THE AYOMIDE'S

It's a market day in Surulere, Lagos State. It is very noisy with sellers advertising their goods making funny noises and buyers communicating with sellers. With noise bursting from engines and vehicles, numbers of people walking around the market. Trucks unloading and loading. It's just like every other market day in Surulere.

Damilola is seen running to her mother, Mrs Bimbo Ayomide's shop. She see's a familiar face.

DAMILOLA: Mummy Korodu, good evening.

WOMAN: Dami, how are you?

DAMILOLA: I'm fine ma (She continued greeting people she could till she got to her mother's shop). Mummy, I'm back (she says walking into her mother's vegetable shop).

MRS BIMBO: Dami, you're back(smiles) well done.

DAMILOLA: Thank you mummy.

MRS BIMBO: So, did Baba Femi give you the complete money?

DAMILOLA: (Smiles) Yes mummy, he gave me ten thousand, for last time and today's own.

MRS BIMBO:(Smiles) Oh, God will bless him for me.

DAMILOLA: Amen(Damilola gives her mother the money).

MRS BIMBO:(Gives Damilola three thousand) You should go home now, take some vegetables, add and use it to prepare something. Your brother will soon come back from work, you can buy snacks while you wait, you've tried.

DAMILOLA:(Smiles) Okay Mummy, but can you close up on your own?

MRS BIMBO: Your mother is stronger than you think.

DAMILOLA:(Smiles) Okay then, off I go.

MRS BIMBO: See you at home.

DAMILOLA: Okay Mummy, bye(she took some vegetables, bought some other things with buns that she chewed on her way home.

AT HOME

Damilola reached the house before 5:00pm and started cooking a simple meal that they will eat for dinner. Damilola's brother, Seyi normally returns from work by 6:00pm or past six. He drives taxi for a living. Tomorrow which is Sunday, is usuya resting day for them after church. Only Seyi goes to work on Sundays after church. 6:15pm Seyi arrived).

SEYI: Dami!, I'm back (Damilola walks out of the kitchen).

DAMILOLA:(Smiles) Brother Seyi welcome.

SEYI: Thank you Dami, I brought mama Nkechi's soya milk (smiles) I know how much you like it.

DAMILOLA:(Smiles) Thank you brother (she takes the nylon bag which contained the soya milk).

SEYI: So how far, any food, I'm so hungry.

DAMILOLA: I'm cooking, just go and take your bath, before you finish bathing I'll be done.

SEYI:(Smiles) I trust you, very soon you'll be competing with mummy on who cooks best (Dami smiles) I'm very lucky, blessed with two amazing chefs, let me go and bath and eat, what a long and tiring day (Seyi went to take his bath, while Dami continued cooking, as they were about to eat Mrs Bimbo entered and they all are together).