Chapter 3 The Yeras

'Is it so difficult to understand that walking through the stairs can take time? They wouldn't dare use the elevator that was made for the owners' the maid thought to herself feeling offended Back in the room Ikiris had already stopped crying when he saw the colourful fruits, Dami was glad and decided to dish out some for him

"here you go" she said while handing him a plate and fork, few seconds later the maid from earlier walked back in with Bali placed her on the bed and left hurriedly she did not want to make room for more complaints Dami who noticed this just scoffed and rolled her eyes then dished out some fruits for Bali "here you go Bali" Bali excitedly takes the fruits in the plate

"yum yum yum" she says sweetly causing both Dami and Ikiris to laugh Dami felt happier seeing this she really love staying together with her siblings and hoped her mother will come back home sooner than later.

It was afternoon already and mum wasn't still back, Dami really had a tough time coaxing Ikiris thankfully he stopped crying when the maid brought the fruits, later on a BMW M5 with the plate number 4444 drove in through the mansion gates, and Malik alighted from the car and strode into the Mansion

"where are the children?" he asked the butler who welcomed him at the front door

"they are in the play room Master Yera" the butler answered respectfully

"call them out for me" Malik said a little hurriedly

"hope all is well Master Yera" the butler asked sensing the worries in Malik's eyes

"yes, Justin asked me to bring them over to play with the other kids since they are new to this place and they might be bored" Malik said, he really did not like talking much but he had to explain because the butler was kind of the kids guardian since their parents were not home at the moment.

"I'll go get them right away, please make yourself comfortable while I send for them" the butler replied happily, it would be nice for the children to go out and have fun since that was what they stayed back for Malik was really deep in thoughts when a maid walked up to him and placed a little refreshment in front of him but he did not notice this if not he would have rejected it since he was in a hurry.

A few minutes later a little noise pulled him out of his thoughts and he saw the three kids walking towards the living room

"Good day to you uncle Malik" they all said together

''Come to uncle and give him a hug" Malik opened his arms waiting for his hug but only Bali goes ahead to hug him, the rest of the two just bows a little, he carried her up playfully causing her to laugh cheekily

"uncle mawuk again again" he smiled at her then turned his attention to the two other kids

"how would you all like to spend the rest of your day in my mansion hmm?" Malik asks the kids enthusiastically only for Dami to say

"you don't have to worry about us being bored mother will soon be back"

Ikiris also added "yeah Mama will soon be back and we are not bored" he had not really accepted to go back there after he almost hit his head badly the other day, he resented Ceda a little, that kid was really troublesome so he would prefer to stay in his own space than go there who knows what Ceda might do again

Malik was already out of ideas to make them follow him till he remembered a very helpful fact which made him relieved, he faced Bali "how would you love to ride in uncle mawuks car back to his mansion to see Jada it's been a while see you last saw each other" he hoped this would be more convincing,

Bali blinked her eyes as if trying to digest his words then replied "yeah yeah jada jada" Bali replied excitedly

"you want to see jada yeah?" Bali nodded a yes happily and he replied "okay" Malik already made a move to go out then turned to the other two kids "do you have anything to pick up?" seeing their little sister excited to go they decided to compromise and go with them at least till their mother comes to get them.

(The Yeras Mansion)

Back in the Yeras mansion

The maids and other workers were busy around the house and Mara who always looks through the window every time a car drives in to check if her dad has returned saw Malik's car drive in through the mansion gates making her very excited she ran downstairs before her daddy's car arrived at the front door

"dada dada" Mara calls out excitedly she waited at the front door patiently till her father's car arrived at the front door but seeing her dad come out of the car carrying a little girl made her sad because her dada always catches her excited jump whenever he returns but today he couldn't catch her.

Malik noticed his daughter's sad face and knew why she was sad but he really had no time to pet her cause he was in a hurry so he pet her head and led her back into the house with Ikiris and Dami following suit

"prepare Lunch and Serve" he ordered one of the maids while putting Bali down on the sofa then called out to Nema who was just coming down the stairs

"welcome back love" she kissed him on the Lip

"am not completely back I'll still head out love, take care of the Kids" he replied with a little hurry

Nema noticed the worried look in his eyes but decided to oblige first of all seeing that he was in a hurry she will have later tonight to find out the issue because she felt uneasy

"take care of yourself I’ll explain later" he says a little hurriedly and kisses her forehead and heads back into the car at the front door forgetting to hold or even kiss Mara goodbye.

Dami and Ikiris joined Bali on the sofa and Nema welcomed them "don't worry you'll have fun here okay?" She tried to sound welcoming sometimes she doesn't know how to appease other children cause she doesn't know their behaviours then she continued "I'll go get the others downstairs so you all can go to the play room together" the kids just nods their head and Bali just kept playing with the pillows she sighed and went ahead to call her children

Mara watched her dada's car drive off and pouted with a new thought in her head thinking 'dada Don like Mara animur'. Nema saw her sulking daughter near the front door and carried her up

"Mara you should learn to be considerate with dada okay? Dada really has a lot of work and he still loves you he just can't accompany you every time my baby" she tried to explain to the little Mara better not knowing if she understands what she just finished saying but Mara just blinks her eyes and nods a yes

"then let me kiss you instead of daddy hmmm" Nema then places lots of kisses all over her face playfully making Mara to laugh loudly.

"Madam Yera the lunch is served in the dining hall" the maid informed Nema who carried Mara and led the Seven children to the hall, Bali sat in-between Jada and Freda who sat at the left side of her mother who sat on the chair at the head of the table opposite Mara who sat at the other end because she wants to be close to daddy since he was not present at the table, Ceda sat at the other right side of their mother then Dami sat in-between him and Ikiris.

Launch was served with different dishes not excessive but appetising both to the eyes, nose and mouth, Dami did not feel really comfortable eating without her mother so she did not eat much and Bali who was accustomed to either daddy or mummy feeding her just kept staring at the food on her plate. Nema noticed this but did not know if the food wasn't to her taste or if she wasn't just hungry so she had to ask Dami

"Dami dear why does Bali not eat her food, does she not eat such dishes?"

"Aunty Nema, Bali prefers mummy or daddy feeding her that's why" Dami answers her back respectfully

"ohh so she is playing her last born roles so diligently" Nema replied with a chuckle before stretching out her hands to lift Bali up, after Bali had been fed to her fill she slept off.

A while later in the evening the mansion phone rang, "someone get the phone quickly" Nema sounded a little irritated with the slowness of the maids sometimes, the phone sound might wake Bali up.

"The Yeras mansion" one of the maids picked the call up and said

"I want to speak with Nema this is Justin Gowa" the caller said

"Right away Master Gowa" the maid replies while heading to give Madam Nema the phone .

"Nema" the caller said