Chapter 3 GRANDMA SCOTT

A plus sized American red Indian woman called Mrs. Scott was standing in her living room, wearing trainers while she stood in front of her king sized ring light as she fixed her phone into the handle.

She was going to make a tiktok video and post to talk about her endless beauty and how men will never let her go despite her old age.

"Hello sweeties." She said posing sexily and cutely in front of the camera but that's not what David saw when he walked into the living room.

He saw a wriggly old woman who desperately didn't want to accept the fact that she's already old.

"Grandma Scott, don't tell me you haven't quit this tiktok shit even after the backlash to the company."

"Oh come on. I have to show my babies that I'm aging backwards." She said giggling and turning around to show off her sagging buttocks. "Do you see babes? Your mama is hot."

David looked at her and rolled his eyes before he sighed out heavily. She stopped her video and stared at her grandson closely before smiling to herself.

"I heard you got someone pregnant."

He was shocked and he almost sprang up to his feet immediately. "Where did you hear that?"

She laughed while coming towards him. "I know everything David. You can't keep important and joyous matters like that away from me."

"How did you know about it? I clearly told that wacko girl not to say anything..."

"None told me anything." She sat down and grabbed a bottle of water which sat at the table all these while and opened it.

She took a sip and covered it up watching the funny expression on her grandson's face.

The jerky grandson who has sworn not to give her great grandchildren before she passes on.

So many times, he has rejected marriage proposals, girls she would go out of her way to get for him, he'd reject them and say__ MARRIAGE IS A WASTE OF TIME.

Isn't it God who caught him this time? She's so happy. Her friend's daughter who recommended she see a shaman to help her is such a good girl.

She introduced her to the popular Korean shaman who lives in New York. She had herself fly there just to see her.

She couldn't believe it when the shaman said he would get married until the news of David getting someone pregnant reached her ears.

"Grandma Scott, I don't know what you're thinking in your head while you stare at me like that but I'm not going to marry her. We've talked things out between us and we've agreed to abort the child and keep this under wraps."

"Abort the child?" She asked while he nodded his head. In his mind, he really thinks he'd win this time. She began to laugh, so hard that David became confused.

"Grandma."

"You really think you will abort my great grandchild?"

"What do you expect me to do then? Let her give birth to my child? Grandma come on, you know I don't like her. Or are you suggesting I marry her?"

"Yes." She snapped. "You're going to marry her."

"Hell no! Grandma you lie, I'm not going to marry her."

"You will marry her and that's final."

"I have a girlfriend who I love so much. I've betrayed her enough by cheating on her and getting someone else pregnant."

She shrugged. She was standing up and she was already leaving. "I think this is the best time I get to meet my in-laws."

"In-laws!!" She was almost at the exit door, "Grandma, you're kidding right? I can't marry someone like her. She's not beautiful! She's not attractive."

She halted in her tracks smiling from ear to ear. "And you still slept with her? Isn't that love?"

"That's..."

"Tidy the room for me please. Bye." She snapped and left the room while he screamed on top of his voice.

"Nooooooo!!!"

DAVID

No. No. I can't marry her! My grandma is joking! How can she say that so easily? Like she has been waiting for this moment her whole life.

We've sorted this out ourselves after several arguments but with the help of Ollie we reached an agreement of taking the baby out. She won't have the baby.

The hate is mutual. She proved it to me. She can't see herself carrying my baby just the same way I can't bear to see someone like her be the mother of my child.

And it was settled. No one would know about it.

I don't trust her but this time I had to force myself to trust that she's not going to let anyone know.

The only thing left is to call Natalie and speak to her. Convince her. Talk to her. And make her see reasons with me. That I'm really sorry about what happened.

She's not someone I should've cheated on. She's not someone I should've meddled with.

I've dated her for close to nine years and she never complained or whined about anything. I've never had such a smooth relationship like I did with her.

(Breathless) But then__ Dustfinger came and dusted my life. All this time!!! I've been __ I've been trying to condone her excesses, wishing that someday I will walk her out of my company.

Now, we kissed_Had SEX!! And now she's pregnant!

And Grandma Scott really wants me to marry her.

My phone rang, "Hello Ollie?" I answered without looking at the caller id.

"This isn't Ollie, it's me babe."

That's when I checked my phone screen. "Natalie?? Oh my angel? Are you okay? Are you back from the set?"

There was a brief moment of silence which got my heart ticking like a time bomb. "I heard what happened,"she said.

For God's sake!! Who's spreading this news!!! Dustfinger must've betrayed me and not kept her mouth shut like she promised!

I shouldn't have trusted her.

"Natalie, I can explain."

"It's okay. You've always been like that all your life. It's just that I failed to see it by always turning a blind eye."

"Natalie..."

"Are you going to marry her?"

"Heck no! I'm not going to marry her." I need to convince her, "How can I marry someone like that! You know how she is, I don't even know what I was thinking when I slept with her."

"David, you don't have to explain to me. I always knew that you have a thing for her since the first day she walked into your company and told you her name.

You told me by yourself that you hated her but there's not a minute when you don't talk about her."

"Natalie, you're seeing this the wrong way. We have to meet and talk about this."

"There's nothing to talk about__"

"Are you free this evening?" I interrupted her. I didn't want her to turn me down. I need to explain and I want her to listen to me instead of assuming things which never happened.

She was silent and that silence was killing me. "Are you at home?" I asked.

"Yes, I just came back a few moments ago."

"I will be there in a jiffy." I hung up and rushed out of the house and headed towards her.

*

"Natalie." I called as I walked into her house. She came out of her room and walked towards me.

She was wearing a smile on her face or maybe she was trying so hard not to look angry in front of me.

"Hey." She said and gave me a bear hug before offering me a seat but I declined. I didn't come here to sit around. I'm here for something else.

"Natalie, I'm sorry that happened. I hate myself so badly because of what happened."

"David, it's okay. I understand."

"No," I shook my head. "You don't understand." I said, peering into her eyes.

How can she be so cool about this? Isn't she supposed to be crying and yelling at me? Isn't she supposed to be getting angry?,

"Natalie, I washed my mouth for months after I discovered that I kissed that ugly woman! It never occurred to me that I actually slept with her. There's no way I would've done that in my right senses."

"You were in your right senses David. Why can't you see it?"

"See what?"

"That you actually love that woman?"

"Love?"

I began to laugh. I can't believe that love can be so underrated and used anyhow, "This is love abuse Natalie."

She stepped closer towards me staring into my eyes. "I see it David. It's just so annoying and heartbreaking that you don't."

I clenched my fist. "We have agreed to take out the baby."

She was shaking her head, disagreeing with me and moving farther into her space while I followed her. "That's the best thing we can do Natalie." I added.

"And after you abort the baby? What next?" She turned to face me again, making me nervous with her question.

"What next??"

"Yes, what next? You will finally propose to me and then we will get married."

Oh no. I stepped back at this moment. My gaze dropped to the floor.

She just touched my weak point__ MARRIAGE.

"You see what I'm saying David. You just don't want to grow up yet."

"What do you mean by that?"

"We're breaking up David. This is actually going to be the end for us."

"Heck no!"

"No? Did you just say no David?" Her anger mode was finally turned on, "I've dated you for nine years! I've waited for you to define this relationship for nine good years David. And what do I get in return? A man who's always scared and afraid to take the next step! A man who did nothing but hurt me!"

"But we have all the time to sort this out..."

"Sort what out?" She snapped at me again, my heart was already falling out of my mouth. This is the first time Natalie reacted this way towards me.

"There's nothing to sort out again David. It's over for real this time."

DAHILA

There's actually a tiny creature growing in here. I asked myself as I stood in front of the dressing mirror in my closet and caressed my stomach.

My stomach was a bit hard and I could feel the lump as I tried to grab my navel. It stirred and tickled me.

Dahila Dustfinger. You really have some nerve. Getting pregnant when your career is a mess.

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When you're a lazy ass. You don't even know how to cook. How to take care of yourself and I want to take care of another.

Being another is not the actual problem but being David's child is. The thought of bringing a child who'd look like him into this world terrified me.

Someone who'd speak like him, with such a stupid foul mouth with that stupid hair which I hate so much.

Probably David had tried so many times to look down at me but can't because we're always at each other's reach. Eye ball to eye ball. That sweet feeling.

I'm going to abort this baby. Otherwise, I would die someday because of my hate for my father. I won't want to extend that sort of hatred to my own child who did me no harm.

TA-DA! Now it's time to eat and stuff our face with food. We have a lot of things to take care of starting tomorrow.

Alright, I moved over to the refrigerator and emptied whatever was left in there. I placed them on the living room table while I sat down to watch a movie and eat food at same time__talk about the best feeling EVER!

All of a sudden, I heard a knock on my door. I tried to ignore it but the knock persisted. Who could be coming to my house on a Sunday evening?

It can't be that bastard monkey? Can it? He suddenly came to my house yesterday for us to talk, he can't suddenly decide to come here again today.

I strictly warned him that I hate to see his face everyday. I might have a nightmare.

But the knock came again, I had no choice but to check the door. I opened the door to meet a fine looking man dressed in a blue suit and wearing dark sunglasses standing in front of my door.

"Good evening ma'am."

Wow! Such a polished man. Speak about men to be with_HIM. Not that annoying Mr. Perfect Punk who thinks the whole world should revolve around him because he's David Scott.

I hate his guts. Ugh! But I have to smile at this handsome dude standing in front of me.

"Good evening. How may I help you?"

"I was instructed to bring you to the SHELTONS Hotel."

Instructed?? Who? "Uhm__why?"

"Please this way." He guided me out while I followed him sheepishly to the car. He sat me down at the backseat and strapped a seatbelt around me.

What a gentleman. Awww. "Thanks." He drove me to the hotel and helped me out. I honestly don't know why I have to be casually dressed to a hotel twice as big as the normal hotels I've been to in my entire life.

Does it matter? I have this handsome gentleman by my side.

He led me to a table where I saw a luxurious money made woman sitting at the table with every part of her money screaming! Money and elder sister of money__which is MORE MONEY.

My jaw dropped as I drooled at her. When am I going to be this rich? Wear Gucci bags, Fendi, Fila? Nike? Balenciaga, Dior's? Heck no!

"Have a seat." The woman beckoned, smiling at me and I just sat like a dummy watching her.

"You should've made her dress a little bit better before bringing her out or don't you know her condition."

What condition please? My poverty condition? She's right, he should've made me dress up better if I'm going to come out here.

Damn! Never knew that there are women who screamed money, it's even in their voices.

She ordered expensive meals for us. I'm sorry but I couldn't resist not eating. How could I when there was fish! The head of TUNA was sliced and garnished before my very eyes.

Or steak? I can't resist! I had to eat up and she was looking at me this whole time. She kept ordering more food for me. I was full but I can't let all this food go away.

"Pack up these foods for her to take away." I heard her whispering and I instantly knew that I'm going to fall in love with this woman if I'm to spend a day with her.

But who is she? I haven't even asked. Maybe I shouldn't__

"So dear." She started trying to touch the back of my hand. "I heard you are carrying my great grandchild."

Huh? Great grand child?

Is this Mrs. Scott!!! The greatest woman of all time!!

"Yes I'm Mrs. Scott and I'm going to cut to the chase. How much do I have to spend in order to buy you."

"What...what..." I was shaking!! "I don't understand."

"Will half my wealth be enough to get you married to my son."

Half her wealth!!!!!! Oh damn! Where's David Scott? We're getting married tomorrow.