Chapter 74: Preferences

                           ***Preferences***

She said with a great trace of disappointment registered in her face;

"These days I can't think back to the last time that I went out. The only places that I go are either the church or school. Oh, I remembered when my dad lost his job, please dont quote me wrong, but the truth was that I enjoyed it then, he was always at home and he often took me and mom out, almost every Saturday. But now he got his job back, according to mom, it was a better job than the last one, but the job came with a whole lot of timelessness, we hardly even see him at home, everything boring lately, mom who is always claiming to be a fun lady, but she is just too stingy to spend her money in anything fun."

So she said. Of a fact, I can relate with her, whenever we move to a different place and mom has to be jobless for a while, I notice she was often more caring as a home mom than a working mom, but still, that does not mean that I will say that I appreciate her staying at home. I love to see her go out and work, I know that makes her happy, she likes to know that she has enough money to take care of us. whenever she is out of a job she tries to make me feel good but I know she doesn't enjoy it.

So, I was at home dressing and waiting to see if I could see Cynthia walk into our compound looking so radiant and beautiful.

You know I asked mom severally if she really discussed the dinner with aunty Paula and her husband. But whenever I asked her she kept saying she did and that they agreed to Cynthia going with us, but where is she? Mom will soon be done with her dressing. 

After a long peeping through the window, I got tired and retired to the sitting to wait for mom to be fone with her makeup because I was already done with my dressings. I wore my oxblood suit with a black flowery design, I got the suitor should I say mom got the suit for me when we had a parent and student dinner in my former school in the East. The Suit was tailored by one Mr. Chucks, he was like the family tailor, he has a very big fashion house called Chucks design, he was also a family friend, I remember he had invited mom out many times and mom always took me out with her. 

So, the suit was tailored in Chuck's design. And it was an oxblood with a black flowery design, the trouser was black and that I often wore it with a black tottle neck shirt. I so much love the shirt, it makes me look so matured and manly.

Well, at around 7:00 clock, I was already done with my dressings when I heard a knock at the door.