Chapter 4 Processing...

It was a silent drive home except for the sirens that were blaring really loud indicating that vips were on the move.

Kaila was fast asleep on her granny's lap while khalid leaned on the window staring at the lights of the city, although he got a vintage view due to the tinted glass, he didn't mind, cause he really wasn't paying attention to the storeyed complexes he saw he simply needed to look busy else granny would be worried sick, although it bothered him a bit, he understood it was out of care and love she worried for them, he missed his mom deeply and wondered why she divorced their dad now, he was scared of asking cause he knows how much everybody loves her and would miss her greatly.

"adult life really is complicated" he said in a sarcastic tone with a smug. He turned to see gran gran dozing off, he lifted her arm and smuggled into the cuddle, all he wants now is this love he feels right here, with a smile on his face he shut his eyes to inhale his granny's scent.

In the other car sat Daemon, Kira and Wolfe. All three sat in silence, silence as loud as hearing each other's heart beats, each lost in thought. Kira feels sorry for her brother, she knows how deep he loves his wife...ex wife...now, she sighed at the thought of it, she had a good relationship with Pearl up to this point especially on personal matters, they share good secrets and healthy moments together, she knew how in love she and Daemon were, she loved their relationship and even opted for her brother to marry Pearl, Pearl was one of the best thing that happened to their family, her high spirit can turn an atmosphere of gloom into the brightest bloom, her smile, style and aura lured people to her, even Kira learned a lot from her, Pearl never mentioned anything divorce related to her so she wondered why, of all things she imagined would happen to the marriage, this was least. She exhaled deeply as she came to the realization that there's more than meets the eye when it comes to people's personal lives, as much as she knows Pearl and Daemon, she cannot completely speak for either party. She simply hoped things would get brighter from her. Wolfe stared at his mom when he noticed how deep in thought she was, he realized at once what troubles her. "Pearl" the invisible elephant in the room, although he hasn't been home in almost forever he'd heard a lot about Pearl and had seen her on few occasions, at the wedding, baby showers, baby christening and other celebratory events. He remembers her charming smiles and cheerful spirit, she was a personification of positive vibe and energy, he loved her the moment he encountered her, she's a sweet soul who gives life and light to everything and everyone she encounters, all he can do at the moment is be supportive to his loved ones, especially his cousins cause they need him and he's more than willing to be everything they want him to be. He pat his mom's hand gently and brought her out of her thought ocean, she smiled lightly and kissed his forehead.

"I think i'm getting too old for this" he said jokingly. "Getting too old for your momma or her healing kisses?" She chuckled. "Ma?" Replied Wolfe playfully "I love you ma".

"Love you son".

"Real glad i have kids, you both would make a barren depressed" trailed Daemon's voice from the rear seat jokingly.

"Glad you ain't one yourself" replied Kira "you okay?" She asked with a note of concern in her tone.

"Yeah...or maybe not...it's a lot to process" sighed Daemon with a sad and worried tone. "Here" she extended her hand to him and squeezed his gently as soon as both hands touched.

"you're strong and you have a couple of strong souls around. That, makes you even stronger, we will get through this together. You've done a great job so far keeping it together, i trust you'll get better as time progresses. I love you, mom loves you, khalid and keila loves you, wolfe does the same and dad, even though in coma doesn't differ. You are in great hands. Come here" she locked him in a tight embrace.

"Sometimes i forget who's older" Came Daemon's voice in a fumbled but fondly tone.

"Yikes! That doesn't apply to the kingston siblings" responded kira, "i love you buu"

"Love you bun"

"Aww so much love, i'm gonna cry" Wolfe said in a playful tone. They laughed at his joke and progresses to talking about familiar and unfamiliar happenings. The car pulled up at the Kingston's residence, the villa is an artistic perfection, it was designed in the medieval age and graduated preceding era's renovation and touches, its design tells of different era and transformation, it could opt for a museum any day, anytime. It's been standing for ages and it's built in such a way that expansions and reductions can be made within the walls without altering its foundation, each generation leave it's touch and style making the villa more historical, homely and breathtaking. The walls and doors function with a puzzle like mechanism of the primeval era and that of ancient Egypt, there are tunnels that links to every room, passage ways between walls, emergency exits at every turn only visible to residents, it has indoor pools like that of the Roman and Arabian palaces, outlet attachments that gives it a different exterior view from what you see inside. The first Kingston was an architect and explorer, travelling was his favourite hobby, he travelled nearly one third of the world and finally settled when he was in his fifties. Because of his desire for adventure, he designed his dream home in patterns he'd seen on his travels, from the pyramids to the statues, to the sand dunes, to the bamboo works, to the castles, to the theatres and a lot more, although magnificent, the design was passed on for generations and at some point lost, until Kingston the XX swore to bring his great ancestor's dream to reality, a few changes were made to the original blue print and work commenced. It took two generations to build the first villa, when it was completed it was mistaken for one of the wonders of the world untill the Kingstons made it clear that it was their home, a lot of battles were fought cause at some point, far away rulers heard of the magnifique Kingston villa and desired it to be theirs thus bringing strife and quarrels, even the ruler of the land envied it. Kingston villa is a lot of story and history per brick and process. The cars drove in and parked at the front of a two layer gate, the occupants alighted and walked towards the second layer into the mansion...

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