ATTRACTION - CHAPTER 1&2
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{THE DRIVER}
“AS WE’VE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION, PASSENGERS SHOULD PUT ON THEIR SEAT BELT FOR SAFETY”
On hearing the plane intercom buzz with that information, Damina put on her seatbelt.
Her gaze drifted to the other passengers in the plane and she couldn’t help but to feel nervous cause most of the people in the plane were all white except for her.
Leaving Nigeria to come to New York has been the hardest decision for Damina but the need to know her father more got her accepting.
Her mother’s one dream of touring the states got her pregnant with her and knowing that the man was married and had a child, she decided to come back to Nigeria, her home.
Damina was born and though the blood of a white man runs through her, she came out with her mother’s colour which is dark in complexion but that doesn’t make her ugly, infact she’s the most gorgeous girl amongst her peers, boys swarm over her wanting to date her but Damina goal is to finish school without any distractions.
But then the death of her mom a month ago got her feeling loss and one day while going through her mother old stuff, she got to know of her father’s existence.
She was more surprised when she got a visit from him and that was when he told her to come live with her in the states.
Knowing she would only be sent to some random orphanage in Lagos, she agreed to go which is why she’s on the plane today.
Damina walk into John F Kennedy international airport (JFK) feeling a bit weird to be in another country.
When her friends heard that she was going to the states, they were so thrilled and some wish that it was them going but Damina didn’t feel thrilled at all.
Somehow she felt that being in the states will be a big challenge for her.
She was going for her luggage when she check her phone for missed text, a message had been sent from her father.
★A WHITE SEDAN WITH A DRIVER CALLED STEVE WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE ★
She was about replying when suddenly someone came to stand in front of her.
“Damina right?” The american guy whose face could get him to be Mr universe asked.
“What can I do for you?” She asked in reply surprised that he knew her name.
“Well you see I was sent here to take you home and……”
“I was told a driver will come get me ” she said moving away from him.
She has heard of crime being committed in the states but what she wasn’t expecting was that she would be in danger as soon as she arrive.
“Am sorry if I seem a bit weird but hang on a sec” he said trying to pull out something out of his pocket and while he searched, his shirt rode up which got her seeing his trousers.
“Pervert!” Damina yelled suddenly startling him.
“What?” The startled guy asked and when he followed her gaze it was to see that his zipper was undone and what’s worse, he wasn’t wearing a thing underneath his trousers which got Damina having a peep of his manhood.
“Am…am sorry but I didn’t know that the….. ”
“Get away from me!” Damina yelled hitting the little hand bag she had with her on his head before running off.
“Am not a pervert! I was told to come get you” he yelled after her but Damina had followed another route.
She was heading to the rest room when she collide into someone.
“Am sorry” she apologise quickly and turn to walk past him when he took hold of her hand.
“Damina?” The guy called startling her and quickly she pulled her hand out of his.
“Who are you?” She asked wondering what was happening.
“If you are Damina Abraham who just arrived from Nigeria, then you will have to come with me. He told us that we won’t have a hard time finding you and he’s right since you are dark in complexion but he didn’t tell us that you are very beautiful” the guy said while Damina face screw up in disgust.
“Which kind wahala be dis?” Damina found herself voicing out in pidgin forgetting that she’s miles out of Nigeria.
“With what? I can’t understand” he said still starring at her.
“Look here freak! I don’t know you and I don’t want to know, so I suggest you leave me alone before I lose my cool and forget that am in a foreign land” she yelled at him and when she turned to leave, he held her hand and at that particular moment Damina lost her footing which got her staggering right into his arms.
To steady her, his hand mistakenly went to her @zz holding it while Damina eyes shot wide open in shock.
“Am sorry! I……” He didn’t get to complete his sentence because Damina slap him hard on the face.
“You disgusting pig!” She yelled at him before running off.
She ran straight into the ladies rest room and quickly went into one of the stall to call her dad but he didnt pick.
Damina took in a deep breath and decide to stay in the stall trying to buy time for herself when she was sure that they were gone, she went back outside.
She collected her suitcase and quickly left the building.
She was still pulling out her suitcase when someone suddenly grab a hold of it.
“Who are you?” She ask but he didn’t bother to give her a reply because he was already walking off to a white sedan car.
“I asked you a question! Who the hell are you?” Damina yelled behind him and when her luggage was safely tuck at the back seat,he turned to face her.
Damina found herself gasping from within and that’s solely because of the gorgeous guy starring down at her.
His skin wasn’t that light and he had a dark glow which got her concluding him to be black American.
He had deep blue eyes, well sculpted nose and his lips was full and luscious, it got her thinking how it would feel on her’s If she…….
“Are you done assessing me?” He ask suddenly cutting into her thought.
“Errr….am sorry, it’s just that you caught me off guard with your……your looks” she found herself admitting.
“Wh@??ver ” he said walking past her.
“Hold on a sec! You took my luggage in and…..are you the driver?” She ask pulling out her phone to reread her father message.
“A white sedan and a driver, you must be Steve right?” She asked again starring up at him.
“Look I……”
“Am glad you are here Steve, please take me away from here. Some kidnappers are trying to kidnap me” Damina said.
“Some what?”
“They knew my name and approach me saying my father sent them when it’s all a lie, please get me out of here” Damina said again holding onto his hand.
“If you will get into the car, we can leave then” Steve said and quickly she went to the passenger seat and got into the car while he got in after her and drove them both off.
Damina let out a sigh of relief when they drove away from the airport.
“Those hooligans!” She muttered while putting a hand on her chest .
“Are all Americans like that?” Damina ask Steve who kept driving not bothering to give a reply.
“Hello” she called and he still didn’t bother to reply.
“He’s freaking rude” she murmured under her breath and immediately his gaze went on her.
“What’s that?” He asked.
“What’s what?” Damina asked in return making an innocent face at him.
“Is it a trait of Nigerians to say something and pretend not to?” He ask.
“Of course not I just……” She stopped talking when he turn away from her ignoring her feeble attempt to defend herself.
‘he is freaking rude as a driver, I wonder if he acts like this with dad’ she thought within not making another mistake of saying her thoughts aloud.
It was utter silence until he drove right into an estate.
Though the estate showed how much expense the owner had spend just to build it but still it didn’t feel good to her.
When she first went to Banana island back in Nigeria, she was amazed at how beautiful and serene it was infact she had wish to be amongst those who live there but her mother couldn’t afford a place like that.
He stop the car right in front of a mansion and while he got out of the car to get her luggage from the back seat, Damina stayed seated on her spot.
“Aren’t you going to get off?” Steve asked.
“Isn’t it the job of the driver to open the door for their boss?” She asked pouting her lips.
She h@??d the arrogant way he was acting and wanted to make him angry, she won’t get out of the car until he opens the door for her, she thought waiting for him.
“And where did you get the idea that it’s the job of the driver to open the car?” He asked holding onto her suitcase.
“It is, have seen it multiple of times in movies and…..”
“You should know by now that movies and reality aren’t the same, so if you don’t want to spend all day sitting in the car, it’s best you get out ” he said as he began climbing the stairs heading to the front door.
Quickly Damina got out of the car and ran after him.
Due to his rude behaviour, she totally forgot that today will be the day she meet her step mom and step siblings.
Though her father told her that they don’t mind having her stay with them, she hope that he means it cause she didn’t want to be a burden to anyone or anything.
She got to his side just as he open the door for them both.
“They are at the sitting room” he said heading to the sitting room while she followed suit.
Damina saw two ladies seated on a sofa by their side while her father sat alone on a sofa.
“We are here” Steve said earning their attention.
“Damina!” Her father called heartily before moving towards her to hug her.
“It’s good to have you here, Damina” Miranda said hugging her too.
Damina had thought her step mom will be her biggest hurdle but then here she is greeting her with love.
She didn’t even care that Damina is the daughter of the lover of her husband.
“Thank you” Damina said
“Come Mary, say hello to your sister!” Miranda said to the young girl who stood glaring at Damina with h@??.
“She’s not my sister! I won’t ever accept her to be. Can’t you see how different she is from us? Perhaps she’s just a bastard, she can’t possibly be your child daddy!” Mary said to her father.
“We’ve talked about this already so why are you bringing it up again?” her father asked.
“And besides your father made sure she’s his child before embarking on this journey, so quit being rude and……”
“Why are you so gullible mom? How can you be calm when she’s the daughter of your husband lover? I mean dad cheated on you and she’s the product of his cheat, you should be angry and……”
“That’s enough Mary!” Steve yelled from behind and Damina found herself wondering why the driver is meddling in the family business.
“But……”
“Apologise to everyone now! ” he barked at the girl who stared at him
“Hurry up Mary!” He yelled at Mary who quickly apologize before running up the stairs leaving them alone.
“We are sorry for Mary’s behavior, it’s just that she’s used to being the only girl in the house and she thinks that with your arrival, our pampering on her will stop” Miranda said in defence of her daughter.
“I understand, I will also react the same way if I was her” Damina said trying hard to hide the sad expression on her face.
“Tell me something….have your mom been tutoring you on how to speak fluently like us cause your intonation is just perfect” Miranda said earning a smile from Damina.
“Well she did hire lesson tutors to guide me on that though I didn’t know that it was for this reason” she said as a frown creased her beautiful face not noticing the way Steve was starring at her.
“Why don’t I take you to your room, you need to get some rest after having been in the plane for hours ” Miranda said taking her luggage from Steve.
“Aren’t we forgetting someone?” Damina asked.
“Who?” Her father ask in return.
“Your son, my brother” Damina said a half grin splaying on her lips.
“But you’ve met him already” her father replied.
“I bet Tony didn’t tell you that he is your brother, right Tony?” Miranda said starring after her.
Damina turn to stare at Steve and back at Miranda.
“But he is Steve, the driver” Damina said.
“I don’t know what he made you believe but he is Anthony, your brother. He came to get you cause the driver called in sick” Her father explained.
And slowly, Damina turned her gaze on the guy she thought to be the driver, the guy in whom she had been drooling over turns out to be her half brother.
“Now let me introduce myself, Am Anthony Lincoln” he said to Damina whose jaw drop in shock…….
To be continued ✌️✌️✌️