Chapter 64 She's not coming

She's not coming
Huh huh? Lunch? Tina wore a forced smile. How can she come over to her grandparent's house for lunch? She is not in some relationship with Jordan and doesn't want to give his parents a false impression. " I... actually.. I.. have a date with someone else"Tina was tactically refusing when Jordan frowned. He was wondering who Tina was having an appointment with, is it Greg? "I will come pick you for lunch. Send me your address" Jordan cut in. He wants to know who the fellow was that she was going to see besides Greg. " Deal?" Jora asked and before Tina would answer, Jordan said "deal" That way they parted and went their separate ways. "Make her my mother, daddy,I really like her" Jora requested but Jordan simply smiled and didn't say anything to her, she can be his woman if things eventually unfolds itself. That night, Jordan's mind was preoccupied with Jora's request. She wants to be with him. He is based and working in Newtown city and she is in Abuja with his parents. They all would have been in Newtown city if Rachel hadn't died. He doesn't want to take her to the city where her mother lived and died, without him being able to protect her twenty four seven. He had deliberately let her come to stay in Abuja. His father is a sitting Senator and he is always being protected by his several bodyguards. The Duro's Mansion is under a heavy security watch. It's difficult for bandits and gunmen to do anything silly. But the little girl doesn't understand him. She termed it as not being loved. If he doesn't love her, who is he going to love then? Jordan was worried sick, if he must take Jora with him, he must resign from his job. He can not leave her under the watch of someone else. She must be under his watch all day until she's grown enough to watch over herself. He had only one choice to make: either resign and look after his daughter, or remain a detective and not grant his daughter's request. He had promised Rachel he would look after their daughter. That's exactly what he is going to do. He will resign and travel out with his daughter. They needed to be together alone. He cannot resign and remain in Newtown city. What would he be doing there? He can't return to live in Abuja, his father will impose the position of a company's President on him. The best will be to leave the country. He would take his daughter away and find a new life abroad. Jordan sighed and tried to get some sleep, but couldn't. He wondered why he was sleepless again. He searched his mind and found the answer: Tina arrived home, her father was in his room when she asked after him. Her stepmom was watching movies with her younger kids in the sitting room. Tina has never been in a perfect relationship with her step mother. She doesn't know why but felt she was taking what should have been her mother's. She mumbled something that sounded like greetings and walked into her bedroom. She shut the door and threw herself on her bed. "Wow," she exclaimed quietly. Jordan apologised to her himself and said he lost his peace, he doesn't understand what was happening. She doesn't want him to understand if his inability to understand his feelings will get her closer to him. He probably was already having a thing for her. She was going to meet with him and his daughter for lunch the next day. It already wants dawn to come so quickly. She longed for him to hold her in his arms. She then remembered she had blacklisted his cell phone number and she undid it. She couldn't explain it,but felt excited about the whole thing. She took her phone and called Isabella. She also needs to hear about her encounter with Jordan and his daughter. The latter was happy and said she was going to conquer Jordan's obsession then. She added that the next day, she was going to have lunch with Jordan and his daughter again. She looked forward to seeing him again. Jordan squinted when his thoughts ended on Tina again. Hasn't he apologised to her already? Why the restlessness? But why was he thinking about himself and Jora alone without putting Tina into consideration. He should carry her along as well. He Chuckled softly and told himself he would have a discussion with Tina. It appears he needs her to be complete again. He hasn't really thought it in that direction. But after Rachel hit him on his head, he had found himself a little lighter and forgetting about the incident of the past. Or better still, when he remembers, it doesn't hurt him like before. His line of thoughts was all about Tina. Maybe he would see if what Jora said would be granted. "...look grandma, I like that aunt. She's beautiful and fits into my daddy's class. My daddy went to talk to her and she joined us for dinner. My daddy introduced her as Tina. And I already liked her..." Jora was narrating to Clara. The latter smiled and said why didn't she invite her over to the house. "Ah! My bad. I invited her to have lunch with my daddy and I. I should have told her to come to the house" Jora reprimanded herself and slapped herself slightly on the chin. But the slap is like caressing her chin. She doesn't even know if it really touched her face or not. She frowned. Clara was happy. At least Jordan talked with a lady. That's the beginning of better days ahead. She would see that this really gets through. "Tell your daddy to bring her to the house for lunch. I will ask the cook to make a sumptuous meal and she will join us for lunch. But you will have to convince your daddy to bring her home ok?" Clara lectured her granddaughter. She had stopped by to check on the little girl if she was already asleep or not when she saw her jumping on her bed. She frowned and went in. But then she saw that the little girl was happy. She was only expressing her excitement. She then pulled her into a hug and asked her why she was so happy. That was when she told her everything. Clara is as excited as Jora. If a little girl like Jora wants to get a new mother, why wouldn't she want to get a daughter in-law? "Ok, I will tell my daddy to bring Aunt Tina home for lunch. We won't be going to a restaurant" Jora nodded, reasoning with her Grandma. "Exactly my child" Clara chimed. He can't wait to get back into her room and demonstrate her excitement. She and Jora agreed and Clara went to her room. But before leaving, she ensured that Jora lay on her bed and she covered her with a quilt. She is the only grandchild she's got yet. Martha and her husband haven't gotten a baby yet. Clara gave her chin a good night kisses. She went out and shut the door. How she wishes, this comes true. That Jordan will be happy again. She has to work with Jora and achieve the aim this time. Jordan cannot refuse his daughter anything, she is certain of that and this time, he would want to grant her wishes. Next morning, Jora was the first to wake up in the entire Mansion. She rushed to her daddy's room and found him still sleeping under the quilt. Jordan knew when the door was opened and from his half opened eyes, saw Jora. Seeing she's the one, he closed his eyes again and the daughter assumed he was still sleeping. She climbed into his bed and went under the quilt. She drew closer and cupped her daddy's face in her palm. Jordan chuckled softly and opened his eyes lazily. " Wake up daddy, you are dropping me off at school this morning," Jora urged him. Hearing it was school, Jordan opened his eyes fully and smiled. "Good morning Dad," Jora said, smiling back at her father. Jordan suddenly pulled her to himself and she fell on his broad chest. She giggled and Jordan tickled her. She took a pillow and they both started throwing it at each other. One was giggling and the older was smiling and being mischievous until Clara came to check on them. They both paused and Jordan's mother was short of words. Her granddaughter and her son, both behaving like two adults, were having a great time that morning. " Jora, you need to get prepared for school" Clara declared, walking in and pulling her granddaughter from the bed where she was lying and giggling. " Oh.. it's true my love" Jordan agreed with his mother and Jora left with her grandmother. Clara wondered why Jordan was so free to play with an arm that is wounded and not yet healed. Soon Jordan drove Jora to school. He was sitting behind the passengers' seat with Jora. She hooked her hand around her father all of a sudden. Jordan looked at his daughter. She was going to make a request, that's why the sudden hug of the arm. Rachel used to be like that. She would snuggle into him, give him an unexpected kiss or wake him up in the middle of the night to ask for sex, she would do something weird, then he would know she was going to make a request afterwards. "What do you want Jora, say?" he simply asked. She can't be different from her mother after all. Jora was surprised and looked up at Jordan, the latter shrugged and the daughter smiled. " Since you already figured out that I was going to say something, I will go ahead then. Please daddy, I want aunt Tina to come over to the house for Lunch!" Jora requested.