NICKLAUS THE MASTER
Chapter 35
Written by: Racheal Dennis
Authoress’ pov ?
Marcus’s mansion… 7:01am…
“Arghhhh!” Marcus groans tiredly.
He look around him and sees files scattered all round him.. papers flying here and there.
He rubs his eyes while reaching for his lemonade on the end table, slowly he sits on a armchair.
Finishing his lemonade in one gulp, he drops the glass and massages his shoulders.
He releases a yawn and falls back on the chair, he blinks his eyes repeatedly.
“Fk! I’m so sleepy!” He murmurs.
He was up all night, trying to find a particular file but all his efforts seems to yield no fruits.. he didn’t find the file he was looking for.
“How can I find her now?!” He complains.
Just then his phone rings, he reaches for it and sees his secretary’s name display on the screen.
“Secretary Lee!” He said into the phone when he answers it.
“Good morning, Barrister Aurelius!”
“Good morning!” Marcus replies shortly.
“Barrister Aurelius, Amy’s secretary contacted me late last night, she said Amy’s husband is serious about their divorce.. he said he’s not ready to settle it outside court!” Secretary Lee reports.
Marcus sits up, his eyes lands on Amy’s case file beside his leg, he picks it up and flips through pages.
“Alright then, forward Amy’s husband’s contact to me immediately… I’ll speak with him!”
“Yes, barrister!” She replies.
He drops the file back on the floor, just when he’s about to hang up.. he remembers something.
“Oh, do you remember Miss Spears from yesterday’s candidates?”
“Yes, sir, you personally interviewed her!”
“Good, give her a call, tell her to come to our firm tomorrow!”
“Yes, sir!”
Marcus hangs up, he smiles at his trick… he’ll finally catch his prey without much effort.
His eyes meets Amy’s case file again, he searches through his phone and sees Amy’s number.. he quickly dials it.
Amy picks up after a few rings.
“Barrister Aurelius, good morning!” She greets in a sad voice.
“Good morning, Amy, your secretary said your husband is keen on getting a divorce!”
“Yes, barrister, he chased our kids and I out.. he wouldn’t let us step into our home!”
Marcus frowns, he doesn’t understand why people get married when they know they’ll get a divorce later.
“I’d advise you and your kids leave for now, I’ll talk to him and get back to you!”
“Thank you, barrister!”
“It’s fine, I’m just doing my job.. you do take care, don’t fight with him.. run if he’s coming at you, if possible inform the cops before you call me!”
“I will, thank you!”
Marcus hangs up and throws his phone on the armchair next to him.
He gets up and walk towards the kitchen, he opens the fridge and takes out some bananas and clementine… he stares at them and laugh.
“Bananas and clementine for breakfast!” He said and shakes his head.
He head back to the living room.
“I really need to get myself a wife! I can’t continue living on fruits and takeouts!”
A few minutes into his breakfast, his phone starts ringing, he reaches for it and sees Nicklaus’s name on the screen.
“He must be in trouble again!” He said before receiving the call.
“Yo! Nicky, baby, good mo-orning!” He said in a sing-song tone.
He waits for Nicklaus to speak but all he could hear is Nicklaus’s heavy breath.
“Nicky are you gonna say something.. or I should hang up?”
“Marcus, I’m in trouble!” Nicklaus said.
Marcus rolls his eyes. I knew it, he thought.
“I’m coming over!” He said and hangs up.
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Anastasia’s pov ?
“Oh my God! Tasia, it’s sunday morning and you’re already crying?! what happened? Why are you crying?” Matilda asked when she sees me.
I quickly pulled her into a hug and cry on her shoulder, she pats my back and slowly leads us to a couch.
Without breaking the hug, we sit down and she continues rubbing my back in a comforting manner.
“Tasia, tell me what happened? Weren’t you at Mr Statham?”
I nod my head.
“Then what happened? Why did you come back crying? And in your pj’s?” She asked.
I pull away from her, she wipes my tears as if it will stop them from flowing.
“N-nina… It’s Nina again..” I cry more.
She frowns.
“What’s up with her? Didn’t you say I should look into her?”
I nod, still crying.
“Then what did she do? Why are you crying so much?”
“Tilda, our relationship ended even before it could start!” I said.
I guess my statement simply just confused her, she frowns like she doesn’t seem to understand me.
“I love him.. I love him but it’s useless.. he doesn’t love me.. I’m just a replacement.. I’m just replacing his fiancee!”
“Replacement?! Tasia, do you know what you’re talking about?” She asked.
She feels my temperature and nods. “You seem normal” she said.
“Tilda, I just found out today, he wanted this fake relationship because I look like her.. he sees her in me….”
She frowns deeply.
“Wait!” She cuts me off. “It’s a fake relationship Tasia, wether he wanted it because you look like Nina shouldn’t be a problem.. right?”
“It shouldn’t be a problem if I haven’t fallen for him.. I know I don’t have any right, whatsoever, to get angry… But.. I’m in love with him.. and matter how hard I’ll try, he’ll never love me.. he’ll always see me as Nina!”
If there wasn’t any Nina I could have made him fall in love with me too.. slowly.
“Hold on, did you ask him about Nina?”
I nod.
“What did he say?”
“He didn’t say anything when I asked him yesterday.. then this morning, he confessed to me that he love her… how… ”
I choke on my words as my tears flow more.
“Hmm, I’m confused!” She said.
I stop my crying and frowns at her statement, I give her a questioning look.
She gets up and walk towards our dining table, she comes back with her laptop.
“Last night after our conversation, I did some research on that Nina girl… ”
“So what did you find?” I cut her off.
She pass me a *really?!* look, she turns back to her laptop and turns it on.
“At first I couldn’t find anything, because I don’t know her surname.. so I searched about Mr Statham instead!”
She presses a few buttons and a picture of me appear, this is exactly the same picture I have.. the one that has me and that strange boy.
I frown.
“I found out that Mr Statham was indeed engaged… but there was an accident. which led to the mysterious disappearance of his fiancee.. ”
I rolled my eyeballs, tell me something I don’t already know.
“.. when I searched for pictures of his fiancee, this was all they showed me!” She said.
“Huh?!” I exclaimed.
She stares at the picture closely then turns to me.
“Is this not you? Isn’t this the same photo as yours?”
I simply nod. We both stare at the picture in confusion, until Matilda exclaims.
“This boy must be Mr Statham!”
“No! I’m not sure, that’s not possible! I don’t remember meeting Mr Statham anywhere!” I said.
“You have, how else can you explain this.. this little girl is clearly you and when I asked for Mr Statham’s engagement photos.. this is what I was showed… ”
Could it be true? Is this boy really Klaus? Then Nina…
“… it means this is Mr Statham standing next to you on the photo… Maybe you’re Nina!”
“I’m Nina?”
She nods with a smile.
“I don’t think so, if I’m Nina why can’t I remember him? Why don’t I know that my name is Nina?”
Matilda thinks about my questions and nods slowly.
“You’re kinda right.. but remember your aunt once told you that you had a hard fall and lost all your memories…”
She’s right there, I did had an accident when I was a kid and I lost my memories.
“… Maybe Mr Statham is part of those lost memories!”
Thinking about her words, I nod.
“It might be true… ”
“It’s not might, I know it’s true.. that is the only way to explain this!”
I’m Nina?! How is that possible?! If I’m Nina.. does that mean I have been getting jealous of myself all these while?!
“I’m confused, I need a clear explanation!” I said and get up.
“A clear explanation from who?”
Right, from who? Nicklaus? Or my aunt?
Just then my phone starts ringing, I lift my hand and sees my aunt’s name flashing on the screen.
I clear my throat before answering.
“Hello, aunt?”
“Anna.. Anna.. de-denzel…”
My heart stopped at the mention of Denzel’s name and how broken my aunt’s voice is.
“Aunt.. c-calm down and talk to me clearly!” I said, trying to keep my voice firm.
I hear her take a deep breath, Tilda is asking me what happened.. I gesture her to wait.
“Denzel.. he.. he.. he collapsed!”
My phone slips off my hand and lands on the hard floor, my body suddenly starts shaking.
“Tasia, what happened?” I hear Matilda asked.
I slowly turn my head towards her and stare at her without saying anything.
“What happened? Why do you look like you’ve just seen a ghost?”
“D-denzel…” I stuttered.
Her eyes grows wide, I saw fear flash through them.. if her eyes held so much fear, I wonder how much fear my eyes are holding now.
“What happened to Denzel?!”
“He collapsed!”
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Authoress’ pov ?
“And you let her leave just like that?!” Marcus exclaimed.
Nicklaus nods.. he just narrated everything that happened to Marcus.
“Eish! I don’t know if I should call you a fool or an immature fool” Marcus said.
Nicklaus glares at him but Marcus ignores his glare and continue speaking.
“Why didn’t you listen to my advise and tell her the truth last night?”
“She was already asleep when I went back to our room!”
“Then you should have told her this morning!”
Nicklaus sighs and shakes his head.
“Did you listened to what I said? I didn’t get the chance to tell her before my Mom came!”
Marcus throws his head back and facepalm himself, he reaches his hand forward and slaps Nicklaus’s head.
Though it hurts but Nicklaus didn’t react.
“You could have stop her and tell her before she left!”
“But she didn’t give me any chance to explain myself!”
“Then you should have screamed it, she would have no choice but to listen to you!”
Nicklaus thinks about it, he realizes Marcus is right.. he shouldn’t have let Anastasia leave that way.
“Oh!”
“Yeah, oh!” Marcus mocked him.
Nicklaus scratches the back of his neck nervously.
“What should I do now?”
Marcus rolls his eyeballs.
“You should have done.. explain.. go straight to the point, that’s the only way she would listen to you!”
“But what if I tell her that she’s Nina, she would want to know more about our past”
“Then tell her, the her everything, everything single thing that happened back then..tell her!”
Nicklaus frowns.
“Tell her?! According to the doctor, we shouldn’t force her to remember!”
Marcus nods in agreement.
“Yes, you’re telling her not forcing her to remember. Tell her the truth… she’ll remember naturally when the time comes!”
Nicklaus opens his mouth to speak.. but his phone suddenly starts ringing.
He reaches for it in his pocket and sees Graham’s number calling.
“Graham?”
“Mr Statham, Miss Lopez secret guards called.. they said she left her apartment in a hurry and she’s headed for LA city hospital”
Nicklaus gets up at once, Marcus copies his action.. he wears a frown.
“Tell them to follow her!”
“Yes, sir!”
“Then come pick me up!” He said and hangs up.
“Nicky… ” Marcus trailer off.
“Something is wrong with Denzel, are you coming with me?”
Marcus nods.
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Anastasia’s pov ?
LA city hospital…
Matilda and I run into the hospital like two madwomen.. running past wards until we stop at a hallway.
Aunt sits on a bench with her head bowed, she’s shaking her legs impatiently… we rush to meet her.
“Aunt?”
She raised her head, her eyes red and swelled, evidence of her crying.. she gets up and pulls me into a brief hug.
“You’re here, Anna!” She said, holding my hands and squeezing them reassuringly.
I wipe her tears, while she sobs.
“Aunt, where’s Denzel?” I asked.
She turns and points at a door, I followed her finger and my eyes meets the door I dreaded most.
“He’s inside the ICU!” She said in a broken voice.
My eyes stayed glue on the door, my heart beating fast against my chest.
“Is his condition that serious?” I asked.
“I don’t know, doctor Hemsworth is in there attending to him!” Aunt replied.
Aunt and I stand there, just staring at the door…I guess right now, we’re both saying the same prayer… Denzel should be safe!
We’ve got the money now, he’s having his operation tomorrow.. nothing should happen to him now!
Not after fighting for such a long time… after a few minutes of standing, Matilda comes to us.
“How about you and aunt sit down?” She suggest.
Aunt and I nod, we walk back to the bench and sit down.
Just then Klaus and Marcus appears..they both seem to be out of breath…like they ran here!
I locked gaze with Klaus, he looks like he wanna talk to me but I turn away.
Then I hear Marcus and Matilda speak at once.
“You?!”
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