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Nia had just finished her workout and had headed homa already. She went straight to the pool side and luckily for her the whole family is gathered there. Seeing her dad has always been the only source of her happiness. Of course she loves to see her brother, but it has been a bit difficult to look at him straight in the eyes ever since the incident happened, which had left he with no other alternative than to marry someone she has always hated. The worse thing one can do is pretend to be okay while nothing is okay with them. She smiles a lot when the family is around just so they do not feel the guilt of making that choice for her, neither does she want to share her sorrows with anyone. Her dad tried hugging her but jokingly said to him that she was too sweaty and wouldn't want to discomfort him in any way. And of course, she said smiling as if everything was okay, but the father is never blinded by her situation. He knows deep down she is the unhappiest person but wouldn't want to disturb her with his long talks. She had grown stronger in dealing with her problems.

Back at my parents' house, breakfast is all set, and everyone has been seated with the exception of my sister. She has been sent to get some hot water for the tea and is yet to make her presence felt at the table. I walked into the kitchen to help her with some stuff, maybe it is too much for her that she cannot carry it all by herself. She was on the phone when I entered but she was suspicious of something. She pretended to be speaking to a friend and requested that friend come pick her up so they could all go to school together. I got a bit suspicious about it too and decided to take her to school myself. I expected some sort of excitement when I mentioned that I would be taking her to school but she was rather a bit disappointed, and she could not decline the offer either. We went back to the breakfast table together and we began having our breakfast. We had a lot of fun at the table, as I told my family about all that had been happening at the mine and how I was able to be a partner with the boss himself. I told them how Mr. Kaan had entrusted everything of the company to me and how I intend to expand it beyond boarders. They were all excited and congratulated me on my elating success in my field of work.

My elder brother has always been that one person who could easily ruin any beautiful moment at any given time. He had a copy of the newspapers with the article about Nia and her husband's scandals. He knew what it would mean if he made any comment on it, but as corny as he is, he instantly made a comment which will urge me to take a peep at it, but I tried my best to fall for his trick early this morning.

"This girl must be hitting her head on some rocks right now. She has really been wasted. What a shame, isn't it brother", he commented.

"Can you spare us that this early morning. We are trying to have breakfast as a happy family. Don't ruin the mood with that paper and take it out of sight immediately. God has saved us from them, and we should be thankful for that", my mum interceded.

"You are right mum. These people are whimsical and nips. How do they live their lives like that", my brother added.

"Everyone is happy at their places in their lives, we should also focus on ours, brother", I commented as well.

All my brother wanted was to get me irritated with the news and to also hear me comment in front of my parents, which he finally succeeded in getting me to do it. And of course, I was irritated and that brought back so much flames to my heart.

"If you like we can talk about this family, drawlingly, or what do you all say", my father added.

"Oh, for God's sake, let them be far away from us, and if possible direct to hell for all I care. May God not let them see the face of my son once more and may God forbit him to come across with them ever again", my mum added getting a bit irritated by it.

 My brother has successfully gotten everyone worked out on an issue which is supposed to be less of our problems. And at this point I don't know if it would be right to tell them I was meeting up with them because we are about to become partners. My dad instructed the case to be closed so we could have a nice breakfast. This was indeed not the way I expected things to be.

My phone rang and it was the personal assistant to Ermias. he had called to inform me that there has been a little bit of changes in the meeting we are supposed to be having this morning. He said Ermias would want to meet me in the evening at the club. As soon as he mentioned the club, it immediately brought back memories of the day I was to meet up with Nia and her brother, Leo, so we get to know each other, and it was the same place that Nia got my name ruled out from the list given to the receptionist due to the impromptu presence of Ermias. It still inflicted some pain on my heart, but I gladly accepted the changes and promised to be there at the exact time given by his master.

Ermias has done some little research into my background and has seen for himself my humble beginning and where I am today. He had also been informed by his personal assistant that I became a partner to Mr. Kaan after the horrible accident that had happened at the mine some time ago and due to that, I have been made the general manager of the mine and thus makes me the right person to handle all business transactions of the mine.

"He has been an engineer for five years and that makes him a preppy business manager, and you couldn't contend with this man, is that what you are saying to me. Shame on you. his documents are as light as three grams", Ermias addresses his personal assistant.

"He is not even a man, he is just a little man", he added disrespectfully.

As I got back to the table to join my family for breakfast, my sister started to tease, telling my parents to see how I am speaking like a boss and how much that fits me. 

"See how he is speaking like a boss", my sister said.

"Of course he is a boss. How else do you expect him to speak", my brother added.

I jokingly requested to be exempted from all sorts of praises so I could peacefully have my breakfast, they all laughed as we began eating.

The house my parents lived in has been a rented house since our childhood. Weve always wanted to have a house of our own, but our financial circumstances did not permit us to have that. But as it stands now, I had made all necessary payments for that particular house to be our permanently, and that brought so much happiness and ease in their lives. The feeling of making your family happy is just surreal.

"May God less you, son. We finally have a place we can comfortably call home, and all that happened because of you", my mother stated.

"Don't mention. All you have to do is place your hands on anything then it becomes a treasure. See, you have become a mansion itself for us", my brother interrupted.

"Of course I will always be a mansion for my family, and I had already promised mother that I would get us a bigger house soon", I said.

"We do not need any house bigger than this son. We should be thankful for what we have now, and more blessings will come our way", my father added.

My brother being corny as always, out of the blues just brought up about relationship matters on the table. He asked if I had gotten anyone that I was interested in and my sister helped by saying there are beautiful ladies at the place where I work. They assume I should have been in a relationship by now, but I respectfully told them that I was not interested in any relationship at the moment. My mother then mentioned the daughter of Mr. Kaan, who has been working with me side by side, in managing the affair of her dad's company. Asu and I are really good friends, and I have never thought of anything more than that. My mum starts to get worked up on why I said we are only good friends, then I immediately informed them that I had no intention of getting married in my life again. My mother exploded and she began to argue with me.

"Why is that? Are you going to lodge in the past five years and live there? Look here son, she was just a spoilt girl and don't forget how she broke you. She was just a liar and a deceit, and as of today, I want you to forget about her", my mother argued.

I told her I had forgotten about her, and she still argued that I wouldn't mention that I was not going to get married if I had really forgotten about her. The last thing I would want is to argue with my mother, not over a girl. My father interceded and requested I should be left alone to make decisions about my life by myself. He turned to me and instructed I take the issue of my mother lightly, and that she is just being a mother and wants the best for me. We all agreed to cut it short as we continue with our breakfast.