Chapter 36: Chapter 36

Emma didn't wait for Rowland to make another word when she took her phone and made a transfer to him, $1000. She walked out on him and went to check on Albert.

The little fellow laid on his bed. His eyes pale with a yellowish skin. Emma wondered why Albert's condition was so severe. She had seen a few people who are sickle cell as well, they weren't looking so terrible like Albert.

He looked like a Child with jaundice. But she hoped besides being sickle cell, no other underlying illness.

She smiled at him "how are you feeling baby?" Emma asked, bending over and kissing his chin. The little boy sat up and smiled back at his mother.

His cheeks are slightly chubby with pale lips. His hands and legs were thin and he didn't look like a boy of four. His growth looked stunted and malnourished.

"Mummy" Albert called, holding Emma's hand. The latter answered, smiling at him and urging him to say whatever he wanted to say.

"I want to see my daddy," Albert requested. He didn't know why his daddy hadn't come to see him in two days and his mother brought one scary looking man and told him that the man is his father.

Emma sighed and frowned at what Albert made his request. She knew the daddy the boy was referring to was Lucas. But Lucas is no longer a part of their lives.

"I already introduced your new daddy to you. Why don't you get used to him as your father now, Albert" Emma persuaded, placing her hand on his head and caressing his hair.

"He is a bad man. I hate him" Albert replied, shaking his head in disapproval of his mother's words. That scary, dirty man cannot be his daddy. He is a bad man.

"That's enough Albert. Rowland is your father. He has come to stay. Lucas is no longer coming to live in our house anymore" Emma declared.

Albert's facial expression changed. Why would Lucas leave them and go away? He is a good man and loves him very much. How can he go away and that dirty man comes to live in their house?

That scary man would do something bad to his mummy. His grandma won't be able to do anything to save them if the man decides to do bad to them.

"No...I don't want him... mummy... please" Albert started sobbing. Emma placed her finger on his lips and told him to be quiet. She won't tolerate such an irresponsible attitude from a son to his real father.

She walked out of Albert's room and returned to her bedroom. Rowland was not in and she assumed that he was downstairs.

After Lucas left the house, Rowland had taken over Lucas' place. He sleeps on his bed and keeps Emma charged all night long. That's the only job he does now besides drinking and smoking.

Emma soon slept off, waiting for Rowland to return. When she woke up the next morning, she found that the place Rowland was supposed to sleep was cold.

That means he didn't come to the bedroom. He must be angry and upset with her. She can't afford to let Rowland off her sight. Lucas is gone and Rowland, she won't let him go.

Freya had prepared breakfast before Emma came downstairs. Freya does the house chores because the servant was on a day off to see her family and Albert's nanny wouldn't do the chores, it's not a part of her job.

Freya was sweating when Emma came downstairs. Emma knows next to nothing about house chores. She can't even wash the dishes without shattering the fragile ones.

She has Pamela who does all the work for her back then. And when she got married, Lucas got her servant since she was pregnant. Hence she couldn't do anything a normal woman should except to fuck all day long.

When Freya was not with her, on such days when the servant is off duty, they eat out and all the dishes would be left dirty in the sink, until she returns. Even the house wouldn't be clean. She preferred to stay in a dirty house than learn how to do the work.

As she saw her mother serving breakfast, she asked "have you seen Rowland, mum?" She expected to see him seated for breakfast but he wasn't.

"I should ask you why you made him furious last night. He stormed out of the house and wouldn't even listen to me when I called him back" Freya explained, taking her seat.

Emma squinted. That implies Rowland didn't spend the night in the house. Had he returned to his girlfriend? Didn't he say he would leave her and stay with her and Albert alone, forever?

She told her mother that it was a minor misunderstanding. She needs not to worry about it. Rowland would be home soon.

Albert came downstairs and sat down. His grandma picked dishes for him, mainly vegetables and fish. Albert was silent and was glad that the bad man was not in the house.

But his happiness was short-lived when Rowland dashed into the house with a frown. Emma wondered if he was still angry from the previous evening.

He sat down and started eating his breakfast. He grumbled some words of greetings to Freya and glanced at Albert with a nod. That's all, he concentrated on the breakfast.

Albert frowned and soon got up. He was ready for school and Emma decided to drop him off to school. Rowland suddenly stood up and declared that he was taking him to school, after all, he was Albert's father.

Emma was going to protest but Freya said she could let him take Albert to school. The earlier the boy recognises and accepts him as his father, the better it will be.

"I know that you don't care about me and my son. You only want to be with your husband Lucas. That's why you don't care if I was beaten to death or even shot through with a bullet.

You want Albert to grow up without a father, right. Let me tell you, Lucas will not accept Albert as his son, just as he had done before.

So you let them shoot me to death and tell my son you are responsible for his father's death. Don't worry, I will return to the one who loves me and forget about you completely" Rowland glared at Emma.

Emma glanced at her mother, not wanting her to know what they quarreled about the previous night, she said hurriedly "We can settle this between ourselves"

If her mom gets to know that Rowland was demanding such a huge amount of money from her, she would ask her to throw him out. She can't afford to lose Rowland.

Her mother is a money lover. She wouldn't tolerate anything or anyone who would stand in the way of her money. She assumed that they both owned Lucas' properties.

"Then you will make your choice. Either you divorce Lucas and get married to me or I return to my ex and raise a family with her, and of course, I will leave with my son" Rowland declared and walked out.

Albert almost puked blood. What kind of a man is this? He wants to take him to school after quarrelling with his mother. His eyes were spitting daggers at his mother.

What was he even saying, he wants to be killed and said his mother would be happy. What kind of a talk was that? Well not his mother but he himself would be happy if he could just die and leave their lives forever.

Divorce and be married to him. Who is even getting divorced? His mother should get married to him. Wasn't his mother married to his daddy?

He doesn't understand this whole nonsense of divorce, Married, shot and the jargons. He just hopes to arrive at his school peacefully without this man yelling at him.

How can his mother allow this…"are you deaf, pumpkin?" Rowland yelled. He had talked to the boy twice and he wasn't listening.

His harsh words brought Albert back to his senses. He glared at the man and quickly got into the car. Rowland shut the door and walked around to the driver's side.

He got into the car and fastened his seat belt. He glared at the boy in hostility and hissed between gritted teeth. Only he knows how much tolerance he was enduring to see the boy around him.

If he wanted to have a child, it should be some healthy cute looking kids and not this one that would die any moment soon. If he wasn't after fulfilling a target, he would just throw the bastard out of the car and let the incoming cars run him over.

He glared at the boy again in hostility and saw him glancing at him too "Why are you glaring at me with your pumpkin shaped eyes. Do I look like a statue to you?" Rowland bellowed.

Albert was scared and shivered and he bowed his head fearfully. He was visibly shaking. How he wished his daddy was there, he would never talk to him with so much hatred in his voice.

"I..I.. want..to wee.." Albert stammered. He wanted to get out of the car and ran away as fast as his little feet could carry him. He felt suffocated in the car as if he would choke to death any moment.

"Wee in your pants, idiot. Do I look like a babysitter to you? Stupid boy. Do I know the number of men your mother had fucked to conceive you that she now claimed I am your father.

And if you are healthy and cute, I could manage to accept the probability of accepting you, turning a blind eye to a DNA test. But you are going to die soon.

Your father is multiple. Soon your mother will find another man and call him your father. You are a bastard and an idiot from the ancient pumpkins of the riverine area…"Rowland kept insulting the boy.

Albert started sobbing. He had only requested to let him wee but he doesn't know why he was saying all these words at him.

As if realizing he had talked too much, Rowland suddenly kept quiet, looking straight ahead of him. Hadn't he talked too much to this little guy?