Jaxon shakes his head and finally succeeds in putting some plantain on his plates. "Dad you cant even be trusted with secrets."
Mr Mo knew he has nothing to say and slowly takes some food for himself. It wasnt his fault that he was so in love with this woman, he couldn't hide a thing from her. He glance at both his sons across the table. Jaxon was the one who completely took his complexion while it was obvious that Ambrose was mixed. His complexion was absolutely great and he always looked like he came alive from a perfect painting. While Jaxon had the play boy looks, Ambrose was more on the matured side with a poker face.
Ambrose noticed his fathers constant glancing and glares at him. This gossipy fellow.
"Ambrose you will soon understand how I feel now that you are in love. When in love you just arent able to hide anything from your partner." He explains smiling at his wife.
Mrs Mo wasn't even interested in his talks and focuses all her attention on Ambrose. "So tell me, who is she? What is her name? What does she do? Okay she is a student. What else should we ask?" She hurridly taps her husband. "I have been waiting for this day you have no idea how much I have always wanted to do this when my friends question their children over the phone, I feel so jealous of them.." she told her husband who only smiles at her.
"Her name is Folawe." He answered carefully chewing his food.
Shocked, Jaxon stares at his brother after dropping his spoon. "She is Yoruba!? Damn..another Yoruba woman in the family. Are we subscribing to unlimited nagging now?"
Mrs Mo hits her other son in the shin under the table before smiling at Ambrose. "Folawe? To bath in wealth. What a beautiful name she has. Which Folawe is it? Omofolawe or Adefolawe?"
Ambrose gave her a dead pan look and she dropped the topic. "Ahaha..of course it doesnt matter. When did you two meet?"
"And where?" Mr Mo adds.
"I met her two months ago when I first visited OOU to speak to the vice chancellor and we started to date a month ago. Because I have been too busy and she has been occupied with exams we couldnt meet often and only spoke on the phone." He explains and took a mental note to repeat to her what he had just told them.
"Oh...nice..nice...a university romance I see." She was about to bite into her meat when she realised something. "OOU? Isnt that the school you went to give a speech at today? Oh my. Darling..." she quickly taps her husband. "No wonder he was in a hurry to leave the state. Oh..what should I do? My son has a girlfriend. Is she cute? What does she look like?"
This question made Ambrose smile but he quickly wiped it off his face but he had forgotten that his family members were like CCTVs. Nothing goes past them especially if it was gossip or a reaction or anything they could tease you with.
Jaxon was the first to comment. "You just smiled. you must be really in love." Ambrose glares at him.
"Jaxon dont tease your brother. So how does she look like?" She questioned and her husband tried to tell her to eat but she only hit him in the shin under the table. She was too excited right now. The excitement already made her to be full.
"Well..she has a chocolate skin and smells like vanilla. Let us just say she is average looking."
"Average looking? How did she catch your eyes then?" Jaxon asked.
"Do I look like I will be that judgemental, unlike you? When I say she is average looking, I mean she makes boys want to look at her too much. Do I have to say she is so beautiful, she makes me want to remove other mens eyes."
Mr Mo and Jaxon unconsciously touched their eyes while Mrs Mo was giggling away like a teenager. she really wanted to touch his hair. She had never seen her son talk that much and like that. Everytime he spoke it was almost as if she was forcing him to talk to her.
"She must be really pretty then."
"Mom, she is. You will see her soon. No need to hurry so much."
But Mrs Mo wasnt done yet. "Do you have her picture? did you two take pictures together when you visited?"
"Hey. That reminds me..you didnt do God knows what in my house right?"
Ambrose turns to stare at his brother. Clueless he pretends. "Your house? Since when did you have a house that I went to?"
Jaxon remembers he has willingly given that house to his brother. He could not take it back now could he?
"We didnt do God knows what. And we dont have a picture together yet."
"Oh..that is so sad. Well darling prepare your camera on the 25th we will have to take pictures of them as much as we can."
"Mom? You wont be this overly excited when she comes right? I dont want you asking her weird questions like when are we getting married and scaring her off."
Mrs Mo waves her hand at him. "Of course not. Do you think I am that old school? I wont..I wont." She had just started imagining how she will link the two together when she visits, when Ambrose Phone began to ring. Quickly, Jaxon peeked to see the caller and was surprised while Ambrose swiftly picks his phone and excuses himself form the dining.
"Excuse me."
The moment he left, Jaxon turns to his mom with an excited look. "Dont tell brother but, I think that is big sister in law."
"Really?" His moms eyes were now as huge as saucers. "What did he save it as?" Mr Mo too was eager to know this gossip.
"He saved it as..." Jaxon tries to not laugh before answering. "He saved it as 'Little Sin.'"
Mr Mo stiffled a laughter along with Jaxon but Mrs Mo didn't understand what was funny.
"Why would he save someones precious daughters number as sin?"
"Mom didnt you just say you arent that old schooled?" He the proceeded to explain to his mom what his brother had asked him. After hearing the whole story, his mom also stifled a laughter.
"So.. it must mean that my son too...oh. my Ambrose is having dirty thoughts too." She said and made the table feel awkward and Jaxon starts to stare at his food. She didnt have to say it out loud. She then tells Jaxon. "Hurry go and listen in on what he is saying."
But Jaxon was no fool. "Why should I? Do you know how scary brother is when he is angry?" His mom gives him a warning look and he had no choice but to slowly stand up and tip toe. But he was back after two minutes. "He looks like he will done and I am not ready to be beaten up." He explains.
Eager for gossip, she asks. "What did you hear tell me quickly before your brother gets here."
"Well I dont know what they were saying but I only heard brother say 'sin? Little girl, are you saying you dont mind sinning with me?'and then she had said something and he had replied with 'hmm..true though. We should cancel that then. Makes it more interesting.'"
Mrs Mo thought about it for a while and came to a conclusion. "They must have made a no sex rule and she had just called to cancel it. Afterall no one can resist my handsome son."
"Should you not tell your son to be careful with someones precious daughter? If they both end up doing something they shouldn't they will have to take responsibility for it."
To this she agrees. "He is coming." She quickly whispers and they all start laughing awkwardly. "Haahah..yes funny indeed."
Mo Ambrose knew they must have been gossiping about him but didnt pester them about it. He took his seat and continued with his food. Folawe had just called to cancel out the no intimacy part. She had explained that they might have to let go of some things and perhaps do some intimate things like kissing on the cheek or lips so his parents would find their relationship real and he had agreed. Afterall he didnt mind doing things with her. He was actaully eager to see what other shades her face could turn. He was eager to see what other expressions, that face was capable of bringing out.