"So what you are trying to tell me is that your mother who you thought dead for the past thirteen years just reappears out of nowhere, and you think she's pretending she doesn't recognize you and you also think she's up to something," Matthew said as he looked at me in pure shock.

When I called him that I had something to tell him, he sounded very worried, when he arrived I told him to take a seat because he was gonna be needing him, I still remember him asking if I was pregnant, that he would be glad to be an uncle, I didn't have to worry about the child's dad rejection, I fell into a fit of laughter even though I was feeling nervous. He always thinks the worst.

His reaction when I told him part of the truth I wanted him to know about my mom's death and all that, without mentioning anything related to the mafia, his reaction was of total shock, he didn't talk for three minutes straight and I didn't bother his silence, I wanted him to process everything.

"So how do I come in?" he asked looking at me expectantly....."well," I said as I moved to where he was sitting, I brought my mouth closed to his ears as I whispered "we need to keep an eye on her, watch her every move and know what her plans are," at this point I couldn't even trust my surrounding, after all they usually say "walls have ears."

"So you want us to play spy?" he asked and I nod my head to affirm his statement,......."but can't we hire someone to do the job for us, It would be easier," he said suggestively,

"Well we could do that, but I don't know anyone I can trust apart from you and also I don't have money to pay any secret agent, the last part isn't true but he didn't need to know that.

"You don't but I do, you know it would be impossible for both of us to watch her when we both have work to do, but I know someone who can, I have this friend of mine and I trust him, I can give him the job of watching her, what do you think?" he asked looking at me expectantly, he had a point, I don't know why I didn't think this through, of course we couldn't watch her when we both had to report to work, even if he is the vice of his real estate company it didn't mean he could do as he pleases, which is one thing I love about Matthew, he's a disciplined man, never taking advantage of his power over people.

I'll have to trust him to handle this for me, I need to be ahead of whatever plan my resurrected mother is planning, I know this isn't any coincidence, we'll have to find out.

"Okay if you trust this person then we'll have to give him the job of watching her, I want to know what she does, who she meets with, everything possible he can uncover, I need every information, no matter how small it is, it is important.

Matthew called his agent and I waited for him patiently to finish the call, when he finished the call I asked him "what did he say?"..........."he wants a picture of her so he knows who he is supposed to watch,"

"That's the problem, I don't know if she would come to the store again, I don't know if I can find her picture on the internet, we'll just have to wait for when she shows up at the store again, I have a feeling she'll be visiting again soon," I said as I started pacing around with one finger tapping on my head and eyes closed in a thinking gesture, I had a faster way to get her picture, but it was too risky, if I log  into my Facebook account I could get a picture of her I have there, I remember posting a picture of her on her 6th year death anniversary. Even though she has gotten older, she still looks the same.

Matthew left after we agreed on taking photos of her, I myself decided to rest since it was the weekend, I soaked myself in my bathtub and enjoyed the feeling of the water, I didn't know when I fell asleep, but when I opened my eyes I was still in the bathtub, rinsing my body I got out of the tub, and after toweling my body I went into my room to get dressed, I picked a big shirt and sweat pants, pairing it with a thick socks, after dressing I went to the kitchen to find something to eat.

I made barramundi, something I learnt from the internet.

After cooking I took my food to the sitting room, turning on my tv I looked for something to watch, as I scanned through I stumbled on an episode of SpongeBob and decided to settle on that, it was always fun watching SpongeBob and I found the show to be medicinal because it made me laugh till I forget my problems.

When I was done eating I kept the dishes for later, I was too lazy to do anything, I made my way back to my bedroom to continue my sleeping marathon.

The weekend went by fast and it was Monday again, I hated Mondays, everybody did, having to be lazy a the whole weekend and then having to get up early to go to work on Monday morning, it was the worst, I didn't have a choice, I had to work and I needed information concerning a certain someone, my only hope right now is that she drops by.

I began my day at work with hot coffee, before I stared checking all the necessary things that needed my attention, I think I'll have to miss my online class today, I am not in the right state of mind to focus on any class right now, my mind was on something else or rather someone else.

Things didn't go as I planned, as the person I was anxiously waiting for to show up in the store didn't show up, each time any staff welcomed someone new I stop what am doing to see who has entered, but each time I got disappointed.

I wrapped my day as I packed my things preparing to leave, I had to call Matthew to let him know how today went, picking up my phone, I dialed his number and as I waited patiently for him to pick up, he picked on the second ring,

"Hey, how are you? Any good news?"
he asked,

"Am good, but no good news, she didn't show up, waited for hours and still nothing," I said sounding disappointed.

"Don't worry honey, we'll get it one way or the other, just be patient, he said to me as I began picking my things to make my way out of the store, still with the phone on my ear I waved Grace as I walked pass her out the store,

"Matthew we do not have time, I need to know what she wants, I need to know what's going on, if someone who is my mom disappear for thirteen years and then I suddenly meet her it can't be good, she might have been my mom, but I don't know her anymore, I can't trust her, If her coming into my life is for a bad reason I want to be ahead of whatever she's planning," I said to Matthew as a hail a taxi.

When I got home my head was filled with so many thoughts, at one point I thought of entering the security camera in the store for footages of the last time she came, maybe I could find one that's clear enough, but I brushed the thought away, first because I'll have to explain to Matthew how I got a hold of it, and because my conscience has been eating me alive for lying to about my identity I didn't want to build more lies.

The whole week went by the same, no show of my mother, it seemed to me like she just wanted to come to my life and shake it then disappear, or maybe she knew I was looking for her, no I doubt that, there's no way she would know about that. Closing the week tired and in disappointment I decided that I was going to use the weekend to go grocery shopping.

With my list in hand I pushed my cart as I checked the things that were left for me to buy, milk, egg, vegetables and bla bla bla, I was so focused on scanning the shelves for my favorite spaghetti brand that I didn't notice someone in front of me until I hit the person with my cart.

"Oh my God! am so sorry, it's my fault, I wasn't looking," I said to the person as she still had her head bent picking the things that fell from her hand,......"let me help you with that," I bent down to help her pick the things I made her drop, but as she raised her head to tell me it was okay, I froze, but quickly recovered, covering it as seeing a customer from my shop.

"Oh hi dear, we meet again,"she said as she still had most of the things gathered in her hand like one would hold a child, seeing some were dropping she threw them in her cart.

"Am Marissa Morgan," she said as she brought her hand forward for me to shake, so she changed her name,..... "Jenny Houston," I said as I took her hand, letting go of her hand I gave her a smile as I turned to look at my list again to see what was left, as I looked at the list, it was just few items that needed to be bought, they could wait, right now I needed to take her picture without her notice.

She took a hold of her cart to continue  and was about to make her way past me, but I stopped her,

"Excuse me please," I said as an idea dropped in my head,  she stopped to look at me,......."I don't usually do this, I mean being unprofessional with my customers, but who said you can't have a relationship outside the store with your customer, so uhm I was just wondering if we could exchange contacts, I could always let you know when we have new arrivals," I said as I waited patiently to hear her response.

If she gives me her number it would be easy, I would be able to get into any social media account she has and hopefully find a picture and even if she doesn't have any pictures, I could always call her for coffee or something, yes, that would do.

"Oh, that's fine," she replied as brought her hand, asking for my phone. I handed the phone to her as I quietly watch as she input her number, when she was done, she handed me back my phone as I dialed her number to confirm it. Her phone rang somewhere in her purse as she brought it out while I gave a smile saying "now we both have each others contact."

We said our goodbyes as we promised to keep in touch.

During our little interaction I tried as hard as I could to read each of her every move, her reaction and I felt like she surely doesn't know who I am, and even if she did, it didn't affect her a bit, while I on one hand was feeling like I was standing with a ghost.

As she left, I quickly paid for the things I got, forgetting about the remaining items on my list, I'll have to get them another time as I couldn't concentrate, my mind was somewhere else.

Immediately I got home and was safely in the walls of my apartment, I quickly dropped the things I got on the kitchen counter and went to sit on my couch, I took out my phone and began my search for her, I checked if that was her WhatsApp number and luckily it was, but the picture wasn't of her, it was a picture which read "we live life once."

Which means I have to look her up on other accounts, especially now that I have her name and phone number.

Maybe we can find out what mother dearest is up to.

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