I drove down to Mr Orchard's house to have dinner with his family. I arrived at his gate.

I drove in to park in the car park located opposite the garden in his home. His house was so beautiful with the white colour used to paint the buildings making the building stand out. It was a mansion with lots of flowers surrounding the corners of the house.

"Follow me , Miss Skai"One of the bodyguards escorted me to the door leading into the house.

We walked into the house and I almost gasped looking at the beauty of the house with so much pictures of his family hanging around alongside beautiful paintings.

The stairs leading upstairs were adorned with red carpet where someone could walk on. Soon enough a pretty old lady with an apron strapped to her body came out of the kitchen.

She was so pretty,her blonde hair was put in a pony tail and her blue eyes complemented her white but tanned skin. This woman looked too beautiful to be old.

"Oh Skai is around!"She said walking towards where I stood pulling me into a hug, I returned the favour still surprised that she knows me.

"I'm Sarah , Orchard's wife. He told us you were having dinner with us today."She said pulling out of the hug.

"Oh wow that's nice and you look really good by the way"I said finally realizing how she got to know me.

"Yes , My husband has told us a lot about you and based on what he has told us ,we really think you are the one."She said with a huge smile.

"The one for what ?"I asked her in confusion.

"Okay that's enough mom, why don't we get the dinning table ready for dinner." A young guy who looked like the same age as Sekani said as he came out of the kitchen with some dishes in his hand.

He dropped them on the table while his mom went back into the kitchen to bring out more dishes.

"Hi I'm Jason, I'm Mr Orchard's son,you don't need to tell me who you are , we already know"He said stretching his hands our for a handshake with a smile.

I shook his hands slightly giving him a smile. Maybe this was Sekani's classmate he told me about when I applied for this job.

"Do you by any chance know any Sekani Hart ?"I asked him after letting go of his hands.

"Yeah, we were friends in highschool, I heard he's in college now"He said with a tone of happiness but he ended with a sad tone.

"Well I'm his sister"His eyes lit up as he heard my words.

"I thought as much,wow you're very much welcome, come sit here"He gestured me to a seat at the well structured dinner table that had some dishes on it.

"Thanks, why aren't you in college yet ?"I asked him as he settled in the seat beside me.

"Yeah everyone ask me that"He said rolling his eyes while his mom came in and dropped some dishes and sat across the table.

"Jason has dyslexia , so he can't afford to go to college "She said while giving Jason a pity look.

"But it could be managed"I said looking over at Jason who was looking down at his plate.

"My case is different and unusual, so I've decided to be an artist, I can't express myself with words or writings but I can do that with my paintings"He said with a smile looking around the nice paintings on the wall which were obviously painted by him.

"Wow you are talented, Jason"I said while appreciating his good works.

"I guess you all are getting along without me"Mr Orchard said as he walked down the stairs wearing a red robe that matched the red carpet that trailed along the steps.

He finally came to the table and gave me a nod with a smile before settling in his seat. We said a prayer before we began to eat.

They were so nice to me and they told me how they had Jason after 10 years of into the marriage,they also told me how he started the company.

"Wow, your hard work really paid off Mr Orchard"I said as I wiped my mouth with the napkin as we were all done with the food.

"Yeah, and I advise everyone who wants to succeed to also work hard."He said as he called one of his maid to get the dishes out of sight.

"Skai,I need to talk to you,can we have a talk in the garden outside."He said as he stood up with a bit of struggle.

"Okay then, bye Mrs Sarah and Jason keep doing what you do, you'd go places"I said quickly to them before accompanying Mr Orchard to the garden.

The moon was out, and the lights outside the house were reflecting the beautiful flowers in the garden. We took our seats in the garden. Mr Orchard groaned as he settled down in his seat.

"Mr Orchard are you okay ? You've been having discomfort throughout dinner"I asked in concern.

"Well I'm an old man, and old people groan a lot, so it's just part of who I am"He said giving me a smile.

"You have a nice family and they really love you"I said as I looked at the flowers surrounding us.

"Yeah and I love them too, too bad I'm too sick to show how much they mean to me"He said while I focused my attention on him because of what he said.

"I'm not healthy Skai, I have diabetes alongside a bad case of ulcer but it's under control, so no need to be alarmed."He said with a smile. This man smiles even at the worse times.

"That's serious , are you okay,do you take medications or something ?"I asked in concern.

"Yeah I am, I have a steady eating routine and a good diet besides I didn't invite you here to tell you I'm sick."He said while getting up from his seat. He walked towards the roses which were by side.

"I asked you to come have dinner because I wanted you to know the real reason why I gave you that contract with the Johnson's Empire"He said while he plucked one of the roses and gave it to me.

"Thanks , I'm all ears"I said as I took the rose from his hands.

"I want you to take over the company when I'm no more"He said as he stared into my eyes looking for my expression.

"What?! That's absurd"I said in surprise as I stood up.

"Calm down Missy, I've been looking for the right person to do this but I haven't found the one trustworthy enough."He said while trying to calm me down.

"You employed me like 4 months ago and what about Archer, Scott and Stephen ?"I asked with my heart beating a thousand beats.

"Archer is leaving the company next month to start up his own auditing firm as for Scott and Stephen, I have my doubts."He said as he walked closer to me with his hands linked with one another at his back.

"Skai, you're innocent,honest and since when you began handling our finances everything began to go smooth, so if you can smoothly run my money safely how much more the whole company ?"He said calmly as he looked intently into my eyes.

"But what about the merging with the Johnson's Empire ?"I asked him trying to understand what his intentions were.

"I used that to cover up my real intentions for you,Scott and Stephen wouldn't have let me use you for that contract because they are also competing for what I'm offering you !"His words were like cold water running through my body.

"So why send me off to the Johnson's Empire even if we are not merging with them"I asked him trying to fix the pieces of information to understand his motives.

"I wanted to make to make a point about you to them, that you are capable of running a company and handling anything that comes your way, you're smart,sharp and impartial, that's what a real boss should have and I see all that in you"He said as he put one of his hands on my shoulder.

"But you were hardly at the company,how do you know all this ?"I needed to ask lot of questions because this was serious responsibility being handed to me.

"Who says I wasn't in the company, I've been aware of your presence in the company since you came in for the interview,I chose to confine myself to my office to know if you would still work diligently without seeing the boss or you'd slack knowing I'm not around but you proved me wrong and I'm glad we hired you"He said dropping his hand off my shoulder then he walked away from where we stood and he faced the rest of the garden.

"Skai I'm desperately asking this of you,my son who is supposed to be my successor has dyslexia, he can't handle a company besides he's going into art now, please Skai "He said as he turned to look at me with his eyes filled with tears and I felt sad seeing him like that.

"I am not healthy as I used to be , I'm not getting any younger Skai, please do this favour for me."He was pleading with tears rolling out his eyes. Seeing an old man cry is an awful sight.

I don't want to rush into any decisions so I couldn't agree just yet.

"Please Skai give me your consent to put your name on my will as my successor, please Skai I don't want my company being run by any other person"He was now deep in tears as he came back to where I stood having his both hands on my shoulders.

Now I couldn't stand this sight nor his sad and helpless state so once again I took an additional responsibility - running a company.

"Okay Mr Orchard, I'd run the company only on one condition"I said as I saw the joy he had on his face.

"Oh Skai I'd do anything "He said while clenching my shoulders.

"I would only take full control of the company when you're gone but until then you'd still be in charge."I didn't want so much attention drawn to me and I still needed time.

"No problem Skai , that's alright."He hugged me which surprised me. His hug reminded me of the hugs I get from my dad and the love and attention from my mom.

Why was I remembering them now maybe because Mr Orchard was now like a father figure to me. He's been so nice to me and he has entrusted me with his company when he's gone.

Once again I've been strapped to another responsibility and I'm proud I took this responsibility because Mr Orchard now had the smile he always have with his tears gone.