Anastasia! Anastasia! Her Father bellowed in
his deep powerful voice… she shivered and quickly jumped off her bed and
dropped the Ruth O’Donnell novel with a clang. She had been caught up in the
fantasy of the handsome vampire who fell in love with a young medical student,
she knew it was all made up, but at 20, she had began to desire that kind of
love; pure, passionate and hungry! She sighed knowing that she might never
experience it as she rushed down the stairs to meet her future husband……
Kofo Azumba was a powerful man in his
country. He had just been appointed the Chief justice of the nation, a well
deserved appointment he smiled to himself remembering all the political maneuvers
it took to get himself atop the president’s list as his favorite nomination. Right
from the time he decided to become a lawyer, he knew that he was going to
pursue his career all the way to the top. It was his ticket to greatness and he
had kept his goal in sight and pursued it relentlessly for the last 25years.
The only glitches in his well oiled plans
were his sons! When his wife had 3 boys successively, he had been very proud,
now he had 3 ‘men’ to carry on his legacy and run his prestigious law firm, or
so he thought. It had been disappointing to see Louis gravitating to Fine Arts,
Kwame was a scientist at heart, so he was forgiven, but the most disappointing
was Kofo junior, he had all the makings of a fine lawyer, but he had recently
announced that he was going to Paris to pursue photography! The son of Chief
Justice Kwame Azumba a photographer? He sighed in annoyance until his sweet Anastasia
came to his mind. She had been unplanned, one of the rare nights of passion he
and his wife had shared 21years ago.
Anastasia had been a quiet baby; she seemed
to have been born with the natural elegance of his mother. She was gentle and
soft spoken or so he thought until he overhead her challenging Kwame to a game
of scrabble, which she won three times and would have continued to win if he
had not given up. She had a quiet determination and a stubborn resilience. He
was happy to have a daughter; though not as excited as he had been with his son’s,
but she had stolen his heart and maybe she would be the successor he needed
howbeit unlikely. But she had made him proud recently when she announced she
was going to Harvard Law School. He had been too busy to discuss career choices
with her as he had done with his Son’s, so her announcement was a pleasant
surprise to him…..
Yes Dad, Anastasia answered as she came within
his sight, she had been dreading this moment, Henry Maudo III was the Chief of
staff to the president, he was rumored to be the most influential man in the
nation and her Father had been desperately trying to make him an ally. He had
hit several stumbling blocks until recently when his first son Henry IV came
back to the country to take over the family business. The moment her Father met
him, he came back that day and told her he had found her a perfect husband! She
had rolled her eyes at her dad’s ramblings. Who finds a Husband for their
daughter in the 21st century she had told her mum sarcastically trying
to dismiss her dad’s plans. But now two weeks later she knew he had been
serious. Her mum had informed her the day before that the Maudo family was
joining them for lunch and she was to be at her best appearance.
She walked in the room trembling but
determined to defy her Father’s match making plans. Then she set her eyes on
Henry IV and her heart skipped a beat……………………
TO BE
CONTINUED
N.B: Anastasia is like a lot of us, with
someone who we strive to please and sometimes are willing to sacrifice our own
personal desires to make them happy. Is it worth it? We would find out in the
next part.
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