Chapter 90

Chapter 90

I woke up the next day looking go happy and full of energy, I checked the time and it was 3AM sharp. Let me run and take my bath, maybe I will also eat my breakfast, someone knocked on my door and when I opened it, I found that it was the chef. "Your breakfast is ready, I thought you will still be asleep", she replied looking so surprised to see me awake. "I have a flight to catch by 7AM, so I have to wake up early so that I don't start rushing", I replied with a smile, she looked at me with tears in her eyes and I was a bit surprised by her actions, why is she crying for goodness sake?.

  "Is there anything wrong?", I asked looking a bit worried or did I do something that hurt her feelings?. "I'm quite sad because I will miss you, I have watched you grow up to this very level and I do like it when you are always around, I just hope you don't forget about me", she replied. Deep down, I felt so touched by those words, she has been cooking for the whole family for more than ten years and we have grown to love her and cherish her for the important role she plays in our lives

I brought her to my room and told her to sit on the bed while I sit besides her, she kept crying like a little baby and I couldn't help but console her because honestly speaking, I'm short of words, I haven't seen anything like this before. It all sounds and look strange to me, "Hey, I will also miss you too, your delicious food contributes greatly to our health in this family. How on earth will I miss your good food and lovely smile, I will forever hold it in my heart and I might still come back here to pay you a visit once the opportunity arises", I assured her 

  She smiled on hearing those short words of mine, "I would love to see you again, let me allow you get dressed, you have a long journey ahead of you", she replied and walked out of the room. I put on my clothes and stared at myself on the mirror, damn I'm looking so hot right now. I'm still feeling sleepy, I don't usually wake up by this time on a normal basics but perhaps I should just take a quick nap for about thirty minutes before heading down to the dinning room for my breakfast.

I quickly jumped on my bed and dozed off like a little baby but few minutes later, my dad walked into the room to see if I'm already prepared. "What are you doing?", he asked after barging into my room unannounced. "Good morning dad, I'm trying to take a quick nap before taking my break fast", I replied with my eyes still closed on the bed. "You can do that on the flight, I will call the security guards to arrange your luggages so that you don't forget anything." he replied.

  "Why don't you go an eat up your breakfast and let's head straight to the airport, it's better to be early than to be late." he replied sounding so serious, so I had to move my silly ass from the bed and go head straight for the dinning table. The chef prepared a cup of hot coffee and some slices of buttered bread, my favorite breakfast in the morning, I'm seriously going to miss this wonderful chef. I finished up with my breakfast not quite long and before I went outside, my bags has been arranged into the trunk of my dad's car and I saw my mom walking down towards me 

"Good morning mom, how was your night,", I asked with a smile "It was awesome and yours?", she asked. "Mine was good but why are you all dressed up this morning, are you heading somewhere?" I asked looking a bit confused but I don't expect her to even be awake by this time. We normally wake up very late in my family and it's more like a traditional habit for us to start rushing up to get ready and zoom off when we are late for an event.

  "Don't be silly son, I'm going to accompany you to the airport", she replied. "But I thought dad was going to accompany me?", I asked looking so surprised. "We both all accompany you to the airport, is there anything wrong in that?", she asked. I had to end my questions at that point because I don't want to confuse myself the more. We all got into the car and my dad zoomed off with high speed "take it easy darling", my mother called out to him with a soft tone 

"What?, are you scared that we might crash into something?", my dad asked jokingly. "The other day I was driving at a high speed, I got pulled over by the cops for over-speeding and disobeying traffic orders and you know we are rushing somewhere. So there is no room for any delay from the cops", she replied. She was right though, the American Police don't joke with anything that concerns over-speeding and disobeying traffic orders, it's more like a thing that stirs up their anger or something but I won't blame at all because there has been numerous cases of terrible road accidents that led to the loss of precious individuals

  So being serious and strict with over-speeding is the only way to control the menace caused by these crazy drivers everywhere. "Alright, I have heard you", my dad replied and reduced his speed and in few minutes we arrived at the airport. I had to carry my bags myself since they were no guards or servants to help me carry them and there's no way I would tell my parents to help me with my luggages because that would be rude. "Why don't I help you with some of those bags", my mom offered to help me carry some of the bags

It's exactly 6:49AM and in few minutes time, we would be taking off from the airport. I quickly placed all my bags before the security agents on ground and they carefully checked an scanned everything on it to see if I'm carrying or smuggling any hard drugs out of the country. I looked at my mom and dad as they stared at me with reckless abandon.

  "I will miss you son, but do give me a call when you arrive", my dad managed to say while my mom ran towards me to give me a tight hug. Tears ran from my eyes as I hugged her tight, I never knew that leaving her would be this emotional for me, my dad watched the both of us while he stood there like a police man. He doesn't want to even give me a hug, don't know why he's acting like a mature guy or something, well that's his business

I left the both of them standing there while I made my way to the airplane that is scheduled to take off in a few minutes time. I met two security guards standing at the entrance and I had to show them my tickets before they allowed me in and when I got into the plane, I made my way to the first class region with my eyes scanning round to see the best place I can sit and just at that point, I saw a very beautiful lady.

  So I quickly rushed to sit besides her because she looks so beautiful and attractive and her dark skin colour is just so perfect. "Hey there, how are you doing?", I called out to her. She ignored me at first but I didn't give up as I kept trying to get her attention before she finally replied me. "Don't you ever give up?", she replied rudely and that somehow gave me the impression that she's not friendly at all so I had to keep quiet and take a short nap. The plane took off and while in mid air, this girl was still playing hard to get and I was quite shocked when she started crying

Honestly, girls are very had to understand and I wonder what it's like that, "What's the problem young lady?", I called out to her again while trying to console her. "It's a long story, I don't want to bore you with it", she replied. "It's gonna be a very long flight because from New York to Nigeria is about five to six hours, so we have a lot of time to talk", I replied softly. I'm glad she's finally talking to me but what is making her to cry in the first place?.

  "I'm sorry I was a bit rude to you when you tried to talk to me. So many things are running through my mind and I don't even know how to comprehend it at all. I feel like my whole world is crashing before my very eyes", she replied. She sounds like someone who is passing through depression and I wonder what could be the cause of that. "You can open up to me, I may be meeting you for the first time but I can assure you that I may be of help if only you would be calm enough to open up and explain everything to me so that I can understand it perfectly well", I replied

I really want to know what's on her mind so that I will know if I can be off help to her. "I got a call from my younger brother that my mother is dead", she replied and burst into tears. I freezed on hearing those words, no wonder she was acting rude at first, she's probably going through a state of depression.

  Losing a mother is the worst thing that can happen to a guy or a lady and I won't even wish that to my worst enemy because it's a nightmare that you won't find easy to escape. But I had to quickly calm her down so that the other passengers won't feel disturbed, "please you just have to calm down, I know you are terribly hurt but you just have to stop crying because there's literally no amount of tears that would bring her back to life", I replied trying to restrict her from crying further.

"I just want to join her, it's better I die than to be in this world all alone. What on earth am I going to do without her, she has been my major back bone, the only one who supports me till the very end. she's even the main reason why I got an opportunity to study and live in America like everyone else. What am I going to live for now that she's gone. she didn't even wait for me to get married her bear her a grandchild", she replied. I'm short of words right now and I don't even know where to start from because there's no way I can possibly erase the fact that her mother is gone but how did she die by the way, was it an illness that led to her death?.

  "But how did she die, was she sick?", I asked looking so sad. "My younger brother said that she went to bed and didn't wake up the next morning which was yesterday. I don't know what happened, my mother doesn't joke with her health, so there's no way she could have died from any sickness", she replied while trying to clean the tears in her eyes with the handkerchief in her hands. I have heard stories of people who slept and never woke up to see the next day and all these while, I thought it was just a movie not until today.

I have never for once believed it was actually true for a man or a woman to sleep and not wake up the next day. Like how is this even possible?, what happened to them in their sleep?