Siblings 2

"Those are private and it's rude of you to go through them without my permission," Leo said firmly to his sister.

Titi was so carried away that she didn't know when Leo came into the room.

"Is she your new fling?... Thank God you are finally going to dump your piece of shit excuse of a girlfriend!?" She said instead ignoring what he said

"Watch your mouth, I keep warning you!" He said and hit her with a pillow on the head. "And didn't you hear what I said? Those are private! You shouldn't be going through them without my permission." Leo removed the laptop from in front of her and snapped it shut.

"Yeah, I'm sorry! Your laptop was opened and I couldn't help but saw the beautiful girl..." Titi said with a shrug and followed Leo to the table where he was already seated about to eat.

"So answer my question... Is she your new fling?" She asked again, sitting on another chair across from Leo

"Mind your business!"

"No! I'm not going to! As long as you don't mind yours and keep getting in my business. You keep telling me to watch my words and not to date until I graduated like I'm some sixteen years old girl...

Really brother Leo, this is the height of hypocrisy. I'm sorry I said that to you, okay, but truth be told it's the height of hypocrisy! You are always advising me not to date and all that when you have Emma's almost naked pictures saved on your laptop...

Leo choked on the food he was eating and immediately started coughing. He was shocked by what she said.

'How did she know her name? Have they met? They are in the same school but Unilag is a very big school. Titi's course is computer engineering while Emma majored in accounting...' Leo wondered to himself and just couldn't stop coughing.

'Oh my god! I'm sorry brother Leo! Please take it easy... Have some water..." Titi worriedly said and immediately poured a glass of water, handed it over to Leo before she moved to his side and started to pat his back"

When he finally stopped coughing, he picked his spoon and calmly resumed eating.

"Do you know her?"

"So is it okay for me to start dating now?" They both asked each other at the same time, but Leo was the one who first answered her question

"Graduation is just like two months away so why can't you wait? What's the rush"

"Why must you make me wait? It's not fair! Your new fling is Emma. Emma that I'm older than. I'm twenty-one and she's twenty... So what you're saying is that It's okay for you to have a fling with a twenty-year-old girl but it's not okay for me, a twenty-one-year-old to date abi?..." Titi grumbled.

"See that boy that you're so eager to date uhm... Peter? Paul or whatever his name is... As long as you're still in school, if I catch you with him, I'll kill him! Don't say I did not warn you..." Leo said without looking away from his food.

Not that be didn't want her to date at her age. The problem is he wanted her to get good grades and make something for herself before she started to think about boys. He didn't want her to turn out as useless as Tola who only know how to post pictures on Instagram and gossip about other people's life.

Titi was shocked by what her brother said especially when his tone of voice sounded cold like he wouldn't find it difficult to carry out his threat."His name is Paul. How did you know about him though?"

"I made it my business to know everything about my baby sister. Do you have a problem with that?" Leo said and winked at her, wanting to make her laugh and forgive him for restricting her. Titi bent her head instead not looking at him and started picking at imaginary dirt from under her nails.

"Okay, I'm sorry! It's for your own good you know... It's just like two more months left and if this Paul really likes you, then he will wait..." When he still couldn't get her to smile he changed tactics. "Okay, I'll change your car"

"Really!?" Titi slowly raised her head and looked at her brother

"Yeah really! But only on the condition that you'll tell me everything you know about Emma."

"Then how soon am I getting the car?"

"Saturday okay by you?"

"Perfect! Lemme go get me some snacks, I'll be right back" Titi immediately got up and was out the door before Leo could stop her.

She came back minutes later with a bucket of popcorn and two cans of coke. She then settled herself on the sofa and started munching away always immediately.

"Want some?"

"Junk!? No thank you. Be careful! I don't want any of those on my rug."

"Yeah, I know about your real sheepskin rug that you imported from Australia. Don't worry, I'll be careful" Titi said and laughed

"Alright then stop wasting time and tell me what I want to know already"

"So impatient! I don't blame you, she's beautiful, guys like you are always swarming around her..."

"Really?…" Leo asked tersely.

"Yeah really!... I didn't say she's always around boys, so take it easy Mr jealousy. I said boys are always around her okay, there's a difference..."

"Whatever, start talking already!" Leo frowned impatiently and Titi laughed at the look on his face

"So Emma and I stay at the same Scholar suite hostel but on a different floor... She's the perfect example of a girl who has it all... Beauty, money, and brain. She's quite popular in school among students and lecturers.

She has the overall best CGPA in the whole school. Can you believe that? Your babe is hot!" Titi said and Leo just nodded in reply, urging her to continue with his eyes.

"Almost all the girls in Scholar suite secretly hated and envied her but they all still want to be like her. Who wouldn't, she has it all... Somebody like me for example... I don't hate her o! I just want to be friends with her but she keeps her circle of friends small.

I couldn't even talk to her cos we have nothing in common. I'm not as beautiful, I'm not as brilliant and certainly not as popular."

"Who told you, you're not as beautiful?... You're certainly more beautiful than her! I know this cos I'm a guy. It's only guys that know these things." Leo said seriously

"Yeah right!" Titi replied and they both laughed.

"So tell me... Is she your new fling?"

"No!... She's not! She's nothing to me!

"Liar!... She's nothing to you, yet you have her pictures on your laptop. You don't even have even one of my pictures on your laptop, but you have plenty of hers. I'm jealous o!"

Leo just exhaled, closed his eyes, and rest his back on the chair.

"Big bro, you can talk to me you know that right?" Titi stood from where she was sitting and went to sit beside her brother. She closed her eyes and also rested her back. They stayed like that for a while before Leo finally started talking

"She's not a fling... She's the girl I met at the bar three days ago!" Leo said without opening his eyes but Titi's eyes immediately flew open. She sat straight and looked at her brother who still has his eyes closed.

"Are you serious!?... But I thought that girl was a prostitute!?"

"Obviously she's not. She was a virgin! I'm her first!" Leo said remembering how Emma was screaming about him taking away her innocent

"I don't understand! There must be a mistake somewhere! The girl grandpa describes can't be Emma! I mean think about it big bro... She has it all, so why would she seduce you for information or whatever!? It doesn't add up... Her boyfriend is like one of the most handsome guys in the whole school... And she was a virgin!?

And she couldn't have known anything about dad's death, she's way too young... She would be like nine or ten years old then... This way I see it... Maybe someone is trying to cause war between our two families!? After the Salvadors come to the Da-Silvas you know... Somebody might be manipulating things here."

"Yeah maybe! Thinking about the situation, it truly doesn't make sense. But how did her sister knew she was in danger, talking about their grandmother saying they should make her comfortable before calling her!?... And then how did his own grandfather got to know about it too!...

"I've stayed in Scholar suites since 100 level and I know when she transferred from Newyork to Nigeria, two years ago. In that two years, I've only ever seen her with just one guy, his name is Daniel.

"Tall, dark, and very good looking kinda guy?..." Leo asked irritatingly

"Yeah, you know him?..."

"Kinda..."

"Okay... Emma loves partying and I've seen her drink too... But that's about it. She's doesn't strike me as a bad person honest."

"Okay, thanks!" Leo said and kissed Titi at the top of her head.

"You really love her don't you?... Titi asked, looking into Leo's eyes"

"Yeah... Yes I do"

"Does she love you back?"

"I dunno... Leo said with a shrug. "Not that we are dating or anything... It was just sex that night

"I know you like to tell grandpa everything but you cannot tell him about this! It is not a company report!... Keep it to yourself for now until you can prove her innocence in front of him, please."

"Yes, mom!..." Leo said and chuckled. "Love you"

"Yeah, I know... Love you too."