"So does that mean you have forgiven me" daniel asked staring at me intensely.

"Not exactly...but I would try to trust you again"

"Thank you anne...thank you and i'm really sorry for being such an asshole" he muttered pulling me into a tight embrace, I felt like I was going to suffocate so I had to pat his back to let me go.

"I'm sorry about that" he said releasing me after noticing I was grasping for air.

"Its fine" I smiled.

"Anyway ....are you coming back to work?"

"Yeah..I should be back by monday. I'm sure the other workers wouldn't have anything good to say about me, they would probably think I wanted to just ditch my duties and the errands too" I replied

"Just ignore them, i'm sure you will be fine"

"Of course I will be......I have a good CEO by my side anyway"

"Don't get so cheeky with me"he replied as he playfully pulled the side of my cheek.

He finally left after we chatted for quite a while.

It was a monday morning and just as I had promised him, I was going to resume to work that day.

I wore a blue suit and did a complete makeover to hide the fact that I almost fell terribly ill during my time off.

As expected from the other workers they began to question my absence. Some said I was misusing my closeness with the boss while others said I was trying to ditch my duties or avoid been sent errands.

Well they could say whatever they wanted to say as far as I was concerned.

It was only Jasmine who welcomed me back with cheerfulness, she was aware of the fact that daniel and I made up, without me telling her. She obviously knew me too much already.

"Go girl" jasmine hyped as I walked over to my office desk , I just smiled back at her.

It was not too long after I came to work that Daniel informed me that he was going to take me out on a date after work.

"But am not even dressed for a date" I queired.

"You look gorgeous in whatever you wear" he replied . And with that, it was settled, we were going for a date.

We finished work around six in the evening, so I had to fix my make up for the date. I hopped into daniel's car and it took about thirty minutes before we arrived to the front of a really attractive restaurant, and by the looks of it I could tell that not just anybody could go there.

"Um....is this where we would be having our date." I asked as I watched him unfasten his seat belt.

"Yeah...don't you like it?"

"No.....I love it..It just looks really expensive" I replied staring in awe at the building.

"You gotta enjoy life you know. Even if its just ones in a while". and with that we got out of the car.

The interior of the building was even more stunning than the front of the building. I just stared around in awe, even when my parents were still alive we didn't visit this kind of places. The waitress in charge directed us to our table, apparently daniel had booked a table for us in advance in other to surprise me and of course he succeeded, I was indeed surprised.

We settled down and the waitress brought us the menu, the whole thing in the menu looked unfamiliar to me so I asked daniel to pick for me.

We settled for two servings of 'frito pie'.

"And what kind of drink would you like." The waitress asked still taking notes, I noticed she was taking quick glances at me but I just chose to ignore it.

"Just Juice.......orange juice" I replied and daniel asked for the same. She ran off to get our food after we told her we weren't interested in the appetizers.

"So ...you still haven't given me an answer" daniel said after we watched the waitress run off with her note pad.

"On what?" I replied pretending to be confused, even when I was fully aware of what he was talking about.

"You know what am talking about. You are a terrible actress by the way." I knew he was going to say something like that because I was obviously blushing hard and I already turned pink.

"You got me there" I chuckled.

"So what's your answer."he asked again staring at me more intensely.

"Yes ...i---" I was about to give him a full reply when his phone suddenly buzzed, he took the phone from the table and squinted his eye at the caller's ID. It looked like a really urgent call.

"One minute." He said and ran off. I kept staring around the restaurant waiting for him to be back because it was obvious it was an urgent call, the waitress that had taken our orders earlier was already back with what we ordered for, she suddenly started looking around and when she saw that daniel was not in sight, she sat on the chair he had left behind.

"Anne...I really have something to tell you." She whispered. I was taken aback by her actions and statement, how the heck did she know me?

"Do I know you" I asked in utter confusion.

"Listen....I have to tell you something really quick before your boyfriend comes back."

"What's it about?....is this about the food?" I replied trying to guess why she looked soo anxious

"Your dad didn't commit suicide, he was murdered". She sighed

What the heck was she talking about? My dad obviously killed himself out of frustration. We even had an autopsy done and it was proved that it was suicide.

"Listen...I don't know who you are or what you are talking about but one thing is for sure, my dad killed himself at the station" I replied not wanting to believe her.

"I once worked at the station so I know what i'm talking about. Someone bribed a police man to kill your dad and make it look like a murder ,I ......"

**The waitress flashback POV**

(The waitress name is Stephanie)

I worked as a janitor at a station and that was were I met Mr olivia, he looked like someone that couldn't hurt a fly so I decided to ask him what got him in prison in the first place, he explained that he killed his wife out of anger, I felt really bad for him so we became close, he kept on showing me pictures of his children and always bragged about them to me.

I was going about my duties one day when I heard an hot argument between two people in one of the stations.

"Its a direct instruction from Mr jackson." I heard a voice say from inside the station.

"But I can't kill a person." The police man in charge replied with a shaky voice.

"Well you would have to kill him if you don't want to loose your job here."

"But Mr olivia is a good person. He is one of the best inmate here" the police man questioned. On hearing Mr olivia's name i shivered. Why on earth did they want to kill him

"That's none of your business. Mr Jackson as promised to get you an higher position and also pay for your sick daughter's bills at the hospital, he promised to also make it look like a suicide.... Isn't that too much of an offer?" The voice demanded.

"Alright I would do it but please I don't want to get into any trouble because of it." The police replied after giving it a deep thought.

I was in utter shock to hear that and could feel my whole body vibrating. I left from behind the door where i was eavesdropping from, tip toeing silently so that I wouldn't be noticed and get killed as well, I was about to tell Mr Jackson about what was being planned against him when my phone suddenly buzzed. The hospital called me and told me that my sister was involved in fatal accident, I really loved my sister dearly so hearing about her accident made me forget about the incident that just took place as I ran out of the station to the hospital.

I resumed work the next day and heard that Mr olivia had killed himself, I remembered the discussion of the previous day and felt so guilty, I also knew I didn't have enough power to prove that he didn't kill himself so I resigned from the police station out of guilt, I couldn't find another job because I didn't complete my education so I decided to go back to school and finish my education, that was how I became a professional waitress at a five star restaurant.

Despite being employed at the restaurant, I still felt guilt eating me up. If only I just took five minutes of my time to tell him about what was being plotted against him, he would probably still be alive.

*******

As I worked in the restaurant that particular day, I saw a familiar face walking in with a guy but I couldn't remember where I had seen her before so I kept glancing at her as I took their orders. I couldn't recollect where we had met so I quickly went to look at the names that was booked for that particular table, as soon as I saw the name it struck me that she was Mr Olivia's daughter. The reason she looked soo familiar was because her dad always showed me her pictures and talked about her especially the fact that she had an un striking resemblance with him. I decided to tell her about what happened to her father because I felt that was the right thing to do and also because I wanted to feel less guilty about the whole situation but I couldn't tell her in front of the guy. I was still thinking about how I would tell her when I saw that the guy was no longer there, I quickly brought their orders and started telling her about what happened to her father at the station, she looked soo confused and shocked at the same time.

*Anne's POV*

I listened with rapt attention to all what the waitress had to say, my eyes became so teary as I kept listening to her in utter shock and confusion.

Did mr jackson kill my dad? Did they bribe the people who did the autopsy for him?

".....And the worst thing of all is that my sister ended up dieing... I feel so guilty" the waitress cried out as she finally ended her long story.

"Why are you just saying this now? You should have told the police years back." I finally said after keeping mute for a long time listening to her, tears flowed from my eyes after realizing all what I thought was a lie.

"Listen anne, the law of this country is so messed up and from the looks of things, I don't think Mr jackson is an ordinary man" she replied as she wiped her tears with the back of her palm.

"I'm going to kill him."I said clenching my fist in rage and stormed out of the restaurant in anger, the waitress kept calling my name but I didn't bother looking back