LUKEN'S FAMILY VILLA:
Tamara's family house is not a massive mansion or one of the best in the city, but just a small villa with a spacious yard enough for the family and relatives, giving that they are a joint family
There is Aunt's, Uncle's, Nephews, Niece's, Brothers, Sisters, and Grandfather, Tamara's mother happens to be the first daughter -in- law of the Lukens's family, Elder Tyrone Luken Tamara's grandfather has two sons and one daughter, Tamara's father Mr. Moffat Lukens, is the eldest in them
Elder Tyrone is a man on his early seventies, he is a lazy man during his youth, and when he grows older, he become greedy for someone's hard work and wants to eat it alone, just like in the marriage of Logan and Tamara.
At this moment the Men of the house. Elder Tyrone, Mr. Moffat Tamara's father, Mr. Grier who is Mr. Moffat's younger brother and Tamara's Uncle, he is a man in his late forties, with two young children in their teens all male, and Mr. Newell, Mrs. Margie's husband, the only daughter of Elder Tyrone who is her mid early forties with three young kids, two daughters and one son, but all this Tamara is the eldest when it comes to females in the household, so the marriage fall on her,
The Elders sits around together in the garden, while drinking tea and biscuits since Logan and his parents with Carlos come over. there were laughter's when Marisa's car drive into the compound
The kids to Tamara's elder brother, plus that of her aunt Margie's only son run out on seeing them. her brother's kids are four to five years old, they come to welcome them, after alighting from the car, the young nieces and nephews come to greet the guest and also helps in taking the bags inside,
Tamara sees the jeep in the compound so she turns to the young cousin beside her to question, she is a girl on her teens, the last child of her Uncle, quit pretty like a doll
"Hey Alec, did the Noah's come over?''
she inquires
"Yes Sister Tamara, they are at the garden with Grandfather and the rest of family elders"
the girl answer, Tamara smile at her before her cousin takes the bags and leave them, Tamara's mood drops as she turn to the group with her and say
"It seems like we have to go to the garden, since my dear Fiancée is here"
her voice sarcastic, Marisa chuckles, while Laius looks towards the garden where the laughter is coming from, he is now eager to meet the fiancée Marisa talks about. And Tamara didn't disappoints since she leads the way to the garden,
It is just a small garden with few flowers and mango trees, and the group is sitting under the mango tree, while the elders talks, Logan and Carlos is sitting lazily on their Seats, their aura seems to be saying we have no other choice than to sit there and listen to the stories of the elders
Logan is looking quite causal than his usual serious and cold self, thanks to his mother, who made him put on a soft color shirt, that makes people feel warm and approachable and as the heaven's son, his dressing is always intact,
while Carlos is the opposite, he always has this charm even while sitting. he is wearing an orange inner polo and black leather jacket, with black jeans trouser, and a messy hair, he gives out the street vibe while sitting there with the soft sun shining at his direction as he press his phone without any care
Marisa's eyes fall on him when they walk in, she halts and stare at him for a while but Carlos didn't raise his head even when he heard the sound of footsteps coming
Tamara who has met Carlos before, understands her friend's reaction, so she pinch her, before she greets the people before them
"Greetings everyone!"
"Oh is Tamara! When did you all come in"
Elder Tyrone is the one who speaks first with smile
Tamara in the other hand went to Mrs. Rosita and hugs her same with Mr. Noah, Logan's father, a man on his early fifties, Logan took after him in looks. then Tamara answer her grandfather's words
"Just now grandpa. Alec told us you all are here"
"That is good, Yes, Chase my dear, come greet this old lady"
Tamara's mother Mrs. Nadia, she is a beautiful lady just like her daughter, but greedy like her father in-law,
when Logan and Carlos heard their names, they both looks up at once exchange looks and remember not make it obvious, they just check Chase up and down before bringing their heads down, after words Carlos opens their friends group chat and types
"Enemies are indeed meant to meet in cross road, guess who we just meet?''
after typing that he puts his phone away and listen to the elders as they welcome Chase warmly like a son.
Carlos snorts inwardly, meanwhile Marisa has being paying attention to him, so when he felts the gaze on him, he raise his head again and happens to meet Marisa's eyes, so he smile and greet with a nod, before Marisa could even respond, he already turn to Mrs. Rosita who touch his elbow to ask him something, Carlos just laughs hearing what Mrs. Rosita says and Marisa heart skip a beat
"Marisa why are you standing like a stranger here, there is sit beside Carlos, oh yes, he is Logan's best friend, Carlos, Carlos dear, she is Tamara's best friend Marisa and here is Marisa's brother, Chase, and here is Laius, his friend also"
Mr. Moffat introduced the boys, since Chase introduced Laius during Carlos time with his cell phone, Carlos smile and greets
"Nice Meeting you all, Carlos Baker is my name"
Chase come over and bring forth his hand for handshake before Logan, who smile and shakes it like a gentleman he is
"Chase Taylor, is nice to meet a real live soldier"
Chase say, Logan just smile and respond
"Logan Noah Ernest, and is a pleasure"
then Chase went to Carlos and shakes hands also
"You are also a Soldier?''
Chase ask
"Everyone can be a soldier, since we all serve the country in many ways"
Carlos respond
"Well said dear, I agree with you"
Elder Tyrone comments and others agreed
"Indeed, nice meeting you Mr. Carlos"
Chase adds
"Likewise and Mr. Laius, is a pleasure meeting you too"
Carlos says to Laius who smile at him warmly
"You two must be tired after the long flight, Tamara, why not take them to the room prepared for them and let them freshen up, your in-laws are still here, they aren't leaving yet"
Mrs. Nadia instructs with a joke at the end, Tamara blush and listen to her mother then ask for Chase and Laius to follow her into the house, Marisa reluctantly follow them inside.
"I must say, your fiancée is a gentle man, Tamara"
Laius comments while they walks into the house
"You are right, he will treat you well, I hears that Soldiers do treat their wives very well"
Chase joins
"And that best friend is quite handsome, right Isa?''
Laius taunts Marisa who is walking behind him
"hahaha! that is why she forgets to look away"
Tamara joins
"You are right, he is really handsome, I won't lie about that, Tamara was right when she said, the people around him is good looking, the girls I met yesterday were also beautiful"
Marisa praised, which got Chase surprised that he turn and give her a look before facing his front
"But I felt like the boys didn't like you much Chase"
Laius suddenly says
"What are you implying, we only meet today, so why do you say so?''
Chase refused to believe it
"Yes Laius, what do you mean?"
Marisa says with frown
"I don't know but is there, like they have some hatred for you. Earlier when we arrived, none of them look at us, but when they heard our names, they look over but next minute look away like we are invisible"
Laius points
"Are you okay? So that makes you think they hate him? Look, Logan and his friends are like that, they didn't seem to care about anyone else other themselves, if you meet the ladies you will also say they have deep hatred for him too since theirs are worst, no one enters their eyes, other than their group of friends"
Tamara angrily comments, but Chase laughs and try coaxing her
"I am now eager to meet them then"
Laius point with shinning eyes.
In the other hand, Logan and Carlos ran away from the elders when they couldn't take their stories anymore, with excuse of stretching their bodies;
While standing at the other side of the garden, Carlos raise his hands to the sky and stretch his body and laughs out suddenly after recalling something
"What is funny?''
Logan couldn't help but question,
Carlos smile and answer
"The girl's respond to what I wrote in the group chat is funny, let me tell you What they said, first Cheyenne said,
'Thanks to my second in command, I will be meeting the obsessed CEO of my youth'
Abby said
'If he is not good looking like I Carlos, don't make me meet him'
she adds a crying emoji's and then Erika tagged You and comments coldly
'If that wife of yours will bring trouble, delete her now or I will do it'
Carlos repeated what they all said, while Logan laughs out his heart
"Hahsha! But how did they know who you were referring to?''
Logan questioned
"I think that yesterday, the Marisa girl might have brought up the horse riding stuff you told me about to their hearing, and trust the girls, they might even say they will be busy on that day"
Carlos actually hits the nail on its head, Logan just laughs
"Niamh is crying that Cheyenne took his sleep away, I think he is given some work"
"But there isn't any work at hand till after the wedding, what could have happened?''
Logan says with worry face
"Maybe I can call and ask them?''
Carlos suggest
"leave it, maybe is company related, that is why they didn't inform us….and hey, I think you have an admirer"
Logan recalls and tease
"I have so many of them, so which one are you talking about?''
"Silly, the Miss Taylor off course, she seems quite interested in you, she could not stop starring at you a while ago"
Carlos laughs out so hard hearing before saying to Logan
"If you are planning for me to become a husband at the same time with you, just know it won't work, 'cause I Carlos Baker, is not ready to be faithful to one person, come on, there is a lot of fishes out there, waiting for me, and mind you, that girl is not my type and she is only interested in this handsome face"
Carlos praised himself. Logan couldn't help but laughs and agree with him on his last words
"Mom said, if I finds someone else I love, that I am free to marry her, and funny enough, that old man agrees with her"
Logan recalls and Carlos chuckles
"They only wants you to be happy, I think I also agree with them, if you can't love her, just let it go and I forgot to tell you….Niamh have your wife checked and the guy earlier, Laius, is her ex-lover, and I think she still loves him, so if anything happens, just free her and settle down with another person you love, after all you are still young to live your life alone"
Carlos advise.
Logan smile and comments
"When did you joined the rest of them, in advising me to have an affair?"
"What nonsense, I am not saying you should have an affair, rather find happiness, if you can't see it in her. dude, we still need you, we don't want you to die out of depression of not finding love, this is twenty first century, anything can happen"
When Carlos words fall, Logan raise his hand and hits him at the back of his head
"Ouch! What is that for?''
Carlos cries out
"Seriously! Are you really my friend or enemy?''
"Come on! I have your best interest at heart, even Captain will agree with me if I tell her about it, and Aunt too, everyone loves you, for so far as you keep the part of the marriage deal, everything is fine, just want you to be happy"
Carlos refuse to back down, Logan raise his hand again, but this time Carlos dodged and run away, Logan run after him when Carlos keeps on saying the same thing, Logan run after him threating to hit him so hard,
When the kids in the house see them running in circle in the compound, they started laughing, and this calls out the attention of Tamara's group and the elders
"Logan! Let him go, you will stain his clothes"
Carlos is already being caught by Logan by his collar and Carlos is laughing so hard that he is about to touch the ground
Mrs. Rosita pleads come but Logan refuse to listen
"Aunt! save me, he keeps hitting me like a child"
Carlos pleads almost crying when Logan continue hitting him
"Logan, just let him be"
Mr. Noah joins
Logan refused to let him go easily as he replies to his father
"He talks too much this days Dad, let me teach him a lesson or two"
"What did you do Carlos? Ask for forgiveness already"
Mrs. Rosita instructs
"But I didn't say anything wrong, I told him the real truth, he is just being mean"
Carlos whines
"You are still talking?!"
Logan threaten
Seeing that they aren't planning to stop being childish plus the kids who is laughing at them, Mr. Noah sigh and threaten with few words
"If you two don't stop, I will call Cheyenne right now"
Immediately his words fall, Logan and Carlos both freeze at once, Logan let go off Carlos's collar, Carlos strengthen his cloths and Logan return to his cold face
Mrs. Rosita and her husband laughs out, Tamara and Marisa who is enjoying the show just now frowns at once
"So fast! Who is that, that just hearing the name made them like that?''
Laius inquire with smile but none of the girls answer and just return into the house, the elders also turn and ask Mr. Noah the same thing, but he just say,
'A colleague of their and nothing more than that
..............
The Noah Ernest family stays till Dinner, since the Lukens insisted. while having dinner at the long table, Chase starts
"Ohm Mr. Carlos, Mr. Logan ….we haven't being in Arctic City before now, do you mind showing us around tomorrow?"
Logan gently drops his cutleries and answer
"I will love to but, I also don't know much about Arctic city too, since we spent most of our times in Military barracks, we only comes home only when is holiday or our leave is granted, so I am sorry"
"He is right, I can't be of help too, but Tamara seems to know more than us, she will take you guys around, even the cuties here are born and raised here"
Carlos points at Tamara's cousins
"We don't mind showing you all around, since is free days for us, after all you come for the wedding"
Alec says and the elders supported
"Then is decided, you will take us around tomorrow, I hope you are coming Mr. Logan"
Laius asked afterword's
"Actually Logan can do, no need to be too formal and I am sorry…..something came up at the company"
Logan shows off his cell phone to him, that has a text message on it
"What happened dear, is it serious?''
Mr. Noah worried asked
"I don't know that, Tam your assistant didn't say anything, he just said they needs me, so I have to go"
Mr. Noah sigh hearing that
"You go dear, is good to put everything together before the wedding, to avoid being called out on that day"
Mr. Moffat shamelessly say, Logan nods
"You and Tamara should also try and get to know each other more, is important, the wedding is fixed in a hurry because we don't know when you will be granted leave, and you didn't get to know each other very well, please try my dear"
Mrs. Nadia pleads
"I understand Aunt, I will do that''
Answered Logan, like he is looking forward to the alone time with Tamara, Carlos in the other hand sneer inwardly but his face looks so innocent, that the young girls in the room couldn't stop staring at him.
....
In the car returning home, Mr. Noah sigh heavily as he relax in his seats, Carlos laughs out loud when he sees this, even Mrs. Rosita joins
"What is funny now? I just steps out from a war battle and you two are laughing at me"
Mr. Noah protested
"Uncle, at least you should have waited for us to leave the neighborhood before you relaxed"
Carlos tease
"But you acted so well I must say, when you get home, make sure to take some pain relief pills because you laugh more than usual"
Logan adds
"Thanks to your grandfather, I have to put up with them till the wedding, I can't believe I will be in laws with such family"
Mr. Noah complains
"Speaking of Grandpa Ernest, where did he ran off to today?"
Carlos ask
"That cunning man, immediately the Lukens invites came in, he went into the room and got dressed and left the house with the excuse of meeting an old friend"
Mrs. Rosita complains
Logan and Carlos laughs
"And you, what were you saying concerning the company earlier, no one told me something happened at my company, none has Tam contacted me all this while"
Mr. Noah turn to his son who is driving, this time, is Logan's time to laugh, since he seems to be cut red handed
"There weren't any message from company, that earlier was sent by Niamh, he asked us to log online and see what was trending"
Logan answer
"Trending? did something happen to others?''
Mrs. Rosita worried asked
"Nothing Aunt, is just that, some fool from shoes company, they want to frame Miles, drained him and at the same time ruin the company's image, but with Cheyenne and others there, they found out about it, so instead of the Mie Cherry Pete's reputation, theirs went to ground, they were arrested same as his accomplices, just like the Captain we know"
Carlos reads out from his cell phone
Mr. Noah who picks up his cell phone on hearing Carlos words, Login into Trending news to sees, after words comments
"Oh my, is Lax shoes, how can they do such a thing? I used to love their shoes until Miles shoes came in picture, plus I noticed that shoes from the Lax are made using bad quality and materials, which leads to one wearing it for a period of time and it will all damaged"
"Dad, you have to complain as well, go say this at the message inbox using the link to the Lax company, all the citizens' are pouring out their thoughts about them too"
Logan advise his father
"Yes Honey, say something, at least everyone will see how greedy they are"
Mrs. Rosita advise and Mr. Noah agree and starts typing away on his cell phone.
At the same time back in Lukens home, outside at the garden:
Tamara, Chase, Marisa and Laius happens to the see the news as well
Laius starts by saying
"The Lax are quite downfall then, what did they thinks, with Mr. Balzary as the father of President Miles, they won't find out about their little plans?"
"They are really foolish, thank God; I didn't go ahead with the partnership they brought forward before, If not, now, I will be losing with them"
Chase add while scrolling his cell phone,
"President Miles alone on his own, this won't be possible, I am sure Logan and his friends are involved, most especially his sister?''
Tamara comments at the side
"Hang on, President Miles has a sister?''
Chase and Laius ask at once
"Yes, she is the one I mentioned before silly and also the same person Mr. Noah threatens Logan and Carlos with earlier this evening"
Marisa explained
"But there is no information about her when I checked on the Waltz during the time I wanted to introduce the female shoes and needed partnership"
Chase recalls
"That is because, just like Logan, she has being in the Military all her life, I only get to know on the first day I was introduced to Logan, since they happens to be there as well"
Tamara recalls
"What is her name again?''
Laius queries
"Cheyenne Balzary Waltz"
Tamara say with disgust in her eyes and tone, but Chase and Laius type in the name on their phones, but a lot of Cheyenne names is brought up, but none of them have the face of Cheyenne the girls have met
"is she really Mr. Balzary's daughter? Her name is not online but her brother own is there"
Chase questioned
"The girls are low key, if you type others names as well you won't see it, just their brother's names nothing more, I think is their family rules"
Marisa comments
"Maybe you are right, anyways, I hope to see her this Saturday since I want to see the kind of person who just her name can bring two full grown men to a stop"
Laius points and Chase nods as well.