Dinner had gone smoothly without Mrs Mo incessant questioning for ten minutes after Ambrose finished with his call. Mrs Mo glance at Jaxon across the table who was busy battling the chicken on his plate and shakes her head.
How can a son be this foolish. She hits him under the table and Jaxon groans.
"Ouch..." Ambrose turns to look at him and Mrs Mo quickly gives him some eye signal. Eye signals are common in an African home and if you cant get what they mean after living with an African parent for so long then it only means Mrs Mo would have to rely to her slip ons to remind him what eye signals meant.
Understanding the situation quickly, he smiles back at his brother who found it weird but focuses on his food. "Sorry. I forgot I shouldn't eat too much meat. I am saving my teeth for Christmas and new year."
"That reminds me.." Ambrose starts quickly placing down his cutlery. "I might not be around for some time due to business so if you start packing for Chinese new year, let me know."
His brother nudged him with his elbow. "Why? You dont want to fall victim of grandmothers nagging? I know right.. she is worst than mom sometimes." Mrs Mo galres at her stupid second son before turning to Ambrose.
"Why? Chinese New Year isnt normal new year. You still have time."
"I know. I am just saying it so I wont forget to travel with you when the time comes."
"Okay okay. You can count on me to remind you." She then kicks Jaxon under the table again. Raising his head, he stares at his mom who was making funny signs with her eyes. Her eyes moving from his brother to her wrist. "Oh. Will you be inviting daughter in law?"
Ambrose dumps his spoon with a bang and Mrs Mo moves closer her husband.. "Daughter in law? Mom? We agreed to not get too ahead of ourselves."
Knowing her sons temper, she quickly persuades him. "Dont be like that. Sorry sorry..I mean even if she is your girlfriend she is still daughter in law right?" She nudges her husband who quickly agrees with her.
"Beeni beeni..(Yes..yes..) I totally agree with your mother. Will you be bringing her too?"
"Do you think she doesnt have work to take care of. I told you she is a student. Obviously she has to go to school." He was starting to get annoyed by their frequent questioning. Cant even eat in peace.
"True true...dont be annoyed. We wont pester you again." She then kicks Jaxon under the table and the man clears his throat before telling his brother.
"Brother look at the time, it is getting late. Will you be staying over?" He then pretends to lower his voice and whispers to his brother. "You know that if you stay over, mom wont let you be with her nagging."
Mrs Mo quickly interferes. "You should stay over since it is already late."
Mo Ambrose quickly wipes his mouth and smiles at his mother. "I should leave now."
Faking disappointment, she said. "You should have just moved in close to us. I mean why did you have to live far away?"
He got on his feet and glance at his brother. "Same reason your second son doesnt want to live in this neigborhood "
Mrs Mo glares at Jaxon. "Do I nag at you two that much? Tsk..suite yourself...dont forget on Christmas."
He quickly leans across the table and gives her a forehead kiss. "Mom..I know." Staring at his brother he tells him. "You aren't leaving?"
Jaxon quickly replies. "Of course I am. My place is closer so..."
Ambrose gave his brother an incredulous look. What was this idiot up to now? "Closer?" He places a hand on his brothers shoulder and squeezes it. "Brother did you forget we live next to each other?"
Jaxon quickly gives an awkward laughter. "Ahahah...." he then lowers his voice. "do I have to tell you of every of my rendezvous?"
Ambrose couldn't bother with him and bade his father good bye. Once Mrs Mo was sure he had driven out of the compound, she rushes towards the stairs. "Let me just grab the.."
"Mom..then I will be leaving now too."
Mrs Mo stops midway on the stairs and tells him. "You are staying the night."
"No no..how can I? I have to to home."
She bends and removes her slippers, raises it in the air and smiles at him before repeating. "You are staying the night."
Jaxon had no other choice seeing the great African mother weapon in her hand. "Yes. Of course. I am staying the night."
Smiling she rushes up the stairs while Jaxon slumps in his seat. "Old man, cant you tell your wife that we are old enough and she cant raise her slippers at us again?"
"She is your mother, why cant you tell her yourself?"
"Jaxon...come over here and bring this down." His mom calls from the edge of the stairs. Seeing her with a huge standing white board he glances at his father with a confused expression before going up the stairs.
"Mom, what is this for? When did you get this one?" He questions bringing the board down stairs.
Mrs Mo held a marker and some sticky papers in her hands before replying him. "The moment I heard he will be bringing home a lady, I got this. Beside I had already paid for it. I was simply waiting for the right time to pick it up." She pats her son by the bum and adjusts the board to her height. "Listen up fellas...this is a once in thirty years opportunity, which we have to grab."
Jaxon and Mr Mo who had suddenly become the audience without their consent quicly shakes their heads.
"Comrades, this is a mission we must carry out without failing. Failure means death." She seriously said.
Her husband who was still more reasonable than her at the moment, quickly corrects her. "You mean failure means being banned right?"
"Yes yes..the same. E gbo mi dada(listen to me carefully), when Folawe," she writes the girls names and draws the head of a girl on the board, comes to visit our humble home," she draws the house on top of the girls head. "We comrades by every means have to make sure she is always with this guy.. " she draws a mans head and writes Ambrose on it. "Understood?"
"Understood team leader!" Both father and son shouts.
"You ask me what the main goal of this mission is and I tell you the main goal is for this," she circles Folawes head. "Plus this..." circles Ambrose head. "With this.." draws a love between the two. "To become this" she equals it to the words marriage with plenty kids. "Understood?"
"Yes comrade." Jaxon shoots
"Yes team leader."
"And to get to this destination what do we have to do?"
"Make them stay together at all time when big sister in law comes to visit."
Although he got the answer wrong she wad happy just hearing the word big sister in law so she told her son. "Comrade Jaxon, you can have my vacation house that you have always wanted at Hawaii."
Her husband immediately got on his feet. "This is cheating. How come he gets it but I dont? I have been asking for a long time now."
"Comrade...have some manners."
Jaxon who was now very happy pats his father while smiling brightly. "Yes comrade have some manners and seat the leader is talking."
Reluctantly, Mr Mo sat with a puffed face.
"Comrade Jaxon, I can only do the necessary documents if our plan goes well. Otherwise, you can bade it good bye."
Now Jaxon had just gotten a good enough reason to tie this girl to his brother at all cost. "Your wish is my command comrade."
"To get to this goal, we will need these two to always be with each other. I will make sure she spends another day with Ambrose after Christmas so make sure you dont let me down. Especially you comrade Jaxon. It is of my knowing that you have access to his house?"
"Yes comrade. I do."
Mr Mo still looked dissatisfied. "I also have access to his house."
"But you dont know the passcode do you?" Mr Mo couldnt reply being cornered by his son like this.
"Now the main goal is what i am about to tell you." She draws a girls head on the board again and puts an arrow in front. "According to my sources, Lady Folawe is a student. Obviously our Ambrose would not pick some young fresher would he? Has to be someone in her third or fourth year. Now let us assume the age range is between 23-25. If it is medical related course which Comrade Jaxon would have to find out then we would say 24-27 maybe. Based on this comrades..." she stares at the two with an excited and almost bulging yes. "She is not too young for sex."