The whole room has been filled up with guests whose bodies were ozzing out different smells, which went from nice to bad to complicated....
God knows I hate having multitude around me , which was impossible to avoid cus our home is always crowded at festive periods like Thanksgiving Sunday... they would always spray themselves with choking fragrance and hug you tightly which would make you puke throughout the whole day... urgh... those memories feels like nightmare whenever I think of them... Buh I guess those annoying days are over now that Mom is gone...
"Hello Mrs meyer, mr williams invited me to your house party, I hope I am welcomed an where is from fresh hibbicus flower from my garden, they smell nice don't they???"
That was mrs Benson, who Mom helps in picking up her grandchildren from school.... I could hear her clearly from the main room, she has a very loud and irritating voice... that's one person to look out for, she would definitely ask after mom, although she knows about it, since she would have contacted mom one of this days to help her out with the kids, would go on and on lecturing me on been a good kid...
I need to avoid her cus she is definitely not keeping her eyes off me when she set her curious eyes on me...And finally I get to know her name, "Mrs meyer"... I wonder why she is been referred to as that since she is divorced or better still sperated....
Tonia came into the kitchen with the hibiscus...where tony and I are filling the fridge up with drinks my dad got from the mall..., looking all angry and frustrated... she dropped the flowers in a jar harshly..
"Every single person coming in as been referring to mom as "mrs meyer".... and she seems alright with it, shining her white set of teeths at them.... she is divorced from crying out loud .. " she complained irritatingly, while filling the jar of flowers with water
Tony looked up from the arrangements he was making, looking sad, furious and irritated
"What was she supposed to do???... Go about telling people... "Oh no don't refer to me as "Mrs meyer" am divorced"... or frown her face and send people away???"
" No... she could have just told them she would prefer been called beatrice...or Tonia's mom"
" Stop being irrational dear, she is supposed to be happily married but she isn't, she ought to be called by her husband's name but she has no right to it anymore, and you think she would be happy bout that, you may detest the name "meyer", but who knows if she got bethroed to "Dad" cus of the name???...Just saying tho"
Tonia looked defeated for a moment and burst into laughter the next
"Who would get Married to you cus of your name " Meyer"...your thinking are always weird and senseless...Mr Williams is Soo lucky you know??"
I had pretended I wasn't interested in their convo and kept all my attention on the stocking of drinks but her last statement made me look up and wonder if my Dad was really lucky or unfortunate cus he had lost my mom, who is a rear gem, very hard to find...she must be harlucinatting I guess...but I decided to keep quiet...
"What's your definition of lucky Tonia???, cus that man looks messed up, sad and confused"
Tony asked sacasticly as he took a glimpse at me
"Well....He owns his surname and except emotional destress, he has absolutely nothing to loose my darling, he owns all his property no one is gonna restrict him from taking control of them unlike mom who was "banned" from gaining possession anything that belongs to "Mr meyer" except you and I, who he surely considered useless"...
I put in the last day drink and closed the door to the fridge with so much anger that was fuelling in me...ion know why I was angry, surely it wasn't because of what she said bout dad, it was nothing but the truth...he losed nothing neither did mom, cus she has all it takes to start a new, meaningful life... Did mom also consider me useless???, doesn't she value me???, am I that worthless???....
Tonia locked her hands in mine, I could feel that soft palms robbing mine, she put a hand on my chin and pulled my face up...
"Your dad told us everything, and we saw how you reacted to your friends at school, but trust me if you continue this way, acting all the hard guy who needs no one, you would become the weakling she wants you to be, she doesn't deserve a drop of your tears, she proves to be mean, be meaner, she proves she doesn't need you, she has always lived her life before you came in it seventeen years ago, and she can go back to those days , show her you don't need her to, she is heartless for leaving you here, there is nothing you can do about it, the only payback you can give to her is by living fine all by yourself, you have your Dad, although he hasn't been the best,he is more then ready to be one, show her you can survive with her and stop been an asshole"....
Tony claps his hands sarcastically...
"Wu!!!! Look who is sounding like a motivational speaker!!!"
Her words were hurtful she made me develop some kinda feeling of hatred y which I don't want to for my mom...she is right tho.... I need to stop this revolution and be the cheerful person I used to be....ion need her anymore... Tears roll down my eyes as she draw me closer and bug me tightly, Tony who eyes were teary, joined in the hug and for some reason unknown to me, Tonia joined in the crying...we didn't stop till we hear the bell ring...It felt like we were a group of fighters going for an impossible mission... What would be a group name tho???
"The abandoned three???"
"Oh....Tony's... You guys have smeared my makeup with your tears and Tara and co has gone to get dress, when will I get it done now????... urgh..."
I was confused how did we stain her makeup, we weren't robbing faces were we???....And I think she cried the most, muttering some words I couldn't process.....
"See who is running her mouth....you cried more sis...And what were you saying about dad admist your tears...cry baby..." Tony mocked her while handling some face cleaner to us, we weren't going to in with a swollen face filled with tears...
"I was saying nothing bro..." She retort quickly which made me suspicious, what I heard her muttering was definitely something bout her Dad as Tony said....
"You sure...Tony...who does this sound like..."oh Dad I miss you ....I miss you Dad ...come back pls....". He mocked her, while hugging me and crying in a tiny and rapsy voice which sounded like hers...I couldn't help laughing...
"I seriously don't have an idea Namie"
"You guys are nothing but big bully's...You heard me wrong fools"...She stormed outta the kitchen...We followed behind while laughing soo hard... It felt soo good crying with people who could relate to my story....
"It's time to exchange pleasantries with people...momma is gonna drag us around to meet people...I hate this part of the party"....
Tony groaned as he went into the main room. We sure have things in common....
"OMG...Tania...you made it here...wow...Ken is here... Oh...Tony...Kaisha is here... isn't that amazing...oh...Tonia...Daniel is here...wow.... y'all are so amazing..."
The twins chroused with mixed reactions, both exciting and sacasticly... They went on and on exchanging pleasantries as I stood at a corner observing... suddenly a hand tapped me on the shoulder ...it was my Dad...I was kinda excited to see him...He and mom might not have the perfect relationship but he has been down ever since she left...He only nods his heads to every word...and he has been by my side for which I am really grateful...
"Hey son, I see you've lossen up a bit, Dad is here for you and would always be...I love you son"
He holds my hand tightly... I didn't care about what he said but the last sentence kept ringing my head, I've never heard him use those words... Felt weird ... I wish we could stop talking about mom and discuss us, how we gonna spend more time together... but first how we gonna outta this party... It's stufy in here... different smells here and there...it neausate me!!!!
Dad looks so excited at that point, I guess he was enjoying our moment together...He suddenly pulled me forward and said in an exciting tone which sounded like a whisper.
"Hmmm...I guess you will like to see someone, come with me"
I was confused about who it was, i hope it isn't his new wifey, right now, all I want to do is forget about mom and move on... maybe a caring and concerned stepmom will do....I followed him reluctantly, looking around for a young beautiful lady...he stopped apruptly and I couldn't believe my eyes....I closed and opened my eyes countless times to know if I was seeing right...
"It's me Tony... You aren't hallucinating dear"
I hugged him tightly and got the right body respond I was expecting....
"Where have you been, why did you run off like that Daniel...You didn't deem it fit to inform me you were relocating!!!!... I missed you bro!!"
" Am soo sorry Anto...My Dad was transferred and we had to move that night, I had no time to inform you bro...I was hoping to text you when we arrive but I couldn't find my phone...Am so sorry"
He sounded sincere, I was so happy, hugged him again...At least he didn't desert me....
"Well...The good news is... Mr Williams made a promise to dad that he would watch over me...so... I would be staying at your house till it's time for college"
I couldn't contain my tears, I was so happy, I looked from him to my Dad and I hugged them tightly... This is the best thing that has ever happened to me in the last three days...
My life in this few days is one for the history books.... We reminisced the old days, laugh, cry and smiled at the same time... I totally forgot about the Twinny who were also engrossed with their cousins who came in for the party....
"I can see you guys are having a nice time together... you are so lucky to have Adams as a father darling, he cares a lot bout you"
It's mrs meyer, I haven't seen her ever since the party started...She looks so beautiful in a long gown which showed a bit of her cleavages, her once untidy hair has been dressed and dropped down on her shoulders, she has a beautiful crystal bead necklace on, she is Soo georgous.... I blushed at her statement..
I felt some kinda way at the mention of his name, It was only mom, I had heard call him by his there's definitely no way I could forget her.
People began to leave in group after complimenting her as she smiles back at them
"Good night mrs meyer, I really had fun, I hope to see you around often"....
" Hey boys, it's late already, let's go, I will make sure to bring them in tomorrow to help with the cleaning mrs meyer"
" Oh... you don't need to darling...I have the twins to help me with the dishes..."
Daniel got up and as I was bout to follow suit I fell back, only then did I realize I have taken in a lot of alcohol... I didn't know what happened next all I could hear was Tonia mocking laugh and Tony's stupid comments...
I was carried by someone who kept muttering curse word...He dropped me on my bed
"You are so heavy asshole...Gosh!!! I need some pain relief"
It was Daniel... I slept happily and soundly like a baby... Going to the party wasn't a bad idea after all.