C9 CHAPTER 9

Nibia was in the kitchen with there mother and cooking breakfast meal for others. Ibrahim was at the backyard washing his clothes and Somia was still in her room sleeping again after waking up around six clock to perform solat.

All of them including their mother really adapted to the new situation that they met themselves or the situation their father’s younger brother put them. Anytime that they saw the uncle on the television talking on something or interview by those presenters, Somia and her siblings always feeling like going there and disgraced him. Nobody around them never knew whom they were that they were a family of the late billionaire.

Nibia was washing the plates that their mother was using to cooking inside the sink and cleaning everywhere when door of the backyard opened and Ibrahim entered with the buckets in his hand. He dropped it inside the store in the kitchen and came out.

“The food has not even ready! That I hope that as I finished the laundry I should come and eat!” Ibrahim complained, standing at the kitchen’s entrance and looking at them.

“May be you should walk closer and prepare it, for food only!” Nibia Said and cleaning her hand with the hand tower and dropped it on the floor.

“It’s almost ready. Do you later wash your sister clothes that she told you to wash?” Their mother asked. Ibrahim was lazy, it was only his own personal things that he used to do. It was by forced that their mother and Somia used to force him to do something, he didn’t used to listen to Nibia at all or do anything for her.

“I don’t Mom. My own too I forced myself to wash it finished. The cooking that she use as an excuse still there on fire and you are the one cooking it!”

“I know you won’t, just only three clothes. You are just lazy!” Nibia Said.

“It’s two of you that is lazy!!!” Somia Said as she was entering the kitchen, just Jammed them on the interlocutions and jumped into it.

“Am not!, him will not just want to do anything for someone! Good morning Ma!” She greeted Somia.

“Good morning anti Somia!” Ibrahim Said and packing the plates closed to their mother.

“Morning to two of you, let me quickly go and brush my tooth and come an eat!” Somia Said and going back to her room. Ibrahim and Nibia were taking the food to the dining room and setting the table. Their mother came out after few minutes and went to her room to get something.

Her and Somia came out from their rooms after few seconds, sat down on the dining chairs and praying before having their meal. After finished praying, it was Ibrahim that first opened the food and eating. Others looked at him and Somia laughed.

“You have to eat fast, you know we are all going to shop!” Their mother said.

“I thought we are staying at home today and also it’s Sunday!” Nibia Said.

“It’s Sunday that selling use to fast now and as you are, you need money or after paying your school fees you won’t eat and have some money with you. I too want to go but I need to press my cloth and prepare very well for tomorrow!” Somia Said.

“It’s because of you as your sister said, even I too need a rest!” Their mother said with lower voice.

“If it’s not that greed uncle, are we suppose to be suffer to see money!” Ibrahim Said with anger.

“I have told you to forget about that and keep your mind like your father don’t have anything!”

“With the all rubbish that he will doing on the television and showing himself as the founder of our father’s company and his own too which is that it’s our father’s money that he used to develop it up and be among the ten top companies in Nigeria now!” Nibia Said with anger showed all over her.

“It’s just matter of time, I will collect all our inheritance back to us and God will lead me through!” Somia Said and keeping her siblings calm.

“I know who he is, just forget——“ Somia mistakenly stopped their mother.

“Sorry mommy!, God will give me the knowledge to do it and won’t be any problem. Just calm down, eat and go to shop!” She said and continued eating.

“No time, eat fast and let start going to shop. Am happy seeing you and happy together!” Their mother said and all of them continued eating their food.

Few minutes later, all of them had finished eating and they had been in their rooms dressing. Except Somia, she was in her room and ironing the cloth that she wanted to wear to work tomorrow which was on Monday. It was one of the cloth that Ashar brought for her that she wanted to wear.

“Somia!! We are leaving, take care of the house!” Their mother said with loud voice.

“Okay Ma. Don’t stay still night fall and bye!!” She too Shouted from the room and continued ironing the cloth. Door opened and closed, all of them left.

Somia finished ironing the cloth, raised it up and looking at it. She really love the cloth, Ashar just left her to be picking the cloth by herself and him sat down at a corner because he didn’t wanted any of the reporters to see them together and thought that he had been carrying another lady except from her fiancée. It was all the reporters that knew when they engaged.

She hanged the cloth on the hanger in the wardrobe and cleaning the room when she heard someone knocking at the door in the living room. She stood up on the floor and going to the living room to check the person.

She came down to the living room and walking to the door. She opened the door and saw Nana standing, wearing white shirt and pink trousers also carrying a white bag. Somia looked at her with angry face and starring at each other.

“You don’t picked my calls for few days now as I have been calling you!”

“How do you know am at home? And what do you want!” She asked with low voice.

“I have been on my way already coming here, so I just called your mother to ask if you are at home or at shop and she said you are at home that they too just left home still inside the tax!”

“So! What happened? What do you what?” She was very mad at Nana.

“I have begged you on the phone that am sorry, can I come in so that we can talk better. Let me come in and am deeply sorry!!” Said with lower voice, Somia looked at her and stepped back. She entered, sat down on the chair and Somia sat down opposite to her.

“Am deeply sorry! Just felt like you like the guy so two of you should go and enjoy yourself!”

“If it’s not that forced me to drink and also forced to go there, will that happened. Even it won’t happened again, I don’t use to go to club before and I won’t again!”

“Am sorry!! Just want you to accept my apology!!”

“It Okay! You are my friend and always be my friend!!” Said with smile.

“So tell me, how is the job that you got. Tell me about it!”

“Ah!! The job is mad. As I got there for the interview like this that was when a lady told us that it’s a post of personal assistant for their CEO that five us are there for, so if their CEO arrived he will choose one person among us and others will be given another post of each individual discipline. Nana!! When the guy entered, its the guy I spent a wrong night it and just left his place!”

“Oh!! The CEO is the guy that you followed that day!” Nana Said with surprised.

“I don’t even wait for anything again just ran away because I really disgraced him even I personally felt embarrassed as I remembered what happened. In the next morning I just saw him workers, he sent his car down to our house to come for them to use it to come and picked me and insisted that am the one that he want as he personal assistant . If it’s not my mother that was there that day, I don’t want to go!”

“He sent his driver down to come and picked you. Even why don’t you resume?”

“I was feeling shame of myself, like am cheap and don’t have value again. Even throughout that day that we be together, I don’t know how to talk to him or look at him because I am thinking that he will be looking at me like shameless girl!”

“You will take your eye, that one have gone or he is try to do something—-“ Somia stopped her.

“No! But for me, you know it’s like it’s him that really deflowered me now”

“What is the name of that company?”

“It’s MMO company, very popular and the biggest company in Nigeria!”

“MMO company!, the name of their CEO is Ashar and he is tall also an half-caste!”

“Allah! I don’t know his name, yes! He is an half-caste and his mother is like Arabia!”

“Ashar!! The guy that I have crush on that it’s because of him that is why I use to go to that club and turn it to my favorite club. May be one day he will notice me, even I also joined the ladies that he uses to carry when he come to club but still he didn’t picked me. Now he is the one that Somia followed that night and now is personal assistant, I should have not take her to that club that day. I should have called her back when she had been walking around!” Saying inside her mind and feeling bad, Somia called her louder.

“That mean we have to stop going to that club and be very careful with him because those boys are shameless and that is how they use to do, carry girls around!”

“And him look gentle, may be it bad gang. His mother told me that day that he has a fiancée, said it as I got there that because of the way he was doing and insisted that it’s me that he want but he said that it’s matchmaking. May that his why he doesn’t take the relationship serious!”

“Be matchmaking!! The guy and his friend are just like that and you have to be careful for him not to take advantage of you at Second time!”

“I will not and don’t think he can do that again. He even brought cloth for me because his mother complained that my dress belittled his son as he personal assistant!” Nana had been thinking again.

“Nana! Nana!! Are you okay, what are you thinking!”

“Nothing! He brought clothes for you, is it from your salary that he took the money!”

“No!! He brought it with his money and I said no that he should not bothered but he said that I should not query his order!” Somia looked at Nana.

“Are you Okay!!, come and see the clothes!!” Said with smile and stood up.

“Nana!! It’s like you are lost in thought!” Said with lower voice.

“No!! Am fine, let me go and see them!!” Pretending to be smiling and going after Somia.