Birds of the same feathers

Members of the board came out of the board room, but my father did not walk out of the room. I had to walk into the room as I was prepared to when i left the reception, I went to check if the CEO was alright and there he was sitting on the director's chair, and he was on the phone, I checked my watch and the boardrooms clock, both the watch and clock had the same time, curiosity almost killed me, who was he talking too? He was smiling through the phone but I couldn't hold on for more minutes I have a guest at home who's waiting for me. But then I had to ask.

"Who are you talking too?" I whispered. He looked at me with acute eyes.

"My love…" he said "I'll see you in two hours; your son keeps on budging on my building these days." I then figured it out that he was speaking to mom.

"… He keeps on asking me how I proposed to you… I suppose he wants to use my charms to some girl he has met…" I did not know that pops did discuss my quest to mom, but then there's nothing I could have done to prevent him from telling his wife.

"…Yes my dear your son is in love, listen queen of my heart, I'll call you the minute I'm done tutoring this boy a thing or two… love you more bye" he hang up.

"Dad I am sorry you had to cut your phone call with your women." I apologized.

"Look son!" he said. "When I proposed to your mom, I did not have that father and son relationship with my father; you and I share a special bond.... My father disowned me." sighs and he continued. "He disowned me because of the things I did, tattoo, clubbing and etc." he continued, I sat there and listened.

"I was no longer fit to be called his son for I disrespected him by doing all of that, Mom never threw down the towel, she knew that someday I would come around, she always prayed for me son she never gave up, she kept on pressing on like Paul, kept on praying like Hannah asking for a child from God." he said.

I could see right through my pops eyes that he missed his father's love, but because of the decisions he made, those decisions drove him apart from the love of a father. Frankly everything turned out fine for him.

"Pops please cut a long story short!" I requested. "Just tell me how you won her heart please!"

"Ok" he said. "What happened was, your mom used to work at this fancy hotel in Durban as a waitress. Durban Beachfront Luxury Hotel, You could find her waitressing where the manager had addressed her to be, the manager knew me, for I was a regular customer, I would try to speak to her but the way she would respond you could see that I disgusted her. I tried many times to ask her out but all in vain. I thank God for this one exclusive day." he sighed. In his hand he was holding a pen. He kept on taping it on the table, immediately when he spoke about that peculiar day. His eye's sparkled.

"What happened on that pleasant day pops?" I enquired.

"There was this couple from Canada that booked into that hotel they were on a Honey moon; Beachfront is definitely a Luxurious Hotel. I always had my eyes on your mom, then this Canadian guy whose on a honey moon with his wife approached my lady." he said.

"So what did you do pops, this story is getting more interesting." I said. "You got all fired up; I could imagine you being jealous of mom."

"Of Course I got jealous, I had to be son!" he expressed "I love that woman and some guy will approach her." he said. "I went to them and said "excuse me sir I just saw you leaving your woman alone so please go to her before some random guy like you approaches her and leave mine alone". father portrayed the way he approached the guy.

"Want to know what he said?" he asked "I wasn't hitting on your lady, like you said; I have my own gorgeous, beautiful, precious wife! Beautiful than any female in this Hotel" he admired her woman's beauty and he said "I must admit it too your woman is beautiful take care of her" and he left.

"Pops wait! And what did mom say as this Canadian guy praised her woman in front of her?" curiosity couldn't get the better out of me.

"Your mom was so annoyed, she was fuming because I claimed to be her boyfriend whilst I wasn't." he shook her head.

"Pops, pops what were her exact words? What did she say?"

"She got up from the chair she was sitting and gave me a hot slap and she said "I am not your girlfriend" and she left". Father cupped his chin as if Mom had just slapped him that very moment.

"And what did you do about that? What actions did you take?" I questioned.

"I shouted and said "Never say never baby girl I'm your man!". This was funny to watch, as father did the reenactment.

"What! Pops you did just that?" I asked. "Am sure the Canadian guy looked at you and saw a total idiot I'm sorry to say that... " before I could finish, father spoke.

"Never mind being an idiot son." he said "but what matters most son, is that I got her at the end with the help of a stranger!"

"Huh? What stranger?" I asked.

"The Canadian guy!" he said.

"The Canadian guy, but how dad, how is that possible? You disrespected the guy! And later he offered to help you win your crush over?" I couldn't understand.

"A few days later he saw me, struggling to speak to your mom and seeking for forgiveness. But she kept on giving me that cold shoulder." He sighs.

"So what did he do to help you?" I was confused.

"See son if you don't interrupt me, maybe I would have told the story and maybe I would have been long done telling it!" he declared.

I raised my hands to surrender, but as he was about to utter another word I interrupt.

"Pops you need to speed up cause Lindy might be at home by now, so I need to prepare myself."

"Ok!" he sat down "I asked the guy to go and ask your mom why is she treating me like that because I mean no harm, I'm in love with her!... The guy sent his wife and the wife came with the report that your mom says birds of the same feathers flock together, she and I live in two different worlds, she won't date a guy who's got tattoos all over his body!. She's a Christian she can't date me. That broke my heart because she never knew that all this tattoos are a memory box in my body… to cut this story short as you requested. He sighs "I took pictures and a video of my whole body, just taking pictures of the tattoos, later then I went to a Laser tattoo remover, to remove all of them, that guy was so kind very kind." pops described the guy. "He was also a Christian, he lend me some of his money to pay up. And then later I washed up, wore a short sleeved shirt with my new silver cross necklace and jeans, bought roses with chocolates and went to pay her a visit at her place.

"And then what happened?" I questioned.

"I knocked at her flat where she used to share with some girl but thank God for that day the girl wasn't home, she opened the door, she was so sexy, gorgeous and she was half dressed, she only wore a black tight-fit with a black vest in her mind she thought that I was her flat mate, for when she was coming to the door she yelled, "I don't know how many times I've told you not to leave your keys behind" when she unlocked the door she froze and said "oh it's you! What do you want" I said. A female voice echoed from the door. "I want you…"

"His smell was so penetrating he was so neat." The female's voice was mom. I don't know how long she has been standing and listening to our conversation, I smiled and looked at mom, as she went toward her husband, rubbed his stomach and gazed into his eyes, dad smiled and she kissed him on the cheek and I was like,

"Mom what are you doing here?" I looked at her with puzzled emotions.

"I have come to add on what your father will be telling you about our love life!" she said.

I myself got a lesson from that very moment, that you can surprise your spouse during office hours, don't tell him or her that you are coming over, just drop by and you'll see the reaction on their face, seeing you might drop the work load off their shoulders, they might even concentrate on whatever they are doing for their eyes is seeing what they love the most and that is you.

"Wow mom! Thanks I appreciate that…" before I could utter another word, my phone rang "I'm sorry I have to take this call Moos is calling." I said something but they did not hear a word that I've just said they were just intimate. "Guys please behave am also in this room as you!"

"Huh! What did you just say son?" mom probed.

"Am taking a calling Moos is calling!" I said.

"It's ok son," they spoke at the same time.

Moose was speaking over the phone. "Hey your guest did arrive and you are not here! How much longer are you going to make her wait?" he asked.

"She did arrive?" i got so enthusiast.

"Yes she did! So how long will it take you to get here?" he probed.

"Let's say in half an hour I'll be right there." I declared.

"Ok right! I'll entertain her." he said

"Excellent greet her then, bye!"

"Sure! See you soon," he said.

"Sure! So what happened?" I continued.

"As I froze at the door." mom spoke "I remember that I did not cover my body I took a sarong and wrapped it around my body. He invited himself in"

He then said "You do love Jesus!"

I then said "Why do you say that?"

He replied by saying "I can see that you are busy reading from the scriptures and taking notes."

I then said "Yes I was busy, what can I do for you and why are you here?" I spoke rudely towards him,

but then he was so polite he replied back "I came to ask you out on a date!..." he was so handsome, the guy I knew from high school, that polite boy I knew from primary school who was so quiet! He carried on by saying "… I can see by the way you are so busy with your bible reading and in two days' time you'll be resuming from your daily job!" He was so tense, sad and disappointed too.