Episode 3
Ofelia has been awake all night just thinking of what she saw her daughter almost doing today, she admits Mel is a very obedient child with no record of evil but she’s now a grown up who has her own life to live, as a mother she blames herself for not sitting her daughter Down and talk about men and their behavior…. probably because of what happened to her with her late boyfriend Mel’s Father, she has never bothered to think about any other man after the fool dumped her when she got pregnant for him, Mel has always asked about her father but she always avoids the topic only telling her he’s dead and it’s better left that way……she has tried to console herself that the boy she saw with her daughter today is not harmful at all but a part of her is also not OK with this relationship, she can only pray and hope it doesn’t end in tragedy………
Tobias wakes up very Early like he always does, he escapes to his gym working his perfect body up and no one in the House knew where he was or paid attention to where he might be until when it was time for breakfast….. his mother Monica sits alone at the big dinning that is out in the parlour taking all the beauty and the fresh smell that comes with the morning bees pollinating the beautiful flower garden…… Monica has everything she ever wanted in life but God couldn’t give her the fruit of the womb, she found satisfaction when her younger sister died few hours after giving bath to her only son….she never even had the chance to name his son much less see his face but Monica was able to rescue the young Angel and named him Tobias though she prefers to call him Tobi, the young handsome dude has no idea she’s not his mother and she wants it to remain at that though she has only one problem with him, he’s kindhearted and mingles with almost everyone which is not a problem but the problem is he has failed to see some of the people he mingles with are bad news….she has tried to talk him out of this but he always does what he does the best which is laughing it out, now she’s settled at the dining all by herself and it hit her he’s not around
“Maid Lisa” she calls to Lisa one of the maids who comes running
“Yes Madame”
“Where is my son”
“I have no idea…he is not in his room”
“What do you mean you don’t know, don’t tell me he left this house to go to the office without all of you noticing” Lisa keeps quiet but just then Tobi strolls out whistling in a shot and vest with a towel wrapped around his neck and on seeing him, his mother asks Lisa to go
“Good morning my beautiful mother” he kisses her on the cheek and she smiles rubbing her hand on his cheek
“I have been looking for you son….where did you disappear to” he looks around and spots plantain fried just the way he loves, he closes his eyes and takes all the aroma that comes in making him look so handsome
“I’m asking you a question”
“Relax mother…..I was in the gym..pass me the mat please” Monica passes him the table mat and all this while Tobi is not even looking at his mother but concentrating on the food in front of him
“Thanks….. like I said, I was working out and I’m now here, you can now start eating” Monica throws her fork down
“How old are you” he ignores the question and continues to devour his delicious breakfast
“Tobi…are you listening”
“Making thirty in two days time…satisfied” he put his fork down and now faces his mother
“Tobi….I don’t want to meddle in your private life because I had promised myself I would never but this time I have to think about our business being at stake here”
“Meaning….”
“Let’s just forget you’re making thirty in two days time and say you’re already thirty….. you have a good family, you’re the CEO of our company and have a personal house outside this compound but no girlfriend, no nothing” he gets up and drops the table cloth, picks up the serviette and cleans the corner of his mouth
“You know what mother….I’m getting late for office, I haven’t taken my bath and d–n….I took forever in there” he points at the direction of the gym and runs away leaving Monica so furious and she ends up throwing her food down in frustration………
Tobi runs to his very king size room, and finally breaths a sigh of relief, he takes a closer look at himself in the mirror and realises he’s just too perfect that any woman would fall for him but his problem is that he just doesn’t want any woman, he wants to get out there and look for her like any other young man would, he wants to get out there without his Lamborghini and dress like any other ordinary boy and find her falling for a poor but rich at heart boy….he has met so many women due to his position as the CEO of their company but non of the women has ever moved him if only his mother could give him time and he finds his own choice of a woman, all would be fine and perfect…… he takes himself to the bathroom and enters the bathtub to take a very quick bath and comes out of there to find his mother waiting for him on the bed
“Mother….”
“You’re not leaving this room until when you listen to me”
“Can’t it wait till when I get back in the evening”
“No it can’t… we are Africans and in Africa when a man is old he should starts a family as long as he isn’t limited by some circumstances he can use as excuses”
“Like?”
“You know them so well….like finance but you’re not bound by that”
“I know”
“Then what could be the problem”
“I haven’t found the right person”
“That’s nonsense, there is no right woman out there, you take them like that and mold them into the woman you want her to be”
“Well I don’t look at it that way”
“Then it’s time you changed how you look at it because you’re not getting young and soon we shall start loosing our clients simply because no one would want to risk investing with a bachelor” he wanted to say something but he knew best to keep quiet because his mother will never listen to reasons
“I have always made it a point to get for you a present on every birthday of yours but this time I want you to surprise me with a woman, bring her home and I bless both of you but if you’re defeated you let me know because I can always get for you a woman of your class out there….go out, have fun and stop rushing home because I’m so tired of every year being the same….do something”
“I have heard you so can you excuse me and I get dressed” she looks at him and finally exits and he can breath at last…….
Ron and Mel are grabbing some ice cream on their way to school and they no longer have to hide their relationship since their families are very OK with it, and she spent the whole weekend with Ron’s mother and sister she got to know was patience doing some shopping, they were so gentle and so cool with her and got her really pretty things, now that their relationship is made open, Ron wants her to just say yes and they get married already, she’s still going to think about it but right now she just feels on top of the world, she had remained in the car as Ron went inside the supermarket, she watches him come out when he bump on some one, the man was on phone and wasn’t really looking in the direction he was taking, and Ron on the other hand was so taken up by his phone too and before they know it, they clash as the man tries to walk past him but Ron holds onto him, she didn’t see his face but could tell by Ron’s expression that he must know the man from somewhere…………
“Excuse me but do we know each other from somewhere?….. I mean have we met before”
“I don’t think so” the man tries to walk past them but Ron won’t let him get away easily ”
“I’m sure of what I’m saying… are you not Tobias….. Tobi Akankwasa” the Man raises his eyebrow and finally gives his hand to Ron
“Yes Tobi….Ronald pope right?” Ron happily embraces him in a tight hug as Mel just continues to watch from afar not caring less……
To be continued
