Chapter 238: The Proposal

Aunty Paula majestically strode back to her seat, and I was still sitting there where she came, but when I saw her coming, I just had to shift for her, I shipped so that she could ain't with her husband instead of putting me in the middle, since she had enough gist for her husband she actually did not mind. Among anywhere, it is with Cynthia that I will rather be, but I can't even manage it, I don't want to be a nice man to suspect and turn bad at me, I heard that fathers are often jealous of their daughters, I dont know if they intend to marry them. And if the is the truth, a man with a daughter as cute, endowed, and as perfect as Cynthia will be the king of jealous dads. So, I had to respect myself and stay far from her to avoid unnecessary trouble, an avoidable mistake or accident might happen, I meant accidents like my youth accidentally punching the lips of Cynthia in her father's presence, I am sure you k ow how detrimental that would be if it happenings...

So, just after aunty Paula had sat, mom stood for a while like she was pondering about something, she walked up the fake dad, h

She held him by the hands, helping him to get up.

"Have you forgiven me?"

He asked looking up to her face with his hands locked with hers, he was still kneeling down, more like he needed confirmation of forgiveness before he could get to from the ground.

"My dear, get up first."

Mom said now very soft and mild, she said as she looks down at him from here he knelt.

"No baby, I have come this far, I I just can't get up unless I am sure that I have been forgiven, fake dad also was a very stubborn person, he insisted on remaining on the bare ground until his forgiveness is certain.

"Hmm... Matt, it's not like I am a wicked person or a bad person, you k ow that I already had a son who is not yours, and you already know the circumstances surrounding his birth, I just dont want to go into any relationship that will belittle him or make him feel any less a human, I donf knkw If yiu understand me." 

She sakd to him and it actually seemed that he understood. My mom, even when she was supposed to make a decision that is on her own benefit, she still mages yo make it also for my own good too.

"Common baby, I am not coming for just you, I am here for the both of you. I love you and everything that comes out of you. You know that I can ever treat him less a human, doing that to him means treating you too less a human, and treating you in such manner means treating me the same way, so you see, it is just going to be the three of us. You see that mansion of line? It was built for the three of us, I had him in mind when I was building the house, yes, because I have always know that fate will connecte with the both of us, though I never knew that the situation will became this hideous, but I still have no plans of changing the original plan, and I have come to love Ikem as my own beloved son. Just as I had loved him when I believed he was mine, so did I still love him."

So he said. This fake dad of mine is really good with words, he must be making lots of speech to have been able to be where he is now. Saying, mom got melted even more, tears started dropping from her eyes, she looked at him saying:

"Will you get up? You this extremely sweet man."

She said trying to you'll him up, but it was rather impossible for a woman as soft as my mom to pull a man as rigid as fake dad when he was yet ready to get up "

As mom attempted to yank him up, her effort came to a thanks, it seemed that fakes dad was yet to be done with his mission, though he was super excited, he still remained kneeling.

"Oh my God, thanks, but I think I still need one more request, I pray this will not be the wring time again."

So he said as he dabbed his hands on his pockets in search of something, he search but it seemed like he didn't find it.

"What are you looking for? Just get up from the ground, stop being so dramatic, you making me look bad."

Mom said yet again. But he looked up to her saying.

"Please I beg of you, remain here, do not leave this place, hist give me a minute."

So he said as he finally stood up, he rushed out like a wind immediately he got up leaving everyone in the room in wonder, in I do not know what he was planning, I was lost with the show, that I do not think of reading his mind.

"What is going on?"

Mom asked looking at her friend aunty Paula who was as confused as her.

"Are you asking us? We should be asking you, you are the one with him all these while."

Aunty Paula responded to mom, and we all believed the same thing, mom was in the right place to know because she was the one with him not us, even though she also thought that I might know, she wished that I read his thought because she looked at me saying.

"What about you Damie? You still did not know what he is doing? Or are you also in this game of suspence.?"

Mom asked. Well, fake dad actually spent no time outside, it happened that he had quickly rushed to the car to pick up something that might have accidentally fallen from his pocket. He rushed straight to her as he barged into the existing room, he now knelt on his left knee and with his elbow resting on his right tights which he did not kneel with.

"Oh my God!"

Aunty Paula exclaimed.

"Awwn..."

Cynthia also exclaimed with her hands on her mouth making this cute puppy face as we all found out that he had just gone to find the engagement ring, it might have fallen in his car.

"Miss Juliet, will you please do me the honor of being my wife? Be the only one for me? The one that will grow old with me?"

He asked with his left knee on the ground. This actually came as a shock to mom, though the ring was still the same one he had proposed with earlier, and this wasn't even the first time he was proposing, yet mom was surprised, she was nig expecting it, at least not now 

"Say yes, say yes, please say yes."

That was the chant we chanted when we saw this, though the chanting all started with Cynthia and her mom, them Mr. Bright and I joined the train.

"Ikem please come here."

So he said and he turned around to call on me, I stood up sluggishly not knowing my role in that scene, gently I walked to their side and all he did held my hand with left now holding the ring with just his right hand instead of the two hands he held it before. Again he said.

"Will you marry me? I promise I will have you and my Imem as mine forever."

"Yes, yes, I will marry you... I will marry yo, Mr. Matthew, I will marry you."

Mom said with tears running down her cheeks, as she said yes she stretched her hand to him and he wore the expensive looking diamond ring in her finger. Now he stood up and grabbed mom and gave her a kiss which actually seemed disgusting, I never knew that seeing a couple kiss could be filled with so much disgust. After the kissisng, they hugged and fake dad dragged me into their lighting hugging game. The hug was quite tight but it still felt nice. 

Everyone in the sitting room was super excited, including aunty Paula who stood up and ran to is and joined in the hig. Fake dad could not contain his excitement, he was visibly shaking out of excitement, he felt like he just won an Olympic gold medal.

"Now can we sit?"

Mom said.

"With all pleasure my love."

Fake dad said, and we all went bake to our sit, but even though we all had sat down, mom and dad still will not sit, though dad wanted to sit, it was obvious in his posture, the man had knelt enough, but he just can't unless he is sitting with the love of his life, and mom was definitely not ready for a sit at that moment. 

"This visit is really hard on me, what am I going to offer you now, you all know that I just we just came back here and we spent the whole night dressing this house, Damie and I thought it wise to rearange things to our taste. You know what? I suggest that I treat you all in my house, since you are already here, yiu all will have go wait while we go and make breakfast first, then later we can prepare for a better meal."

Mom suggested.

"No my dear, we are yet go take our bath."

Mr. Bright said looking at himself.

"Sir, you will have to wait, it's just breakfast, you may go and have your shower after the breakfast, but your wife and daughter will have to wait here, they will make use of my bathroom. Today had started in my house, and it shall need here, it's going to be a celebration, I just got engaged again by the same man, hahahah."

Mom said, aunty Paula joined in her laughter, it was quite funny, year's ago, fake dad had proposed to mom, but he left her for another woman, today he had proposed again, that was why mom said that she had been proposed to again by the same man.

"Girl friend you will have to come and assist me in the kitchen."

Mom said to aunty Paula who never hesitated to accept to help.

"But mom... I though that it had always been you and I, how can I be if help now?"

So I said as I notices that aunty Paula just took my space at helping mom in the kitchen, but I actually understood her, I knew that mom will like to gossip with her friend, but even as that, I used to be her gossip mate, I had always been the one she wants to talk with, welll, I see that she will soon get a replacement for me.

"Hahaha my dear, you will have to be with your friend today, till we finish. After all we all got a partner.

Mom said.

To me, this is not fair, I am just beginning to lose mom already. You know how my mind works? It was really funny that just now that I just begged min to accept fake dad, I am already becoming jealous of him. I feel that if time is not takes I might loose my mom to him. But you know one thing that I like about this arrangement, aunty Paula will be with mom, fake dad with Mr. Bright, and Cynthia and me, I won't lie, I truly love the arrangement.

"Yea, you and your daughter will be her, you won't be going home, it's only your husband that is will have to go home and return after a shower, the both of you will have to shower here, we have water, hahaha..."

Mom said and burst into laughter.