"Dad we talked about it that day and we concluded, why are you being like this now?" I asked as I sat on the couch with my legs folded in, adjacent to my old man with full grey hair on his head and goatee, his big full nose which we always joke about at any given time, and his wrinkled face and small lips
"We concluded you are not going to have anything to do with her?" Chief Gomez said as he reached out for a wooden small soup bowl in his front "I know I am growing toothless but I am not totally forgetful" he added before he took a sip of his herb from the bowl in his hand
"Daddy!!" I stamped my foot on the floor, "You are being forgetful, you promised to delete it and now you have shown your wife"
He swallowed and sealed his lips bitterly "My wife is not the issue" he paused to drop the bowl on the table " Adedeji, I am just concerned about our reputation here, if you had her in your bed that way I caught you guys and you don't want to have anything to do with her, son that is a huge stain your white and being in that family's bad book is…"
"I have told you it is mutual!" I cut in loudly in frustration stood from the couch and walked towards him " I am the one concerned about our reputation here because I know your wife better, why are you breaking bros code?" I whispered my last two words and sat by his side " I know it is not my business but Leila the lady in question is already engaged to someone else" I added
"So you were rampaging someone else's fiancée?" Mide interrupted as he walked behind Mom
"And Governor Damini won't dare!" My not-too-old lady added she walked in, in her exotic Shinning wine Swiss lace sewn as a long maxi gown that fits perfectly on her light flawless skin, her face is so natural with her light freckles, her small Shinning eyes with her medium lips and pointed nose. Her great-grandfather is of French descent so that explains her light skin, freckles, and pointed nose, beside her is my brother her Favorite son, and behind is her maid who her apron on her neck and a tray with glasses of juice on her right hand, I stood up from my dad's side and gave him an eye signal which he ignored, "I said Damini won't dare give his daughter to another man when my handsome sons are still very much unmarried" she added as she sat with her husband and she ordered the maid to drop the glasses
"Who cares Mommy?" I became furious "Or was she handpicked for you?" I faced the old man who seemed so uninterested in the conversation, he remained mute and signaled to the maid to carry the empty bowl
"The thing is Leila and Deji just had a good time I don't know why you guys are stressing this whole issue, Daddy, tell mummy to delete the copy she has, and you too…" Mide said from his seat far beside Mommy's as he dropped his phone
"You have a copy?!" I shouted furiously interrupting Mipe faced my mum who raised her eyelids to view me properly with her strict face that had no remorse, Mide stood and passed me with his phone In his hand and a glass of juice in his other hand
"I have watched it too, and I must say you are both pretty good at what you do" he chuckled and left, I smiled feeling myself but I and Leila just had a one-time thing in my apartment, my dad came uninvited, caught us and decided to make a video before we could finish our thing, as much as I know his purpose of taking the video I have made it know to him that I was not having anything to do with her
"Deji, you can't do all those kinds of stuff and say you not going to have anything to do with her… that is cruel!" my dad said gently
"What is your major problem is this?, that is between myself and the lady in question for God's sake" I stamped my feet again and stood far from them but directly in front of them both "as side the fact that it is none of your businesses, she isn't the first nor the fourth so why she is special ?!" I raised my voice in frustration
"Young man, I tell you she would be the last," My mum said right before she sipped her juice without looking at me
"Dad, what is going on? Do you guys think I am a kid?" I turned to my dad who was dozing off
"No, no, no, darling, we do not think you are a kid, we think you are a very clueless adult, I am trying to dig your foundation strong that no bulldozer can take it down" She dropped her glass, I sat down on the couch close to theirs, dug my head into my laps while I kept rubbing my hot bald head for about three minutes thinking about what is going on, not like I care about the lady in question but I just know when my mom is trying to set a trap, she can be very cunning and very cold. It was very obvious she was trying to get me in a chokehold but I needed to play my card well, what could she want in return for deleting the video, I raised my head and sat properly, took a deep breath
"What do you want from me" I stared blankly into the white shinning wall over the 100" flatscreen hung on the wall
" You see, honey, in the world of families like ours, marriages are a union between families and connections. Marriages are to foster long-term relationships while expanding the…"
"I am not getting Married to her!" I stood up and walked out, she stood right in front of me as I was about to pass by her, her face side view so close to my face, I could see her almost invisible pores
"Do you know how many mothers have tried to set their daughters up with you for a blind date ?"
"Why are you acting like I am so old, I am just thirty-three years of age, I still have a big career to build, and I am still putting my life together in fact I am just reading books on how to love"
She turned to me and she held me "You will learn to love when you meet the right person " she said sweetly and softly
"Until then, okay?" I shook her hands off my body and walked away
"Then you leave me no choice but to let Damini know what you did to his daughter"
"Mide, I am off to my house, good night!" I walked towards the huge entrance door and Mide met me halfway to the door.
Myself and Mide walked to my Dad's huge compound that stored over ten exotic cars well parked in the garage, with sufficient street lamps that illuminate the paths clearly, we walked towards the garage to get my car
"You need to calm her down and get the video from her" Mide brings out his phone from his pocket
"At this point, I can't care anymore and none of them should call me, my head is spinning right now or probably overheating " I touched my right pocket as I heard my phone beep
"Calm down you need to take a break" he remained undistracted as he began to smile
"Yeah! I am good, how is your babe by the way?" I asked to put an end to the matter being discussed, my phone beeped again
"She is good, that reminds me, I will be going towards that restaurant tomorrow" he raised his head from the distraction
"Why?" I asked as I tap my butt pockets to feel my keys
"Her friend just got an apartment somewhere close there and she left some stuff in her house, so she wants to drop her off while she delivers her friend's stuff"
"Okay, good for you " I put my hand into my right pocket, brought out my phone, and reached out for my car key
"Do you want to come along?" he asked with a full smile
"No, why?" my black Mercedes CLA 2023 flashed its lights as I pressed the key, I put on my phone and saw the silenced notification of fifteen missed calls
"You know… you could perhaps get to see her again or you could get someone better to take your head off the drama" he said bluntly
"No thanks," I said undistractedly as I scrolled through the notifications, three missed calls from Big Aunty, one from her husband, five missed calls from Grandpa, and two missed calls, from Uncle Jude, I didn't feel so disturbed about these people that called until I saw who was at the bottom list, three missed called from Stiff face, my maternal uncle, don't like I hate him but we only talk when there is an endangering issues that requires his impeccable action, he is more like a deliverer of the worst news to hear. "Why did he call?" I said quietly to myself
"Who?" Mide moved a bit closer but still maintained the distance
I faced him "Stiff face" We both looked at each other for three seconds for our minds to telepath "Mummy has sent the video to the main family group chat…"