Lanre arrived home that evening. He looked fatigued. He threw himself on the sofa and yawned. He wasn’t hungry but tired from a stressful day.
Rosa, what will she be thinking about him at the moment. Now, he is sure that she still has something for him. But will she stop loving him for his attitude towards her that evening?
Anyways, what is meant to be will be. He will concentrate on finding out who his mother is first before creating an avenue for them to meet..
Since she had her baby in the hospital, he would call his colleagues from other hospitals to help him check the record of a woman Ye Xiaoxi who delivered in the hospital.
Since he was brought to the hospital on the 10th of May, the probability is there that he was born in April. He would get to see her records and trace his paternal family.
He already knows his mother is dead. Maybe he would still find his father. He was lost in thought when his nanny walked into the sitting room.
“Lanre,” She called. He turned to look at her. He saw her standing and stared at him from a close proximity.
” Nanny” Lanre called. He called her nanny because she had always been his nanny. She was employed after he was adopted by his foster parents.
She had looked after him since then. And sometimes, she seemed not to realize that Lanre is an adult now but still cares for him like he was some little kid.
When he was returning to Country A, to take up his job as a medical doctor, she pleaded with his parents to let her accompany him.
She claimed he wouldn’t find someone who can prepare his meal and make him feel at home like her.
His parents, knowing how much his nanny loves and cared for him, let her go with him. Since then, she had always been by Lanre’s side.
“What’s wrong with you? I have been standing here for quite a few minutes now and you didn’t seem to notice” Nanny inquired.
Lanre sighed. Nanny wouldn’t let him rest except he tells her what his problems are. He unbuttoned his suit and pulled it off him.
” Talk to me Lanre” she persisted. She took her place and sat opposite him with her arms around her chest.
Nanny is a woman in her late forties. She looked intently at Lanre and saw a trace of the person she used to know back then reflecting through his face.
” My relationship crashed and I am investigating my root..” Lanre confided in her. Nanny knows he was adopted and therefore telling her about investigating his roots is no news to her.
” Let’s take it from the first, what happened between you and Rosa? I was going to ask you that I haven’t seen her since we relocated to this Penthouse” Nanny inquired.
“We had a misunderstanding. She broke up without letting us reconcile and said horrible words at me. Then I left her alone.
She invited me over for lunch but I declined. I don’t want her meddling in my life anymore. But you know what nanny, I love her despite all that happened between us. ” Lanre explained.
His heart felt pained as he talked about Rosa and himself separation. He can’t help loving her. If it was something he could shake off like a dust, he definitely would have done it.
“Love covers a lot of offenses Lanre. If you still love her, go to her and get reconciled with her. Perhaps she still loves you as well.
Some never lived to experience happiness with the one they love. If you can, don’t let love pass by you without taking a hold on it” she admonished.
Lanre smiled. Nanny is the best. She knows how to comfort him the most. And she had always stayed true to him over the years.
“Thank you Nanny. I will put your counsel in mind” he chimed and Nanny smiled.
‘ I only want you to be happy in this life’ nanny said quietly in her heart. ” Actually Lanre, I look forward to seeing you get married and raise kids with Rosa.
I don’t want to remain a nanny to an adult like you. I want a baby to look after. That’s my greatest request in this world” Nanny requested.
Lanre smiled. He hopes so. He wished that the nanny would stay strong and healthy and raise his kids in the future.
She’s so pure and kind towards him. He would have mistaken her for his mother if he hadn’t known that she remained an unmarried woman and once told him she never had the opportunity to have sex in her entire life.
He sometimes wondered how a woman in her age remained a virgin and dosen’t seem interested in love, marriage and sex.
“Tell me what you have found out about your roots?” She asked. She had a worried expression all of a sudden.
” I was able to trace the orphanage I was adopted from. My foster parents gave me the documents to help me locate the place and I haven’t been serious about it until recently.
What I found out was that I was one month old when I was brought to the orphanage. But the fellow who brought me didn’t leave a name nor an address.
My mother came looking for me and met with her death. I was adopted and that was how my record in the orphanage ended…” Lanre was explaining when he heard the nanny sniffing.
He paused and went to her. He held her head up and saw her sobbing quietly. ” What’s the matter, nanny? Ok, I won’t talk anymore” Lanre became worried.
Nanny calmed herself down. “I was wondering what would have brought a month old baby to the orphanage. This world is cruel, “the nanny complained.
Lanre wondered. Just these few lines of words made her lose control and sob this much? Does she know she would almost cry her eyes out if she gets to know that he was actually whisked away from his mother?
“It’s ok nanny. I will find answers and when I do, I will let you know” Lanre declared.
Nanny finally cleaned her tears and said she needed to rest. She stood up to go to her annex side of the apartment.
“Is that all you found out?” She suddenly asked and turned to look at him. “There are a lot about me, you are yet to know nanny” Lanre replied and went towards his bedroom.
“There’s nothing in this world I don’t know about you Lanre,” the nanny replied in her heart and went away.
Junxie and Theresa talked more about her meeting with Lu Jingli the next day. Junxie Li told her he had contacted his lawyer and he would accompany her to the court.
That evening, he got the surveillance camera of the day she was drugged in the party and how Tiana helped her to the room.
But there was no record of their divorce at the bureau. Theresa Mo was bewildered. That means her marriage with Lu Jingli was still standing legally.
Seeing she was worried, Junxie Li told her not to worry. He had obtained duplicate copies of his marriage and divorce certificate with Tiana Mo already.
If he claimed they were a couple, the lawyer would sue him for marrying another woman while the first wasn’t divorced.
Theresa was happy. She has faith in Junxie’s lawyer already. She kissed Junxie and said he was her hero.
Junxie, ready to devour her, pressed her below him…