Der stalker

Chapter 28

“Mr Hill about this… Can we discuss this another time?” 

My dad announced suddenly.

“Sure, sure… Haha… How about I call you later and arrange a time and place?”

At that moment, these two continued a bit more with their talks.

 my dad in a stern flat tone and Mr Hill in an extremely happy one, continued to converse about the different plants and dirt.

It was like oil and water yet they coexisted conversation nonetheless, I just tilted my head to stare above at the canopy of trees. 

Across the road was a limestone hill about twenty meters in height and above were several species of trees I had no desire to identify, but was aware they were there for decades, behind that was the plantation house and its stretch of land. 

I thought to myself if I took it easy in this life… Study, work for my dad in order to survive on my own, while distancing myself from my siblings and mother.

The results from my previous lives were simply too toxic to even attempt being a good sister and daughter this life, is thought; yo! life will be easy but things don’t seem so.

Perhaps later I can find a man to have my daughter but alas, haha. 

Alas, as a soul that has been damaged into fragments, I seem to be cursed with exes appearing like the plague. 

I should flip a table and roar like Godzilla! 

Nonsense utter nonsense!

My life was totally dedicated to him and our children, I just couldn’t again.

“Ella, in this life you will become my wife no matter what,” 

“what if I refuse?” 

I snapped in question, glaring at him. 

He simply looked at me and smiled. 

I thought I was being blinded, my core quivered and I felt myself waver.

How often had this boy smiled at me in our previous lives, how often had he said he loved me treating me like his most precious treasure.

So often that I lost count, our love had been deep back then but in this life… It is best to go our separate ways. 

‘Ella, no matter what, I will always love you. Whatever my family says it does not matter.’

Those words he had told me in our last life were still in memory.

I still remember all now.

“Refuse if you wish but it doesn’t matter,”

His words jolted me back to reality, I could not help but scoff, luckily my father spoke up.

“Alright, we will talk later Mr Hill,” 

“Good farmer, Lil girl,”

Like that, they finally left with Shen smirking as he sat in the passenger side of the vehicle.

“Dad…”

“Come,”

I followed him up the hill, it was a slow process the dogs approached but disappeared after they greeted us, the sound of the squealing pigs could be heard and I wished really wished that he would have mercy on me.

“Unlike your sisters, who had their children young. You did well by staying in school. In six months you will be nineteen, your grandmother wanted to see you but I believe you are not ready yet,”

“Dad…”

“It’s ok, I know how you feel about her, but eventually if you wish to receive your inheritance from both your grandfather and grandmother you will need to visit the main house on your twenty-first birthday. So you will have a little more than two years to think about your next move. The nursery should be better by then and your studies should be mostly over.”

Well by then I should be strong enough to defend against any traps she might later set so it didn’t matter. 

“If that boy is interested it is OK to have him stay in contact but you must be resolute in this decision.”

I nodded a bit dazed. Wasn’t father against their kind just as much as grandmother?

“I thought white peo-” 

“Times have changed, people should move on, our island is evolving, many mixed couples are showing up and their kids are quite normal. Mr Hill is an old customer and the boy knew you from primary school and has shown his interest.”

Was my father giving me away?

I wanted to wail suddenly but felt that my father might slap me and I had zero desire to be slapped so I just stood there stunned.

We stood at the entrance of the nursery, a tall dark-skinned man and a medium height brown-skinned girl.

If one had to look at us you can tell that we were truthfully related. The man was unapproachable even in his dirty loose jeans and his oversized wash out dirt-stained shirt.

Even though it was oversized his arms were still extremely large, enough that the shirt fitted snug around them.

Both of us wore matching boots, while I wore an oversized long-sleeved shirt filled with holes and stains paired with a Capri pants.

“In truth, I wanted you to be with one of our kind and so did your grandmother, she had even arranged for you to meet but after discussing… Sigh… Wu Jia my daughter, you are the only one who stayed with me. Whatever you wish I will try my best to help you achieve,”

I swallowed wondering why my dad seems to be so talkative today, this was definitely not like him.

” Alright prepare yourself, the weekend is over, finish your work and prepare for school. Next week you can move over to the other place while I fix up the nursery. Stay over that side for the next month.”

“Alright, dad,”

“Hmph,” with that I scrambled into the house and did what was asked, when I was right by the entrance I heard his voice once again. 

“Wu Jia… It will wear off soon. You need to let me know what you will do.” 

I had no idea how to reply to this, so I just continued.