I came back home in disbelief, l wonder where she might have been that I never got to see her after running up and down along the street, I guess she is probably hiding away from me, what if she might have seen me along the road and decided to hide from me so that I wouldn't encounter her on the road. I opened the door with my head bent low focusing my eyes at the floor searching for nothing, I closed the door as I rest my head on it and gently began to make a thud sound on the door with my head, hitting it hard but with a slow pace, " What is wrong with you Ben?, is anything wrong?", hearing mum's voice behind me sounds comforting but comfort is what I don't need now, I don't deserve it, I have managed to cause three different ladies heartache in a single day, my mum, Rose and Deborah, why should I be comforted after all my deeds today. I just kept my mouth shut and acted like I never heard my mum's question, she also never asked again, she's probably in thought right now I guess, maybe thinking her condition is the sole reason for my behavior towards her right now, " you can just leave him there mum, if he still decide to continue acting like a baby, come and have some food mum, I am done with the preparations". I turned around to see Deborah standing near the table carrying a tray with food in it with both of her arms, by the way she's handling the tray, you can tell that it weighs nothing. " stop staring at me and get yourself together", Deborah said to me as she kept the food on the table and headed back to the kitchen, *** Has she been in this house all this while?***, " yes, I think so, why are you asking?", *** nothing mum, just wanted to know***, I headed to the stairs carrying both of the umbrellas with me.
Should I just go downstairs and act like nothing happened between us or should I continue hiding myself here in my room so that I wouldn't get to see her till she leaves?, I can't seem to find myself a peace of mind right now, just continuously walking around my room seeking for solution that has no question. I never knew she was in here when I left in search of her, She probably know that I was out in search of her, I carried some evidence with me, anybody could know when am seen coming in with two umbrellas. how am I actually going to meet with her downstairs, I never knew this was how uncomfortable this might be, maybe if I had stayed quiet longer back at the gym, it would have been far much better than seeing her in the house right now but seeing her now has just given me a little peace of mind, at least I know where she is right now, right under my roof.
" Ben!!!, will you come downstairs, the food is getting cold!!!", I heard my mum's shout coming from downstairs, calling for me, am definitely not escaping Deborah, it's really going to get uncomfortable downstairs, I turned to my alarm clock to know what the time says, almost half past six, she ain't staying long from now, maybe in fifteen minutes time, she would definitely be on her way home. (knock! knock!!knock !!!), *** Am coming mum, give me a few minutes***, " open the door, it's me", Oh, Deborah, have my mum just put her up into getting me out of my room or was she here willingly?, am not yet ready to have a conversation with her, what is she really doing at my door?, *** okay, give me few minutes and I'll be out there***, " Both of us know that you are doing nothing in there, so stop with the acting and get yourself out here before your mum think there's something fishy going on between us". This is definitely the back side of Deborah's intelligence, she always get to throw your sin straight right to your face.
My head was bent looking at my food right on the table with me but my eyes continue to divert to her, Deborah, she's sitting right opposite me, also staring at me, I feel uncomfortable with our positions right now and wish this dinner would be over as fast as possible, I turned sideways to look at my mum whom I have been waiting for to say the grace but she is just sitting up erect with her back relaxing on her chair as if she wasn't ready to eat yet, *** What are we waiting for mum?***, " A surprise", she said wearing a wide smile, as much as I want this dinner to be over, I am also curious on what surprise she just talked about, Deborah also looked at her just the way I did, I can tell she's as surprised as I am.
knock knock knock, we heard the soft knock on the door, I first took a look at Deborah, sharing my surprised look with her before my mum who still had a wide smile on her face, what is my mum up to that she is all smiley right now, I guess I should be the one to answer to the door, I stood up from my chair as I pushed it back a bit so that I can get space to leave the table freely, I shared a last look with my mum before answering for the door, opening the door wide open stood in front of me Mr Peter who also wore a wide smile just like my mum, yeah, that's true, he is definitely the only one who could have delayed our dinner, I wonder why I never guessed so, Mr Peter went pass me and headed inside the house but the surprise kept getting much, someone unexpected was now standing in front of me, someone who was never on the list in my head, hello Steve.