Forbidden love chapter 6

FORBIDDEN LOVE – Episode 6
A story by Jochrine Kunda
JUSTIN
***I was in my study with Thomas as we discussed our business, we were progressing quite well and wanted to expand the business so that would mean getting more employees and it was a tough decision because we needed people we could trust to work with then Thomas handed me his laptop
“Look at this guy, I got this email from him asking if he could join our squad, they say his name is Psych”
“You know we should only employ people we can trust, those who’ll be loyal to us. What if he’s been sent by one of our rivals to spy on us”
“Yes I took that into consideration that’s why I had a background search done on him”
“What did they find?”
***I asked curiously***
“His real names are Francis Ndlhovu, double orphan, rest of the family are in the village, dropped out of school in ninth grade because that’s when he was first arrested for robbery and didn’t take him long before he planned an escape and from then onwards jail has been his second home”
***I laughed out loud when he finished reading and he looked at me with a raised eyebrow***
“No we aren’t taking that guy he can take his ” psych” elsewhere, I mean how do you expect us to work with such a loser who dropped out of school in ninth grade and is always in jail? He’ll fail to complete missions and land in jail and you know the kind of torture those fools give when investigating cases then he’ll sing to them like a canary and that’s the last thing we need”
“Well I’m looking passed that, if he dropped out of school because he was arrested then it means he had long started committing crimes and being in jail frequently don’t you think he plans all that. This isn’t an amateur we’re talking about, I think he’s got the potential to be in the squad or perhaps even lead them”
***I looked at him for some time**
“and his love life?”
“Come on Justin, this is business and we aren’t interested in that besides they found nothing on his love life since he was in jail mostly”
***I sighed, there was just something about the psych guy I couldn’t put a finger on but something in me told me it wasn’t good but I brushed off the thought***
“So what do you say?”
“Tell him he can join us and arrange a date for his interview though I won’t be present because I have to find out what’s wrong with Veronica so you’ll inform me on how it’ll go”
“Sure I’ll get the date arranged but what’s wrong with Veronica?”
***I poured myself a glass of whiskey and gulped it all down***
“I’ve been trying to call her but she doesn’t pick up my calls, she’s been distant lately”
“Blessings has being complaining of the same despite them making peace but are you sure she got over the issue that happened at the restaurant that day?”
“Yeah she even told me that she’s okay with my profession as long as I protect her and little Jane”
I tried calling her and she didn’t pick up then Thomas gave me a different number to use and after sometime I called her and answered in a low tone
“Hello”
***I heard her sniff afterwards and it got me worried***
“Veronica?”
“Jus….Jus….I… I…have…to…go”
“Veronica don’t you drop this call, let’s meet so we can talk”
“No”
She hang up and I felt so much rage and smashed the phone against the wall then I felt Thomas eyes on me and I realized that I just smashed his phone
“Sorry”
I told him without even looking at him and I took my car keys leaving because I needed some fresh air…..
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VERONICA
***A fancy lifestyle led me to were I was, I looked at myself in the mirror and what I saw was displeasing my weave was so out of shape, I had dark circles around my eyes and I was red from crying. I was locked up in the house always because Francis would call me each time I stepped out and tell me of my whereabouts and it made me wonder if he’d hired a private bodyguard for me so I kept away from Justin for his safety and I wished he could understand why I was distant, starring at his pictures gave me hope and a smile on my face so I wished that the nightmare came to an end.
I wasn’t willing to open up to Justin about my past just yet and never mentioned a thing to Blessings and mom so it was a huge burden on myself and felt like I was surrounded by a huge storm. Mwelwa had become a huge problem which stressed me out too, he’d come home late and drunk then shout insults at the top of his voice and always said he was a father so I wondered if he’d gotten some girl pregnant. My mother in law wasn’t any different, she came to the house everyday and harassed me including insulting indirectly which I didn’t get why. I took a long bath one evening and wore comfortable clothes, I even left my phone behind and went to some quiet place where I found an unfinished house and went in, I found a bench where I sat and got lost in thoughts. I was only 25 and my life was a mess, I would have long gone if it wasn’t for Jane who I had to live for because I couldn’t live her in this bug, old ugly world on her own then after what felt like eternity I got up and went home where I found my mother in law who was kept occupied by Jane with her silly stories but she changed the look on her face when she saw me…..
To be continued…