Louisa yawned tiredly as she combed her hair. She hadn't been able to get much sleep last night; she had been angry as fuck. Suicide wasn't a small issue and she was really itching to sue foolish Mr. Phillips to the moon and back for being so stupid. She had a lot going on her mind right now but she couldn't really do much till she had spoken to Melissa.

She heard her phone ring and rushed to the bedroom to answer it.

"Hey girl." Naa Larley beamed as soon as Louisa answered the video call.

"Jesus, you look like shit even with the makeup, I wonder how you'd look without it then." Naa commented.

Louisa rolled her eyes. Trust Naa Larley to tell it like it is.

"Aren't you going to work today?" She asked.

"No." Naa responded. 

"Remember the wedding in Kumasi I told you about? Well the engagement is on Friday so I have to be there today. I'm actually en route atm… I have like two hours to go."

Naa Larley was into event planning and she was damn good at it. She managed a lot of the famous events, and all her clients had nothing but positive feedback.

"I spoke to mama yesterday and she filled me in on what happened with Isa yesterday." She stated.

Louisa's eyes widened in surprise. News really did travel fast nowadays.

"You know what? I know you...and I know that's reason for you looking like a panda, no offence. But my advice to you is stop stressing yourself out, you tend to do that a lot. You've got this. Alright?"

Louisa nodded gratefully. She really needed that. As they continued to chat, Louisa heard a knock at her door.

"Mummy, I'm done so we can leave now if you are too." Isa yelled.

"Alright honey. Give me a minute, I'll be down soon" She yelled back.

Naa Larley placed her palms on a chest and with fake tears uttered, "You guys are so cute, I should get going though; I don't want to make you late."

Louisa nodded. "Alright. Call me when you get to Kumasi." She hanged up right after. 

Louisa knew the issue of childbirth had been a problem for Naa Larley and her husband, Michael. The couple had been trying since they got married fifteen years ago but to no avail. Naa was bothered than she cared to let on but you wouldn't really notice since she wasn't the type to wear her heart on her sleeve- and Louisa tried as much as possible to be there for her best friend whenever it got too much and she broke down.

Louisa headed downstairs to the kitchen where her mother and Isa were having breakfast. "Join us Louisa.” Mrs Mensah beckoned with a wave but Louisa just laughed. "I don't know why you keep asking, mama. You always do and I always tell you I'm not hungry; you should give up by now."

Mrs Mensah threw her daughter a dirty look "You think skipping breakfast is a good thing, eh? Go ahead. It's your health not mine." 

Isa and Louisa giggled. Mama said this all the time but seemed to forget and always asked Louisa to join her for breakfast the very next day.

Louisa glanced at her daughter. The teenager was in a much better mood. She was almost herself, and for Louisa that was great news. She waited for her daughter to finish her breakfast and when she went upstairs to get her school bag, Louisa decided to hear her mum's plans for the day. 

Mrs. Mensah rolled her eyes. "I'm a big girl Lou. All you have to know is that I'm not going to be staying at home if that's what is bothering you."

Her mum was right. Louisa was worried. Ever since she lost her dad, her mum was all she had and she had become very protective of the old woman. She tried as much as possible to subtly and full on encourage her to go out more often as loneliness bred sorrow.

"Alright mum, you can do whatever you want. Just don't go out without the driver okay?" She pleaded. "Alright alright. Jeez you'd think I was rather the child." Mrs. Mensah grumbled. Louisa laughed and gave her mother a hug. "Yes mama, you're now my first born child." She teased.

Just then Isa came down. "We can go now mummy. Bye grandma, don't miss me too much."

Mrs Mensah laughed. "Sure thing baby."

*****

The drive to East Airport International School took about 20 minutes. The duo always left home before 6:30 in order to beat the morning traffic.

Isabel gave her mother a kiss on the cheek and promising to be good and keep her temper in check, she alighted and headed towards her class.

After Louisa was sure her daughter had disappeared, she got down, locked her car and headed towards the headmaster's office. The secretary was nowhere to be found but a knock at his door told her he was in.

Skipping all formalities, she went straight to the point. "You know Mr Phillips, my daughter told me everything and to be honest, although I don't condone violence, I must admit I could never be more proud. At least she's got more balls than you could ever dream of. Suicide! Mr Phillips, Suicide. I don't think you realise the gravity of the situation, because if you did, you'd have done something about it." She paced across the room waiting to hear him say something but he never did and this infuriated her further.

"Everything in me is itching to have you sued but I understand the situation and that's the only reason why I'm not doing anything rash but trust me, you'll hear from me soon." With that, she walked out of the office.

She arrived at Mensah and Associates around 8:30 and she immediately handed the file she was working on to her personal assistant.

Akua was surprised. "How were you able to finish working on it? You either have superpowers or you did not get any sleep last night."

Louisa laughed. "Definitely the latter Akua, because if I had super powers, the world would be a better place."

Akua gasped. "Oh my God, is it Isa? Is she alright?"

"Oh yeah yeah." Louisa calmed her down. "She got into a fight but fortunately no one was hurt." She turned to leave for her office but seemed to have remembered something and came back.

"Akua, please keep all calls coming in. I'm going to be here till three so..."

Akua beamed and nodded in mock salute. “Yes ma'am.