Thinking about this, Mrs. Smith became confident again as she said;
"Babe, I know that you're afraid of...!" She began.
Mr. Smith looked at her.
"But we can't hold her back forever!" She said.
What she said did not augur well with Mr. Smith as he gave off a frustrated sigh as he turned away from his wife and held his head as he shook it.
His wife did not believe him...
"Babe, not that I don't believe you...!" Mrs. Smith seemed to have read his mind.
"But even though, she would go through those things, she's gonna encounter those things in her life for a while...and a reason!" Mrs. Smith said.
Mr. Smith was surprised, he frowned.
'Why is she always this optimistic about matters like this, while 'he' is always pessimistic?' Mr. Smith couldn't help but ask as he thought to himself.
Looking at his wife, he tilted his head to the side.
Mrs. Smith smiled.
She knew that was his way of saying;
'Explain!'
Reaching into her Hermes Birkin Bag, she pulled out a handkerchief and used it to wipe his eyes.
Mrs. Smith gently caressed his face with her hand as Mr. Smith slowly closed his eyes, enjoying the sweet sensation his wife's gentle touch had on his face.
From the distance, Temi and her brothers Troy, Lucas, and Bryan all watched them with more than smiles on their faces...
They were each grinning...
Watching their parents converse and touch each other with their arms crossed, standing in different poses, Temi couldn't help but say;
"I wonder what they're talking 'bout right now...!"
"Exactly...!"
"Yeah...!" Her three young bros nodded in agreement as they all turned to her and said.
Smiling, Temi looked down at each of her brothers as she asked;
"If you guys had realized this earlier, why didn't you guys say anything?"
"Neither of us wanted to be the ones to break the awkward silence that was transpiring, so yeah, we decided to keep quiet and let 'you' do the talkin'!" Lucas said bluntly without having to pause or look at his sister.
When he was through, he raised his head and gave his sister a wide grin before turning his head back to focus on his parents.
Temi was shocked.
They had been waiting for her to talk all this time...?
Seriously...?
Had they all planned this together in secret...?
The only thing Temi had to do was to think to herself, as she looked at her brother Troy, who seemed to have been watching her, because the moment she turned, he still took his time as he slowly turned his head away as if he didn't notice anything...
Leaving Temi astounded as she slowly nodded her head and chewed at her mouth.
"Finally...!" Bryan exclaimed.
"What?" All three siblings asked as they all turned to him, with wide-eyed looks in their eyes, only to hear him say;
"Finally you said something smart at least for once in your life!"
All staring agape, Troy's right eyes twitched slightly as he stared at his 'dumb' little brother.
Lucas on the other hand felt a bit hurt, but he let it slide as he was growing up now...
He's yet to be twelve and he really should start acting like a grown bit now...
Therefore the only thing he could do was to stand, with his arms crossed over his chest as he nonchalantly raised-eyebrow, and gently lowered his glasses.
Bryan eyed him.
"Hey who are you eyeing like that?" Lucas asked as he made an attempt to catch his little brother but missed him...
"So, are you tryna feel yourself now, big bro Lucas?" Bryan asked.
Adjusting his shirt, Lucas said;
"Of course, Bryan...why shouldn't I feel myself a little?" He asked.
Bryan grinned.
Still dusting his shirt, Lucas said;
"Some people couldn't stand up to defend themselves in public...even when they're with their elder sister...so I decided to come to their rescue and had to become the one that saves the story!"
"I eventually become the hero of this story!"
Bryan eyed.
"Please...dint go around waving it 'round in our faces!"
"Actual, I can't wait till we get home...!" Lucas said.
"Why...?" Bryan asked.
"I need to flex my nap time!"
Bryan couldn't help but stare at his brother as he was drowned away in his thoughts.
While the two (2) little brothers were bickering and bantering, Temi and Troy only watched and laugh as Temi would occasionally throw peeps at her parents to see if they were alright...
Meanwhile, their parents were in another world of different discussions...
"We both know that Temi's life is filled with struggles and hardships and torment and torture and many unwanted things of life that even 'we' as her parents would not be able to face and survive if we were to pass through what she's gonna pass through...!" Mrs. Smith said.
"But...!" Mrs. Smith said as if she knew her husband would say something against it with her hand on her husband's shoulder with her head down, deep in thought.
"But...!" She repeated as she narrowed her eyes at the floor.
"But...she's gonna...!" Then she paused.
Waited for his wife' to talk, but when she didn't, he asked;
"But what...?"
Raising her head to look at her husband, she said;
"Remind me when we get home...!"
"There's something I need to tell you!" Mrs. Smith said.
Mr. Smith looked at his wife keenly as he slowly tilted his head to the side.
"Is it something important...? Related to Temi?" He asked.
Mrs. Smith nodded as she took out a plain napkin and dabbed her eyes with it as she said;
"I believe that there's more to what we think that's headed her way that we need to be alert of!"
Not that Mrs. Smith was tearing up, but the thought in her mind, made her tighten up.
Turning to her husband as she said;
"Babe, I know your fear...all those years...but there comes a time when she would have to move on with her life and discover her one path...sometimes on her own...we ain't gon' be with her forever!"
Holding her husband's face in her palms, she said;
"God knows why we wouldn't be there for her...you know how she is!"
After some time, Mrs. Smith lowered her hands to his shoulders as she looked away and sighed, before saying;
"I bet God wanna teach her something...something that she's never learned before, and that 'we've' never learned or even know 'bout in 'our' own lives...!"
"Something extraordinary...!"
"You mean like the time of Paul? When Jesus appeared to him on the road to Damascus and then got his eyes opened to new things he had never learned of before...?" Mr. Smith asked as he reasoned with ease.
Mrs. Smith raised her head to look at him with a smile as her mouth fell open.
She was always marveled at how her husband was able to reason things with so much ease, even when they were in such a dilemma as the one they were in right now...
He was indeed gifted.
Raising her hands to his face to hold it in her palms, she stared gently into his eyes, with a beautiful smile as she said;
"No matter where we are, and no matter what...Just know that we are both gonna be proud of her!" As she said this, Mr. Smith held onto his wife's arms that were both on his face as he placed his forehead on hers.
This scene was so beautiful, people had their phones out as some were recording, while others took pictures...
And there was a loud;
"AWWWWWW!!!" People had gathered around them.
They didn't know what seemed to be the matter, but from the way, Mr. Smith placed his forehead on his wife's, and Mrs. Smith didn't hesitate in stretching out her hand further to the back of his head as she pulled him close.
Tears sliding down their eyes...
This was the first time they were doing this in public in twenty years of their marriage since when they got married, so it felt kinda beautiful.
Plus, those that knew the family pretty well, had always known Mr. Smith to be a very tough man, while his wife was the apple of everyone's eyes and was free to relate with...
Who said so?
That was an error...!
Mr. Smith puts in that face in front of outsiders...
But on the inside, he's nice and the free'est' to relate with...
Meanwhile...
Mrs. Smith is a wide grin woman, who accepts you all with open arms, but cautious eyes.
You can't steal a grain of rice and then escape with it...even in her sleep.
She's too sensitive to her surroundings.
Hearing the cheers, Mrs. Smith slowly chuckled as she opened her eyes to look at her husband in the eyes...
Hearing his wife slowly chuckle, Mr. Smith followed her movements and opened his wife, just in time to catch her staring at him with a broad beautiful smile on her face.
Seeing him open his eyes to look at her, she burst out laughing.
Grabbing his wife's palms, he kissed them, then pulling her in gently by the waist, he brought her to his body.
Startled by the sudden pull, Mrs. Smith looked up at her husband.
"Hey!" She said.
"Hey...!" He said in a deep enchanting voice mesmerizing his wife's brain.
Hearing her husband's deep mesmerizing voice, Mrs. Smith momentarily paused as she stared at her husband, mouth agape...
Seeing his wife was staring at him most adorably, he couldn't help but chuckle causing his wife to vigorously shake her head and ask;
"What...?"
But she was completely cut off by the unexpected kiss that her husband, Mr. Smith planted her rosy lips...
Although they were in public and Mrs. Smith didn't like doing stuff like this in public, she couldn't resist the urge to kiss him back, and she surprised her husband when she did.
Pulling away from the kiss to look at his wife's blushed beautiful face, Mr. Smith had hardly pulled away, when Mr. Smith pulled him back...
Taking Mr. Smith completely off-guard.