He rang the bell on the table and a waiter came carrying a menu and we gave him our orders.
It was then that I noticed there was no one in the restaurant except us.
Our food came and we started eating.
What I ordered was a ‘Chicken paste ball’.
It is a pasta dish with chicken and meatballs.
It was an expensive dish that I never dreamed of eating when I was living with my father.
“How is the food?”
“It is nice, Father,” I replied.
“Good”, he cleaned his mouth and took the knife that he placed on the table.
“How did you and Carter meet?”
“The question was unexpected but then I remembered that he had asked me the question the first time we met.
I also remembered the reply I gave to him so I repeated it, “Carter came to our department one day, that’s when I saw him and fell in love with him” I replied.
“And you knew who he was, Carter is just like me and he might even be worse than me,” he said.
“I love him so much, father, despite his flaws and everything.
He means so much to me” I explained.
The Kingpin wanted to talk but he was interrupted by the waiter who brought soup for us.
“What’s this?” He asked the waiter.
“That’s chicken soup, it is in the house” the waiter replied, bowed down and left.
My eyes went to the plate containing the chicken soup wondering if it would taste as good as it looked.
“You can try it out,” the Kingpin urged.
I took the spoon and took a spoonful of the soup and moved it towards my mouth.
I had drank the soup when Carter’s father suddenly asked.
“What did Carter promise to give you for signing the marriage contract with him?”
When I first heard that I thought my mind was playing tricks on me.
Then I looked up and saw him smirking at me, “I am waiting for your answer” he said. Get faster updates on g.com.
I took my glass of water and gulped it down, “Father, I didn’t get your question” I replied, my hands getting sweaty.
“How did Carter make you sign the marriage contract with him?” He repeated.
My heart raced and invisible beads of perspiration came to my face.
I wished that I could somehow vanish from there, no word could describe what he was about to do to me now.
With no other choice, I went on my knees immediately, “Please..”
“Sit down,” he ordered.
I sat down back and stared at my plate of food, “Now tell me, this is the third time I am asking you.
You better talk”.
“He didn’t promise me anything, my father owned him and he made me his solitary so when he couldn’t pay.
Carter came and took me” I explained.
“So in order words, you are his prisoner?”
“Yes sir” I replied.
He chuckled and then called the waiter, “Get us desserts” he told the waiter when he came.
“I want vanilla ice cream,” he added.
“Ma’am, what dessert do you want?” The waiter asked me.
“Chocolate ice cream” I replied and he left.
“Now Abigail, we have to make a deal now, what do you think?”
“That’s great, Sir,” I replied.
“Oh you are very easygoing,” he remarked.
Easygoing my foot, does he expect me to refuse when my life is at stake?, this man could literary stab me with a knife here and casually got back to his food watching while I bleed to death.
“So do you know what I want you to do?” He began.
“No Sir” I replied.
“Why the sir?
Told you to start calling me father”
“I..I.I am..sorry father” I stuttered.
“What?,”I thought in my mind.
I thought that he wanted to give me a hard job or something, but wait it is a hard job, a very hard one.
Carter is not someone who is even thinking or would fall in love.
“And you have one year to do that.
Your contract is one year right?.
Make him fall in love with you before the one year ends” he continued.
I took a glass of water to drink but it was empty.
The Kingpin called the waiter and I was brought another glass.
When the water was brought, I took the glass and gulped it down immediately.
“So what do you think about the deal?
Are you going to accept it?”
Was he just casually asking me if I was going to accept it, as if I had any other choice but to accept it?
“Yes Father, I accept the deal but I have a question” I replied.
“What is the question, my dear?”
“What happens if I wasn’t able to make him fall in love with me within one year?” I asked.
“No, no, no Abigail, you shouldn’t be talking about failure, you should be thinking about how you would succeed” Carter’s father replied.
“I know father, that’s what I am thinking but I want to know what happens if I wasn’t able to succeed” I insisted.
“Well, since you asked, I am going to make sure I punish you in a way you won’t forget in your life” he replied, chuckling afterward.
“Oh my goodness, the man is a psycho,” I thought.
“My dear daughter-in-law, you should have seen your face when I said that,” he said, amidst laughter.
After laughing to his satisfaction, he continued “dDon’tworry the punishment won’t be that severe”.
“So never think about failure because I know you won’t fail,” he added.
“OkayFatherr, I will do as you said,” I said.
“And one more thing, don’t ever tell Carter or make him find out that I knew about your little contract marriage with him, understand?”.
“Yes, Father, I won’t ever tell him” I replied.
“Good, finish up your let’s leave” he urged.