PREGNANT FOR BROTHER IN LAW

8. Are You Sure?

I don't know, okay, just asking, when someone is pregnant, must you let the whole world know that she is pregnant? Lawd, people are still going to know that you fucked without a condom anyway. What's the need even to rush and tell people about something that hasn't even grown?

Kendra insisted that she wanted the whole world to know that she is expecting. This was after her haters said that she will never conceive, I don't know why they said that but I love haters, they are the ones who build us and make us who we are.  So I spent almost half a million on a pregnancy declaration, she would have just posted it on her social media page, and everyone would have known. What is the need of popping champagne and cutting a cake in honor of that?

"Sir, we are here," my driver checks with me before we alight. I have to check on my mother before I start my day. I hope she is not that sick the way Sofie said. She is the love of my life, like hell would I want to see her that sick? I want her to be fine and healthy. I don't want her struggling to do anything.

Walking to the house, I see my mother busy watering the flowers. Why is she doing that, that is not her job. From a distance, I can hear her cough, the cough that was common some years ago. Fuck, I hope she won't be going through that again.

"Mama, what are you doing? We have someone for that," I say before picking the water sprinkler from her hands. The strong but at the same time fragile hands. She looks at me and pushes me away.

"You know I can handle this, Xander,  am old and old people don't sit around doing nothing. How have you been?" she has these pretty eyes. She might be smiling but trust me, she has been through hell and back but she still stands strong. She has never let herself look so small even when the big people want to walk over her. That's why a real woman is a no for me. This is what I want, something strong, someone who can fight the way she is fighting.

     We already have a wife, don't we?

Fuck, I forgot about that. We are married. Maybe I should brush off the thought out of my mind before I lose it. I walk with her as she waters the flowers around the house. These are her friends when we are not around. She talks with them and feeds them every day.

"So, what was the party about yesterday?" she asks as she places the sprinkler over the shade. She sits by the garden with shade. This is her favorite place, a place where she sits and reminisces as she thinks of her husband. I silently sit beside her, I know she will be happy that she will have a grandchild very soon.

"I don't know if I am the right person to say this but you will still know, Kendra is expecting our first child," I said and I watch as her face lightened up. "That's very exciting news, why don't you welcome her for supper?" Why would I bring Kendra over for supper, the last time she was here it didn't end well when the maid poured water on her accident she was very mad. I just nod, maybe she will agree to come or she will still be resistant to come, I don't know.

I look at her, she doesn't look sick the way Sofie described over the phone. She can be dramatic sometimes. She will say something just to have me come home and see mum. I come home every day, and I make sure I do. "How are you feeling? I heard you were sick," she looks at me and stands up.

"Tell me Sofie told you that gossip, she can't even keep that to herself," she said while sounding angry. Why is she this way? I am concerned about her. "Mum, even a small headache concerns me, you remember when you ass....." she turns around angrily and points a finger at my face. It was my turn to keep quiet. I don't want to start the anger issues now, her blood pressure is going to kill her.

I walk to her and hold her by the shoulders. She doesn't need to be mad. She walks with me to the house and steps into the kitchen. Sofie was awake but sitting on the dining table with his laptop covering her face, she didn't see me walk in.