Frowning her Mother would ask;
"What do you even mean by that?"
"I don't want something that when it's her turn to help us and it'll be only you that she'll help. Because I ain't gon face her even, it's you I'll face...!" He would say as he would point his index finger at his wife.
"Because when I said I wanted to be here with her, to help 'you' take care of her, you told me 'no' and that ain't gonna happen so it's better I work on it now!" He would say and that would be final.
Her Mother would just shrug as he would sigh and then turn away from him to focus on Temi.
"It would portray a bad image of me of not being a good Dad...!" He would also add.
"She be all like 'whenever I needed him, he wasn't always there, so why would I help him?' wouldn't that be unreasonable?" He would ask.
Temi's Mother would just sigh as she would say;
"Do as you please...!"
And with that, they would end the conversation there and then.
Or sometimes if it would want to start, her Mother would just quickly give in and forget about the whole thing.
Or sometimes, she would ask her parents for lunch money at different times, whether both parents knew or not, little Temi did not know, but ince she asked for the money, her parents would both give her, but at different times.
Now that she was feeling unhappy and her parents did not know the cause of it, they cared for her like as if she was sick, meanwhile, it had nothing to do with that...
"Temi, what was it you wanted to tell us? Dad is here now...!"
Her Mother said as she made mention of the fact that Temi had said that she had wanted to say it, only when her Daddy was around.
When she said that, Temi looked at her as she said;
"I know Mummy!"
After sometime, she lowered her eyes as she sniffed and said;
"Daddy, you know that time when I toldd you two (2) about that dream that I had where I saw that, like as if my teacher's iPhone was missing and then they put it all on my head?" Temi asked.
Her Father narrowed his eyes as he tried to remember what she was talking about as he turned to look at his wife, who stared intently at her daughter.
One might think she had planning against you, but that was actually her own unique way of remembering stuffs.
After some seconds of trying to remember, her Mother finally exclaimed as she clicked her fingers.
"Oh, yes, that time when you woke up when it was almost morning, but it was still dark where you cried yourself up, right?" Her Mother asked.
Temi nodded, happy that her Mother could instantly remember what she was saying.
"Yeah?" Her Mother asked with her eyebrows raised.
Temi nodded.
"Yeah...!"
"What about it?" Her Mother asked.
As Temi was about answer, her coughed.
"Ahem! I'm lost here!" He said.
"What do you mean you're lost?" Temi's Mother asked.
"What do you mean, what do I mean I'm lost, you girls just grabbed what each other was saying without been have to repeat it twice...!"
"Then I wonder how you became the CEO of the business you have now...!" Temi's Mother said as she playfully hit his head with her hand.
Turning to look at her daughter, she completely ignored the man beside her. But as she hit him, he playfully glared at her, causing both Mother and daughter to chuckle and then burst out laughing.
"So you think it's funny too?" He asked Temi as he turned his attention to her.
Instantly, Temi and her Mother shut up as they looked at each other before, gently sighing, and then her Mother began to explain.
"You know that time when Temi woke up at around three 3, in the morning?" Her Mother first asked.
Her Father was silent for a while as he tried to remember the to she had made reference to.
As he lowered his eyes down a bit, Temi looked at her Mother, who looked back at her as they both shook their heads.
"Don't think I can't remember, or wouldn't remember...!" Her Father's voice snapped, making the both of them to seize breathing as they were both scared.
Looking at him with their eyes and nose a bit wide opened, Temi's Mother adjusted herself as she asked;
"What do you mean, dear?"
Without raising his head up, he answered;
"You both know what I mean...!"
And then he said again;
"I'll remember!"
When he said that, Temi and her Mother looked at each other, her lips pursed, her Mother still holding her breath, as she placed her left hand on her chest and stood up as she headed for the kitchen.
When she had reached the kitchen, she suddenly let out air as she heaved in and out heavily until she calmed down, while in, in the sitting room with her Dad, on her Dad's lap, with his head lowered, she couldn't get but burst out laughing.
As she laughed, her Mother came out from the kitchen, with her hand still on her chest as she slowly made her way towards her husband and daughter.
"Why are you laughing?" Her Mother asked as she slowly trudged towards them.
Quickly shutting her mouth as she made it into a thin line, Temi shook her head in a negation.
Looking away from her daughter as she sat down beside her husband on the couch.
As she sat down, Temi looked at her Mother, when their eyes met, Temi took her time to study her Mother.
Her Mother was really beautiful...
Had a very fair skin...
Delicate and soft, was very supple.
Her own afro-hair, was gotten from her Mother. Her Mother was a 4C Afro-hair, that was packed up.
Her Mother's legs were what she admired the most.
They were the fairest part of her Mother's body.
Her Mother was very slim, but wasn't skinny, she wasn't big either, but she was just...slim.
Weighing 52kg, 6ft 2in. she was 27cm in waist, wore 7 size (American), she had big eyes, that you could see properly, when she widened them...
She had a fairly wide nose that was a bit big, to reveal the beauty of an African Mother...
She had delicate fingers and long beautiful nails, one would not believe had gone through suffering and hardships...
And they had, truly, but that's a different story entirely.
She had a jolly look on her face, on would think she had been a beauty pageant.
Temi was shocked when her Mother had confirmed that she had once been a beauty pageant, and she had won Miss World even.
Temi could not contain her surprise as her mouth fell open...
"What?" Temi's screeched as she asked.
"It's true...!" Her Father answered from behind.
Temi turned to look at him.
He was nodding his head as he pulled out a picture from amongst the numerous set of pictures hung on the wall as they had a picture room.
Looking at it, he used his fingers to gently touch it, Temi could see he was deep in thought as he smiled and started talking.
"Your Mother...!" He began as he looked up towards the window, where she stood talking to one of their neighbours.
Temi followed his gaze as she settled in her Mother, then at her Father, then back at her Mother, them back at her Father, and then...
She just kept moving her head firm left to right, right to left as she suddenly shook her head and then smiled mischievously, making her Father notice the scheme behind her smile and then lowered his head to look at her with a frown.
"Why are looking at me like that?" He asked.
"I can sense the love between you two!" Temi said slowly as she pouted at her Dad and then turned to look at her Mother, pointing.
Her Father raised his hand as if wanting to hit her, bit only made her duck, meanwhile, he didn't do anything.
"You're not serious!"
Her Father said.
After sometime, her Father sighed as he kept on looking at his wife form within the house.
Temi's Mother suddenly turned to look in their direction as she spoke to the person, pausing, sheet raised her hand to wave at them.
Smiling, he waved back, and then Temi jumped in front of him making her Father fall over, just do she could wave at her Mother.
Laughing, her Mother waved back.
"As if you're not going to see her, don't you see her everyday?" Her Father asked annoyed and somewhat angry.
But due to the fact that she was just playing, he shoved it aside and sat down back on his chair.
Sticking out her tongue at her Dad before jumping down from the stool she had used stand on on order to see her Mother, Temi head d for her Father as she slumped onto the floor, sitting and waiting for her Father to start talking.
Her Father seeing this, pretended to be asleep, so he quickly closed his eyes when she slumped to the floor, stuck out his tongue to one side, and made an act of sleeping as he snored pretty loud.