We both rushed down to my father’s room and met my step mother seating on the bed with her face buried on her hand and crying Me:am sorry ma,u aint the cause of my moody attitude,please stop crying and dont leave(she pretended not to notice us and keep crying) Josey:mother if you leave everybody in this house would follow u and u know what that means so please brighten up Step Mum:then why would he suddenly become a shadow of his self,why would he suddenly become a sadist just after i married his father Me:no mother dont say that,u are not the cause and would never be,dont worry i would tell the family why during lunch with the help of josey Step Mum: (smiles and wipe her tears)so josey u have been gossiping with daniel,just dont worry i would not get u chocolates again (she joked) Josey:hahaha then u would buy me a car(she joked back). All:hahahaha *********** during the evening time,lunch was set and trust my family when it comes to food,we eat together expect if anyone travels or if one is sick. It was a large dinning table,large enough to contain the seven of us and to some extra a-s lolz.we all ate in silence till the meal was over,plates packed off and the table mat cleaned,mind u we have maids.then josey started as planned Josey:bigger bro Observer:yes angel Josey:if a brother of urs falls inlove with ur gal what would u do? Observer:broke his head ofcourse,why would a brother of mine fall for my girl Josey:let asume he wasnt aware of it earlier Observer:thank God that now he knows so he should stop asuming and wakeup from his dreams(me i was crying inside me,dad and mum watched and listened just to figure out what was wrong) Josey:hmmm if i were to be u i would kill him Observer:com’on stop that,why would i kill a brother of mine for a girl Josey:ah,if u can break his head then u can kill him Observer:josey enough of this,u are too young to know what relationship is all about,am not sure u are even up to 17 and u are already asking questions of this kind abi u now have a boyfriend? Josey:no o but planning to have Observer:u better cancel that plan today o dad:hahaha,what are the both of you driving at Me:hmmm,only one thing can take away that man in a man and that is woman Step Mum:am begining to smell love in the air,abeg who is she? Me:i know have been acting strange for some time now but i just have to come off it because my brother here obser..oh sorry isaac is already in love with her and i sincerely apologise Dad:i have never heard u talk of a woman before daniel so who is this girl u both are dying for(observer’s mouth was already wide open)… Step Mum:yes who is she….there was silence in the room as observer looked confused and i looking shy then she broke the news Josey:mum,dad,her name is nancy the girl that testified in the interest of big bro in the court Observer:hahahahahahahaha,wait o u mean nancy? Nancy is not my girlfriend and u know that,my girlfriend’s name is stella and am even planning to bring her to see u guys Me:u mean u aint dating her? Observer:yes am not Me:woaw am so happy,thank u so much Dad:hmmm so a woman had been eating up my son’s heart? Step Mum:i want to see this woman Dad:yes bring her to me Observer:but dad there is a problem Dad:what’s the problem? Observer:i havent seen or heard from her ever since the end of that court case….quickly my mood changed again as everyone went silent