THE UNION novel Chapter 12

Ngozi walks down the stairs with Daisy, Daisy was worried about Ngozi mental state. "You need our help." Daisy pleads to Ngozi.

"I'm fine, you don't have to bother yourself." Ngozi lies, she just wanted to be left alone.

"I'll get help." Daisy says and vanishes back inside the amulet. Ngozi rolls her eyes, Daisy had been disturbing her all morning, she walks down to the kitchen to make coffee but surprisingly she meets Gboyega already making it.

"You're up early." Ngozi said.

"I was planning on leaving then I figured out my step daughter was coming to visit." Gboyega says and walks out of the kitchen not wanting to have any conversation with Ngozi, they both had a issue in the past.

Gboyega walks down to the house entrance after hearing voices of the others, he gets there and meets Tolu scolding the others

"You guys can't just leave, it's not done like that." Tolu shouts, the guys had places to go to.

"Sorry but what I want to do might help us fine Papa, you guys can't come cause it's a one person mission." Ayo says firmly.

"I'm going to see my mom." Richard said as he faces his head down.

"Good for you, say hi to her for me." Ayo chuckles and walks out of the house, Richard was confused he had told Ayo about his past more than anyone in this house even Gboyega knew that Richard going to see his mother was going to be hard for me.

"Hey, it's going to be fine." Gboyega pats Richard on his shoulder, Richard exhales out deeply and walks out of the house to go and confront his mother.

"They're forcing me out!" Ngozi cries out as Huffcupp, Daisy, Blitz and her dog lift her to take her to the park. Gboyega and Tolu stared at each other awkwardly, they're confrontation last night made Tolu dislike him.

"I'm heading off to a bank to claim some money my father left me." Tolu says gently and walks out, minutes later a car parks right in front of Papa house. Gboyega knew it was he's step daughter, he exhaled out deeply thinking of what to do or say to this young girl, he had never had a good relationship with kids.

"I can do this." Gboyega says to himself as he gently touches the house window staring at the car.

A hour later, Richard slowly gets down from a bus he could have easily teleported to his mother's place but had no idea what she wanted to tell him or what he'll say to her. "Poor child." Richard says as he sees a little boy begging for money, he walks toward the boy and smiled, he then quickly dipped his hand into his pocket and drops different notes of money, the young boy smiled and ran off. Richard had a thing for helping people, this gave him a little relief. Mnutes later after walking slowly for awhile, Richard stood in front of a big mansion, it was the biggest house in that area. Richard gulps his saliva, he turns around not wanting to go in but a guard comes out of the mansion then quickly grabs Richard hand.

"She's waiting for you." He said firmly, Richard doesn't make any attempt of escaping and gently follows the man, they both go in and the outside of the mansion is filled with trees and different dresses, sitting at the center of the place is Mariam wearing a long white gown with heavy accessories.

"Richard." Mariam gently whispers, she snaps her finger and the guard drags a chair to Richard for him to sit.

"Mom." Richard says as he gently sits down.

"How did you do it son? You hid away from everyone, I sent men to find you, I used trackers but I couldn't reach. I need answers." She said aggressively, she wears a white glove and picks up a cup of tea on the table and zips from it, Richard hated her but he admired the way she carried herself.

"I don't have any idea of what you're talking about, I just ran away and was quite surprised you didn't find me." He says gently.

"Yes even after you called for money I couldn't still get you, anyways I have other things to talk about with you. I'll be hosting a party in the next three days and I want the villains to meet the new heir of my empire." Mariam smiled manically, she knew that Richard was still scared of her cause of the way he looked.