Chapter 2 The call

"Hello." Massy said and as she placed the phone on her ear, she could hear the sharp breath of the person talking in the background.

"Massy Felisha Tedd."A somewhat familiar voice called darkly from the background, which made her freeze. She closed her eyes and opened it as she blinked numerously with a trembling voice before she said "who is this?" Massy said confusingly as she held the phone.

The person chuckled darkly and, as if he expected her reaction, said, "your worst nightmare."

Just as she was about to check the screen to see who called, she heard a click and with that, the half dead phone went off.

She released the breath she did not even know she was holding, as her heart beat heavily against her chest. It was as if it wanted to pop out of her chest and she squeezed it while her mouth trembled in fear.

Maybe to others, it was no big deal, but to her, it was a bigger deal and It soaked her in her sweat despite the cool weather.

Her phone rang again, and again, this time she stared at the screen to see who it was, hopefully and afraid at the same time. She had hoped that the person who threatened her called her back to say it was all a joke and to keep her at ease. But she was afraid that it could be him because she knew the voice was masculine would call back to threaten her the more.

"Dad, " she saw on the screen of her phone and then lifted her other hand up wearily as she swipes to the receiver icon.

Massey did all amongst herself, trying as hard as she could to keep her breath steady and moving like nothing was wrong.

"Hey pops."She said when she picked the call finally, trying to talk in her normal voice.

"Are you okay?" Her father inquired, noticing her wobbling voice. She was still shaking, obviously.

"Yeah, I am fine, what?" She replied in a way to defend herself, since she did not want him to notice anything.

At some point, she was sure that he would not buy into the idea, but she did not still want to be like a weak girl to him.

Since she left home and was on her own, she should be able to take care of herself and little issues like that.

If this issue was as little as she had just thought about, then she would be happy and relieved, but unfortunately, it wasn't.

He wasn't saying anything, so it meant he was thinking about what was wrong as well, and there was silence.

"Dad, why did you call?" She said dad because she wanted him to come back and out of whatever it was he was thinking.

She asked her father that question because she hadn't heard from him in a long time and she did not even care.

Massy was unfortunately not sure if he did as well, because she expected him to have called at one time or the other.

Maybe she cared about him. After all, he was her father, and she was supposed to do that.

Also, her father went bankrupt, he had a heart problem, and it was his wife, which is her stepmother, that was taking care of him.

How everything changed drastically was an epic story that is ought to be titled, "from billionaire to nothing ."

She had heard of stories of men who had money and were very wealthy at the early stages of their lives but could not contain the wealth.

Even her father told her counties of stories that she could learn from, so she never expected it to happen to them as well.

If anyone had told her this would happen, she would argue with such people and even bully them like she used to do in those days, even till now. It was like a dream that was lasting till a very long time. All she needed to do was to wake up from the dream, but unfortunately, it was reality and not a dream at all.

Her mom died ten years ago. Those days, months and years were her worst days, which she couldn't forget throughout her life. The days, months and years become sadness and deep pain because her mother died just after her birthday.

A few years after her mother's death, her father brought in another woman as her mother.

It was at that point that things started falling apart, nothing could hold the centre of their family anymore. She was living in the poorest house because of her. She was living in this wretched house, all because of her stepmother, who seems to be a witch to her.

"Are you there?" Her father asked, confusingly, when he realized that he couldn't hear anything from her for a few seconds.

"Yeah, I could hear you clearly, dad." She mumbled under breath.

"Are you?......"

"No, I'm not, I just feel ..........., it shouldn't have been this way to us all."

Life had hit them hard multiple times and did not even give them the chance to get up to defend themselves.

Not even for once had they feel relax from all these issues. It just kept coming to them, day in, and day out, so painful, isn't it?. She spoke again in a terribly wobbling voice.

Her father sighed at the end of the phone. He could feel the frustration in her voice as well.

Massey was sure he would also be careful enough to listen to the discouragement in his voice. She could feel him giving up.

"Everything will be back to normal soon, my princess. Please don't give up now, Massy." Massy's father said to her softly, though he also felt the pain.

When she did not reply or even breathe into the phone, he continued, "Trust God, because soon, our sun will rise again ."

"Hmmm, really?" She said in total disbelief. She was tired of hearing him say these same words continuously.

"Yes, and by then our eagle will soar higher than all of its limitations, you'll see," He encouraged her politely.

"I will be patiently waiting for the day," she mumbled, finally trying to envision his words in her headnote. She felt a bit relief more than before, she believed it would, as she felt a bit of relief by his words. She yawned sleepily.

"Good night dad, thanks for today. It's good to hear you call me once every decade."

"You know that's not what I do, right, dear?"

"Yes, sure. Thank you."

"Sweet dreams, Princess."

"Same" she said flatly like she was more tired from making the call and keeping it prolonged.

"Don't miss your drugs and stay healthy for me."

"I will do my best."With that, she hanged up and placed her phone on the small nightstand beside her small bed before drifting off in her sleep.