Chapter 143

Desse was sitting in the living room deeply in thought, she had a flashback to when she was able to walk freely and not in hiding. She regretted being at the scene of Riel Aderito's death. "I wish I was not there on that day when Alfredo and Sergio murdered their father" Desse said to herself. She remembered when she was almost kill by some thugs who Ricardo later told her were the assassins Sergio hired to kill her. At this point Desse was tired of staying in hiding but she didn't have the courage to go outside because she knew she was going to get herself killed if she did so. "I can't wait to get my freedom back, I miss my little stroll from my house to the park, the smell of delicious food and I also miss walking like a free bird without the fear of being kill by some thugs or hired assassins" Desse said to herself as she walked towards the window and opened the cotton in the living room to have a quick view of the environment. Desse remembered that the house was built in a very lonely place so the was nothing interesting to view through the windows except, the cool fresh breeze that passed through the windows and made the cotton fly in the air for a while before it came down as she opened it. She was so disappointed because of this so she immediately closed the cotton and went back to were she was sitting. "There is just nothing good about this place. No good view, no neighbor! It has nothing!" Desse yelled still talking to herself. She was silent for a while as she looked around and then continued "I miss me so much" she said to herself as she was about to cry in a sad tone. Desse tried holding back her tears but it wasn't working, soon after the tears welled down even more as she imagine so many things. "I wish I could whine back times, I am so tired of staying in hiding" Desse said to herself as she used her hand to wipe off little drops of tears that laid on her cheeks Desse kept on thinking what could have happened to her if Ricardo did come through for her. She also taught of what she would be doing with her life now if she wasn't at the scene of the death on that very day. There was a knock at the door but Desse was so deep in thought that she could hear the bang at the door. "Desse is anything wrong?" Ricardo asked Desse placing his hand on her shoulder. Desse who was so deep in thought jump on from the chair she was sitting on and turned to see who the person was when she felt the hand on her shoulder. "Ohh! It you Ricardo, you scared me" she said in relief when she realized it was Ricardo that touch her. "Yes I am the one I have been knocking at the door for a while now but there was no response so I had to look for the spare key we key at the entrance so I could enter" Ricardo said to Desse. Desse was so surprised when she heard him say he had been knocking at the door for a while because she didn't hear anything or notice the knock at the door due to the deep thought she was having. "I am so sorry for that Ricardo, I was…" she begged Ricardo before he stopped her from talking. "It okay I understand" he said to her in a calm tone. Desse was happy Ricardo wasn't offended by that so she gave he smiled which Ricardo reciprocated. " I will be going upstairs to my room to have a warm shower before coming downstairs to have dinner" Ricardo told Desse. "Okay Ricardo, I already prepared dinner. I will just heat up and serve it before you get down" Desse said to Ricardo in an assuring tone. Ricardo nodded his head and gave Desse a big smile as he climbed the stairs leading to his room. When Ricardo got to his room he was so surprised to see that the room was well arrange with his clothes well placed in his wardrobe. He remembered when living the house earlier today he had disorganized the whole room while looking for a file and his wardrobe was a total mess because he was also looking for the key to the drawer where the file was. He had to remove most of his clothes from the hanger and scattered them round the room while looking for the keys. And when he eventually saw the keys at one corner of the wardrobe which he presumed fell from one of his trousers, he was almost late to where he was going so he left the room messed up like that and promised himself to do it when he gets back "This must be Desse's doing" he said to himself as he ran outside of his room "Desse! Thanks for arranging my room for me" Ricardo shouted from his the corridor. Desse who was in the kitchen trying to heat the food she already prepared earlier in the microwave when she heard Ricardo call her name from the corridor,so left what she was doing and went to answer him. "You are welcome Ricardo!" Desse replied Ricardo in a loud tone because he was far from her and she wanted him to hear her. Ricardo went back to his room to pull his clothes and have his warm shower while Desse went back to the kitchen and continued with what she was doing before Ricardo called for her. Before Ricardo went into the shower, he opened his phone and placed a cool and solemn music which he felt will make him more relaxed while he have his shower. The song he played was so calm and the lyrics where hitting, the song made him remember his father and his brother Sergio He really missed having good time with the both of them. He took a longer time in the bathroom than he normally do because of the type of music he played on his phone and the memories of him, his brother Sergio and his father kept on flashing in his mind. After spending much time in the shower Ricardo came out cleaned his body with the towel that was on his hand. He went to his closet, pick up one of his nightwear and wore it. "Ta ta ta la la oh oh" he sang as he wore his nightwear jumping from one angle of the room to the other. Desse was done dishing the food and was about to take it to the dinning table when she mistakingly spilled few drops of water on the floor. She ignored the water on the floor for the main time and went ahead to serve the food on the dinning table. "Ricardo come downstairs the food is ready!" Desse shouted immediately she was done serving the food. Ricardo who was really famished rushed down immediately to have his dinner. "Thanks again for helping me arrange the room" Ricardo said to Desse when he met her already sitting on the dinning table waiting for him to come. Desse didn't reply him with words instead she gave him a smile which he reciprocated. The both had dinner maintaining good table manner. When both Ricardo and Desse where done eating, Ricardo began to tell her how his day went. "And yes before I forget, earlier today one of Antonio's boys called me and told me to come back home with you that something serious came up and you and I need to be present" Ricardo said to Desse. Desse became tensed as she heard him call Antonio "How was he able to get your number? What if they track us using your phone number? Why did you even pock the call in the first place I thought we agreed on no picking of strange call?" Desse asked with tension as she stood up from her chair wandering round. The questions where too much for Ricardo and he didn't even know where to start from, "You ask to many questions Desse, I told you to trust me nothing will to you with me by your side" Ricardo assured Desse in a calm tone After hear what Ricardo said Desse was a little bit calm but not convinced enough to believe that they wouldn't come after them. "I know you and I trust you, but what if they end up killing the both of us" Desse asked with so much seriousness on her face. Ricardo knew that there was nothing he would say that would convince Desse at that moment so he decided to turn the story. "I said he called me and I picked but you didn't wait to hear the rest of the story. As soon as he was doing talking and I ended the call I contacted a genius tracker and told him to keep a close eye on the my phone device and that he should notify me if anyone tries to track me" Ricardo lied "Really so with the help of the genius hacker no one would be able to track us down. Right?" Desse asked Ricardo. "Yes Desse no one will" Ricardo replied Desse. This was more convincing enough for Desse so she decided to take the dishes back to the kitchen so that she could wash them, while Ricardo went back upstairs to pick up his phone which he had left while running downstairs to have his dinner. Ricardo was on his way downstairs when he heard Desse scream, ran to where she was immediately and saw Desse lying on the wet floor crying for help. The drops of water which Desse spilled on the floor already circulation round the kitchen and she didn't realize it. She saw few splashes of water on the floor so she quickly went to get a mop. As she was going to get a mop so that she could clean the water, she slipped and fell down. Ricardo saw her crying for help so he carried her from the floor where she fell and took her to the living room where he laid her on one of the chairs over there "Sorry dear I will go and get an oiltment from my room so I can apply it on you" Ricardo said to Desse as he ran upstairs to his room to get the oiltment for her to apply. Ricardo was very fast in bringing the oiltment from his room, he rushed down immediately and went to meet Desse who was still crying for help.