'THE AUNT WHO CAME VISITING'
“Tell us the answer for crying out loud” Tom gestured at the game going on the TV
“Come on honey, it will be less fun if they just jump straight to tell us the answer” Celina said, “it’s more fun when there’s suspense” she added
“The answer will still come out anyways, so why would they stress minds by adding suspense”
“It’s the fun of it daddy” Marie said from the dining table
“And what my little doe doing in the living room, have you finished your homework?” Tom said turning in the direction of Marie
“Yes daddy, like 15minutes ago. You know I cannot miss watching this game, I need to be able to talk about it too when my friends are talking in school.”
“You little thing, come sit with mummy” Celina said
“Mum” Marie said as she sat down “will you still come for the parents meeting in school tomorrow or daddy will?”
“Daddy will be there for you baby” Tom said
“Yaaay” Marie exclaimed
“Why are you so happy that it’s your dad coming to your school?” Celina said, with a green-eye
“You know daddy has never come into my class before, Miss Monica has been asking about him ever since she saw him the day we resumed, when he came to drop me” she said
“And why exactly will your teacher be asking about your dad?” Celina says, but really concern this time.
“I don’t know,” Marie says “maybe she’s crushing on him” she added
“Since when did you know when someone is crushing on another?” Tom says, now sitting at the edge of the couch
“I’ll be 7 in a month dad, I know so much already. Besides I knew aunty Mirabel was crushing on uncle Paschal your friend, before they even started dating. And I was only 5 then, talk less of now that I’m almost 7.”
At this point Tom and Celina were speechless, and just stared at themselves
“Fine” Celina said finally “I’ll go there myself tomorrow and know why your teacher is always asking about my husband” she added
“Come on mum” Marie says “she only asked me thrice or thereabout. Besides, she crushes on almost all the fine fathers that come to pick their kids” she added
“How do you know all these things?” Tom says
“I see the way she looks at them dad. Anytime she crushes on a particular father, she treats the child very well until when the crush is over then she begin to treat them like other kids. Coco teaches me most of these things whenever I go to California for holiday. And it’s always fun teaching my classmates here. ” she added
“Which means your teacher has been treating you well isn’t it?” Celina said, totally ignoring what she said about coco. She knows that Coco’s aunt teaches her all these things and she in turn teach them to Marie whenever she’s there for holiday. Most times she asked herself how she got to be close to Yolanda, Coco’s aunt.
“Mhmm” Marie hummed, but with eyes glued on the screen, pretending not to pay attention on her parents
“Tom honey” Celina called out “I will go to that school tomorrow and see that woman. She should get a life instead of her prying on people husbands. And I will make sure I tell this to parents whose kids are in that class” she added
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CHRONICLE OF AN ADOPTED CHILD
Misterio / SuspensoSix year old Marie is adored by everybody in school and at home. She was born to a family that was without a child for five years. She came as a miracle to the entire family thus making her the most precious egg of the family. Her dad, Tom, is an a...
