That way their future is secured and nobody can take their inheritance. That evening the house was tense. Even the staff were quiet, but Naomi didn’t care. She called her lawyer. draw up the paperwork, she said. For what? I want guardianship over the children. Are you sure, Ma? This will trigger war. I’m not starting war, she said. I’m finishing it.
The next day, the press came knocking. A headline had already gone out. Widow of late Femi Adele takes in a mad woman’s children. Claims they are her late husband’s secret heirs. Photographers camped near the gate. Reporters shouted questions when Naomi’s car drove out. Her board members started calling. One of them, Mr.
Roland, finally said what others were thinking. Madam, this will affect the company. Investors are nervous. The media won’t let it go. Maybe, maybe it’s best you take a break. A break from my own company. Just for a while, until this storm passes. Naomi smiled and ended the call. Days later, Naomi began to feel ill. She wasn’t her usual self.
She stopped going to the office. Every little thing made her weak. She began sleeping all the time. She thought maybe it was the stress of the court case or the new reality that had just dawned on her about the man she once trusted with her life. But what Naomi didn’t know was that Anita secretly had a plan of her own.
That evening, she managed to get up from her bed to get water. As she slowly walked downstairs toward the kitchen, she overheard Anita laughing in the twins room. She thought Anita was playing with the twins. As she stepped closer, she stopped at the door. That was when she heard Anita say, “She’ll be gone soon. The pills are slowly doing the job.
She won’t make it to the day of court. It’s only a matter of days now. Once she’s dead, everything will be ours. Just make sure you keep giving her the pill before that day.” Immediately, fear gripped Naomi. She could not believe what she had just heard. Her whole body froze. She felt her blood turn cold. Her fingers shook. Tears filled her eyes.
She pressed her ear closer to the door, hoping she had heard wrong. But then came a man’s voice. Soft, familiar. Don’t worry, the man said, “When she dies, you will know what it means to be treated like a queen. I know Femi disappointed you, but not me. Right from the day I saw you, I knew we were meant to be together.” Anita laughed again.
She thinks I am a fool, but I will show her that I am 10 times smarter than her. She wants to take my children from me, all in the name of giving them a last name. As if I was the one who asked her to be Baron. When we get married, I will also be called Mrs. Adelc. She laughed. Good, the voice said. Hope you’ve already started picking your wedding dress.
Naomi could not believe all she had just heard. Anita planning with someone from her late husband’s family to kill her. But who exactly? She knew not. The same person she was trying to help had been the reason for her sudden illness. It was the poison in her system that had been making her feel weak lately. It was Anita who had been slowly poisoning her.
