Christy's POV
"You kids must have an idea or know why this meeting was called " Mr Ajileye started.
Right now we are in the living room where my parents once were,it is also called the first living room, I don't know why but I think there are more living rooms than I expected.
"But I'll explain anyway,you were informed that you will be getting married,am I correct?!", Mr Ajileye asked no one in particular.
"Yes sir,yes daddy",we answered together with no much enthusiasm,well apart from Esther who was shaking with happiness and I don't even know the reason why.
"First of all,girls call me dad, since I don't have a female child I'll love to take you two as my daughters" Mr Ajileye said.
"Yes dad" we said in unison,this time with great enthusiasm. Deep down I am happy, I am even surprised with myself.
"I love that, secondly, I want to announce that there will be no wedding taking place for now "Mr Ajileye said seriously.
"Wait dad!, you mean that we are not getting married?" Taiye asked his father, different emotions showing on his handsome face.
"Yes, you kids are not getting married at all, at least not for now" Mr Ajileye said.
I was bubbling with what they called 'great joy', and I was not the only one, Taiye and Esther too, they were literally bouncing with joy except from Kehinde who sat beside me with a neutral face, I tell you; you can never understand that boy,not at all.
"Yeah no marriage,this is not the 1940's "Mrs Ajileye said,she was smiling widely.
"So dad why am I here" Esther went straight to the point.
"See, Mr Okeke and Mr Nnamdi are my close friends and business partners also. So at lunch time one afternoon we were discussing and Mr Nnamdi told me how Christy here wanted to be a model known world wide but, he does not have enough money to help her through so I decided to help him and he was very happy, Mr Okeke is not lacking anything infact he is rich enough to train Esther to any level or place in the world but he wants my wife to train her, I don't know the reason for that but I decided to help, that's why you both are in my house today". Mr Ajileye said to me... and Esther too.
"So as for boys,the girl you picked is the girl you will teach,I understand that they may not be in the same department with you but I'll help with that.wherever or whenever you encounter problems just come and ask me and I'll help you. And no fighting" Mrs Ajileye said.
"Yes and we are sorry for lieing to you, please forgive us, Taiye will take care of Esther and it's the same for Kehinde and Christy" Mr Ajileye added.
"But why dad?!... and mom?!" Taiye asked,his happiness disappearing.
"It's because your mom and I are not always around, you know we do have tasks to complete and again this will help you two learn one way or the other,by the way I like the way the house is filled up, it's not boring as before right? Mr Ajileye answered.....and asked too.
"Right!, you girls will resume school next week and I'll introduce Christy to one of my friends who is into modelling. she will teach you the basics first and as for Esther, you and Kehinde will follow me to the hospital during the weekends,so you will have ideas of somethings in the medical field." Mrs Ajileye said to us.
"Ah!, alright then" Taiye said and sank in his seat hugging the throw pillow lightly.
"Thank you so much mom and dad,I appreciate your help and I'm grateful to God for letting me meet you. Thank you sir.....Thank you ma." I said getting on my knees and Esther joining me in thanking them, Mrs Ajileye made us sit back on our seats.
"Oh don't do that, it's nothing infact we love helping people and that is one of the lessons we want to teach the boys, it's okay " Mrs Ajileye said.
"Do you know what 'imela' mean?" Esther asked...no one in particular.
"No?!...." Mr and Mrs Ajileye answered in unison.
"Imela means Thank you in Igbo language, thank you so much mom and dad, thank you so much "Esther said.
"You are welcome, later the boys will take you girls on a house tour hihi, and they will also introduce the house workers to you" Mrs Ajileye said.
"Good, everything settled and when you have questions don't hesitate to ask,now let us pray and go to bed, Taiye pray for us" Mr Ajileye instructed.
"In Jesus name"
"Amen"
"King of kings,I am that I am,father we bless your name, receive all glory for you alone deserve to be praised and adored,father we........
Right now we all are in the girls room,after prayers we decided to watch a movie before going to bed, while Esther and Taiye were arguing on who can operate the DVD very well,I was sitting on my bed chatting with Kehinde.
"Kehinde, you were not surprised at the news your parents gave us and you did not say a word back there,how come?!" I asked Kehinde trying to stay in a comfortable position.
"The news was not a surprise to me,I knew from the beginning that there will be no wedding,it was so obvious, like there was no wedding preparation,no tailor took my measurements and mom did not speak of wedding dress for the girls at all.
And I overheard my parents when they were discussing about you and Esther,so I had no reason to worry ha!" Kehinde answered and gave a smug smile, I'm sure he was feeling very proud of himself,yes and come to think of it,my mom never took me for any kind of shopping, I did not go to spa and no tailor took my measurements.
So I was being a little foolish.....or maybe very foolish to think that my parents are making me get married at my age. Lord!,so my dad is not getting poor after all, I am very happy. Today later turned out not to be that bad.
"Wow!!!, Kehinde weedsdom" I teased him.
"So you want to be using that word against me right?!" Kehinde asked smiling,it was a beautiful smile though.
"You started it first boss" I replied.
"Now keep quiet, it's starting" Esther said almost whispering.
"What are you guys doing?!" Kehinde asked keeping a face that shows that he is disgusted.
"Are you blind?!, can't you see we are watching a movie?, comedy and romance,stop asking questions,sit and watch" Esther said clearly showing how irritated she was.
"Not interested" Kehinde said and left the room before anyone could ask him 'why'.
"He just left" I said to no one.
"Ah! Christy, don't mind my brother, he just loves boring things" Taiye said leaning on the wall and focusing on the TV.
"Good for him,now please no talking let's watch this" Esther said gluing her eyes on the TV and showing no sign of concern at all,that girl is really something else.
Not knowing what else to do,I sighed and relaxed to watch the movie ,it was interesting.
Kehinde's POV
I left the girls room a little annoyed,like why would they be watching romance, what happened to horror or action. I laid on my bed and faced the ceiling,I recalled everything that had happened today,all of a sudden Christy's face appeared in my head, I blinked twice to remove her image from my head,Geez what is wrong with me. I opened my phone to check for new messages and there was none,I switched off my phone and tried to sleep...but I couldn't. Then I remembered that I did not tell Christy...and everyone 'good night'.
So I decided to play a game till I fall asleep. What a day!.
Imela - Thank you (Igbo language).
Pronounced - E meh lah.