Wilbur's POV
I parked my car in my garage and headed to the house. I opened the door and walked in, my television was on and a glass of red wine was on the table. Someone's here
I looked up the stairs, is the person upstairs
“Val!.. Val!” I called out. I'm sure she's not asleep yet cause she goes to bed by 10pm and it's still past 9pm.
I walked to the table and lifted the wine glass. I sniffed the handle and it smelt feminine. A girl is here.
But only Wini has the right to come in here and drink my wine and she's not in the country.
I began to hear footsteps on the stairs and it was Wini. Of course it's her, she's the only one who knows my keywords.
“hey twinheart, miss me?” she asked as she majestically walked down the stairs with Val behind her
“when did you come back and when did you start lodging here?”
She got down and walked towards me
“I came back two hours ago and I decided to see you. Val said you went out and I'm surprised you now go out late. Have you started clubbing?” she asked as she sat down and took the glass then lifted it to her lips
“if I had started clubbing, I'd still be there.” I replied and sighed. I'm tired
“welcome master” Val greeted
“thanks Val. Can I get a glass of water?”
“okay sir”
“who did you go and see? I know you hardly move around. Who did you go and see?”
I chuckled
It's true, I hardly go out. And if I go out then it's those places I'm not likely to get attention. Places where everyone minds their businesses. And usually, I'm always behind tinted windows so if I driving by places where people are, I can't get easily spotted.
It's funny today I was bent on seeing Marigold. I was just going through the Royalties magazine that I got lucky to be the cover over Eduardo for the first time when her thought struck me. It was about a month since I saw her and I suddenly felt like seeing her again. I knew she closed by 9pm so I drove to the street close to KFC and weirdly, I began to wait for her.
The street is always lonely at night time, just few people stroll by and I don't think they're have time to stare at people's faces to ascertain whether they're celebs or not.
And I like KFC because everyone is on their own, no paparazzi invasion, no crazy fans avalanche. Everything is just kept under control.
And there are some places I can just walk in without being stared at too much, places of high taste and luxury. Everybody there would be rich and the least fan issues you could get there would be a pretty rich person walking up to you and asking for a photograph. Now that's exclusive
“what in the world are you thinking about Wilbur?” Wini's voice echoed in my head
“about why I went to meet Marigold?” I replied, not even thinking
“who the heck is Marigold?” she asked, boring holes into my face with her eyes
“Marigold is the girl that gave me back my phone” I replied, collecting the water from Val and gulping it down immediately
“OH that girl. Wait... You said you went to see her?” she asked with big questioning eyes
“that's what I said”
“oh I don't believe you. You can't do something like that” she stated and faced the television
“she doesn't like me and she rejects everything I give to her. But I'm happy she didn't reject today's own. Eduardo said I was dumb to be free with her and why I took the phone without caution. He even made me change the phone. I made up my mind to have nothing to do with the janitor girl but it's so funny I like her, and I want her to be free around me. I feel like she's a good girl and people like her don't come forth easily. It's always the snaky selfish ones that are around. And I really like her name. Marigold” I quipped and to be honest I didn't know why or how I just gave out those too many words. I turned to look at Wini and her mouth was agape with her eyes that held the 'WTF' look
I kept staring back at her until she found her voice
“Will, you're drunk” that was what she said
“you know I don't get drunk”
“then you've started smoking weed”
“you know I have asthma”
“then you're crazy”
“you know I'm not the crazy one”
She blinked her eyes
“yeah, I know I'm the crazy one but I'm not this crazy, falling for a janitor just because she brought back my phone” she snapped her fingers in my face
“wake up!” she said
“Wini, I'm not falling for her. I said I just like her. She created a good first impression and I like her. No one said anything about falling. Falling what?”
“whatever. And Eduardo is right though he's an asshole but he's right. You can't just go about trusting any girl.”
“I trusted you when I first saw you” I said and stood up
“that's why I let you stay with me” I added and removed my keys from the table where I had dropped them
“good night” I hailed and raced up the stairs
“you're so stupid hanging out with a strange girl!” that was Wini's yell. I chuckled as I entered the hallway.
I walked to the middle door and unlocked it then entered. I have about six rooms in this house. One is a pool room and that's downstairs. One room downstairs is for Val and there's a block for the other workers outside.
Four rooms are upstairs. My room and two guest rooms then the last one is my studio. A paint studio and designing studio actually.
I closed my door and locked it. I drew the linen curtains closed using my room remote control.
I walked to my nightstand and dropped my keys and phone then headed for the shower
As the warm water rained on my head and streamed down my face down to my body like a overheard river, my thoughts drifted back to Marigold
I chuckled “she's funny”
I palmed my face and saw her frowning face. I think I only saw her smile once. Just once when she told me God would reward her. The other smiles were fake. I know it
I dreaded a thread of my hair with my fingers and scattered it again. The water was warm and I didn't want to leave the shower. Nevertheless I turned it off and went back to my room. I wore only shorts and I got on my bed. I switched off the lights and left only the neon lights on my lamp stand.
“I hope she doesn't throw the food away.” I muttered and closed my eyes for sleep to seep in