THE TURNING POINT

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 3

He was thinking about the answers he was going to give the lawyer and the Williams sisters if he refused to sign off the contract marriage.

He sat down in deep thought for about ten minutes and he could not think of any explanation, he heaved a heavy sigh and stood up to get dressed.

As he walked towards the dressing mirror his phone beeped, he checked the notification and it was from his online teacher.

… .

Ryan had been taking an online course on how to repair cars and some pretty good skills about cars. Although he could drive, he wanted more than that, he took online classes on theories and practicals on how to repair cars.

He had video games he always played on the phone anytime he was less busy.

Now he believed he could fix a car although he had not had the chance to do so.

… .

The message read “Hello Ryan, we will be having class by 9 pm, the Lamborghini Aventador has been launched and we will be learning about it. See you”

He smiled. And dropped the phone on his bed

“Something new tonight ". He exclaimed.

He hurriedly dressed up and went to complete his chores. He worked happily and very fast in order not to miss his class.

At 9 pm he hurriedly switched on his laptop and quickly connected to the class via Zoom, all went well in the class except that his tutor texted him a private message inquiring about why had not sent his tuition fees for the month.

Ryan was the first to pay his tuition fees whenever the month began.

Thanks to the monthly allowance he was receiving.

But now the Williams sisters had slashed his

salary, he was now receiving only a quarter of what he was supposed to receive.

This has had a huge effect on him as he has begun spending his savings.

He replied to his tutor with the text “ I'm sorry ma'am, I will do that very soon”

After he sent the text, he delved into his savings account and sent $10,000 to his tutor.

He had only a few months more to finish his course and he was glad because the constant spending of his savings had taken a toll on him.

He retired very late at night after thinking very hard about his situation and how he was going to deal with it.

On his bed, he was deep in thought.

“What if I found my parents?What if I sign off the contract?What if I left this house? I could start a new life and do better for myself rather than being ridiculed by these Williams sisters ” he thought until he fell into a deep slumber.

Ryan woke up the next morning upon the ring of his alarm, he stood and went to wash his face.

He headed downstairs to the kitchen to start his chores. He had a lot of work to do that day because he had to clean up the whole house as said by Adriana in her letter.

Around 10 am in the morning, he heard the footsteps of someone walking towards the entrance of the house. He peeped from the kitchen and saw that Adriana was on her way out.

She was dressed in a blue short gown and had a blue handbag.

She shouted a goodbye to her sisters upstairs and headed out.

Ryan headed out to open the gate for her, but to his surprise, Adriana did not go out with her car, she simply headed out.

He wondered why Adriana did not go out in her car, after all, all the three Williams sisters had their own cars.

“ Maybe her car has a fault,” he thought.

But it struck him about five minutes later why she had taken any of her sisters' cars out.

He shrugged and carried on with his work

“ She is old enough to take care of herself”

He said aloud

“ Who is old enough to take care of herself‽”

A voice asked from behind him.

He turned around to see Geraldine looking at him with a straight face.

“ Erm…. I'm sorry, I was just thinking about something ” he fumbled looking away.

Geraldine did not reply, she just hissed and walked past him. She went to take a bottle of juice from the fridge got a glass from the rack and left.

Ryan heaved a sigh of relief and continued with his work.

Around 2 pm, the doorbell rang. Ryan got out to see who it was.

On his way out he noticed that Alicia's car was not parked in the garage, he thought she must have gone out.

He opened the door to see the car of the company that usually delivers groceries for the house.

He went to the attendant for the groceries but he noticed the groceries were two times more than what they usually order for the week.

Ryan asked the delivery attendant if he had not made a mistake. But the attendant told him the order was in the name of Ms Alicia Williams.

Ryan nodded, signed and went back inside. He was wondering why Alicia had ordered for more groceries than usual.

He thought about it but nothing was coming forth so he just shrugged and went to put the groceries in the fridge.

While he was going back to his room, a car honked at the door at the gate.

The sound was not familiar so he couldn't tell who it was. He opened the gate and an unregistered brand new Lamborghini Aventador drove in and parked at the spot Alicia parked her car.

Ryan was surprised, “How did the person know right where to park, could it be that Alicia had bought a brand new car?, is it the much-awaited visitor?, Or is it Mr Edward's lawyer” Ryan asked himself.

Well, whoever the person was he was going to find out, he went close to the car to speak to whoever was inside.