CHAPTER 67

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Sound of tap running water inside a bucket, Somia off the tap and washing the mopping stick inside it. She poured the water away, on the tap inside the bucket again and with the mopping stick inside it and washing mop again. Somia was wearing a long skillet that reached her knees and with slippers, since that she was not going to work, she decided to clean the house include the kitchen and before Semirat would arrived.

So Somia just finished mopping the house including the rooms and she was at the backyard washing the mop; she put the mop on a hanger at corridor, carried the bucket and going side. Somia and her siblings, even including her Uncle's children were not a spoiled brat.

In London they were the one that were doing their things by themselves, so it was very easy for them to adopte with the current situations that they were.

Sound of the backyard's door opened, Somia entered and closed the door. She went to the store room to return the bucket and came out after few minutes, she took a towel on the table and going to the gas cooker to check the food that she was cooking.

"It should have ready, let me check" Somia said to herself as she put the towel on the hot pot's cover and opened the food. Took a turning stick beside the gas cooker and roasting the food round and tasting it as she was turning the food.

"I am a bad cook! The food is very sweet, let me pack for Nibia and Ibrahim" Somia said with smiles as she off the light under the food. She closed the pot, dropped the towel and going out from the kitchen.

"Somia! You really tired, look at how everywhere is clean" Somia met her mother in the living room as she got down to the living room.

"Good morning Mom! I hope you slept well?" She greeted her mother and stopped walking.

"It was fine my daughter, I hope you will have dress and just be waiting for Semirat, you know that where you are going is far" Her mother said as she sat down on the chair.

"I decided to cook and clean the house, I want to pack food for Nibia and Ibrahim. When I am done with that, I will take my bath and start dressing"

"You haven't take your bath and you know that your dressing uses to take long, just want to keeps Semirat waiting when she arrives" Somia giggles.

"Semirat! Mom, you will see that I am the one that will be waiting for her. She doesn't use to keep to time, just like me" Somia was talking when they heard a knocked at the door. After few seconds, the door opened and Semirat entered.

"Good morning Ma" She greeted as she entered, she was wearing a very beautiful gown and carrying a brown bag.

"Morning my daughter, how are you and my son?" Somia's mother asked with low voice.

"I am good Ma and your grandson is good as well, even it's because I dropped him at his school that is why I am here by this time. If not I will have been since"

"Ah! I thought Africans with African time and that is why I woke up late" Somia said and Semirat looked at her.

"You haven't dress Somia!" Semirat said with loud voice.

"Even I haven't take my bath. I just came out from the kitchen, going to mom's room to take a warmer that i want to use to help Nibia and Ibrahim to pack food"

"Ah! Why now and you know that where we are going to is far even with this Lagos's traffic" Semirat said

"Let me quickly pack the food, so that I will go and dress up, and without taking our time" Somia took a step and facing their mother's room when Semirat called her back.

"You know what Somia, go and bath, dress up and let me do that. The traffic will be terrible in few hours now because it's just coming up when Iwas coming"

"Okay no problem, let us do that and pack for us too" Somia said and going to her room instead.

"Somia! Somia!! Be fast please and maybe you will be doing that your hours makeup inside the car" Semirat said with loud voice as she put her bag down on the chair.

"I have heard you joro, it's because Tomiwa is going to school that is why you are here by this time. I know you now, we are the same so don't shout on me!" Somia said with loud voice from her bedroom.

"You are not serious, just be fast!" Semirat giggles and going to Somia's Mother's bedroom to take the warmer.

She opened the door, entered the room and left the door opened. She walked closed to the wardrobe, she stretched her right hand and carried two warmers on top of the wardrobe and going out; she closed the door as she came out to the living room.

"Did you see them on top of the wardrobe?" Somia's mother asked.

"Yes Ma!" She showed her and going to the kitchen. Semirat came out from the kitchen after few minutes with a bag and she had put the warmers inside it. She put the bag down and sat down on the chair, waiting for Somia.

"Somia! Somia! Ah since morning------"Semirat wanted to start talking when Somia came out from her room, with a handbag, the gift that Ashar gave her and the makeup box.

"I have known that you will start talking soon and that is why I have been rushing out" Somia said with loud voice.

"Almost more than one hour, just let us go so to avoid the traffic" Semirat got up, used the handbag to cross her hand and carried the second bag.

"Safe journey, because it's journey and drive carefully!" Somia's mother said.

"Amen Ma and yes Ma, don't miss me too much okay!" Somia said and kissed her mother at her front head.

"Let me do my own!" Semirat too kissed Somia's mother at her front head and greeting her.

"Let go! Jealous girl" Somia dragged Semirat and two of them laughed, Somia's mother was looking at them going out and with a smiles on her face.

"Go safety my daughters!" She said as she got up and going to her room to dress for shop.

Somia and Semirat entered into Semirat's car, Somia dropped the bag at the back seat and started applying the makeup. Semirat started the car and driving out.

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Yusufar was in the main living room on the same chair that he always uses to sit and working seriously on the laptop, it was Somia and her siblings that he was searching for online and finding some popular places that people always uses to go and listing them on a paper.

His father climbed the staircase down to the living room, wearing an African man's native outfit, with a cap and a cover shoe. He was going for political meeting so he had to dress as how Nigerian's politicians uses to dress.

Yusufar looked at him and continued with what he was doing, his father put the bag in his hand down on the table and sat down on the chair opposite to Yusufar and looking at him.

"I have a political meeting to attend so I quickly want to have a word with you son" Yusufar closed the laptop and looking at him without saying a word.

"What are you here for?" Yusufar did his face somehow.

"Like how Dad? What are you trying to say?" He asked with low voice and showing some respect.

"What I am trying to say Son is that why are you in Nigeria, what are your plans for coming home? Is it to join me at the company, even right now that I have been going into politic, I need a supporter at the company and that is why I am asking you this?"

"I haven't know yet, just still having my time" He said with low voice.

"You have to know on time, not just to be at home all days and also I need someone and thank God that you are here now"

"Father! Don't put that to me now, and as you know I have my work that I am doing so I don't think you should involve me in this again"

"The work that you are doing doesn't stop you for working in my company as well, so let me know what you are planning and for me to know what next to do"

"I haven't think maybe I will stay in Nigeria, maybe to just be here for a while. So it will good to come up with any plan that you are planning now" He said with loud voice and opened the laptop back.

"Then know what to do on time, if it's to go back to London stay packing because no reason for you to be here then" His father said with loud voice as he got up.

"Why don't you want me to be here and concern so much about me leaving Father?" He asked with loud voice and his father faced him, looking at him.

"Because you can't just be here for no reason, so it will better you go back son!" Turned back and wanted to be leaving the room.

"I will and it's after I know what you have done to Somia, her mother and her siblings. Not planning to stay here as well, Father!" He said with loud voice and continued pressing the laptop, his father looked at him.

"Be careful Son!" He said and going out, sound of the door opened and closed. Yusufar closed the laptop, rest his hands on it and thinking.

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Semirat's car drove inside school's hostel, parked very well and opened the car. Two of them got down from the car with the provisions that they bought for them and going to their own apartment, the student that were at the corridor of their apartments were looking at them and doing what they were doing.

Somia and Semirat got to the corridor of their own apartment and stopped at the entrance of a room, Semirat knocked at the door and waiting for a response.

"Come in the door is opened!" They heard Nibia's voice and Semirat opened.

Two of them entered and Somia closed the door, Ibrahim was in Nibia's room came there to study and two of them ran to them with smiles on their face.

"We are happy to see you here Ma!" Two of them said in chorus as they were hugging them one after the other.

"How are you doing? Wait, what happened to you Ibrahim?" Somia asked with loud voice as they saw bandage on his front head.

"A guy tried to harass anty Nibia sexually, so I tried to fight back and to warn him for next time" He explained with low voice.

"Oh! So sorry, how are you now?" Semirat said with low voice.

"Look at you, if you want to fight you fight and win, not to injure yourself like this" Somia said.

"What are you saying now Somia?" Semirat said with loud voice.

"No! If you know that you can't fight, don't try it all. Where is the guy now? Let me go and deal with him madly?" Somia said with anger.

"He is in school hospital, just woke up from coma" Nibia said with low voice.

"Oh! That is what I like, just done a good job now" Somia said with smiles and hugged him.

"What are you saying Somia? Don't you think this can be a big problem on Ibrahim" Semirat said and so concern about that.

"No! School Management had solved it out!" Nibia Said.

"They can't do anything because we are talking about sexual harassment here----"Somia's phone started ringing and it was Ashar.

"Hello Somia! Have you get there?" He was in his bedroom, and sitting on the bed.

"Yes Sir! Just got there right now, please talk to them" She gave the phone to Nibia and they started talking to Ashar.

"This is from Ashar to you guys!" She quickly passed the message and showing them.

"Thank you very much Sir for the gift" Ibrahim said and gave the phone back to Somia.

"It's so lovely to hear their voices" Ashar said with smiles and Somia giggles.

"They are so happy to receive the gift" Somia was talking when Ashar's door opened without knocked.

"Surprise!" Iqmat said as she entered and with a smile.

"What are you doing here?" Ashar was so surprised to see her because it had been a while.

"What kind of question is that, in my husband to be house" She said with smiles and sat down on the bed beside him. Somia was hearing all the conversations on phone.

"Maybe later Sir, it's like you have a visitor" Somia said with low voice and hanged up, she breathe in as she hanged up and started smile.