prologue

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Sitted in her parlour thé woman probably in her early 40s scroll through her phone.

"Mummy!"thé voice yell making her to look up abruptly.

"Khair, whats all thé shouting about now."She ask thé teenage girl who is standing by thé kitchen door with a spatula in her hand.

"Mummy ya safwan is flickering my ear."khair say with a pout.

"I am not thé one its sufyan,
Did you see me near you in that kitchen."safwan say coming out of the kitchen.

"You are thé one."khair say and he roll his eyes.

"I was not thé one either, i was cutting thé vegetables i dont understand what she is talking about."sufyan yell from the kitchen.

"Why are you two behaving like this, safwan!."She call and thé boy laugh.

"Safwan!
mummy is calling you."he yell into thé kitchen.

"Safwan, i am not joking with you."thé woman say frustratedly looking carefully at thé boy but he run back to thé kitchen.

She sigh and massage her forehead.

Hajiya nabilah umar is thé wife of alhaji umar yabo they Have 4 children all male, imran,marwan and her twin boys safwan and sufyan.

Thé parlour door open and her first son imran come in.

"Mummy "yunwa" .he say and sit next to his mum touching his tummy.

"Food is not ready yet, i dont understand why whenever safwan and sufyan are suppose to cook in this house we've to eat late."She say and imran sigh.

"Mummy please employ house maid, how can we be cooking at this age, i feel embarass wlh, dont worry about thé bills we will pay."imran grumble and his mum glare at him.

"No house help in my house,if you are tired of cooking you should marry, nobody is forcing you to stay here but in as much you are staying under my roof then "my house my rules".She say sternly, imran sigh and join his brothers in thé kitchen.

"Hey bro."safwan say once his elder brother enter thé kitchen.

"Ya how far, you guys still cooking,
Hah khair what is this one you are preparing looking so serious handling thé spatula. "imran say looking at thé pot strangely as his brothers laugh.

"That she is preparing potatoes and plantain porridge."thé twins say in unison and laugh.

"Toh meye kuma nake gani kamar hannayen bera a cikin tukunyan (what am i seeing like rat hands inside thé pot)."imran say looking deep inside thé pot weirdly.

"Dont worry ya imran,its shrimp,fish,meat, intestines, and crab."khair say stirring thé food with a smile on her face.

"Crab kuma all inside thé food?
Toh weldone."imran say and turn to face his brothers who are laughing.

"Uhmm please where is thé regular food, i dont want this VVIP dishe its too fancy for me."he say to his brothers laughing.

Thé twins look at each other and laugh.

"Well, khair here offer to help us soo its this VVIP  Food that everyone is eating today."safwan say and imran look at them baffle.

"You two are unbelievable!."imran say and head to thé freezer to check for any leftover, he dont want to deal with his brothers they do just give him migraine sometimes he wonder how they make it through thé NDA.

Yes his junior brothers are military officers but they look better as comedians to him, thé thought of them handling guns make him want to purk.

Once thé food is done thé twins arrange thé dinning table whispering to each other and chuckling.

"Mummy thé food is set."sufyan say with a big smile on his face.

"Ok i will be right there."She say.

Imran sit at thé left site of the dinning eating thé left over Rice and stew he microwave, facing his brothers who khair sit between them.

"Ya imran are you not eating thé porridge?"khair ask dishing thé food as imran nod.

"No thank you.
Maybe later i have been craving Rice and stew for a while."imran say and khair nod.

"Ok i kept some for ya marwan maybe you two can share."khair say and imran nod.

Hajiya nabilah walk to thé dinning table looking at thé weird food all dish on thé plates, she sit beside imran who is busy eating his food.

"Who prépare this food?"she ask and khair smile.

"Mummy,
I cooked it, taste it ya safwan say its wonderful."khair say with a smile and hajiya nabila look at her two sons who are too busy whispering to each other to notice her.

She take a deep breathe before picking her spoon,she look at thé food trying to know what actually is it but give up after féw minute, she take a spoonful of the so-called porridge and put it in her mouth, she try her best not to throw up and swallow the sugary, bitter,sour and tasteless food down her throat.

"How is it?"khair ask with a smile.

"Who ask you to cooked thé food?"hajiya nabilah ask her niece.

"Ya safwan."khair say pointing at sufyan as she look at thé identical twins confuse.

"Mummy i am not thé one its sufyan idea wlh."sufyan say pointing at safwan.

"Mummy i am not........

"Safwan!"She yell.

"Yes mummy."thé twins answer in unison and there mother look at them with a sigh, even she find it difficult to identify thé two, to make things worst they always wear thesame clothes, keep thesame stupid hairstyle and try to do everything similar,its frustrating most especially when they try to answer each other name.

"Why are you two behaving like todlers, you two are 25yrs old not 5, how old is khair that you are allowing her to prépare thé food, your dad will soon be home i dont know how you two are going to do it but i want egusi soup and pounded yam prepare before my husband comes back."She say and leave thé dinning table.

Thé twins burst into laughter as khair glare at them muttering how much she hâte them as they tease her about how awful her food taste,making thé 15years old girl storm out of the dinning table crying.

Hulala soo here is thé prologue.
Thé first chapter will be coming soon insha Allah.

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