A Night With Him - S01 E39

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A Night With Him - S01 E39

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 39

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“Cause starting from now, he’ll be staying here till your mum’s return”

“Huh?”

“Yeah” Damien grinned.

“I know you’re so worried about him being alone in the house, it’s not safe” Harold said.

“Yeah, thank you…thank you so much” Irene said.

She feels so relieved, now she won’t have to worry anymore about Damien cause she’ll be seeing him everyday!

She glanced at her brother who was grinning happily and she smiled too.

“Thank you Mr Harold, I’m so grateful” Damien said.

“It’s fine, boy! Have you had dinner?” Harold asked.

“Yes”

“Okay, Marie will show you to your room” Harold said and it was then Damien and Irene noticed Marie was in the living room.

“We can share my room” Irene said.

“No, i alre-ady made them prepare his room,there are enough rooms here” Harold said.

“Ohh..okay” Irene said.

“Do not cause any trouble here and just shower and go to be-d immediately you get to your room. We’ll talk tomorrow” Irene said to Damien as he followed Marie.

“Okay sis” He win-ked and pla-yfully dragged her cheeks.

She smiled and watched him leave.

“Geez! His luggage made it seem like he’ll be spending years here” Irene said and Harold laughed.

“Thank you so much” She said to him again.

“Arrrgh” He gro-an ed…”Enough of that Irene”

“No, allow me thank you. That’s the only way that shows how grateful i am”

“Okay fine…I’m going to the libr@ry,care to join me?” Harold asked.

“I don’t mind, i won’t be able to get any sleep if i should return to my room now” Irene said.

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“No” Harold said when Irene picked a novel to re-ad.

They just finished litting the fireplace.

“What?” Irene asked.

“Let’s not re-ad, let’s just discuss” He said.

“Ohh…fine then” Irene dropped the novel.

They both sat in front of the fireplace, no one spoke up.

“Hey! Aren’t you the one supposed to speak up. You wanted to discuss!” Irene said inwardly.

“I’m sure Nola would have told you not to enter the room beside the pool” Harold broke the silence.

“Ohh..yes! She did when she was showing me around the house and i wondered what was in there”

“Nothing is in there,it’s just a normal room that belonged to Helena,who was my godmother…care to listen to some stories?” Harold asked.

“Of course” Irene said eagerly.

“Okay…i loved Helena so much. She t©pped the list of people who helped me become successful,her words and advises groomed me into the man i am today. She told me not to depend on my parents wealth but work h@rd for mine, ‘Hustle like you’re poorest man on Earth’ She always told me,our bond was unbreakable and a lot of people do mistake her for my mother”

“Wow” Irene smiled.

“You should know my parents are billionaires and they were re-ady to spoil me but Helena prevented that. She was nola’s close friend and they do stay in the kitchen together. I should tell you this,the reason Nola never want to leave the kitchen is because that’s where most of her memories with Helena are. It’s been years now but none of us have gotten over her death”

“I’m so sorry about that” Irene said sadly.

“She died of food poisoning,she was poisoned right in this house and till d@t£, the culprit have not been apprehended. Detectives tried all they could but they couldn’t fish out the person, investigations went on for years until they finally washed their hands off the case.

She died on the same day my daughter arrived the world. She didn’t get to see Ivory whom she had prepared so much to meet” Harold said.

Irene took his palm in hers, seeing how h@rd he was restraining his tears.

She wanted to cry too.

She didn’t say anything and allowed him go on.

“I was more sad than happy but the belief that Helena c@m£ back to me throu-gh Ivory consoled me a bit. ‘Bring her up like i brou-ght you up” She had told me,like she knew she wasn’t going to be there .

She was poisoned in the night and she had struggled till morning just so she could see me for the last time.

By the time we found her, it was late and she died as soon as she was wheeled into the hospital. My world shattered at that moment” Harold finally let out his tears.

Irene felt her throat ti-ght£ñ, she know she’s gonna start crying any moment from now knowing how it feels to lose someone so dear and close to you.

“And do you know my worst regret?” Harold asked.

“What?” Irene asked, blinking h@rd to st©p her tears.

“Few minutes before her death..she gave me the n£¢klace she cherished most in the world,her grandmother had given it to her mother,her mother had given it to her and it was to be p@ssed that way but she gave it to me even when she had a daughter and i fvcking misplaced it! I was so careless!” Harold said, and Irene wiped his tears with her palm.

She rubbe-d his back and had to resist the urge of hvgging him ti-ghtly.

She badly want to, she had never seen him this way and she felt the nee-d to protect and console him.

” -Harold, do wear this whenever you go into my room,that way you’ll feel my pres£nce- She had told me and Indeed,after her death,i do feel her pres£nce whenever i wear the n£¢klace, i cherished it so much until one night, i got drun!k,i rarely get drun!k. I wonder how it happened. Then the next morning,I’m sure it was stolen cause i had searched every nooks and crannies in this house but couldn’t find it ”

“Who was with you when you got drun!k?” Irene asked.

“Carrle” Harold said.

“Ohh”

“She and Helena never got along and she had denied taking the n£¢klace and it was after she got married to Ethan that she told me to my face that she took it. ”

“What! What did you do?” Irene asked.

“Nothing, i couldn’t do anything cause there was not enough evidence to back it up. Helena warned me about her, she warned me not to trust Carrle but i never listened, if only i had known” Harold said.

“Damn!” Irene shook her head slowly.

“And

knowing the only thing that kind of connected me to Helena was gone, knowing i was so careless with what Helena cherished most made me so angry and i ordered everyone to stay away from her room.

I do feel bad when i go into her room without her n£¢klace,i realised i do not feel her pres£nce anymore without the n£¢klace so i st©pped going into her room.

If there’s anything i ever wish for,it’s for me to get the n£¢klace back. I miss Helena so much” Harold smiled sadly.

Irene sighed ” What a sad story, Now i un-derstand the reason no one is allowed into that room”

“Yeah,i wonder what Helena would think of you if she had met you” Harold said and Irene smiled.

“I’m planning on visiting her room soon,will you come with me?” Harold asked.

“Of course,just tell me whenever you want to” Irene said.

“Okay, i feel so embarr@ssed to have cried in front of you” Harold said.

“Com’on, I’m glad you trusted me enough to tell me this, thank you”

“I feel relieved, i feel free letting out what has been bottled inside me for years”

“Come here” Irene stretched opened her arms for a hvg and Harold happily hvgged her.

“Good morning Ivory” Irene said walking into ivory’s room throu-gh the adjoining door,she just finished bathing and dressing up.

She wondered where ivory was when she couldn’t find her on the be-d and the shower wasn’t running either…

She might be pooping.

She opened ivory’s wardrobe and started selecting her school wears.

She had gone to see Damien alre-ady,he was getting re-ady for school and he was so excited when Harold told him he’ll be getting dropped in school every morning and he’ll be picked up too.

The

door opened and she thought it was Harold that walked in,but it was Ivory. She entered the room grinning.

“I thought you were in the bathroom and when i didn’t heard the shower running,i decided you were pooping” Irene said.

“Pooping? No” Ivory rolled her eyes.

“You don’t poop?” Irene tea-sed.

“I do but…arrrgh,st©p this poop talk alre-ady. It’s embarr@ssing” ivory said and Irene laughed.

“So where did you go to?” She asked.

“Dad took me to see Damien”

“Huh?”

“Yes” Ivory grinned.

“I’m so glad he’ll be with us for a while,he said he’ll be helping me with my homework especially arithmetics” Ivory giggled and Irene smiled.

“Well…let’s get you re-ady for school”

“Aren’t you guys eating?” Harold asked when he noticed Irene and Damien were not sitting with them for breakfast.

“We’ll eat in…the kitchen” Irene said.

“Yeah” Damien said.

“What? Why?” Harold asked.

“Huh.. Irene said it’s your pri-vate dining room” Damien said.

“Irene com’on!” Harold said.

“I..we won’t like us to overcrowd the dining room” Irene said.

“Overcrowd? You’re just two!” Nola said.

“Truly,this is my pri-vate dining room but i don’t mind Damien eating with us, have your seats and let’s eat” Harold said.

“Thank you” Irene and Damien said and Harold gro-an ed.

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Irene, i totally forgot Carrle will be coming to check on Ivory today. plea-se wherever she wants to take Ivory to,make sure you go with her okay?

Okay Harold.

Dress her up nicely, Carrle can be so… nevermind. Just take care.

Alright, bye.

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“Carrle is here, i nee-d to go. You should continue with the dress” Irene said to Damien who nodded.

He’s back from school and they were both in her workshop, talking and working.

Damien had been so happy so see the workshop,he loved it and wouldn’t st©p talking about how good Harold is.

“Okay Irene, don’t be long” Damien said,he was enjoying his time here and…he had seen several maids eye him.

This is gonna be fun..

“Are you crazy? What do you mean you’re coming with us?” Carrle asked, irritated with Irene’s sight.

“I’m her nanny and i was ordered to do so by my employer” Irene said.

“Not in my car!” Carrle said.

“That’s fine,I’ll go in another car” Irene said and if looks could kill,she would have died by Carrle’s glares.

“Mum, i want Irene to come with us plea-se” Ivory said.

Carrle had changed ivory’s dress to a more beautiful pink go-wn and glittery white shoes,her hair was packed in pigtails with pink hair band.

Ivory looked so uncomfortable and Irene was almost f0rç£d to tell Carrle.

“Baby girl, we’ll be going to an ice cream parlor!” Carrle said to Ivory who didn’t seem excited.

“Well…the car you’ll be coming with should be trailing behind ours.” Carrle scoffed at Irene.

“And is this how you’ll be dressed, you’ll be coming with me dressed that way?” Carrle asked, pretending to almost throw up.

The b©dyguards and maids with her laughed.

“How do you want me to get dressed?” Irene questioned, refusing to be intimid@t£d.

“Get into a ball go-wn with feathers because we’re going to an ice cream shop? You should better hurry, you’re allowed to spend just few hours with her” Irene said and it took all Carrle’s might not to sl@p her in the face.

“Here baby girl,have your ice cream” Carrle said to Ivory stretching a vanilla ice cream to her, Irene sighed inwardly, knowing ivory doesn’t take vanilla flavor.

The Ice cream parlor is a big and expensive one and Carrle’s entrance had caused stirs.

Carrle is a public figure.

“I can’t take this” Ivory said.

“Why?” Carrle asked.

“I don’t want this” Ivory said.

“She doesn’t take any other flavor asides strawberry” Irene said.

“Will you shut up! And do never interfere in our business!” Carrle said, slamming the vanilla ice cream on Irene’s face.

There were loud g@sp and the next thing Irene heard was c@m£ra cli-cks.

What!!