Gate opened and closed, Mrs Olotun and his son got down from the car. They were just coming from the mosque after blessed her husband and celebrated his twenty-one days.
"Welcome Ma and welcome Sir" the gate man greeted.
"How are you? Baba" Olawale asked.
"Please! Pack the plates and cooler at the boot inside, I will tell the maid to come and join you" Mrs Olotun said and going inside.
"Okay! Ma" door opened and closed, Mrs Olotun and his son entered the room. The housemaid was in the living room when they entered.
"Welcome Ma and sir" she stood up and greeted.
"How are you?" Olawale asked.
"I am fine Sir!" "Alright!" Olawale said.
"Go out and join the gate man to pack the plates in and the cooler"
"Okay Ma" she left the living room, door opened and closed.
"I am so tried!" Olawale complained.
"Me too!, as I am going to my room it's to go and sleep"
"Mummy! Before you go, I want to talk to you"
"Why don't you leave it still tomorrow now!, tomorrow is there"
"It's now Mom! I need to tell you now" he said and sat on the chair.
"Am tried, I need to rest now!, it's not that I won't wake up tomorrow!" His mother complained and sat on another chair.
"Sorry! Mom, just a few minutes" said with lower voice.
"Okay! I am listening"
"I want to tell you that I am going back to U. S tomorrow afternoon"
"Which U. S are going to!" Said with louder voice.
"Which U. S!, I don't get you Mom?"
"You are not going back to U. S! This is your father's land!" shouted.
"I can't stay in this country with bad weather! I come home because of my father's death and we had did his forty-one days so I have to go back!"
"You are not going back there! And that it's my final say" said with anger. The housemaid and gate man were hearing their voice, packing the plates inside from the backyard entrances.
"Mom! I am going back, even why did you said that?"
"Your father have many properties that he left for you to be controlling---"
"I know Mom! And i don't have problem with that"
"So! If you go now who will be controlling it?"
"For that! I will employ an agent who will be running the properties on my behalf"
"You are in sin!, you will leave your father's properties for an outsider to be controlling it. Are you alright at all!"
"You will be watching him every time and leading him"
"Look here! You are going no where! By next tomorrow you should have resume to work and take over your father's position"
"Mom! I am going back to U. S tomorrow! So I can't go to any work"
"If I am the that born you leave this Nigeria!" She stood up.
"I am going back! I am tried of this Nigeria, the weather is bad for me! The country is bad! Everything is bad!!" Said with anger.
"This is where we born you!, your father including me! And you must do as I said!" His mother said with anger showed over her.
"I was born here or not! I don't care, my own is that am going back!"
"If you dare just take a step out of this house not talk of going to U. S!, you will know who I am!"
"I am going back! Mom"
"It's your father that caused all these not you at all!"
"I will send the agent to you tomorrow or next tomorrow to talk"
"On what?" Looked at him.
"On the business and how to manage the properties because I am going back to U. S tomorrow even not in afternoon again it's in the morning!"
"Oh!! You are still standing on your feet! Right" said with lower voice.
"Yes! Mom, I am going back! So talk to the agent"
"I know what I will do! " said with lower voice and went to her room.
"I am tried of this country!" He went to his room and to start packing. The housemaid and the gate man had finished packing the plates and the cooler so she was in her room. Mrs Olotun had converted her to her housemaid.
Olawale had woke up in the next morning, dressed and packing his load out putting them inside the car and entered again to take the remaining one; told the driver to fast with the cleaning of the car. His mother was in the living room looking at him packing without said a word just watching movie.
After finished packing the loads inside the car he entered to say good bye to his mother, door opened and closed.
"Mom! I am ready to go, so goodbye"
"Bye!, safe journey!" His mother said.
"Take care of yourself Mom!, I will contact the agent and send him to you"
"Okay! No problem, I will be respecting him"
"Bye! Mom" he left the room, door closed. Door opened and closed again Olawale entered and looking so worried.
"What is it? Son" his mother asked.
"I can't found my green passport in my bag!" Said with lower voice.
"Did you checked all the bags except from that one?"
"I checked them, it's not there" looking around the living room.
"Search for it very well!"
"I have looked for it but I didn't see it!, Mom! Are you the one that took it!"
"You want to travel right! Want to back to U. S!, be going let me see how you will go without the green passport" said with loud voice.
"Mom! Please release it, I am begging you!"
"You are going no where! Tell the driver to take the bags back inside and resume to work tomorrow morning!"
"Mom! Why are you doing like this now!"
"I am doing like how?, Mr man take your mind of from U. S, resume to work and enjoy Nigeria's life" continued watching the movie.
"Mom! Where is my passport?" Asked with anger.
"This is it!, I took it from your bag in the midnight" brought it out under the pillow on the chair that she was sitting on.
"Give it to me!, let me have it" walking closed to his mother.
"If you walk more closer to me! I will tear it and nothing will happen!"
"Mummy!!!" He shouted, he had fed up.
"Yes! Just dare and walk close, you are stubborn right!"
"Mummy!! Oh! My God!"
"Go and tell the driver to bring the bags back inside!"
"Leave me alone Mom!, I beg of you!" Said with anger.
"Now!, go!!" She shouted at him. "Okay! Ma" he left the room.
He entered back and went to his room with anger; after few seconds the driver and the housemaid entered with the bags and took it to his room.