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Mr Williams Brown; exhaled slowly as he relaxed into a sofa, he smiled at his wife-Barbra before turning his attention to his children. His children were his source of joy, what more can a fulfilled man like him ask for?
Kemi-28yrs was married and living in a different state.
Dapo- 25yrs was preparing to go for his NYSC
Cassandra-22yrs was in her first year in the state university.
Sasha-17yrs was in her final year in secondary school.
Kola-14 yrs was in secondary school too.
He smiled absent mindedly, he was a fulfilled man.
"Honey, what are you smiling at?" Barbra queried.
"At your beautiful face" williams said winking at her,
"Dad, mom, can you please lower your voices." Kola quipped his eyes glued to the huge TV.
"Why?" Williams laughed
"this movie is very interesting and...and...your voice is distracting us." cassandra replied with her eyes fixed to the TV too.
"Oh yeah! End of season 1, Kola please slot in the next season." Dapo said excitedly as the movie stopped playing.
"what the name of the movie?" Barbra asked him
"Merlin" Dapo replied in a deep voice to the amusement of his siblings.
"Where's Sasha?" Williams directed the question to no one in particular.
"In the room" Cassandra replied.
"Why? Why isn't she watching the movie with you?" He queried.
The children exchanged glances before chorusing...
"She said she can't watch devilish movies."
"Devilish movies?" he echoed.
"yes dad" Cassandra laughed before adding.
"I wonder which one is devilish between the chinese movies she watches and Merlin."
"that girl is just an..."Dapo cut his remark short when he saw Sasha walking into the livng room.
The room fell silent as everybody fixed their gaze to the Tv. Williams laughed quitely, was it that they were all scared of her or what?
"Hi chacha..."Kola smiled at her.
"hi pukeface" Sasha replied curling up in a sofa
"stop calling me pukeface!" Kola pouted his lips
"stop calling me chacha." she replied shuffling through the pages of a novel.
Dapo made some signs to Kola to keep him shut, they all weren't ready for Sasha's trouble.
Williams watched his daughter as she peered at the novel she was holding, she was just a different specie in the family, no wonder Barbra calls her an 'oddball'. She've got wierd behaviours.
Sometimes he is forced to believe she is possessed, the way she does things; the dreadlocks on her head is even worsening the situation.
She looked up momentarily, their eyes locked for a while, he smiled at her, she didn't smile, she just peered into her novel some more.
"Oh my God....Authur is so funny!" Kola laughed out loud.
"and what's so funny, that you can't keep it to your self? Do you have to cackle this loud?" Sasha queried.
Cassandra pressed pause on the remote control, before turning to face her sister
"He wasn't laughing with your mouth oddball" she snapped.
"You need not remind me -big mouth!" Sasha sat up.
"now that enough! Sasha apologise to Cassie, you should never insult someone older than you." Dapo said authoratively.
"Who made you the judge? You had better pray for your name to be enlisted amongst the next NYSC batch, Mr Cheapskate!" Sasha relied making a face.
"Sasha!" Barbra reprimanded her daughter.
"Oh please mom! Spare that! You all heard Cassie when she called me an Oddball." she rose to her feet.
"Well that's what you are," Cassandra quipped.
"Being an oddball is a talent you would never have! Rubbish!" Sasha shot at her before stamping out of the room.
Barbra rubbed her forehead, she suddenly felt a pang of headache, she groaned softly as she snuggled into a sofa.
Cassandra hissed angrily, what was wrong with her sister anyway? She thought.
Irritated she unpluged the Tv from the socket. Dapo stood up and quitely walked into his room with Kola following suit.
Williams shuddered, the atmosphere was tensed. He wasn't a fulfilled man after all. His family wasn't at peace.
Mr Williams Brown; exhaled slowly as he relaxed into a sofa, he smiled at his wife-Barbra before turning his attention to his children. His children were his source of joy, what more can a fulfilled man like him ask for?
Kemi-28yrs was married and living in a different state.
Dapo- 25yrs was preparing to go for his NYSC
Cassandra-22yrs was in her first year in the state university.
Sasha-17yrs was in her final year in secondary school.
Kola-14 yrs was in secondary school too.
He smiled absent mindedly, he was a fulfilled man.
"Honey, what are you smiling at?" Barbra queried.
"At your beautiful face" williams said winking at her,
"Dad, mom, can you please lower your voices." Kola quipped his eyes glued to the huge TV.
"Why?" Williams laughed
"this movie is very interesting and...and...your voice is distracting us." cassandra replied with her eyes fixed to the TV too.
"Oh yeah! End of season 1, Kola please slot in the next season." Dapo said excitedly as the movie stopped playing.
"what the name of the movie?" Barbra asked him
"Merlin" Dapo replied in a deep voice to the amusement of his siblings.
"Where's Sasha?" Williams directed the question to no one in particular.
"In the room" Cassandra replied.
"Why? Why isn't she watching the movie with you?" He queried.
The children exchanged glances before chorusing...
"She said she can't watch devilish movies."
"Devilish movies?" he echoed.
"yes dad" Cassandra laughed before adding.
"I wonder which one is devilish between the chinese movies she watches and Merlin."
"that girl is just an..."Dapo cut his remark short when he saw Sasha walking into the livng room.
The room fell silent as everybody fixed their gaze to the Tv. Williams laughed quitely, was it that they were all scared of her or what?
"Hi chacha..."Kola smiled at her.
"hi pukeface" Sasha replied curling up in a sofa
"stop calling me pukeface!" Kola pouted his lips
"stop calling me chacha." she replied shuffling through the pages of a novel.
Dapo made some signs to Kola to keep him shut, they all weren't ready for Sasha's trouble.
Williams watched his daughter as she peered at the novel she was holding, she was just a different specie in the family, no wonder Barbra calls her an 'oddball'. She've got wierd behaviours.
Sometimes he is forced to believe she is possessed, the way she does things; the dreadlocks on her head is even worsening the situation.
She looked up momentarily, their eyes locked for a while, he smiled at her, she didn't smile, she just peered into her novel some more.
"Oh my God....Authur is so funny!" Kola laughed out loud.
"and what's so funny, that you can't keep it to your self? Do you have to cackle this loud?" Sasha queried.
Cassandra pressed pause on the remote control, before turning to face her sister
"He wasn't laughing with your mouth oddball" she snapped.
"You need not remind me -big mouth!" Sasha sat up.
"now that enough! Sasha apologise to Cassie, you should never insult someone older than you." Dapo said authoratively.
"Who made you the judge? You had better pray for your name to be enlisted amongst the next NYSC batch, Mr Cheapskate!" Sasha relied making a face.
"Sasha!" Barbra reprimanded her daughter.
"Oh please mom! Spare that! You all heard Cassie when she called me an Oddball." she rose to her feet.
"Well that's what you are," Cassandra quipped.
"Being an oddball is a talent you would never have! Rubbish!" Sasha shot at her before stamping out of the room.
Barbra rubbed her forehead, she suddenly felt a pang of headache, she groaned softly as she snuggled into a sofa.
Cassandra hissed angrily, what was wrong with her sister anyway? She thought.
Irritated she unpluged the Tv from the socket. Dapo stood up and quitely walked into his room with Kola following suit.
Williams shuddered, the atmosphere was tensed. He wasn't a fulfilled man after all. His family wasn't at peace.