CHAPTER 30

Adam was in the compound wetting the flowers, it was in the morning and the weekend. All of them in the house just finished eating, Adam was still the one cooking for himself so after finished eating he came out wet the flowers as his father had ordered him.

Their housemaid got to where Adam was to give his phone to him, it had been ringing since so she came out to give it to him. Adam collected it from her hand and she went back inside, Adam called the mobile number back.

"Hello!, please who am I talking to?" Adam asked with lower voice.

"Hello Sir!, it's me Olawale. Good morning Sir!"

"Oh! Morning and how are you?"

"Am good Sir and thank you for asking!"

"I think your company has been going very well now?"

"Yes Sir!, it's with your help Sir and thank you!"

"It's not me! It's God and let us thanks him!"

"We thank God Sir!"

"Let us always be thanking God!"

"Yes Sir!, Sir my mother want to see you!"

"Want to see me!, I hope no problem?"

"No problem at all Sir, just to show her feeling to him!"

"Okay!, I will find time to come then"

"She said if you can come right now, she will be very happy"

"Now!, I don't think it can be possible"

"Let it possible Sir, she really want to see you!"

"And you said no problem!" Looking surprised.

"Nothing Sir! No problem"

"Okay! I will come then"

"Okay Sir!, thank you very much Sir"

"You are welcome, send me your house address"

"Okay Sir!, I will send it after hanging up now"

"Give me some hours, I will be in your house"

"Yes Sir!, few seconds after you hang up now the address will enter"

"Okay! I will be expecting it"

"Yes Sir" he hang up, looked round and going inside. Door opened and closed got to the living room met his father and the stepmother watching movie and standing at their front.

"Daddy! Daddy!! It's Olawale that I just finished talking to now"

"What happened?, is there any problem in their company again?"

"He said that his mother want to see him and right now!"

"Your mother want to see you!" Said with surprised as well.

"Look Daddy!, may be she recognized me"

"Never! That is impossible, she can't never!"

"What am I going to do now!"

"You will go and answer her!" His stepmother was looking at them, her husband had explained everything to her as Adam told him when he arrived that day.

"Daddy! I should go even I don't know why she want to see!"

"Yes go! She can't recognize you and may be she just feeling that mother and child bold, you know blood is thinker than water"

"Okay Dad!, tell me your other name that she doesn't know or can't think off because she can ask me your name"

"Oh it's true!, tell her Babalola"

"Babalola!, okay daddy" he went to his room to change his cloth and came down after few minutes, told his father good bye and left the house. Entered into his White car and drove out.

He arrived to Mrs Olotun's house at 1: 00 pm, packed at the car pack and got down. Knocking at their door, the housemaid opened the door.

"Welcome Sir!" She had been told that they were expecting a visitor.

"Thank you!" Looking around the house.

"Please! Have your seat Sir!"

"Okay!" Sat down when Olawale got down from his room.

"You have been here, welcome Sir!"

"Yes!, I fulfilled my promised!" Said with smile.

"Yes Sir!" Him too smile.

"Stop using Sir! Sir, am Adam and you can be calling me brother Adam"

"Okay!, brother Adam!"

"Better!, am tried of that Sir! Sir all the time"

"What will you like to drink brother Adam?"

"Anything! Except from alcoholic drinks"

"We too don't have Alcoholic drink, we are real Muslim too"

"That is good!, any drink I will"

"Am coming, give me a minute brother Adam!" Went to the dining room to get him drink, Olawale's mother got down.

"Adam! You are here!" Sat down on the chair.

"Good afternoon Ma!" Greeted with respect.

"Afternoon!, and how are you doing?"

"Very great Ma, we thank God!"

"Always be thanking God!, am very happy that you came!"

"Yes Ma!"

"This is it brother Adam!" Put it on the Stool at his front.

"Thank you very much Olawale!" Showed his appreciation.

"You are welcome Sir!" Sat down beside his mother.

"Enjoy yourself!, I don't know since that day just feeling some how about you just want to see you!"

"Yes Ma!" Looking as if may be she recognized him or had his picture.

"Sorry! I want to ask you some questions!"

"Go ahead Ma, I will answer you if I know it"

"What it's your father's name? Sorry!"

"His name is Babalola Ma!"

"Babalola!, he is the one that own the company?"

"Yes Ma!, it's God grace!"

"Is that the only company that he has or running!"

"There is the one that it's all the entire family running it together!"

"Good!, can you tell me it name"

"If I tell her, she will know the truth!" Talking yo himself.

"Ma!, the name just escaped my mind right now, even it's the one am trying to remember but i can't. Don't work there so it use to escape my mind sometimes as it did now"

"It's all right, are you living with him or you have been living alone!"

"No Ma!, am living with him"

"With your mother too?" He looked at her.

"No Ma!"

"Why?, where is your mother?"

"She had dead!" Didn't thought twice before he said it.

"Oh! My God!, am so sorry for your lost!"

"Oh! Brother Adam, am sorry for your mother's death!"

"Yes Ma and thank you all!" Looked at them round.

"So it's only your father that is taking care of you now!"

"Yes Ma"

"When had she dead?" Feeling consigned.

"When am three years old Ma!"

"You are very small then, your father had got married to another woman now!"

"Yes!, when I was in the service last year"

"Wow! He really tried since your mother had dead!"

"Yes Ma!" He had felt good that she didn't knew.

"That is lovely!, so enjoy yourself or he should get you something to eat"

"Am okay! With this Ma!"

"Okay! If you said so, if I call you again I believe you will answer"

"Am always busy even now I just come because I don't know what you want to see me for, am sorry Ma!"

"It okay I can understand! So enjoy yourself

"Yes Ma!" Looked at her again and drinking the juice.