NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 28
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Authoress’ pov ?
Marcus’s mansion… 1:30am…
Marcus opens his door, he steps in with Matilda firmly held in his arms.
He bumps her head on the wall mistakenly, but instead of wincing in pain… Matilda starts laughing.
She woke up when they were already in the car….
Marcus was just a few poles away from his mansion then.
? I believe I can fly…….?
? I be-lie-ve tou-ch the sky…..?
Marcus winces at her loud voice, he dumps her on a sofa and slumps onto another…he pants heavily.
He never knew a drunken lady will be as heavy as she is..or maybe she is naturally heavy.
? I think about it eve-ery ni-night and day…..?
? Spread..my wi-ings and…fly…a-away….?
He uses his hands to cover his ears and glares at her.
“Will please shut up!” He yelled at her.
Her singing is so annoying, she’s been singing all the way here.
Matilda pause and sits up, she stares at him with a sad puppy eyes..before she burst into laughter.
She stands on the sofa, she uses her hands to brush off some hair strands from her face.
“I am Be-beyonce, will you be my Jay-Z?” She asked pointing at Marcus.
“I’m not fan of Beyonce!” He replies in frustration.
Matilda pouts her mouth and blinks rapidly.
“Why?! Why?! Why?!” She asked stomping her feet on the sofa.
“Get down or you’ll damage my sofa!”
He gets up and tries to bring her down, but she pushes him away.
“I..I..I..wanna make you..like…be.. Be-beyonce!”
Marcus just stare at her wondering what he would do to make her shut up.
“One Beyonce’s song will change your mind….” She slurs.
She racks her fingers through her hair, trying to recall something. After few minutes, she breaks into a smile.
She clears her voice.
? You’re bad for meeeeee ?
? I cle-clearly get ittttt ?
Marcus covers his ears at her h©rrible singing…her pitch is too high…she doesn’t pronounce the words clearly.
? You’re just like poison ?
He rushes towards and slaps his hand on her mouth, muffling her words.
“Please, keep quiet, your singing is poisoning me!”
Matilda removes his hand from her mouth and jumps off the sofa…she sits on the floor and sighs loudly.
“Mr Au-aurelius…he..he is soooo arrogant!”
Marcus draws his eyebrows together in a frown.
“I thought he was an angel….”
She huffed disgustingly.
“.. but he’s just a wolf in sheep’s clothing!”
“You….”
She cuts him off by placing a finger on his lips, she looks in his eyes with a confused expression.
“Why do you look like him?”
She blink her eyes and shake her head…she rubs her eyes.
“You shouldn’t look like him..he.. he’s wicked! He refused to give me that job…I.. feel like… strangling him!”
She squeezes her hands to illustrate her words… Marcus slowly moves away from her.
“I’m sad..so sad…” She sighs.
Marcus simply stare at her with a frown.
“…I should be like my mom, I should sing to God when I’m sad….”
“No, no, no, no please don’t si…..”
It’s too late, she’s already singing again.
? and now…let the weak say…I am strong….?
? let the poor say…I am rich…?
Holy shit! What did I get myself into?!
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Statham Villa… 7:11am…
Mrs Statham scowl and sighed in frustration, this is the sixth time she been calling Nicklaus but it still wasn’t connecting.
She glare at the phone in her hand before redialing the number again.
Like always, it till went to voicemail.
“Why isn’t Nicklaus line reachable?” She wondered out loud.
Rhoda, who’s in the kitchen making breakfast hummed in response.
She swatts Bill’s hand from picking the carrots she’s dicing.
“Do you think he has black listed my number on his phone?” Mrs Statham reason.
Even though she isn’t going to admit it, the thought of her son blocking her number hurts her.
Like no mother would be ok with it, and even if Nicklaus is allergic to women his Mom should be exceptional.
But unfortunately for her she is included.
All these things are hurting too much than she can admit.
“Mom I don’t think he’ll do that, perhaps, it might just be poor signal” Rhoda assured her.
Knowing clearly how much their Mom is hurting.
“You think so?” Mrs Statham asked still finding it hard to believe.
She knows her Nicklaus is capable of anything, so he might really have blocked her.
“Yes, I know so.” Rhoda replies.
“Why can’t I reach him?” Mrs Statham continue grumbling to herself.
Rhoda sighed slightly annoyed, she drops the knife in her hand and turn to face her Mom.
“I don’t understand something, why do you suddenly wanna call Nicklaus” She frown.
“Mom, can I take some of the carrots?” Bill ask innocently.
But Rhoda simply sends him a glare… he shrinks back onto the stool he’s sitting.
“I just want to invite him home, it’s been a year since I last spoke to him face to face” Mrs Statham groan dramatically.
Rhoda shook her turning back to her previous activity, knowing something must be cooking in her mother’s head.
“Can you call him for me, please.” Mrs Statham pouts.
“Even if I do call him, I can’t force him to come if he doesn’t want to” Rhoda rolled her eyes.
“Just try, maybe just maybe…..” Mrs Statham trails off leaving the sentence hanging.
Why is her life different, she wonders to herself.
Most mothers have better relationship with their sons, then why is hers different.
She shrugs disheartened.
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Anastasia’s pov ?
Beep!
Beep!
What’s that annoying sound? I grumble and snuggles more into my warm blanket…
I sleepily reach for a pillow and cover my ear, trying to get rid of that sound… but it just keeps getting louder.
Feeling frustrated, I sit up and trace the sound, then I realized it’s my phone beeping.
Darn it! Last night I forgot to turn off my alarm, I quickly reach for it on the bedside table and turn it off.
I throw it back on the table and facepalm myself, groaning… I was just having the most peaceful sleep of my life.
Now it’s interrupted!
A gasp leaves my mouth when Klaus’ face comes to sight, he sits up from the floor he slept last night.
“G-good morning….”
He narrows his eyes at me and I swallow my greeting, his look right now is so terrifying.
He’s got dark circles under his eyes… his hair is all over the place… his face pale and his lips are kinda purplish.
What happened to him overnight?
“Klaus are you ok?” I asked quietly.
He sets his lips on thin line and grimace, he push back some strands of hair that was drape over his arched eyebrows giving him a stern and focus look.
“I’m fine! I’m ok!” He replies.
“But your face….”
“My face is fine!” He cuts me off grumpily.
He got up and grumpily walk towards his bathroom.. he slams the door loudly, making me jump slightly on the bed.
I frown, it’s so early in the morning.. why is he so grumpy already?
Just then my phone starts ringing, I reach for it and see Jack’s name flashing on the screen.
Why is he calling me? What does he want?
Deciding to ignore his call, I keep the phone back on the table and climbs down the bed.
I rearranged it and head downstairs, Klaus said he’s going to work today.. I better prepare breakfast for him.
Hold on, I sound like Klaus’ wife saying that… butterflies dance in my stomach at the thought of I being Klaus’ wife.
I rushed down the stairs, sweet aroma of mashed potatoes fills my nostrils.. I follow the aroma and it leads me to the dinning area.
My eyes scan around the table… my mouth watered at the quantity of food I’m seeing.
“What a feast!” I exclaimed.
Jerry who’s arranging the dishes laughs.
“Is Klaus expecting anyone?” I asked.
“No”
“Then why did you prepare so much food?”
He pulls out a chair for me and gestures me to sit down…he pours me a cup of tea.
“All these are what Master eats for breakfast!” He said.
My eyes bulges out in horror!
“Klaus eats all these?!”
Is he trying to get himself killed? How can he eat all these enormous food?
Jerry laughs at my expression, he gives me a few slices of bread.
“I don’t mean he eats everything” he said.
My stomach growls lowly, reminding that I’m hungry… I take a bite from the bread.
“Then what do you mean?” I muffled out.
“I mean.. he eats a little of everything here!”
“Oh!”
I nod and continue chewing the bread in my mouth. I sip a little tea and gulp it down.
“Since he won’t be able to finish everything, why cook so much? What do you do with the leftovers?”
“We feed them to our dog!”
I drop my bread and gulps down my tea in a hurry.. my eyes lit up.
“You have a dog?!”
“Yes, but Master doesn’t let it out!”
My face falls.
“Why?”
“He said it belongs to someone very special”
“Someone special?”
He nods.
Who could be that someone special? His ex?!
“Don’t ask Master about the dog, he gets angry when asked about it!” Jerry warns.
I nod, I mean, I don’t need him to tell me twice… I’d anything to make sure I avoid getting Klaus angry.
“Good morning, Master!” I hear Jerry greets.
I lift my head and sees Klaus walking towards us, he’s looking fresh.. way fresher than when he woke up.
He must have taken his bath, he’s dressed in casuals.
He ignores Jerry’s greetings and walk straight to the head chair, Jerry pulls the chair for him and he sits down.
His eyes scan the table and he nods in satisfaction, he picks his fork and stabs a steak, he take a bite and nods.
I roll my eyeballs, rich men!
I clear my throat to get his attention, he gives me a side glance… indicating he’s listening.
“Now that you’re going to your office, can I go back home?” I asked.
He stops chewing and turns to me with a frown.
“Why?” He asked me back.
“Well, I wanna pay Denzel a visit and check how things are going.. you know, how far they’ve gone!”
Now that the money is available, I should urge doctor Hemsworth.. I need Denzel healthy again.
He stares at me silently.
“We’ll go together!” He said.
“We’ll go together?”
I frown.
“Yes, remember your aunt thinks our relationship is real.. it wouldn’t look good if I don’t come with you!” He explained.
We continue eating in silence.. his phone suddenly starts ringing.
He dips his hand in his pocket and brings it out, he stares at the screen briefly before receiving it.
“Claudia!” He called.
I raised an arch at him questioningly, he glance at me and look away.
I frown and stops eating, I fold my arms on my chest and leans been on the chair.
He said he’s allergic to women, how come he’s having a female friend now?
Humph! Men! They’re all liars!
“I’ll be there right now!” He said and hangs up.
He keeps his phone back in his pocket and turns to me, his eyes scan my outfit… I’m just in his big t-shirt and sweatpants.
He had insisted I wore them last night.
“Go freshen, you’re coming with me to the office”
I scoff.
“Come with you to the office to do what? To see your Claudia?”
I quickly slap my mouth, why did I just say that?!
“My Claudia?”
I didn’t reply him, he sighs and signal Jerry to pour him some water.
“Anastasia, go freshen up quick, we’re going to the office together”
“No!”
“Here, Master!” Jerry said as he hands Klaus a glass of water.
Klaus gulps down the water and drops the glass on the table.
“We’ll go to the hospital from there, you won’t have to pay for a cab!”
My scowling face turns into a smiling face, I quickly get up and rushed upstairs.
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