“That’s good to hear”. She uttered again with a little smile appearing on her face as well.
Dylan and Cora were so happy to see that the awkward stares coming from their mum had stopped. And they were sure of one thing, their mum would be so cool to Ryan.
She wouldn’t display trashy attitudes toward him, she was going to treat him well. And she was already doing so, look at the way she was conversing with him.
This wasn’t even because he was Ryan Howell or something. She was a cool woman with a good personality like her kids, so she was welcoming to those who behaved themselves…
“So, how are you doing?”. She uttered to Ryan again, glancing at him.
“I’m doing great”. Ryan responded.
“It was so thoughtful of you to visit your friend’s home today, that is what friends do. Calling each other friends without knowing each other’s abode is somehow”.
“I’m fully aware of that, that’s the reason why I came today”.
“So, does he know where your own abode is situated? You know, a lot of people know your family and some things about them. Some know where you guys’ house is situated, while some don’t, we are among the people that don’t know where you guys’ house is situated,
Does your friend Dylan know? Has he visited your home just as you visited his today?”. Their mum’s voice resounded again.
“It’s part of the plan, we’ve already talked about it. He’d be visiting my home soon now that I’ve visited his”. Ryan said.
“That’s nice, that’s how it’s supposed to be done”.
Silence ensued after those words flowed out of her mouth. Everyone was just standing at their different spots, Dylan and Cora were also standing on theirs, and they’d been watching their mum converse with Ryan all this while.
She was the one that broke that silence after the passing of a few seconds by saying,
“Did they serve you anything to drink or to eat?”.
It was after those words flowed out of her mouth that she saw the plate of meats on the table, and the bottle of drink close to it, along with the cup.
“Oh, they’ve done a great job in that aspect”. Ryan stated.
“I can see that, they gave you both something to eat and something to drink”.
And after she was done making that utterance, she glanced at Dylan and Cora and said to them,
“Good job guys”.
A little smile only appeared on their faces. Then she focused her gaze back on Ryan before saying to him,
“It was nice seeing you here”.
Ryan bowed his head a little with a bit of smile on his face after she said that. Then she focused her gaze back on her children before saying,
“I just came home to drop that sack bag, there are some really important things there, I can’t afford to let anything happen to them. I’d be leaving again, but I’d be back soon”.
“Okay mum”. Dylan and Cora uttered in unison.
And with that, she walked into the room where Cora kept the sack bag. And after a few seconds of entering there, she was out again and was even walking out of the house already.
The moment she reached where Ryan was standing, she said the same thing to him again,
“Once again, it was nice seeing you here”.
..And after those words flowed out of her mouth, she walked out of the house completely.
Ryan sat back on the couch he stood up from after she walked out, then Dylan and Cora walked back to the couches they were sitting on before and balanced on them.
“I like you guys mum”. Ryan said after sitting on the couch, the statement was directed to both Dylan and Cora.
“You would like her of course, she’s a good soul. We both love her as well”. Cora stated.
“I better finish off these meats and drink you guys served me”. Ryan’s voice resounded again before he began eating the meats and gulping down the drink.
******
Ryan had finished eating the meats by now, and he’d also emptied the bottle of drink as well. And right now, he was already heading home, and Dylan was escorting him.
Dylan planned on escorting him to a particular place before he’d turn around and begin heading back home. The both of them were walking on the road right now, and the sky was already darkening little by little.
It hadn’t gotten to evening yet, but it was getting very close to complete evening…
The both of them weren’t walking in silence, they were conversing while walking.
“So, what do you think about my family?”. Dylan inquired of Ryan as they were walking.
“They are nice people, I liked both your mum and your sister”. Ryan responded to Dylan’s question.
“It was just as I told you, they’d welcome you. And you saw it for yourself, how my sister treated you, and how my mum treated you as well with the little time you spent conversing with her,
That’s the reason why you ended up liking the both of them”.
“Yeah, I’ve confirmed everything you said”.
There was silence for some seconds after Ryan made that statement, then Dylan’s voice resounded again breaking the silence,
“Remember I told you there’s no way we’d meet my dad at home. But as for my mum, there was a very slight possibility of meeting her at home. And meeting her at home doesn’t mean she was done with her business or something,
Maybe she came to eat, or maybe there was another reason why she was at home. Didn’t you confirm everything I told you was true?”.
Ryan nodded his head a little before saying, “I confirmed everything”.
“We didn’t meet my dad at home, and he never came home during the time you were around. But my mum came home, and you met her, but did she stay? No, she only came to drop something important,
She left after dropping what she wanted to…that is how busy my parents are”. Dylan’s voice resounded again.
All Ryan did was to nod his head again as they were still walking. Silence ensued for some seconds again before Dylan broke the silence,
“So, when would I be coming to visit your home?”.
“Very soon, who knows, it might happen tomorrow”. Ryan responded.
“I wish it could happen tomorrow, I want to see the mansion you’re living in”.
Ryan chuckled a little after Dylan made that statement, then he uttered,
“Since you want it to happen tomorrow, then I’m going to try my very best for it to happen tomorrow”.
A wide grin appeared on Dylan’s face the moment Ryan made that statement, then his voice resounded,
“Seriously?”.
“Yeah”.
“Thanks man”.
“Come on, it’s nothing. I visited your home today, and you guys treated me like a proper guest. I should do the same to you as well”.
Dylan didn’t say anything else, but that wide grin was still plastered on his face. The both of them kept on walking until they reached a particular spot before Dylan said to Ryan,
“I think I’d stop here, I’m done escorting you. You can cover up the remaining journey to your house yourself”.
“Thanks for escorting me, man, and thanks for the meats and drink you served me”. Ryan uttered to Dylan shaking hands with him.
“It’s nothing”.
After they were done shaking each other’s hands, Dylan turned around and began heading back home, and Ryan continued journeying toward his home…
******
Ryan got to visit his friend’s house, which was Dylan, and he was treated like a proper guest. They served him lots of delicious meats and a nice drink to back it up…he enjoyed himself to the very brim.
He never forgot this, even during the time he was lying on his bed in the night until he dozed off.
After waking up from sleep the next day and had taken his bath, brushed his teeth, and dressed up, he headed straight to the servants to tell them something.
Reaching the servants one after the other and gathering them, he told them that a very good friend of his, in fact, the only friend he had at school right now, would be visiting today.
And he wanted them to prepare lots of delicacies for him. Apart from that, he wanted them to decorate the dining room to an extent since it was the dining room his friend would be making use of to eat.
He wanted them to put lots of focus on the chairs and the table, he wanted them to be decorated properly…
“I want to make my friend feel special when he comes today, can you guys help me achieve this?”. Ryan stated glancing at all the servants.
They didn’t say anything, they only nodded their heads meaning ‘Yes’, Sofia included. Then Ryan thanked them before walking away.
After the Howell family was done eating breakfast, Ryan told his mum what he planned on doing today. He also told her what he instructed the servants to do.
..And his mum was in agreement with it, she wasn’t angry or anything.