"I will not marry you and there's nothing you can do about it" I shouted at the lawyer.
"Sandra, you need to be careful" my mother shouted pointing at me.
I kept looking at my mother thinking of what she's trying to do about the issue. I don't have interest in getting married to my family lawyer because of the help he is trying to render.
He is the only one who could help us out of our predicament but I can't just do what he is asking for at the moment.
The issue started two months ago when I lost my father. All is properties have been stolen and there's no one who could help us to retrieve the properties except the lawyer who is asking for something I can't do.
We don't have any of the documents of the properties with us, my father kept everything with his secretary who was faithful to him when he was alive but the secretary is no where to be found after the death of my father. Rumour has it that he killed my father.
The doctor confirmed that my father was poisoned but we don't know who poisoned him.
He refused to eat at home on that very day because he was late for work. We think he will be coming back home to eat as he use to do whenever he did not eat before going to his working place but that doesn't happen on that day. We were expecting him when we heard the news about his death.
The CCTV in his office shows that he didn't eat anything in the office.
My father doesn't eat in the restaurant since the time I knew him. He dislike it and always condemn it when he was alive.
The secretary wasn't in the office the day he died and we are unable to reach him ever since that day.
Myself and my mother has tried all we could to get him but all our efforts prove abortive.
We got a news from a close relative that he has moved out of the city. We can't just believe he can do such thing because of his loyalty to my father when he was alive.
We decided to take a legal action against him when we heard that some of the properties have been sold by him and that's where the issues lays.
When need to be very fast in our approach, we don't have money at the moment to hire a lawyer who can handle the case.
We rely on our family lawyer who we know that he is competent to bring my father's property back to us but I can't just meet up with the condition attached.
"You've to understand what am trying to say" the lawyer said in a cool voice walking towards me.
"Don't touch me!" I yelled at him.
"I won't tolerate that evil plan from you because you wanted to help us" I shouted.
My mother bow her heads, I know she's not happy about what the lawyer is saying, but she don't know who to support and who to oppose between us.
My mother is not a weak woman but the situation at hand make her weak.
My life is very important to her likewise the property. We need money in the family, there's no one who can help us with finances. I don't have a job at the moment and everything is not going fine with us. My siblings can't continue with their education because there's no money to finance their education.
I'm not in a relationship at the moment but I have someone am in love with and nothing can stop me from dating him.
Everyone was silent for a while, the lawyer was looking at my mother expecting her to support him while my siblings are looking at me.
I know what they are trying to say, they want to continue with their education and I know what that means.
I'm not selfish, I want their happiness but not at my own cost. I can't love my siblings more than myself, I can only love them the same way I love me.
The lawyer decided to leave after waiting for some minutes without hearing anything from my mother.
"I want to be on my way" he said looking at my mother.
My mother nod her head without saying a word to him.
He was about to open the door when he looked.
"Sandra, let me know when you change your mind" he said.
"My no is no! I'm not interested" I said walking towards the door to lock it up.
I look straight to my siblings and see everyone of them in tears, I couldn't believe it when I looked straight to my mother and I can see her crying.
I can't believe they were expecting to accept the man's proposal, how would that be? He is old more than I do and he is not my spec.
I walked slowly to my room without looking at their direction anymore. I was expecting them to support me but reverse is the case. I don't know if I have done something wrong but am not feeling guilty about my reaction. No one can choose who I will marry for me no matter what the situation can be.
I got to my room thinking about every word spoken to me by the lawyer, I use to know him as a responsible man when my father was alive. Infact, everyone in my family love him because he always play with everyone of us whenever he comes to our house without knowing that he has been pretending to be a good Samaritan when my father was alive.
I wasn't surprised anyways because if my father's secretary can steal my father property I don't think the lawyer should do less.
I took a book trying to read but later drop it when I remember all the situations at hand.
My phone rang and it's my friend calling about what she discussed with me days back. She wanted me to ruin a birthday/proposal party which is coming up tomorrow. She just called to remind about the event and I promise to be there as early as possible.
