In the Ashanti Kingdom, the meeting was over. Prince Clifford decided that he would be going over to N.Y with Charlotte to bring home their son. Going along with some important dignitaries was better than sitting back and waiting for the prince to be brought home.
Queen Farah was pleased. She said her son should hurry over and bring home the grandson of the Kamal family. King Bashmal, his grandfather, is going to be very happy.
They decided they would leave in two days. At this period, prince Jamal has grown worse. He has been abandoned and by nightfall, the news of his death was confirmed.
There was no mourning in the royal family on the death of Jamal. His wife and daughter only, along with some elders went ahead and buried him the next morning.
Nothing seemed to be out of place. The activities went on uninterrupted. The court hearing that was suspended because of the missing prince remained suspended but the good news, that the prince is found, has spread like wildfire.
In N.Y, Camella resumed office the next morning and invited Mary over. After her exchange of words with Andre the previous evening, she cannot do anything else. She loses concentration and wants to clear the air between Andre and herself.
Early that morning, she called Andre and he answered the phone. Before she could say anything, Andre had beat her to it “I am a principled person. Let this be the last time you call me so early for official matters” and then hung up.
She knew he was upset. What she would do that day was straighten things out between them. She loves him and she cannot help it. His last sentence the previous evening kept ringing in her mind “... before I give a woman my body, I give her my heart first”
“What's the schedule of my meeting today?” She asked, her facial expression calm and composed. As Mary gave her the response, a feeling of unhappiness flooded her heart briefly but she quickly shoved it aside,
Of all her meetings, there was none that Andre Torello would be attending. She really wants to see him. Anyway she said okay and asked her “get the presentation ready, I want it in PowerPoint…” she instructed.
As Mary turned to leave, casually she asked “how long have you both been dating?” she said and raised her head to glance at Mary's confused stare “I meant to say you and Andre Torello?”
Mary sighed and said “We're not dating ma'am. But I love him”
Camella's facial expression changed. She loves him? Who says she could love the man that she loves? How can she be in contention with her employee over Andre?
“The drama of yesterday, how do you explain it?” Camella snapped at her sharply and Mary explained everything to her as plain as she could. In her heart, she hopes that Miss Wood is able to persuade Andre to give her a chance.
Camella nodded and waved for her to leave. She sighed softly and rested her back against the swivel chair. “Andre is a clean guy,” she mumbled.
That morning, Andre and his mother moved into a new apartment, a villa. It's bigger, more luxurious than the previous. Andre was pleased. He'd always wanted something like this for himself and his mother.
He'd shared a dream of owning a villa someday, with Jasmine. He'd told her they will be happy together and raise their kids and stay happy forever. But she got her dreams fulfilled, faster than he could.
Alice was happy. Those men who came to find her, wouldn't see her again, she'd changed address and she's away from their clutches and the same goes for her son, Andre Torello.
Alice was so carried away that she didn't bother to see the landscape and the surrounding structures around the villa where she and her son moved into.
Andre walked over to the balcony, and stood there, his hands folded across his chest as he glanced down at an apartment across the road. He'd used to see that place as his second home back then but now, it has become a place he regrets ever stepping in.
“Andre, I never knew I would be living in a big house like this…” Alice chimed, walking over to stand by the sides of her son. She looked over and she paused, a smirk spread across her face as she saw Regina Logan stepped out of their little apartment with a grocery bag.
“It appears the penthouse she'd expected from her grandson was still under construction. And what can anyone do when the building material has to be way billed from the moon…. hahahaha…” Alice laughed out loud.
She didn't expect that Andre had his way of silently revenging an offence. While Regina Logan and her family are still waiting for their penthouse to be ready, he has moved into this expensive exquisite villa just opposite the Logan's.
“Don't let it seem as if we want revenge on them…” Andre was saying when his mother interrupted him sharply. “I want it so, I want every means by which I will take revenge on these ungrateful wretched couples for what you went through”
Andre sighed softly. If Jasmine was three months gone back then, she should be at the verge of delivery now. She should be having her baby any moment soon. And more than that, he wishes her and her baby a happy life.
It is hard, but he's getting over it. He's learning to be without her. He hopes to see her soon. He doesn't harbour grudges or vengefulness against Jasmine and her parents but he also will not want to remain at the same spot she left him.
“You have made me a happy woman once again, Andre and I am proud to be your mother” Alice chimed and kissed his cheeks. Now, she will ensure Regina and her husband see her often as their next door.
Andre got so busy the entire day that he didn't go to the company. He had engineers undergoing training who could handle minor operations in his absence.
He saw his phone chirped, it was from Camella and he sighed softly. Why does he feel relieved that she called him. The eagerness in him to explain things to help got ruined the previous evening.
She claimed to be in love with him but he cannot give her that happiness that she deserves. He doesn't trust his heart, to be able to manage a relationship and besides, Camella is feisty, he doesn't see them ever being able to date each other.
Taking a deep breath, he wondered if he and Camella could really try it out, dating.