It was just a few days until the holidays came to an end. Mister Leonards was getting ready to send his children back to school.
He gave his wife some money to shop for their children's upkeep just so that they will be comfortable at school.
On Friday, Eureal's mother went along with her children to shop for their upkeep.
They went to one of the biggest supermarkets in town to get the things that they needed.
"Mom….I prefer flakes and chocolate biscuits to cheese balls and please, don't forget to add banana chips to my collections," Sonia said, scrolling through the list she had in her cell phone to ensure that she wrote everything that she needed.
"Mom…. please, remember to pick a bottle of peanuts for me, okay?" Eureal also requested from her right hand side as they walked through to get a cart for their shopping.
"Alright, all of you. We'll get all of your needs provided that the money we have is enough," responded Mrs Alexandria, smiling.
They picked the cart and went round the supermarket to pick the things that they needed.
When they finished picking the things that they needed, they left for the cashier's table to make their payment.
"Good afternoon ma'am!" Greeted the young lady behind the bar.
Eureal at the same time was bringing out all the items that they had picked from the cart.
"Your card ma'am." She added and then stretched forth her hands to get the card from Mrs Alexandria who was already handing her over her credit card.
"One, two, three, four……..," she counted the items, noted them and then made some mechanical calculations and then, slotted in the credit card in their debit machine to debit the money.
Few minutes later, they were in the car, getting ready to go home.
"Make sure that you all are putting on your seatbelts," she instructed, turning to her left side to check if Sonia had done that.
They drove off immediately for home after They had worn their seatbelts. They made other necessary arrangements regarding school preparations.
Washing was not left out. Eureal had put in some of his dirty linens in the washing machine when Sonia came around the washing area with her dirty stuff to wash, too.
Seeing that his brother was already using the washing machine, she could not help but to wait until he was done washing.
After standing by and waiting for a while, she had another thought of going to do other things. "Hey man, alert me when you're done with your clothes," she said while scrolling through the chats in her cell phone. She left for her room.
When Eureal was done with his dirty linens, he made Sonia know and after that, Sonia went over to do her own washing.
They all washed, dried and ironed the ones that they could at that moment and got other things ready before the night fell.
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"Dad is back," said Eureal to Sonia who was busy singing along with one of her favorite musical artists with air pods in her ears as she listened to the track.
At first, she didn't hear what he said clearly but not until, he drew nigh and removed the air pods from her ears.
"What's the problem, Eureal?" She asked, frowning a bit as she felt interrupted by his actions.
"I said, dad is back," looking at her and smiling this time.
"Oh…alright. I will be in the parlour soon," she said, wearing her slippers while Eureal left for the sitting room.
There they were watching the program on the television when Mister Leonards came in with his wife and they all processed to the dining table to have dinner.
After the dinner, the children were advised to study harder when they get back to school.
"Especially you that is in your final year," Mister Leonards said looking at Eureal who was listening with keen attention.
"Once you graduate with a very nice grade, I have a job for you in my office.
This is because we have decided to employ two fresh graduates with nice grades in our organization this year. So, if you do really well, you will be one of the employees, he continued….
"So, that means, you will be topping up your games in your place of study, '' he concluded, adjusting his glasses.
Their mother also talked good morals into them before they retired for the night.
Early in the morning the next day, Mr. Nelson was already waiting downstairs to drive Sonia and her mother to the airport so that they wouldn't miss their flight.
Mr. Nelson was their mother's driver.
They all matched downstairs to bid them goodbye as they were about to part again.
Left for Sonia, it was not really a good moment but because they're departing for good, she just had to adapt to the changes. She was going to miss dad and Eureal badly again, she was also going to miss the beautiful moments they had together again.
It's the same with their mother. Infact, for everyone at the moment, they could not help but to accept it the way it is because it's all just for good.
After a little while of silence, Mr Leonards decided to break the silence.
"Alright, everyone…., We will be fine. You guys should have a safe trip," he said smiling.
".....And you, Eureal, remember the deal," he concluded while adjusting to the other side of the car.
"Sure daddy," he responded, smiling.
Their mother, who was already seated, adjusting her seatbelt could not help but to kiss Sonia's cheeks before they drove off to the airport.