"Hayfa!! my cousin brother arman howled from downstairs
Oh this is the 10th time he's calling me
I'm coming!
I quickly took my bag and I scooted out of the room
Hayfa!! He shouted again
I made my way down the steps "Oh my word See how he kept calling me what's the issue with the people in this house these days. Everyone calls you and expect you to be there in a blink of an eye.
I quickly kept quiet when I saw Abby
standing with my cousin brother at the end of the staircase. We call Dad Abby usually.
Oh I'm so dead
"Is that how you talk to your older brother?!, he has been calling your name and waiting for you since and that's how you address him? Half a Mind this attitude of yours. Your anty and Lisha have been waiting for you at the Airport.
You should be always punctual and stop wasting your siblings time. Leave now before you make me more angry! "Abby yelled"
I quickly rushed out of the house with
Arman emerging suit
He unlocked the car and I embarked in. He started the car and we drove off
Arman sighed "hayfa you know Abby, you shouldn't do things that will provoke him"
I cut him off "you are siding with Abby because you're not in my shoe"
"Im not siding with him, we both know the old man has rage issues" he
giggled ".and small things make him irritated, you should have gotten used to it by now, now wipe your tears, you know Aunty would get troubled when she sees you crying"
"You are taking me out tonight, it's because of you he shouted at me" I told him as I wiped the few tears that decided to circumvent. He rolled his eyes but he smiled "sure my favorite cousin sister"
My mother died while giving birth to me then i was named after her, it was said my dad was in shock but he was quick to recover, he got married again after six months to my stepmom, Aunty.
She has been nothing but sweet and caring to me and brother Arman. she was the one who raised us, she gave birth to her daughter Lisha two years into her Marriage
And lisha isn't exactly who you'll call Caring Her attitude is definitely something she didn't get from her mother, Apart from that, she was an absolute carbon-copy of her mom.
Lisha is son what mean, rude and I can even and she can even say evil, things to me But she loves Arman, she's more than caring to him I wonder why? Brother Arman was one of my Uncle's son who live in Britain his mom is from there when they visited Nigeria Arman cried that he wants to stay with us.
He loved seeing his siblings here, his parents have no choice but to leave him here with Abby, but they usually send him money for his school even though Abby still sponsor his education.
"We're here" Arman announced
"Hmm?" I scurf
He rolled his eyes "I said we are here!"
"Geez! No need to shout" I said
He shrugged as he turned off the car and he went out, I also went out and I closed the door behind me
"Can you speck them from here?" I asked Arman
He blinked his eyes "yeah. they are over..there!" He pointed to the entrance of the Airport where Aunty
and Lisha were looking around, probably looking for us. We walked towards them They're over..there!" He pointed to the entrance of the Airport where Aunty
and Lisha were looking around, probably looking for us We walked towards them.
Aunty smiled when she noticed us. I went forward and i hugged her
"Hayfa? How're you?" She said as she
heaved back
"Am fine Aunty"I replied
She frowmed "just two weeks you've lost some weight. Have you been eating well?"
"Yes I've been eating well"
"I don't believe your lies"
"Aunty nice to meet you......Arman had to cut me off just because he finished talking to his dear lisha, He had to cut me off
" You know you're not the only one who wants to talk to her" he said as he pushed me and he hugged her
"My son, how have you been?" She asked.
I rolled my eyes at them and I turned to lisha We made eye contact and she hissed.
Mummy please let's get going , today is my friends birthday " She exclaimed
Oh god. She's back with this her attitude she's is Obsessed with that girl, her 'best friend'"
Lisha thinks that they are best
friends, but she's too blind to see that the girl is just using her as her personal associate
"Alright I've heard you let's go?" Aunty said
And that's the only problem with Aunty, she fondles lisha too much, and so does Abby, I guess the reason is because, after lisha, Aunty wasın't able to give birth again
And brother Arman helped them with their luggage.
We walked to the car, and I was about to take the passenger's seat when Lisha held my hand "no, I'm taking the front seat, I'm going to fill Arman with all the fun things that happened.
I sighed as I turned to go back to the
backseat, and I sat down beside Aunty
Aunty, went for her check up in London which takes place after every 4 months, I, brother Arman or Abby normally accompany her, but this time, lisha said " I'm well responsible now to take care of my mother"
She insisted that she must accompany Aunty and Abby. I couldn't say no to this little princess. And then before I knew it, we were going down.." she explained Arman.
I zoned them out for some minutes, but I decided to listen when I heard malika's Birthday
"There's gonna be a party, a celebrity party. Saleem sultan will be there, the guy is from Dubai only his Dad is a Nigerian but they left Dubai and came back to Nigeria, brother Arman the guy is damn cute and handsome his skin looks like Arabs, he's my dream guy. She kept telling him, her eyes going wide as she explained.
Arman frowned a little "wait, I thought he doesn't go to that kind of
parties, he goes to business parties or clubs"
"He's malika's cousin, that's why" she explained
"Ooh"
I decided to say something because I was getting confused "who is he?"
Both Arman and lisha turned to glimpse at me
I Glance at the road!" Both I and Aunty
shrieked at Arman.
Sorry, sorry, I was just shocked that she doesn't know saleem sultan " Arman added"
What a Drama queen right?, where have you been all this years" she snorted "probably stuck in
those books you read all the time"
"Hey! Don't put my books inside this just because I don't know one stupid Saleem sultan"
"Did you just call him stupid??? and it's saleem sultan!!, get that in your big head!"
"You people should stop this and keep quiet!" Aunty scolded.
I and lisha leaned back into our seats, but not before sending glares to each other
"The moment he hears you calling him that, you'll be dead" she murmured
"I heard that!" I exclaimed
"I know!" She said back
Arman chuckled and Aunty nodded her head.
