------------ Los Angeles, California
-------------------- Same morning( Olyster residence)
I made sure the hot water ran all through my body parts. Thank goodness we were occupied with Faryah, no one noticed my bandaged hand. I got out of the shower and tied a towel round my waist. I took my dryer from the shelf, dried and styled. I used my body lotion and used my antiperspirant. I used disinfectant on my knuckles, it was healing, I didn't need a bandage anymore. I took out a grey blazer and black pants, with a black body hug shirt. I put them on and wore my socks, shoes and watch. I put my phone in my right pant pocket and looked at the mirror. I knew I was a very handsome man, I took most of my features from my mother, others from my father.
My father. I didn't want to think about him now. I walked out of my room and passed by Faryah's. I unbelievably missed her. I rarely talked to her but I missed her. The time we spent together yesterday morning made me feel like I've known her for months. I walked down the stairs and found everyone eating breakfast, Sandra was here. Neill's girlfriend.
" Good morning Brother-in-law" She chirped as she got up from her seat to give me a light hug. Sandra was a Black American. She was beautiful, very, I always loved the way she made her hair, she either curled them up or braided them. She was skinny, she had this perfect small chin and a graceful smile. She also had a pretty great fashion sense, she was about to graduate from CALU. She was visiting LA, no wonder she was here, with her Neill Bunny. I loved teasing him with that name. " Sandy" I answered as I hugged her back.
" How are you feeling now Khalid?" Mother asked as I sat beside Sandra. " I'm okay" I answered bluntly. " I heard your wife was in the hospital, I am so sorry" she said and I gave her a small smile. " Khalid, I need you to get your mind off Faryah for a little while, gather the heads of all departments today and start the Launch ideas, three months is getting close" Brandon said and I nodded. At least something was going to keep me busy. " I don't have much classes today, when I'm done, I'll go and see Faryah" Sophia said as I put some sausages on my plate. " Good, Anna is with her currently, I really hope she wakes up soon, we need to Identify the culprit and his motive" Mother said again. " Khalid, I almost forgot, I talked to Musa, he said that Faryah was in a car accident when she was 6, that led to her amnesia and muteness" GrandPa said. Something was wrong. I felt something was off. " The doctor said she was traumatised, that was what led to her muteness" I answered back as I dropped my butter knife. "Grandpa, something happened to Faryah that they aren't telling us about" I said again. " It is possible but I trust Musa, he is speaking the truth" GrandPa said and I didn't want to argue. I was going to look into it myself. " Fine GrandPa".
---------------Olyster textiles.
" notify the heads of all departments, we're having a meeting in the next two hours okay" I said to my secretary immediately I got to my office floor. " Got that sir" she said as I walked into my office. I closed the door and went to my desk. There were just five contracts I needed to sign on the development of our new branch in China. I had to think of Ideas for our Launch, we needed models of all kinds, fat models, slim and sexy models, skinny models, tall models , petite, black skinned, fair skinned, We needed models from each part of the world, We needed Asian, African, American, and the likes, so that we could show to them that our fabric fits with everybody, black or white, tall or short and Fat or slim. I was going to take care of that, we needed a 100 models for this. And our budget on them should be a 50 million dollars. It wasn't a big deal for us. I needed to plan a good budget, Brandon wanted a grand Launch, Paparazzi and Journalists. We needed approximately 200 million dollars for everything. We were definitely going to get more than 200 million back from the fabric sales. I turned my laptop on to prepare a report for all the heads, their budget to make things work. The advertising department was going to cost more, the general public needed to be aware and I knew some artists and actress had to be present. It was going to be like one of those EMA awards. It was only a Launch, big and catchy.
Mothers birthday budget had to be included, I was going to get Sophia to be in charge of Moms outfit and Makeup and Fashion stuff. If Faryah woke up I had to put her in charge of something, it was a family event. I really had to think of something for Faryah. She was going to be in charge of catering for the event. She made great coffee, so she had to do something great. I'm just guessing. I had to go visit Faryah later on, I had a lot to tell her and I heard Patients in Coma could hear you, they just couldn't talk. So I was going to share my thoughts with her. I typed in what I needed for all the heads, I was going to give the budget for event planning to my College friend that studied of course Event Planning. She was going to handle the decorations of the venue and the arrangement of all our preparations. But she had to submit to me before going any further. They all had to submit to me. I sent the files to my secretary for printing and proper arrangement. An hour and thirty minutes were already through.
" Sir, they're all set, I've prepared the files and the meeting room is ready" My secretary said as she walked into my office. " Good" I answered and got up from my sit. I needed today to go well. " Good day everyone" I greeted as I walked into the room. " Good day sir" They answered as I took my seat. " I hope all of you are doing great, how are wives, husbands and girlfriends?, or Boos?" I said as I watched the ladies blush. I had approximately 10 heads in total.
Head of Marketing.
Head of Security.
Head of Distribution.
Head of Production.
Head of Advertising.
Head of Finance.
Head of Administration.
Head of Maintenance.
Head of IT.
Head of Sales.
" Sir, I'm pretty sure all our partners are great, how is Miss Pamela?" That was Rosie, head of IT. She was a cute lady and had these Harry Potter glasses . " She is fine, she has never been better" I could hear lots of giggles from the ladies again. " So when's the date?" She asked again. " Rosita, lets get to our meeting" I said ignoring her question. I wasn't sure if I wanted to get married to her anymore.
" So we're having a grand launch in July" I started. The heads of each department were my kind of people, this was where we all got to talk and relate with each other.
The meeting finally ended by 1:00pm sharp. I managed to explain everything to them carefully. " I'm leaving, I'm going to the hospital" I said to my secretary as I was about to leave my office. " Send my schedule for tomorrow to me" I added again. " Okay sir, I will" She answered as I got into the elevator. I was going to check up on Faryah and go check out some venues. I was going too see if she had woken up.
I got into my car and decided to call Alisson. She was the event planner I thought of earlier. I dialled her number as I put it on speaker as I drove to the hospital. " Hello?, Khalid, Long time" She chirped into the phone. She had a pretty melodious voice. " Hey Allison, yeah Long time, how have you been?" I answered.
" I've been okay, what about you?"
" I've been good too, so I want to get straight to the point now, I have an event coming up" I started and heard her shriek. " Girl you haven't even heard what the event is all about" I said to her. " Hey, an event of Olyster Textiles has to be great, why won't I shriek" She answered back. " Oh well, I need an event planner and I want you, come over to my office tomorrow so we can talk more" I added. " Oh My God Khalid, this is going to be what my company needs, thanks a lot" I could picture the pretty smile on her face right now. " Anytime, I have to go now okay, I'll see you tomorrow"
" Alright bye" She said and ended the call.
I parked my car in the hospital garage and walked inside. I was hoping to drop by mothers place and Pamela's when I was done with Faryah. I got to her room and was asked to wear a green hair mask, nose mask and something like a cloth mask. I guess to avoid any infection. I put them on and went into her room. She laid lifeless, with her eyes shut tight, no sign of waking. Her heart beat rate was normal. Thank goodness. I sat on the stool beside her bed and took her slim hand in mine. I didn't know why a tear was rolling down my cheek. I couldn't stop it.
" Faryah, It's me, Khalid, I miss your coffee" I started and laughed at myself. " I am so sorry for what happened to you, It wasn't any of our intention to make you go through what you went through" I added as I held onto her hand tighter. " I promise to always make time to see you everyday. You know Faryah, I suddenly feel so attached to you, I don't know why, I just do" I stopped there.
" Well we are planning a grand Launch for a new fabric, It is fun and when you wake up I've already assigned something for you to do, I know you can handle Catering, I know you can handle it" I said as I smiled to myself. How could she possibly cater for over 200 guests.
" Faryah please wake up soon, I really want us to spend more time together, I feel like I have a lot to explore about you, I miss you" I said and kissed her knuckles. I really did miss her. I finally got out of Faryah's room and took all the masks off me. I took the elevator and headed towards Mothers office. I got out of the elevator and instantly laid my eyes on Mother, struggling with someone.
I moved closer to take a good look at who was harassing my mother and I clenched my fists immediately I got a clear view of his cruel face. How dare he try to talk to my mother again, what the hell was wrong with him. I quickly rushed to them and grabbed him from the back and used my fits on his eyes. " Khalid son, stop that" Mother screamed as I hit him more. " How dare you come back into our lives and lay a hand on my mother again you bastard" I growled as I pushed him down to the ground and punched him harder. " Khalid please stop" Mother cried and I managed to stop myself as some able men pulled me away from him. We were already drawing attention. I wanted to kill him. " Never come near us again" I growled as the men let go of me. " Son stop that please" Mother cried and I pulled her into a hug. I wasn't the little weakling any longer. I was going to kill him if he laid a finger on her again.
" I need your forgiveness" He said as he cleaned his bruised lip.
I could never find it in my heart to forgive him. Never.