Chapter sixty five
Is He The Star's Son?
Diego is back from school
Diego: Aunt Gina, Good afternoon
Gina: Good afternoon young man
How was school?
Diego: Wasn't bad
Can I use your phone to call mom?
Gina: You want to ask for permission to go to your friend's?
Diego: Yes.
You've read my mind without permission, I can as well go without permission, ey? (Winks)
Gina: Hahaha. Funny boy
Call her and ask, you know how bad it is when she gets mad
(Hands the phone over to him)
Diego: (fakes a deep voice, although immature) Hello Orange (Gets no reply, Gina chuckles)
Hello Orange, you don't know who's speaking?
Lucy: Your immature voice sells you out Mr D,
How was school little man?
Diego: Common mom! I'm 10!
I'm no little man
Lucy: (Laughs). Anything the matter, D?
Diego: Well, Orange… I need to ask you something…
Lucy: Okay?
Diego: Can I go to a friend's house, please please please?
I won't get lost, I got sent the address, Aunt Gina will drive me there and the car will be on GPS
The parents are cool with it too
Please please please?
Lucy: Um…..
Can I know the friends you're meeting?
Diego: My new friends, the twins
Lucy: You're going over to a girls' house?
I don't know Diego…..
Diego: Mom please
I'm actually going because I want to see and have a chance with their Dad. He's a professional basketball player.
I could learn new skills….
Please mom….
Lucy: The Dad is cool with your coming over?
Diego: Yes, he wants to see me too
He's happy I love basketball
Lucy: Alright then.
Tell Gina to pack you sandwiches and give you money, I don't want you going hungry
Diego: They're super rich mom
Lucy: That doesn't mean you should go empty handed
Diego: Sure mom, I'll tell aunt Gina
Lucy: Good
Take care and say Hi to them for me
Or should I call their house or something?
Diego: No mom, thanks. Bye (ends call)
Phew!
Gina: She wanted to call their home, right?
Diego: Yeap
Gina: (chuckles) Classic Lucy!
She told to tell me to pack food for you and probably give you money too
Diego: Sandwiches
You're reading my mind again aren't you?
Gina: Nope.
I just know what my sister would say..
Diego: You know her too well
Gina: You lied to her about their Dad knowing your coming over to their house
I just read your mind
Diego: I couldn't help it. She wouldn't have approve of it
And stop reading my mind without permission
(Walks away)
Gina: Take a shower, you stink!
Diego: Aunt Gina! (Gina chuckles)
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At The twins house
Gina drives Diego to the house, the gate opens automatically after they announce their presence on the intercom.
Lola and Lila goes to welcome them
Lila: Welcome Diego
Lola: You came!
Diego: Your house is huge! (Looks at the mansion)
Lila: Thanks
Good afternoon ma'am (referring to Gina)
Lola: Good afternoon
Gina: Afternoon cuties
I'll be back to pick you up by 6:30pm
Diego: Okay, Aunt Gina
Byeee. (Gina drives out)
Lola: Let's go in. (They go in)
Diego: Your house is huge
Lola: You've said it before (chuckles)
(They sit in the sitting room)
Lila: What's in the backpack you're carrying?
Diego: (a little embarrassed) Sandwiches. My mom insisted on carrying them
Lola: Great!
I love sandwiches. (Takes his backpack and opens it)
Lila : Seriously Lola? Give it back to him
Diego: No, it's fine. I brought for the three of us
You can take one too
Lila: Oh okay, thanks
(Takes one while Diego takes the last one and they all eat)
Diego: Where's your Dad if I may ask?
Lola: Well…..
I got to discover that he isn't coming home today again, I'm sorry Diego
Diego: Oh!
Lila: Yeah, he got stuck in some business transaction or something
Diego: It's just that I really wanted to see him
Lola: Yeah, I know….
Really sorry
Lila: Did you just say the 'S' word or I heard wrong?
Lola: What?
I fucked up so I said sorry
Lila: Wow, Lola apologized once in her whole life
Lola: Hey, don't fucking humiliate me in front of Diego
Diego: You don't use such words Lola
Lola: Uh?
Diego: Yeah, f words and swear words
Mom said they're bad
Lila: Wow, we got a tutor here. (The twins laugh)
Diego: I'm not being funny in any way
They're wrong
Lola: Why are they wrong?
Diego: I dunno. But mom said they're part of things kids like us aren't allowed to do
Those are adult words
Lila: Mom never taught us this
Lola: Dad neither
Lila: You can't blame Dad, he doesn't even know that we talk this much
Lola: Your mom seems to spend time with you
Diego: She doesn't. She's always busy with work
But when she got any opportunity to spend time, she spends a whole day with me.
We go out together most times.
If I tell her not to go to work that I wanna spend time with her, she definitely will not say no
Lola: I so wish our mom's like that
Lila: She hardly visits
Dad's the one that spends time with us but you know, he's always busy
He introduced us to music though and music has since been our solace
Diego: Who then takes care of you guys?
Lola: Dad does
Lila: Or you mean, lives with us and monitors us?
Diego: (nods)
Lila: Nanny is there for us
Nanny!
( A middle aged woman comes in)
Nanny: Yes Lila
Lila: Nanny, meet our friend, Diego
Nanny: Wow. You girls have a friend. A life one!
(The twins chuckle)
Nice to meet you Diego
What should I get for you?
Diego: Nice to meet you too ma'am
I just had sandwiches
Nanny: Let me tell a maid to give you juice
Feel at home Diego. (Nanny leaves)
Lola: See, we're not alone
Diego: (nods)
(A maid brings juice and glasses, she pours the juice out for them and placed it on the table and leaves)
You got maids too?
Lila: Yeap
We hardly do anything our selves
Well, except choosing our clothes to wear and food to eat
Diego: We got some people who clean the house but they don't live with us, they do the work and leave
We cook ourselves most time. Mom prefers cooking the food
I clean my room myself
Lola: Your family is some average family right?
Lila: Lola!
Diego: Nope.
We're well off
Just that, we like living our lives that way.
Our house isn't that huge either
We're wealthy, well, I know we are because if We are to get anything at all, we get them
Mom controls companies including that of grandpa as he plans to retire soon.
Lola: I want to experience this type of life.
It sounds peaceful and quiet
No paparazzi fear, no news written of you
You just do anything you wanna
Lila: Right ?
When are you inviting us over to your house? We will love to come someday
Diego: I'll talk to mom about it
Wait, you said Paparazzi?
That means my coming here is written or what?
Lila: Oh yeah. Should be all over social media now
Lola: Let's check
(Lola goes online on her pad)
Yeap! It sure is
Diego: (takes the pad from her) A little handsome guy visits the Mansion. A car drives into the mansion which seems to have a woman and a boy in it. The woman leaves, the boy is still there.
He got a backpack.
Who's he? Is he The star's son?
Lila: Oh boy!
Lola: This turns out to be the opposite as expected!