23 Sleep

The nanny who took care of Jeremy since his childhood, was the first one to wake up,she saw Jeremy lying down on the floor,she quickened her foot steps,as she bent down to see,she discovered Jeremy was in a deep slumber but was smelling alcohol.Since she came to that house hold,that was the first time she saw Jeremy soooo! drank and unaware of his surroundings.She summoned two bodyguards who later carried Jeremy to his bedroom.

In Jeremy's resident.The alarm clock woke her up, despite having slept so little,she dragged herself to the bathroom took a warm shower, dressed up, went down stairs for breakfast ,she tried to eat but had no appetite. All the servants there were new to her, she wanted to ask the where abouts of Jeremy but changed her mind.She requested the chauffeur to take her to work.

She was among the first people to arrive at work,she proceeded to the financial department.Luckily the new financial manager was already in the office.

"Welcome Henrietta,I will be in charge of you."Junita welcomed Henrietta while shaking her hand.

"Thank you Junita,it will be my pleasure working under you."

Junita was not new in the financial department,she was the assistant of Mr Enoch, infact she did most of the work,Enoch only did the signing,even the report he had presented before Celly ,it was prepared by Junita.Junita had already prepared all that Henrietta was to do that day , as she arrived she briefed her and left her working as she went to her new office.All those who were known to be Enocks allies were fired,that was not the first time they were involved in misconduct,they had previously received warning letters from the management team due to their incompetence in work.So Henrietta was surrounded by new members in that department.

Thomson's residence.When Ritah and Thomson woke up,they were briefed by the nanny of what had happened in the morning.Thomson had a good guess of what might have happened,he was aware of the secret marriage between Jeremy and Henrietta,he excused himself and went to Jeremy's bedroom,he pushed the door and found Jeremy holding a piece of clothe sponging his forehead.

"Having hangovers son?" Thomson asked.

"Kind of." Jeremy answered

"Why did you run away from your bride?"

"I'm so frustrated! I can't stand,I think I'm already impotent,I can't perform Dad! You entrusted our future generations in my hands but I screwed up everything."

"It's not your fault son,that Betty is to blame not you."

"What next now dad,I want to ask a divorce,Henrietta needs someone better than me,we can't be two women in the house."

"Don't ask for a divorce,if she will ask it herself, then , divorce her,meanwhile don't let anyone know for now,go freshen up and go to work ."

Jeremy was so depressed,he decided to hide the problem from everyone,he didn't know how he could explain to Henrietta why he left her in the middle of love making .He prepared himself and left for work.

"Mr Sozzy can you find out what is happening in forest villa , if there is anything abnormal report and if everything is normal don't inform me."

" I will do it right away sir." Sozzy responded respectfully.

Sozzy called the butler in forest villa and the butler said all was well a part from Henrietta who didn't take breakfast well.

According to Sozzy that was not abnormal,so he just told Jeremy that all was well.Jeremy immersed himself in his work,during lunch time,he told Sozzy to deliver his lunch in the office.Lunch was delivered and he took very little.

In the financial department everybody left for lunch but Henrietta declined with an excuse of abdominal discomfort,she also continued with her work.After lunch everyone went back to there work.At 5:00pm Henrietta was done with her work ,she had not taken the chauffeur's phone number and she didn't want to ask around,that could be embarrassing,she decided to take a cab but she had no money to pay.If worse came into worst she decided to take a cab and would request the guards to pay for her.

Fortunately, immediately she stepped out of the company she boarded a cab which took her to the forest villa,the cab was screened three times before it dropped Henrietta. Henrietta asked money from the gate guard who was on duty and lucky enough he had the exact amount for the taxi after paying Henrietta went in the house,he asked the butler if Jeremy had come during the day but the response she received demoralized her.

J.M company:Jeremy continued to work until very late at night,he was not sure on how he was to face Henrietta,he finally decided to go home.He arrived at the forest villa at 10:00pm,he took light supper and headed upstairs,when he pushed the door he found Henrietta seated looking blankly at the door, that alone made him feel like one thousand needles were piercing his heart.

"You are finally here.What happened to you Jeremy?" Henrietta asked him softly.

"Nothing,why are you not asleep?"

"Jeremy you left yesterday abruptly with no explanation at all,I was very worried."

"I'm here now,go to sleep,I'm very tired I want to rest." Jeremy answered authoritatively.

Without looking at Henrietta, Jeremy went to the bathroom,took a shower for almost an hour,when he got out ,he changed into pyjamas and laid in bed covered himself and told Henrietta to switch of the lights before sleeping.All this while Henrietta was sitting lost in her own thoughts,when she was sure Jeremy was a sleep she also entered in bed and pretended to be sleeping,she turned and tossed throughout the night.Jeremy was not a sleep also,he just listened as Henrietta was turning and tossing but he had no why out to comfort her.