Chapter 23

"Wow, Thorne, she's stunning, "I am embraced by a plump woman. Her bosom is pressing down on me.

"Please, she will stop breathing," he says.

"I apologize. The fact that we were unable to witness your wedding is all that bothers me. It missed out on being an amazing opportunity. "Carve out some meat and welcome the bride home," the woman replies with a hint of emotion.

Mami Nathaniel is my name. Thorne's only mother”, the woman smiles.

She is excessively fair and I realize that Sabelo didn't receive his complexion from her.

“Nice to meet you", she grins.

“I don't want her crying please”, Thorne advises the old woman.

“Don't worry. You must be exhausted to come. Thorne you are going to remain right?”, His mother asks.

He huffs and stares at me a little upset.

“For the night just for my wife to settle in”, his mother grins.

“Good. Your father is in the TV room", she takes my hand and proceeds up the stairs with me.

“How many grandchildren will you give us? We are bored most of the time. I am pleased Thorne got married and now I have a daughter. I haven't seen him in years. It is lovely to see him", she babbles lots.

“Uhm yes”, she gets to a room.

“This will be you and your husband's room. It was initially supposed to be Thorne's room”, she smiles as I walk into the room. It is smaller than the one at home but roomy nevertheless.

“It's clean" “Where are you from?", she says.

I stay silent for a moment.

“ kogi”, she grins.

“Igala?”, she asks.

“No, I am Ebira”, she grins even more.

“Oh That's great either way if you make my son happy I am happy”, she is extremely lovely.

“I cooked. We can go and eat dinner", she offers.

“Okay”, we exited the bedroom and headed downstairs.

I got to meet Thorne father and Thorne is a clone of his father. You could just see it. We had some dinner and his parents were wonderful. I don't know why he doesn't talk about his family. After supper, we requested to leave and relax. Thorne was the one who talked and we were allowed to go. We went to the bedroom and he flung himself on the bed.

“Your parents are...nice”, I say. I sat close to him.

“What are we here for?”, he glances at me.

“You will be staying here for a while”

“Why?"

“Trust me, okay?”, he sits up and I nod while groaning.

“Okay”, he moves in and grabs my lips and I close my eyes that instant.

His hand slides beneath my skirts and rests on my thighs. I had flashes of when we were in that room and I gave in to his touch. He puts me on the bed climbs on top of me and proceeds to kiss my neck and I take in weak breaths. He stops kissing me and looks into my eyes and goes to my lips and I kiss him back as I wrap my hands around his neck. . . .

Morning arrived and the light was warming up the room in an unpleasant way though since I was feeling overheated. I remove the blankets from my body and sit up to open my eyes and check beside me and the bed is vacant. Thorne is not there. I get off the bed and I hear a knock on the door that moment maybe believing that it is him but why would he knock on the door?

“My daughter-in-law, it's Mami Nathaniel. Are you okay?”, It's Thorne mother.

I hurry to my suitcase and open it. I get a morning robe and slipper then straighten my hair a bit before racing to the door and opening it. She is already suited up for the day with a patterned apron around her neck.

“Good morning”, I say “Good Morning, I wanted to come and tell you that I have made breakfast but I understand you came late last night”, she says.

“I will come, Thank you Mrs. Nathaniel ”, she smiles.

“Okay then”, she turns around prepared to walk off.

“Uhm is Thorne downstairs?”, I inquire and she turns to me.

“No, he left in the wee hours of the morning. I don't know why he didn't wait till the sun rose”, I nod.

“Okay thank you”

“Call him”, she grins and goes off.

If only I had a phone or his number I would. I close the door and turn around facing the room. Why did he go without saying goodbye? Couldn't he just wake me up and announce that he was leaving? Maybe with some small explanation as to why I am being left behind with his folks. I go and try to make the bed and I succeed. After that, I open the windows and curtains. I go to the tiny ensuite bathroom and I step inside and there is a shower. I wish there was a bathtub instead but I shall utilize the shower. I climb into after opening the water and let it get a bit heated and the warm water quickly drips into my skin and I close my eyes for a time savoring the warmth. After some time after washing I walk out of the shower and I go and brush my teeth. After that, I got to the bedroom to get dressed. I can still sense his perfume in the room. I was going to walk out when I spotted something on the dresser. It is his watch, I go and take it and try it on my small wrist. It is quite huge for me. I set it there. I am delighted that it wasn't a trick of my imagination that he was here with me yesterday. You know the mind may screw around with someone's thoughts.

I step out of the bedroom and make my way downstairs where his folks are. I walk to the dining room and his mother is putting up the table.

“Oh you made it on time”, she says.

“Good day Sir”, I quietly say.

His father pulls the newspaper from his face and looks up at me.

“Good morning my child.”

“Call him baba. Sir is very formal”, I nod “Yes" “Sit down”, Thorne's mother says and I do as I am instructed.

She sits next to her spouse and her husband places the newspaper on the table.

“We should pray before eating”, Pray?

She clutches my hand and they close their eyes and how their heads and start praying. I do the same and retain my quiet. After some while they say Amen. We dish up food and start eating after that.

“So my daughter-in-law what do you do for a living?”, Thorne's father says as I glance at him and his wife.

“I was working before I got married to my husband in marketing”, I fib through my teeth. Well not precisely. I was working and then quit what I had been doing for years when I met Thorne.

“Why did you stop?”, His mother questions anxiously.

“My husband suggested I do so”, I say “Mmmh”, his father says and I swallow. He seems a bit frightening.

“You shouldn't allow a man to make you dependent on him. That's dangerous”, Thorne's father says.

I retain my quiet.

“Yes baba, I agree”, his wife follows.

I gaze down at my meal.

“Yes sir”, I say.

We carry on eating with Thorne's mother talking the most. I got to witness where the reserve Ness that Thorne has or should I say calm time where he gets them and it is from his father. His mother is incredibly chatty and doesn't stop.

“We haven't seen Thorne in years and I was happy to see him arrive yesterday. You know the only thing he did these last several years was send money and give us all of this without us being able to reach him ”, his mother says.

“Mmh"

“You know he is our only child le...”

“My wife”, Thorne's father stops her and she remains quiet and then grins.

“I have a prayer meeting today. Do you want to come with me?”, his mother asks.

I look at them both being bashful.

“It's okay”

“Great!”, She adds with great delight.

Whatever Thorne brought me here for I hope that he cures fast because I want to get back home. Plus I miss him, I confess. Just to irritate him from time to time sounds great in my thoughts.