HOW I MET MY CHEATING GIRLFRIEND

Episode 12

"Good morning honey?" Sweeney began the phone conversation.

"Good morning to you sweetheart. How was your night?" I responded. Sweeney had a very soft voice that was romantic. Her voice alone could make someone fall in love with her.

"It was cool dear. How was yours?"

"Mine was perfect. In fact, every time I was just thinking of you being here with me."

"Hahaa, sure?"

"Yes, very sure darling...hope you're preparing to come..."

"By the way, that's the reason as to why have called you this morning." She said when she cut my statement short.

"Wonderful!"

"Am sorry I might not come..."

"Why? I knew you didn't want to come." I couldn't wait for her to finish that statement. I began to get angry.

"Please come down. I haven't finished my statement and you've begun to talk badly. What are your thoughts, Oscar?"

"Am sorry. It's only that I started to become much upset."

"I wanted to tell you that I might not come at 10am the way I said last night. I'll now come at 8.30am, immediately after my dad leaves for his meeting."

I was too fast to question her. I never knew that was the information she wanted to deliver. She told me it seemed I was not taking her seriously. Before she could hang up the call, I made a lot of apologies. Interestingly, Sweeney never holds grudges on me. She immediately forgave me.

I woke up and rushed to our house to inform mom about the changes. I found her preparing chapati. On top of the other table, was a sufuria well enclosed. From it, a sweet aroma was coming out. It was a fried chicken. My mom might have woken up very early. "Good morning mom?" I greeted her. "Morning my son. How are you this morning?" She asked. I was looking very confused. I thought I could find her still in her slumber and interfere with her sleeping. To my surprise, she had already begun to prepare meals for us, specially for Sweeney.

"Mom, your daughter-in-law will be coming at 8.30am. She just called me this morning to inform me of that. I thought it was nice to come and alert you as well."

"You need not to worry, Oscar. You can see your mom had already started the preparations. Everything is ready and your younger brother Peter is also working on the sitting room."

"Thank you mom. What should I do now?" I asked.

"No, I just need you to take a shower. But before that, have you cleaned your room?"

"Not yet mom."

"Why? You'll have to take her to your room as well. Let her see where you lives. Please go and clean it, thoroughly! I'll even come to check." She ordered.

I left the kitchen. Entering the sitting room, at the main door step was the colourful carpet with a writing "WELCOME HOME". The room was tiled. We had butterfly chairs, black in colour, which were wonderfully spread. The dinning room was well arranged just awaiting for two things; food and the guest. Already, there was a flask with tea, chapati, fried eggs and a bread. I proceeded to my room for its clean-up.

I mopped the floors, and cleaned some parts of the walls that had some black stains. I spread my bed neatly, with a blue bedsheet, pillows placed well and my brown duvet placed on the far end of the bed. My dirty clothes got themselves below the bed. I had never welcomed any lady in our house nor mine. My mom too never did the same, since I was her first born. This was actually going to be her first time. We were both nervous. Peter, my brother who was in form four by then, was also waiting to see my girlfriend.