Chapter 4 4

" How far have you gone with your daughter" said the king ,

"My king ,God has taken control, after lot of persuasion, she finally agreed "said the queen.,

"I will use my influence to do the necessary things that we need to do "said the king .

"Alright my king ", when you finished with the arrangement, just let me know ,so that we can starts our own preparation "said the queen " my king i haven't seen Adebayo since he has come back from school ," said the queen""i saw him shortly before you enter the living room' said the king "Adeola call one of the palace made for me" ordered the king "Ashake " Adeola calling the maid "yes my princess" said the maid i" told you in particular, anytime that the prince wanted to go out you and Atanda should follow him, i don't want him to go out alone " .

" I saw him going out and i called Atanda that the prince is going out , and i called the driver , i told him, my prince , the car is ready , he said , his not going far , alright, no problem " as he was going,,we followed him , and he said that we should go back that he doesn't want anybody to follow him, ".said the guard

" As the king is about to be furious at the maid and the guard ,

then the prince entered,! " greetings to everyone the queen question him , " where are you coming from ?" Asked the queen , mother ,"am coming from my friends and classmates" says Adebayo" and why is everyone gathered here like this " Adebayo asks .

" Ashake and Atanda , go back to your duty post " , said the king .

" Adebayo tell me more about them, Adebayo , now , tell me , who are this your friends ? , asked the king,

"Father , i don't want to talk much about my friends, i will invite all of them whenever it pleases me " . Said prince Adebayo .

"Alright , how many are they ?" the king asked ,

" Three friends ", Adebayo answered .

" Are they all boys or girls? " the king asked ,

" My friends are two boys and one girl " , Adebayo answered " Alright my son , when do you intend to invite them " asked the king " father maybe i will invite them on my birthday" father how do you see to that ?" ," Alright, your ordain is near, i will give you the date , so that you can invite your friends" "ordain Adebayo said ,, what is that ?"Adebayo asked , , that day you will be crowned as a prince" said the king ",okay , so i will become a crowned prince, asked Adebayo? ",yes my son " the kig answered "now i understand, but father when" asked Adebayo , i will have to meet with the the inner cabinet and council of elders , then afer that i will let you know ,then we will announce to the public "..

After the discussion between father and son , then the mother entered as the queen entere and sat down, then the maid came in and said that the food is ready ,

They entered the dinning room and the maid serve them the food ,as they were eaten ,Adebimpe said , " " father have you make an arrangement " ,.

"Which arrangement "? the king asked ,

" About my admission ", Adebimpe asked, .

" yes i have spoken with my friend, you and your mother will go and meet ihim for the registration and some other necessary things.", thank you my daughter for honouring me and accept my offer, may God honour you ", said the king and he also prayed for his daughter .

"Adeola which course do you intend to do at the university ?", the king asked

" father i want to become a medical doctor, said Adeola" the king was furious at Adeola ,, and the king said that" it can't work ", how can you be a doctor while you are suppose to be a lawyer ,have you forgotten that you are from the royal house, and every members of the royal house has a duty to perform ? , you ca not become a medical doctor , prepare yourself to become a lawyer and that is final " .

" father am not ready to become a lawyer i know what i want and i have my reason for it , and my reason is best known to me , and nobody can change my mind ", said Adeola ,

" Adeola stop all what you are saying , don't talk to your father in a rude way , it's not good for a child of your age to behave mannerless, stand up and say sorry to your father ,ask for him to forgive you" said the queen . ," Adeola stood up and said , father i am sorry , pardon , and forgive me my king "says Adeola

!!The king was perplexed by all what Adeola said, he stood up gently and headed to his chamber, and the queen also told the children to go to their rooms she followed the king to his chambe where king is tthinking about the behaviour of all his children ,the queen console him , and promised to talk to her maybe she will have change of mind " then she let alone the king and go to her chamber ,where she retired to her bed and slept..

Adebimpe couldn't sleep because of what her mother told her about the another wife, the step brother and sister, Adebayo is just in his room reading his book ,because he is having test on Monday, while Adeola keep day dreaming about her future status and her future family. she is going to have .All the maids and the guard were in the compound gossiping about everything that happened in the royal house ,and the driver join them later said how tired he wae in the afternoon , the guard at the gate close the gate and join the gossips,.later all the maids left for their rooms one after another , remain all the palace guard outside, not too long all of them slept, .

In the morning queen woke up and she headed to king's chamber ,

" my king good morning , how was your night ? did you sleep well ? asked the queen ,

" Good morning my queen ,how are you ?, has the children wakes up ?"asked the king .