watching mummies alone at this time.
“So…I saw your text, what’s with those sad emojis?” She asked.
I move from my sofa to hers and pulls her into a hug, she hugs me back.
“Denzel’s operation will commence soon!”
I sigh out.
“Hmm.. isn’t that a good thing? Shouldn’t you be happy?”
She pats my back and caresses my hair.
“I should but I don’t understand why I’m not!”
There’s a brief moment of silence, Matilda clears her throat.
“How about we analysis what happened.. maybe then we’ll know why you aren’t happy!”
I nod. I pull away from our hug and sit upright, I push a strand of my hair behind my ear.
“Two things happened today”
“Ok, let’s talk about it..one after the other!”
I nod and begin.
“First, someone donated 12million for Denzel’s treatment!”
“Someone? Could that someone be Mr Statham?” She asked.
I shake my head.
“No, it was an anonymous donor!”
Mr Statham! Hearing his name makes me angry… he’s just a bluff that derives joy from taunting the poor.
“He didn’t donate it, he’s just a lying son of a bch you makes empty promises!” I said.
Matilda frowns slightly.
“If he didn’t make that donation, then who do you think did?”
“Jack!”
“Jack?!”
“Yeah!”
She stays silent and seem to be in thought, then she shakes her head.. muttering something under her breath.
“Who told you Jack made the donation?”
“He told me, but Mr Statham suddenly shows up and said, Jack’s lying.. that Jack didn’t make the donation!”
In fact my anger is increasing thinking about it.
“Ok.. what makes you think Mr Statham is lying and Jack is telling the truth?”
“Because he’s lied to me before, he said he’d pay Denzel’s bills but he didn’t.. rather he was busy blackmailing me with it!”
She takes my hand and squeeze it lightly.
“My dear Tasia, before you blindly take side.. have you thought about Jack’s and Mr Statham’s status each?”
I frown.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, Mr Statham is rich and Jack is broke.. how can Jack possibly get that amount of money to make that donation?”
She pauses to study my expression, she continues when she sees I’m not showing any reaction.
“Mr Statham is rich, 12million is nothing to him… have you thought if he’s the anonymous donor?”
What she said makes sense, but Jack’s explanation makes sense too…
“But Jack told me he took a loan from the bank… if it was Mr Statham that made the donation, he would have told me earlier!”
“Jack took loan, what can he use as a collateral?”
“His house?”
Matilda sighs and pushes my head back.
“Jack is lying! He is my cousin and I know what he’s capable of… he won’t risk taking a 12million loan when he’s got no way to pay back!”
Jack is lying? Klaus said the same thing too, if he’s lying.. then who made the donation?
It can’t be Klaus, he would have told me.
“Don’t just believe Jack blindly, he’s lying!”
“I don’t think so, I’ll ask him about it again tomorrow!” I said.
It’s not as if I don’t believe Matilda, it’s just.. I can’t seem to convince myself that Jack could actually lie to me.
“Now, let’s talk about the other thing… what happened again today?” Matilda asked.
“Jack… he confessed love to me!”
“And…?”
I reach for my bowl of popcorn and plays with it.
“I don’t know why but I wasn’t as excited as I had expected.. I.. I don’t know!”
Tilda takes the popcorn from me and stuffs her mouth, after chewing for a few minutes.. she speaks.
“Do you wanna know why you didn’t feel any excitement?”
I nod.
“It’s because maybe you don’t love Jack!”
“I don’t love Jack?”
“No! What you feel for him is not love!” She said.
I furrow my brows.
“If it’s not love then what is it?”
“Er..ah..Admiration!”
“Huh?”
She drops the popcorn back on the table and leans towards me.
“You know Jack has always being kind and gentle towards you, so in your heart he’s the perfect prince charming… ”
She coughs, I quickly hands her a glass of water.. I guess she choked on the popcorn.
I pat her back until she stops coughing.
“… you think you love him but you don’t.. you simply look up to him, you see him as a uh.. how should I put the word…”
She trails off looking for the right word to use.
“.. you see him as a mentor!”
“A mentor?”
“Yes! In your heart all guys should be as gentle and kind towards ladies.. that’s why you think you love him!”
Ok.. her explanation sounds crazy but at least it helped me a little.
“You don’t love him…”
She sighs and puts her hand on my shoulder.
“… don’t worry chica, your knight in shining armor is coming your way soon!”
I nod but frown slightly when I calculate her words.
“Knight in shining armor?! But I love prince charming!”
“Take a look at our life, babygirl, who we need is a knight in shining armor.. not a prince charming!”
She’s right, Knight in shining armor always saves the damsel in distress… and I’m also a damsel in distress.
Matilda’s stomach growls loudly and she laughs lightly.
“I’m hungry, I should go prepare dinner!” She said and get up.
“Hmm… Oh, right, I’ll be going to school tomorrow!”
She stops and turns to me.
“You’re going to school?”
I nod.
“May I know why?”
“Well, since Denzel’s bills are no longer hanging on my neck.. I have decided to complete my education!”
She jumps on me and hugs me tightly, showering ksses all over my face.
“OMG! I can’t believe this! We’re going back to school.. we’re going back to school” she screams.
She jumps up and pulls me up, turning both of us around.
“We’re going back to school, were going back to school”
I laugh. I understand her joy, when I wanted to suspend my education.. she said she’d do it with me.
I thought she was joking but she wasn’t.. she followed me.
She stops spinning around.
“You just made my day, I’m gonna cook you a great feast!” She said and rushes to the kitchen.
I slump back onto the sofa and breaths heavily, Tilda just drain my energy.. maybe I should be working out sometimes.
My phone starts ringing, I reach for it.. it’s an unknown number.
I reluctantly pick it the call.
“Hello?”
“Hi, is this Anna?” A male voice asked.
“Yeah, please who am I speaking with?” I asked back.
He laughs.
“Oh, I’m Marcus… Nicklaus’s friend, we met yesterday!”
“The guy that thought I wanted to commit $uicide, right?”
He releases a laugh, I laugh too.
“Yeah, I was wondering if we can meet up tomorrow?”
I rolled my eyeballs, I know he wants to talk about Nicklaus.
Well, I didn’t give Klaus any chance to explain himself… I guess I should give Marcus a chance.
“Ok, but we can’t meet tonight.. it’s kinda late already!”
“I know, let’s meet tomorrow. I’ll send you the time and address!”
“Ok!”
“See you tomorrow then.. good night!” He said.
“Good night!” I replied and hang up.
Jack… I don’t know what I’ll do if I find out he’s lying!
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Authoress’ pov ?
Statham enterprise… 7:10pm…
Claudia steps into Nicklaus’s office, she drops the tray of food she was carrying on the table.
She stares at Nicklaus’s sleeping form on the rocking chair, she walks towards him and stares at his face closely.
Her hand moves forward, tempting her to touch him but she stops herself.. she knows what will happen if she touches him.
*How can he be allergic to a woman’s touch?* She wonders.
Looking at his well defined face, she’s tempted to touch him.. her eyes settled on his lips and she smirks.
*He might be allergic to women’s touch but not my kiss!*
She closes her eyes and leans forward, her lips were just few inches away from Nicklaus’s.. when Nicklaus’s eyes snaps open.
“What. The. FK!” He growls.
His thunderous voice sends Claudia falling on her bum.. he quickly gets up and steps away from Claudia.
Creating a very large space between them.
“Mr Statham….”
“What are you doing in my office?!”
Claudia gets up and adjust her clothes.
“I.. I.. I.. brought you dinner..”
she trail off pointing towards the tray of food laying on the table.
“.. you were drunk and…”
“Enough!” Nicklaus roars.
His eyes roams Claudia’s body, he notices she’s change her outfit.. she is in a more decent clothes now.
“Claudia, I have told you the reason I’m still keeping you here, correct?”
“Yes, Mr Statham!”
“Good, don’t push me! Your dad is gone, I won’t mind breaking my promise!”
Nicklaus picks up his jacket and head towards the door.
“Take that away from my office!” He said.
“Yes, Mr Statham”
He opens the door and step out, head towards the elevator and sees Graham rushing towards him with a bag in his hand.
“Oh, Mr Statham, you’re awake!”
“Hmm” Graham hums.
They both head towards the elevator together.. Nicklaus stares at the bag in Graham’s hand.
“Right, I thought you’d spend the night here.. so I rushed back to the mansion to get you dinner!” Graham explains.
They stop at the elevator and Graham presses the open button, the elevator doors open and they step in.
“Nina… How is she?” Nicklaus asked.
“She’s home now!”
Nicklaus nods and pushes his hair back, he rests his back against the elevator’s wall.
“She didn’t come to the mansion?” He asked.
“No, sir”
He nods.
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Statham’s Villa…
“Bill, don’t rush the food, no one’s taking it from you!” Mrs Statham said raffling Bill’s hair.
Bill shakes his head and continue shoving food down his throat.
“Mom’s gonna take my eggs!” He said.
Mrs Statham shakes her head and laughs at his words… Rhoda puts a glass of water in front of him.
“Right, Rhoda, what do you think about Claudia?” Mrs Statham asked.
Rhoda stops eating.
“Who’s Claudia?” She asked.
Mrs Statham rolls her eyes, she knows Rhoda is pretending like she doesn’t know who Claudia is…after all, Claudia has being visiting them since she’s little.
“Nicklaus’s assistant!”
“I don’t like her!” Rhoda said bluntly.
She cut a small piece of meat and puts it on Bill’s plate.
“But I think she’s a good girl, how about we help her win Nicklaus’s heart?”
Rhoda drops her spoon.
“Mom, firstly, Nicklaus is still looking for Nina and he won’t love anyone but her.. secondly, there’s more to that Claudia’s family….”
“Rhoda, you shouldn’t accuse her family like that!”
“I know mom, yeah, our families are close but I don’t trust them… they seem be have a malicious heart!”
Mrs Statham stares at her like.. how did you know?
“Mom, I can feel it in my guts!”
“But…”
“I’m done, mom!” Rhoda said and gets up.
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“Jack!” I called Jack loudly.
Everyone in the shop turns towards us, but I didn’t care.. I must do what I came here for.
He gets up and smiles at me.
I stop in front of him, raised my right hand up and lands it on his left cheek.
“Tasia…”
“Don’t say my name!” I backhanded his right cheek.
“Why….. ”
My hand land on his left cheek again…he opens his mouth to speak again but I didn’t even let a word out.
I backhanded his right cheek again.. I slapped him so hard that I can even feel the pain in my hand.
“How dare you lie to me?!”
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