Chapter 116
6 years later
The sound of Lisa’s phone woke her up from her beauty sleep. She wondered who was calling her by this time of the morning.
She groaned softly and stretched her hands to pick up her phone from the bedhead stand.
She opened one of her eyes and stared at the caller’s ID and saw it was the manager of her restaurant. She answered the phone call and placed it on her ear. “Good morning ma’am ” Her manager’s voice echoed from the phone.
Two years later after Lisa had given birth, she decided to set up something for herself. With her little savings and the help of Daniel and of course her little experience from the restaurant she worked in the past, she was able to open hers.
It has been a successful one. A lot of CEOs in town always come to eat at the restaurant, although it was through the help of Daniel that the restaurant became popular. The restaurant was named after Lisa’s Kids. “The Bella’s “.
“Aria, Good morning, ” Lisa said as she managed to stand up from the bed.
“Ma’am, someone came this morning demanding to see you. He said they wanted to book our restaurant” Aria said
“For what?” Lisa asked
“A business meeting, ” Aria said and Lisa sighed softly. For the past 4 years she’s been handling this restaurant no one has ever come saying they wanted to book it for a business meeting. Aren’t business meetings supposed to be done in a hotel or somewhere else, Lisa thought.
“Who’s the person that came?” Lisa asked as she yawned.
“Uhm, a man. I didn’t get his name but he dropped his contract and said he would be coming back later in the day” Aria said and Lisa sighed softly
“Ma’am are you still in bed?” Aria asked surprisingly and Lisa hummed. This was the first time in how many years she’s worked for Lisa that she had woken her from sleep with a call, instead, it was the other way round. She wouldn’t blame, it wasn’t easy to be a mother, especially to troublesome quadruplets.
“What time is it?” Lisa asked and Aria removed the phone from her ear then checked the time and put the phone back on her ear.
“Ma’am it’s 7:30 Am,” Aria said and the sleep in Lisa’s eyes suddenly disappeared.
“Oh shit!! The children are going to be late for school!!” She yelled and ended the call immediately. She walked towards her window and opened the curtain only to find out it was so bright out there and the sun was out.
Taking care of the restaurant and also taking care of the kids hasn’t been an easy one. Last night she hadn’t slept in time because she came home late. When she had returned she had gone to check on their kids only to see they were asleep.
She wondered why the children’s nanny hadn’t arrived yet. She was supposed to make sure the children had gotten dressed for school and the noises coming out of her kid’s room woke her up every day.
Today was different, everywhere was so quiet. She was so sure the kids were still fast asleep.
She rushed inside the bathroom and quickly brushed her teeth then rushed out of the room to her kids. To her surprise her kids were still asleep in their bed except for Isabella, she was lying on her bed with a newspaper in her hands.
She was so engrossed reading the newspaper that she didn’t notice Lisa had walked inside the room. She wondered what a 6-year-old girl would be doing with a newspaper. Sometimes Isabella acts more than her age and she begins to question if she was the one who gave birth to her.
Isabella is the eldest of the quadruplets.
“Are you seriously reading that Isabella? Aren’t you supposed to be dressed for school?” Lisa asked as she walked toward her daughter and kissed her on her cheeks.
“Mom, today is Saturday. Good morning mom” Isabella greeted as she closed the newspaper, dropped it by her side, and then turned to her mom who was smiling at her.
“Oh my goodness! I forgot it’s Saturday. No wonder their nanny isn’t here. She wasn’t always around every weekend. I had almost forgotten”
Lisa scoffed as she sat beside Isabella.
Apart from the fact that the quadruplets had the same eyes as Alfred, there was something about Isabella that reminded Lisa so much of Alfred.
Isabella is just so different from her other sisters. even though they look alike in appearance.
Even at a young age, her aura was a strong one, it was filled with so much authority and power. The few times she’s spent with Alfred as a slave she noticed that about him too.
She reminded her so much of Alfred. The way he reads a newspaper and how he does his things.
She sighed softly. She had wanted to get over Alfred but the fact that he’s the father of her children will always remind her of everything he did to her because the children were a result of it. Nevertheless, she was blessed to have them.
“Is there anything on my face mom?” Isabella asked when she noticed her mom staring at her.
“No sweetheart. You should stand up and take your bath, I’ll wake your sisters” Lisa said as she stood up and opened the cotton, making the sunlight reflect into the room.
She heard groans and then turned around to see the rest of her kids groaning. She chuckled.
“Isabella, if you don’t sleep at night the rest of us do. Close the window now!!!!!” Clarabella yelled out of her sleep as she opened her eyes and to her surprise, she saw her mom standing close to the window with her hands Akimbo.
She raised her eyebrows and joined her lips together “Good morning mom” she finally said with a frown making Isabella laugh.
“Somebody please close the window, ” Arabella’s tiny voice echoed from her sleep as she rolled on the bed and suddenly landed on the ground. She burst into tears immediately. Arabella was the last of the quadruplets and is usually referred to as the baby of the house because how she loves crying and acts like a baby.
“Oh shit!” Lisa clicked her tongue and walked towards Arabella who was on the ground crying. She carried her in her arms patting her back and just then she drifted to sleep in Lisa’s arm.
“Mom!!!!!” Clarabella called as she pointed to Annabella who was still lying on her bed sleeping peacefully. Despite all the noises, she was still snoring from her sleep. Lisa wasn’t surprised though, that was Annabella for everyone.
Just then they heard the sound of a car entering the compound.
“Uncle Daniel is here” Clarabella yelled and Annabella who was asleep jumped off her sleep immediately.
“Uncle Daniel?” Arabella who was also asleep in Lisa’s arms said as she opened her eyes wide.
Clarabella and Annabella both jumped off their bed and ran outside their room.
“Mommy put me down, please!” Arabella said and Lisa quickly dropped her and without wasting any more time she took her heels running behind her sisters.
It was now Isabella who was all alone in the room. “Isabella, won’t you go see your uncle Daniel?” Lisa asked as she walked toward Isabella who was still lying on the bed covering herself with the duvet.
It was unlike Isabella, if it were an ordinary day she would run with her sisters to go hug their uncle Daniel and here was Isabella still lying on the bed while her sisters had gone to meet their uncle Daniel.
“I need to brush my teeth first,” Isabella said and Lisa hummed.
“Ok go on and brush your teeth,” Lisa said
“I will, once you leave” Isabella smiled at her mom weirdly. Lisa felt Isabella was lying. She was hiding something.
Lisa smiled at her and stood up pretending she was about to leave but to Isabel’s surprise she removed the duvet Isabella used in covering her body and to her surprise she saw Isabella’s leg bandaged.
“Isabella, Did you break your leg?”
TBC