I've been smiling and laughing since we started driving back home mostly because I remembered the silly things Sekani said when I visited him and Mike's hilarious jokes he began cracking me as we drove.

"You should really do comedy, you're one heck of a funny man." I chuckled as I wiped the tears rolling from my eyes due to heavy laughter.

"They are all real stories of things that happened in my life, so that means my life is a joke." He smirked as he took a glimpse at me then returned his gaze back on the road.

"No, it just means your life is eventful." We both laughed at my statement. I've been laughing so hard I couldn't feel my lungs.

He took a turn by our right and we were now driving on a lonely road that had trees by it's side, I guess it's one of those areas, someone could camp or have a picnic.

"I'm glad you are happy now." He said with his gaze still on the road.

"Yeah at least for now." I rolled my eyes knowing I'd be going back home to meet annoying Drake.

"Well, we could make it last." He smiled at me then returned his attention to the road.

"Well that's after Andre is out of my life." I relaxed myself back into the car seat.

"What about now ?" I blinked my eyes repeatedly at his statement knowing where he was heading to.

"Skai, can't you see what's going on ?"He stopped driving and turned his body sideways on his seat.

"See what ?" I asked him giving him a clueless look.

He put off the ignition which made the head lights go off. He sat side sideways on his seat, he smiled at me as he took one of my hands.

"Can't you see I'm the right one for you, I mean look at you,I make you happy and your brother adores us. C'mon Skai you can't deny it." He rubbed the back of my palm with his thumb as he spoke.

"I know, I know but the thing is I'm not ready for that commitment yet." I told him as I tried to take my hand away from his grip but he restricted.

"Why ?" He looked at me with sadness in his eyes and I couldn't look into his eyes.

"I don't know maybe because I don't want Andre coming after you or I'm still hurt by him... everything is just messed up." I turned my head away from him and looked outside the window.

He reached out for my other hand and drew it towards himself making me face him the way he faced me.

"I've told you before and I'd say it again, I'm ready to be that guy, I don't care what Andre throws at me or what challenges might come but I'm ready to face it all with you." He squeezed my hands slightly while peering into my eyes.

"Can I have some time to think about it ?" I asked him so he wouldn't go on with the discussion and the situation was becoming awkward.

"Oh that's lovely. I'd await your answer." He held my hands close to his face and he kissed the he smiled at me as he let go of my hands.

"Let's get you home." He said as he turned around and sat upright in his seat. He turned on the ignition and we began out way home.

I began giving him consideration because he's right, he has always been a good person to me, he's always there for me most especially for Sekani and I appreciate him for that.

My phone began ringing again and I looked at the caller ID, it was Becky. I didn't want to pick it but I have to assure her I'm on my home in safe hands.

"Hello ?" I spoke into the phone as I drew in closer to my ears. I waited for a while but there was no response until a familiar voice blasted my ears.

"So you decided to pick your call! Skai get back home this instant! We are all scared. " Mike could hear his voice from where he sat which made him frown.

"Who's that ?!" Mike sounded so annoyed and he slightly raised his voice.

"Who are you with, whose voice is that ?" I was so angry at the way Drake was raising his voice at me. I ended the call and tossed it on my seat.

"Let me guess, Drake ?" He said with his eyes focused on the road.

"Yes." I let out a heavy sigh as I rested my head on the window.

"Why would he talk to you like that ?" He sounded a little pissed with his as his face evolved into a scowl.

"If you are with me, I would've let him talk to you like that irrespective of the fact he's your boss." He shook his head in a disapproving way as he increased his speed.

"Well he's not going to be my boss for long." I said as I fondled with the end of my jacket.

"What do you mean ?" He asked me with his eyes on the road.

"I'm working for him based on a contract and I have barely two months left." I was expecting myself to feel happy that I would be able to leave Drake's claws soon but I just felt numb.

"That's great then !" He smiled at me and he pat one of my hands with his palm and returned his hand back to the steering wheel.

We drove for some hours and it was already late when we got to the gate leading to Drake's mansion.

The guards let us in when they saw me in the car,as we approached the house I could see Drake, Becky, the twins and Darius standing outside the house.

I opened the door and walked out of it as slowly as I could reserving my energy for the drama that awaited me.

"Get inside !" He ordered the twins, they restrained but Becky urged them to do so as she rushed behind Drake.

Drake paced down to where we were and rushed towards Mike and threw a fist into his face.

"Get this idiot out of my house !" He ordered some cops that were around us.

"What's wrong with you ?! You love hurting people don't you ?!" I snarled at Drake as I rushed to where Mike was.

"Shut up Skai! You don't have the right to say that after what you did today !" He blasted me with his words as I faced him.

"Oh really?! Okay you mind telling me about Angie or the innocent baby you killed uhn ?!" I shoved him backwards forcefully with all the anger I had been nurturing in me.

Drake gripped my arms tightly and I couldn't wiggle my way out of his grip then Mike rushed towards where I was but one of cops refrained him while the other pushed Drake away from me.

"Drake, quit it! Mike I think you should leave." Darius said as he ushered Mike into his car.

"For the love of God can any of you get any more stupid !" Becky shouted at the three of us with so much frustration.

"You're all acting like brainless toddlers, you all don't think about how your actions affects others, you just do what you feel is right at the moment." She walked up to me and gave me and gave me a disappointed look.

"And you Skai, you don't just run out like that and not take anybody calls, we were all worried about you. You didn't even take any guards with you what if Andre attacked you uhn ?!" She shook her head in a disapproving way and walked towards her brother.

"C'mon, let's go home. You've displayed enough. " She put her hands around Mike as they walked towards his car.

I rushed to Becky and Mike, I put my hands on his temple that was bleeding due to Drake's punch,I looked angrily at the injury.

"Are you kidding me ?! Oh my God!" I could hear Drake's rant from where I stood.

"I'm so sorry about this, Mike." I apologized and he smiled at me as he nodded.

"And please take care of him." I told Becky as she settled him in the back seat.

"And keep your dramatic Drake away from my brother." She said as she wakes over to the driver's seat. I knew she was really angry at me, I didn't expect her to be nice.

I watched as Becky drove the car out of the gate. I looked over at Drake who was still standing with the cops.

"Skai, why don't you go in and take a rest, you've had a long day ." Darius wanted to calm so as to prevent any drama and to be honest a big part of me wanted to rush to Drake and punch him in the guts but I'm sick of him already.

I stormed into the house, I banged the door really hard and I could see the twins with worried faces in the living room.

I spot a duffel bag on my way to the stairs and kicked it out of my way as I rushed up the stairs.

I could hear the footsteps of the girls trailing behind me, I stopped immediately and turned around to look at them.

"When did he even get home ?" I asked them angrily as I looked at their faces.

"This evening after you ran away.". Busola said as she looked down at her legs. My eyes narrowed at her statement and I was to angry to control myself.

"You think I ran away ?! Is that what you two think ?!" I charged at them and I could hear someone opening the front door.

"No it's just that..."Busayo tried to same something but was interrupted by someone else.

"Are you also going to shove my cousins ?" I rolled my eyes at the annoying statement of Drake.

I walked towards the twins and took their hands, I took them into their room and banged the door behind us..

"I'm really sorry, I was just saying things out of anger, I didn't mean anything out there." I apologized to the twins squeezing their hands to show how sorry I was.

"It's okay, we know you are not mean." Busayo said as she smiled at me.

"Please don't prolong the drama, just go to bed already, you've said enough." Busola said as she hugged me slightly.

"Oh yeah like your cousin would do that." I chuckled as I hugged both of them.

"Don't worry, I'm going to be fine,I just need to iron things out with Drake." I assured them as I broke the hug.

They nodded at me as I turned around to leave. I bumped into a hard chest as I closed the girls room.

"Give me space would you ?!" I snarked at Drake who stood so close to me.

"Oh but you don't require much space from Mike ?" He barked at me as I rushed down the stairs and I could hear him following me.

"What do you care ?!" I rushed into the kitchen opening the door with so much force.

I walked towards the fridge and took out an ice pack, I needed something to chill the heat I was facing.

"Skai, what is your problem ?" He narrowed his eyes at me as he stood by the door.

"I don't know Drake, maybe it's because I can't cope with the fact I'm living with a murderer !" I angrily blurted out as I pressed the ice pack on my head

"You don't know anything about Angie." His voice was now calm as he walked slowly into the kitchen.

"Oh then why was her mom out to get you killed uhn ?" I still raised my voice at him,I was so angry today and I don't intend calming down any moment.

"Her mom doesn't even know half of the story or half of who her daughter was." He pressed his palms into his eyes, he looked really tired and pale.

"You don't say !" I eyed him as I took a seat in one of the stools by the counter.

"She was my girlfriend, in fact I had plans for her, I saw her as my future wife because she wasn't like the other girls well that's what I thought." He now had a sad look on his face as he rested his elbows on the counter.

"She was fooling around with other guys in school but pretended to be a saint to me. I didn't know anything about her lifestyle because my mind was still on my brother's death..." He trailed his hands through his head and looked at me with pain in his eyes.

"She was there for me all the time, when I lost my dad and my brother,she was always the shoulder for me to cry on but all that was fake, she only dated me for the cash,she wanted a rich husband to hold on to after college." He stood up from the table and walked towards the kitchen sink and washed off Mike's blood from his knuckles.

I kept mute as he told the story, I didn't want to interrupt him, I wanted to know every bit about him and why he would do that to a lady.

"I was paying less attention to her because my brother just died and my mom was devastated,they had to take her to a rehab... things were just so messed up but she felt she was losing me." He paused as she stretched for a napkin to dry his hands.

"So she tried to pin me down with a pregnancy, she tried so hard to make me sleep with her but I wasn't going to be that stupid." He said as he wiped his hands dry, he threw the napkin on the counter and started walking towards me.

"When she came to me with her belly protruding, I was disappointed and mad but I decided to still take her in because I loved her a lot that until she had to lie to the her parents I forced myself on her and got her pregnant." He stopped right in front of me and looked straight into my eyes with a straight face.

"Authorities came for me, they wanted to put me in trial well thanks to my uncle, I escaped that." He rolled his eyes as he took a seat by my side.

"So how did she die ?" I asked him in a calm voice, I was now calm and cold because of what he was telling me.

"She realized her plan won't work,got an abortion from a local health centre,contracted an infection and she died but no matter what happened her mom doesn't believe the truth." I stood up from my stool and walked up to him.

"I'm sorry for judging you, I was just.." I apologized as I had my face down.

"Skai, you could have risked your life all because of an assumption. Why do you act so stubborn at times ?" He had a scowl on his face as he scolded me.

"You can't totally blame me, I trusted you so much and I was thinking that something was ....." I stopped talking because Drake was laughing as I spoke.

"Is that the way you treat people you trust ?" He was now smirking at me.

"Well..." I was out of words as because he was right, I should have demanded an explanation earlier.

"Skai, you really hurt me." He was now serious and he had a stern look.

"Just because of a bad assumption you had of me, you ran off and left me and you came back with another guy." He stood up from his seat pointing at his chest.

"No I went to see my brother and it was late, Mike had to come get me." I tried explaining to him but he was shook his head at me.

"Doesn't change the way you treated him right in front of me, Skai I'm not dumb." I gave him a clueless look as he walked away from me heading towards the door.

"Why does it bother you if I'm nice and caring towards Mike or if he cares about me ?" I asked him as I trailed behind him.

"That's because I'm supposed to be that guy, I'm the only one who should care and protect you not done Mike dude."He turned around swiftly and looked me in the eye with so much anger.

"Why does it have to be only you ?" I asked him as I took a step forward.

"That's because.... because..." He looked away from me and walked backwards.

"No you're not going to leave your words unfinished again, why ?! " I threw questions at him as I followed behind him.

"Skai it's not necessary." He said as he walked out of the kitchen.

"Drake Why do care so much ? Why did you put out so much outburst on Mike and why do you act ...." I was cut short by the shattering of a flower vase that was smashed on the floor by Drake.

"That's because I have feelings for you ! Yes I freaking admire you and care about you so much !" He ran upstairs after he spat those words at me.

I was stunned and shocked at what he said, yes I might have gotten hints earlier that there's a probability he felt that way but I never expected it to be true.

I stood there with my eyes wide open and I let out a gasp as I sat there on the floor thinking about how a lot of events unfolded in one day.