Did you lie to me and your mum?

Now that Simon and Lilian had eaten something, Mrs. Lewis started thinking about what she was gonna prepare for dinner, and it must be something special as her husband instructed. There were more than enough ingredients and foodstuff in the kitchen that she could use in preparing a special delicacy, but she couldn't come up with something yet.

There was still time, before her husband comes back from work, she would have already come up with something special to prepare and prepare it...she was a fast cooker. Now, she needed to talk with her son about school, he had missed a whole two semester 'cause of the coma, all of his friends and classmates would have moved to the next grade.

She showed Simon his room and the clothes in the wardrobe were still intact. This was Robert's room when he hadn't gone into coma. The room was spacious and glamorous, Mrs. Lewis made sure that it didn't go dusty while Robert was in coma, she cleaned and arranged it whenever she was cleaning the house.

Simon was still glancing around the room when Mrs. Lewis said,

"Robert, sit down, we have something to talk about".

Simon sat down on the bed and Mrs. Lewis sat beside him.

"You know that you've missed a lot in school, you've missed about two semesters now, your classmates would have moved to the next grade".

It then dawns on Simon that he wouldn't be able to attend his school anymore, yeah, the school he was attending before he and his parents got involved in that car accident. He was in Robert's body, so he would have to attend the school Robert attended before the coma. He would just have to play along, so he uttered,

"Yeah, I know that".

She nodded her head and stated, "You would have to go to school tomorrow, it might be impossible for you to meet up with your friends in the next grade, but I would see what I can do. I would try my best to persuade the principal so you could move to the next grade...so get ready. As for now, just relax, sleep if you want to. I wanna go prepare something special for dinner as your dad instructed".

After making that statement, she stood up from his bed and departed from his room. Now, Simon wasn't really interested in what she just said about her persuading the principal so he could move to the next grade with his friends. He wasn't really interested in continuing the life of Robert, he wanted to continue the life he was living before he got involved in that car accident.

His dream of becoming a footballer, was he gonna abandon that just like that? That was really important to him. His mind roamed in thought for a while, then he decided on something that he wasn't sure of yet,

"Seems like am gonna run away from this house".

That was the only thing he could think of as for now, running away, that was the only option. Mrs. Lewis had already come up with something special to prepare for dinner, then she waited for minutes before she started cooking. She knew that if she started cooking immediately, she would finish cooking before her husband comes back from work, and the food wouldn't be hot anymore by then.

Not too long after she finished cooking, her husband came back. He said he was gonna be back home by 8 pm, but he came before that time. Mrs. Lewis pecked him on the cheek then he climbed upstairs to their room to take his bath before coming down to eat dinner. After bathing, he came downstairs as Lilian was in the parlor already. Mrs. Lewis had already set the dining table and dish out the food.

Simon was upstairs in his room when he heard,

"Robert, come downstairs, dinner is ready, you know this food was made specifically because of you". That was Mrs. Lewis' voice.

Simon rushed downstairs immediately and saw everyone sitting at the dining table already. He managed to let out these words from his mouth,

"Welcome home dad".

"Yeah son, come join us at the dining table, as your mum said, this food was made specifically because of you".

Simon took a seat at the dining table, and after some words of prayer, they started eating. The food was as delicious as ever, they could tell that she put so much effort into preparing it. After eating for some minutes, Mr. Lewis had to commend her,

"Honey, I have always been telling you this, you are the best cook I have ever known. Like, this meal is one of a kind, it's so delicious".

Mrs. Lewis smiled and uttered, "Thanks honey, you know, I had to put in my very best since this is a meal for the celebration of our son making it out of coma alive", Then she bragged, "Even without that, I know I am a great cook anyway".

Each of them laughed apart from Simon, there was nothing there to laugh about. They finished eating, then each of them filled their glass cup with juice, there was a pack of juice on the table. They drank until they finished the pack of juice, then Mrs. Lewis and Lilian started clearing the table of plates.

Their gateman didn't have a share of the delicious meal, this was like a special family meal between the four of them. After Mrs. Lewis and Lilian finished clearing the table, they put on the television and sat down on couches in the parlor. Mr. Lewis then said to Simon,

"Let's go to my room upstairs and discuss".

They ascended the staircase and entered his room, yeah, the room he and his wife shared. Entering the room, they sat down on sofas in the room. They were about three sofas in the room and a flat-screen TV could be found in it also. After balancing on the sofas, Mr. Lewis focused his gaze on Simon and said,

"What I wanna discuss with you is about that car accident that made you go into coma".

Simon then remembered that he said they were gonna discuss that at home, and now, they were at home. He would have to start answering questions about what Robert did, what he knew nothing about. But as usual, he would have to play along, so he just nodded his head. Then Mr. Lewis continued speaking,

"That night, you told me and your mum that you were gonna be attending a party, and the party was organized by very responsible people. I wanted to drive you to the so-called party, but you insisted that you wanted to go alone. You were gonna take a cab that would drive you to and fro. We allowed you go 'cause you had never asked for permission to attend a party before,

That same day, very late in the night, we were called and told that you got involved in a car accident, you've been rushed to the hospital. We had to rush over to the hospital that night, then the doctor took us to your hospital room, you were lying flat on the bed with blood stains on your clothing. According to what the doctor told us, they were four other guys in the car that got involved in the same car accident with you, three died immediately and one managed to survive. And none of them were above 17,

According to what the doctor told me again, most likely, the guy driving the car was drunk. Now, you told us that you were gonna take a cab that would drive you to and fro, but you got involved in a car accident with boys older than you. You told us the party was harmless and it was organized by responsible people, but the guy driving the car was drunk, and worst of all, it was his father's car...he took it without his father's consent,

I couldn't ask you all these 'cause you were in coma, all we were praying for was for you to make it out of the coma sound and healthy. And now that you've woken from coma, how can you explain all these? Did you lie to me and your mum?".

At this moment, Simon knew that he would have to lie, he would have to forge out false stories. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis had no single idea that their son had started correlating with bad friends that time...they had not even the slightest hint. He would have to lie for the matter not to be prolonged, he would have to lie in place of Robert.