The Race Game

"what's he doing here" Lola paused

"And why is my mom's hand on you?"

"Excuse me?" Dean raised a brow

"Lola!" Adline gestured

"I thought he was going out with the men, not coming here" Lola poute

" I was hoping he could bond with the whole family" Adline smiled

"And guess what it's working" Lilly clapped

"So much for bonding" Lola rolled her eyes

"Arrgh"

"Do you have a problem with me?" Dean asked

Lola walked over to Dean smirked then raised a brow,

"Yes, and I think the food would taste filthy with those hands of yours assisting "

"Lola!, What the fuck is your problem!" Lilly yelled at her

"So you neglect your own twin over an illegitimate!" Lola blinked

"You've serious issues sister" Lilly poute

"I'ill call my mom to come get me"

"Hey! Huh..Dean, I don't think you have to do that ...I mean you were having fun with me right?.. she's just. going through some hard times" Lilly held his hand

Dean smiled at Lilly, that was an embarrassing episode for him, he did not want to be part of a family that makes him feel like he didn't matter, his life was better without them, talking of age difference, if it were a regular Nigerian teenager talking to him that way it would have been made clear to her their age difference was enough for him to earn some respect from her.

Connor and his father startled for a second as Dean walked out the kitchen, took his school bag then heads to the door,

"What happened" Mr Cole stands up, you could sense a thanatophobic feeling around him.

"Am calling my Mom, I don't feel welcomed here!"

"I welcomed you?" Connor interrupted

"Lola did a little heat up!" Adline sighed

"I sense nothing but fake, I feel Lola is the only real one here" Dean shrugged

"I connected with you!" Lilly cried, pulled off the apron and runs up to her room, Adline a bit confused too

"Lola speaks for herself, she hated me ...I don't know why!"

"Because you're black,you just the white guy here, but over there where I live, you are black, because, your mom's so black" Lola smirked walking over to Dean who was an inch away from opening the door

"Lola please, stop, just stop it!" Connor roared

"I knew you were low key playing the racist game"

"We're all playing the racist game?..no big brother from Africa.. but I just felt I should keep it real with you"

"Am sorry you pale, and am not pale..but am sure I could fit in ...turns out your father has got a tough gene..am perfect, and my mom.. don't ever talk about her like that.. and just to make it clear...you are in Africa.. you're are a stranger to us too"

" Am a god here brother...." Lola crooked

"Am sorry you heard false tales, Nigerians are smart now, we own our land, you dance to afro beats, checked you out on tiktok, so quit whining, and give us a little respect" Dean interrupted

"Son" Mr Cole walks over to Dean

"Am sorry sir, I mean no disrespect, but, why did you ever decide to come into my life when you knew the whole family wouldn't accept, I was doing fine without you in my life , it was better than someone low key playing the race card game on me and my mother, and my country and you enjoy coming for summer here!!!"

The house was quiet, Mr Cole mute , his son mute, but there was spoilt Lola ,

" Dad's trynna get his ass straight, mom, trying to replace her long lost son, my siblings probably puppets..and me ... keeping it real , and don't bring summer into this" Lola scoffed.

"There you go again... calling me long lost son, like to me, having a father was even a problem. I was home and the Cole family came to look for me...looks like am not lost, Cole family is;Dean frowned opening the door

"Son," Mr Cole sighed

" We could talk about this with me, maybe , outside, away form your nagging sister, she's just going through a lot" Said Mr Cole

"Well, am also going through a lot, welcome to teenage years, Lola!!" Said Dean

"How about you wait for your momma here,will give her a call, I promised her I would call, and this is your home son, please" Mr Cole added.

Dean smirked, paused then walked out, the Cole family with different facial expressions, some disgusted, others disappointed, others sad.

Almost an hour later, Anita arrived in the Coles Mansion, there her son was, sitting by a flower bed field waiting patiently, well pinging as well, about to rage out when she sighted Mr Cole, he was sitting not far away like an angel watching over a soul. Dean hugged his mother, they exchanged a little talk, more like gossip whispering. She held Dean's hands ,he felt a little shyness as he didn't expect to be held and dragged like a kid to go resolve matters.

"Hello!" Mr Cole got on his feet.

" Your daughter was playing the racist game on my son, I won't accept such attitude" Anita frowned.

"Máá" Dean interrupted

"You need to calm down ma'am"

"Am calm Cole!, But, somehow I knew it would come to this, however , I didn't expect it to hit my son so hard, and coming from your spoilt kid"

"Máá" Dean shot in

"Shut up!, am not talking to you!"

"Okay , why don't we settle this like responsible adults" Mr Cole said calmly

Anita ignored , walks over to the door then begins to bang on it calling out Lola's name, Dean and Mr Cole seemed confused. Adline opened the door, Connor was 5 feet behind, Lilly right beside her, and Lola seated busy on her phone, Anita pushed her way in, standing right in front of Lola,

"If you were my daughter, you would have received serious flogging!, Or even a slap will give you a serious factory reset" Anita crooked a villainous smile at Lola.

"Excuse me?" Lola paused

" Yea , excuse us!" Adline raised a brow

" I get, you mad at my daughter, but don't you ever try to threaten her, " she added

"Actually, that wasn't a threat, it's just a way to awaken a kid's good sense of behavior in Africa, slap her senses back to normal" Dean shrugged, Connor scoffed

" She just threatened to hit my daughter, is that how you treat your son?, My husband's kid?"

"Hey, hey, hey,just hold it there madam, he might be your husband's son, but he is way more behaved than your husband's legitimate children,and look at him,no scars, no bruises, except for the ones he gives himself at the football field , and I still spank and use a bombastic eyes to set his nonsense attitude right!!"

"Fuck!, I was wrong about you!"Adline sighed

"Hmm..ladies !" Mr Cole interrupted

"See Dad?, That's what you brought us here to go through, next she's gonna call us stupid names" Lola smirked

" Just stop Lola, this is all your fault," Lilly cried running up to her room, Connor chased along.

" See?, You just hurt my sister!" Lola looked Anita in the eyes

" You spoilt my dear, I don't blame you, your momma cannot even control you, so sad"Anita smirked

"Okay , that's enough, you don't teach me how to raise my kids, get out" Adline said

"Honey, come on!" Mr Cole held her shoulder

Anita walked to the door, Confused Dean followed, somehow he was praying something never led to his mother blowing out a little secret,however he knew his mother was about to let the cat out with the heated conversation,

"Am leaving your house for you and your spoilt little girl!" Anita said

"Stop Anita" Mr Cole yelled

"I will not let will talk to my family like that!" .....

"Look!, Am sorry my daughter called you black and called Dean all sorts, am sorry my daughter seems to dislike you and Dean, she just needs time,she's trynna get her shit together, I messed up , don't blame it on my family,am the one trynna forgive myself and fix my shit! Lola is a teenager, please!" Mr Cole added

" I was wrong about all of you, Dean was better off without you all, and hey Mrs Cole, your daughter is a racist take it or leave it, she looks her own brother in the eyes and threatened to accuse him of rape!" Anita scoffed

"What!!" Mr and Mrs Cole chorused

"Yea, what!" Lola chipped in with a shock

"My daughter would never do that! you have no shame! " Adline frowned

"Máá please don't" Dean pleaded

Anita walked over to Adline, crooked a smirk, looking at both husband and wife then at Lola,

" I said your daughter was spoilt because she is, you let her say hurtful words to people's face, meanwhile you standing there watching her bully my son , you and I know you can't control your own daughter, and she knows even if she does the most stupid thing, no one would punish her!" She paused

" Did you know your daughter was having sex while a guy on video call watched? Then she looks my son the eyes and claims to accuse him of rape if he ever told a soul, maybe that's why she hated him, to put fear in him, if it were a lady, it would be the other way around for justice" Anita laughed held her lost in thought son, walks out with him banging the door behind her.

Mr Cole and Adline froze, they both stared at Lola with a disappointed look. Mr Cole walked up to his room leaving his wife and Lola,the silence was clear you could feel if someone was watching you, and sure because Connor and Lilly were watching from upstairs all along.