the love that i give

Protection

Dinner was now served and we all sat at the table, "sunshine would you like to say Our Lord's Prayer for the meal?" I asked Javon and he nodded.

After praying we started eating and there was discussion here and there. "Tanisha, do you have any plans for your 17th birthday?" I asked her,

"nothing much really, I just want to spend it with my loved ones, and I had a big party for my 16th birthday so no hassle" she said and I smiled, "I have an idea, why don't you invite the people you wanna spend it with and we can go on a yatch, like a mini yatch party" I said and she opened her eyes,

"That never crossed my mind actually. That's a very brilliant idea, but I don't particularly know about any of these things" Tanisha said again smiling, "leave that to me, i'll organise everything for you. Actually my dad and brother owns a yatch so we don't have to worry about much, we just have to make sure to book it on time" I said and she widened her eyes,

"really?" she asked in shock, "mhm, the first time I got on it was when my best friends and I won our first volley ball match and my parents decided to celebrate it, I think I was 16, pretty exciting" I said smiling and she smiled too,

"how many people can I invite?" she asked, "as much as you want sweetie, leave everything to me" I said, "thank you so so much Lyssa" she said smiling widely and I nodded, "I'm really thankful for you. if it was Derrick, he would only come up with stupid ideas" Tanisha said, " do you wanna be grounded?" Derrick asked making aunty and I laugh,

"Mum stopped grounding me, you can't do it too" Tanisha said in a mocking tone, "young lady just because I stopped doesn't mean your brother can't, but Derrick let the girl be come on" aunty said making Tanisha chuckle.

"so Elyssa, what do your parents do" aunty asked smiling, "my dad is a businness man, owns import and export companies, owns a web game developing company and a few little businesses here and there, like a swimming hall, for athletes and a sports hall with different variants of sports, and my mum is an accountant, a manager of the bank she works at and she owns a mall and a pedicure, manicure and massuesse shop, oh and the cooking center, she's a chef on her free days" I finally finished chuckling,

"wow, is that where you learned cooking?" she asked again and I nodded, "Elyssa, your parents raised you well and right. Even though you come fom all this wealth, you are still so humble, you are indeed a keeper" Aunty said making me smile and blush a little

"thank you for your compliments aunty, but you see that wealth, comes from my parents, its something they worked hard for, I'm just lucky to be benefitting from it, and I'm indeed thankful the way they raised me and I'm planning on raising this little man here too" I said and aunty smiled widely,

"you will definitely raise him right" she said, "won't you ask me what I do?" aunty asked making me pause with the food I was about to put in my mouth, "Isn't it disrespectful?" I asked and aunty could only smile and shake her head,

"I'm an accountant as well" she said making me opening my eyes in shock, "really?" I asked and she nodded, "wow" was all I could say, "I should definitely meet with your mum sometime, Derrick and the boys told me how lovely your parents are and Derrick won't stop talking about your dad" Aunty said and I could only laugh while Ricky scratched his head, "ma come on" he said making us laugh,

"they will be here for the christmas holidays, hopefully we all will be together" I said, "where would they stay?" aunty asked, "Vanessas parents own guests houses here(AirBnB), so my parents always rent one when they come here" I said and she nodded,

"or, they could spend time here too" Aunty said looking into her plate. I turned and looked at Derrick and he was already looking at me, "mum will be sure excited to meet Ricky's mum" I said and aunty smiled.