Back in college

"Oh, just get out Sophia, and I also don't have time for these jokes, sister. Just leave us with your son for us to enjoy our food please." [Miss. Anna]

"Oh, whatever Anna." [Sophia]

"Just leave us with your king or whatever you call him Sophia." [Miss. Anna]

"Oh, shut up Anna. Hey darling, please come with me and forget your mother and her talking about us. She's jealous already. Let's go please."

"Hey, will you shut up and leave us alone. Can't you see we are eating Sophia? Hey, just go."

"Hey, this reminds me, Miss. Sophia, when are you coming to visit me at my house, please?" [Ava said immediately]

"Aw my dear girl. This is really too fast an invitation for me, my love. So why do we talk about this later after here so that we can really plan this, please? "

Lefah stood up and left them to wait for Miss Sophia on the living room sofa.

" I will be waiting for you there Sophia." [Lefah]

"Okay my love, see you later after Ava please."

"Okay Sophia."

[Ava continued] "But we can plan it now, and I'm all-ready, so let's talk please Sophia. " [Ava]

[Miss. Vivian came into Sophia and Ava's conversations just to ask Ava to stop worrying, Sophia.]

"Hey Ava, please let Sophia be. She gets a lot of work, and she can't stop all that, my dear. And besides, you are too old to make such a request please. " [Miss. Vivian]

"Hey, don't worry Miss. Vivi, and please allow my little girl to talk to me. I got this."

"Aww, I'm really sorry for interpreting the mother and daughter chat and I think I should mind my business." [Miss. Vivian]

[Both Laughing]

"Now look at me Ava. " Hey, don't mind your mama, okay?"

"Okay Sophia." [Ava]

"Hey, I want to go and see that young man sitting over there. He's waiting for me please. It has been a long time since I have seen him and I really miss him a lot, so please chat with you later. Okay?"

"Okay Miss. Sophia. Bye for now." [Ava]

Miss. Sophia returned to Lefah when he was waiting on the living room sofa watching the TV in the living room.

Sophia called lefah from the back; "Hey Darling."

[Lefah responded to Sophia immediately] "Hey my love, what's up?" [Lefah]

"I am doing great, and sorry for keeping you waiting, my big boy." [Sophia]

Lefah smiled immediately. He got to know it was Miss Sophia who called him "Darling" from behind, but Lefah thought it was his mother, Miss. Anna. That's why Lefah responded by saying "my love."

Lefah smiled at Sophia and said: "Hey sorry, I thought that was Miss Anna. I mean my mother. The voice really looks familiar to my hearing."

[Lefah pushed himself to the other side on the living room sofa, for Sophia to sit beside him.]

Sophia smiled back at Lefah and said, "Hey, sorry for what darling? That's fine, and I am more than a mother to you and the fact that you are just my best friend's son doesn't mean you are not my son. Your mother and I are more than sisters. Yeah, my dear Anna is more than a sister to me. I will say, your mother is my sister from different parents."

"Oh wow, so for how long have you been friends, Sophia?"

"You can count the years back to our high school days in the 90s, but you know, your mother and I became very close friends in college. In high school, my friendship with your mother was just like, "Hi, hi." Not like best friends till we met again in college, and we became very close friends, just like sisters living in the same parents' house. Because your mother was my roommate back in college. "

"Wow, that's a long way Sophia. "

"Mm-hmm. Uh, yeah, but I traveled outside the country years after college. "Hmm", you know, the last time I talked to my best friend was the day she called me on the phone, and she was like "Hey lady, don't you know I'm getting married tomorrow, and you are still not home yet. Hey, I can't wait to see you here, Sophia."

"You know, I was already out of the country, and I never wanted to come back because I was going through a lot and I wanted to run away from it, my dear."

"So, Anna got furious when I told her that I was out of the country, and I wouldn't be able to come back home now. And all because that was just a day before I traveled, and Anna also called me that it was her wedding day. So, I couldn't attend my best friend's wedding. "Hmm" because Anna was really mad at me. I called her for years, but she never wanted to listen to me, even to explain to her."

"So, I sent Anna messages and wished her a happy marriage and more joy in her wedding journey. I don't know if it's today your mother is going to reply to my messages. I don't know my love. Because I waited for years to reply, but Anna never showed up."

[Lefah sighs]

"Hey, don't you think what you did hurt her a lot?" [Lefah]

"Yeah, I definitely know it will surely hurt my sister, but at least, Anna should listen to my voice just for once, but she never answered my calls."

"Hmmm that's fine Sophia. Hey, so do you really know my real dad?"

"Mm yeah, you know, I was still trying to reach my sister just to talk to her. So, I called one day, and a man picked up the phone, and he said he was the husband of my sister. So, I talked to him on the phone, and he told me that his name was Mr. Lucas. Yeah, only Lucas, he told me was his name. We chatted more by phone that day.

Mr. Lucas was a nice person to chat with. You know me and my jokes. We had fun on the phone, which made me like Mr. Lucas. For the first time, I talked to him on the phone."