The Airegin Mafias – Chapter 1 Part 6


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A soft knock on the door woke Mabel from her sleep, she opened her eyes and yawned. She looked to the side of her bed and her husband wasn’t there, she sat up and looked around the room, there were no signs of him. Could he have left already to Asia? She thought. But he would never leave without giving her a goodbye kiss and there was no way he was going to do that without her feeling it. She rolled the blanket off her body and placed her feet into the sandals on the ground by the right side of the bed. The knock came again. From the softness and calmness of the knock, she could tell that it was Anne. She got up and proceeded towards the door.

“Good morning my beautiful princess,” she said as she opened the door and Anne ran into her legs.

“Good morning mum,” Anne released her mum’s legs and held unto one of her palms. “Let’s go for breakfast.”

“Anne? Breakfast?” Mabel asked in surprise, staring down at the little figure before her. She noticed that Anne was dressed up in a beautiful gown that was unusual that Saturday morning, she squatted and touched the kid’s cheeks.

“Who dressed you up like this? And how come you’re up so early this Saturday morning, is there an occasion I don’t know about?” Mabel asked. Little Anne gave her an awkward look in reply, she folded her arms sulkily and pouted her lips.

Mabel had finished asking the question already before remembering it was her birthday. Not that she totally forgot but she wasn’t expecting any celebration since her husband who always organized celebrations for her had to leave urgently for Asia that morning.

“Laura dressed me up like this,” Anne finally answered, grabbing her mum’s hands again. “Now, would you come for breakfast?”

“Hmm… You have to give me sometime little Angel, I need to change my clothes before I join you.”

“Five minutes,” Anne said with a stern voice and a commanding look on her face, signifying five with her fingers.

“No Anne, five minutes is too small,” the mother refuted playfully.

“Okay, ten minutes.” Anne said and spread out her two palms to emphasize the duration.

“Okay dear,” Mabel said. Anne turned after pecking her mum on the right cheek and ran off.

Mabel closed the door and turned back. She wondered how her birthday was going to be that day, without her husband by her side, it would be the most boring celebration she ever had. It was her first birthday celebration he was going to miss and she somehow felt awkward about it. She knew he wouldn’t have loved to miss it and would have preferred to postpone anything that could interfere but she was the one who encouraged him to travel after hearing him receive a call which demanded for his urgent attention, the only thing she wasn’t too pleased about was his leaving without waking her up or saying goodbye.

She stood before the mirror and began to take off her night gown slowly, memories of her romantic sessions with Don Pedro flashed back to her mind. She recalled how he would have grabbed her waist from behind if he was at home and kiss her softly on the neck till she completely takes off the gown. Then he would fondle some other sensitive parts of her body and turn her to face him. Then a deep kiss would have followed and the next one hour would have been used in the bed.

After a total of eight minutes, she was able to clean her mouth and wash her face, she also change into a lighter dress. She wasn’t planning to take her breakfast yet until she had her bath but she just had to go out to the dining because Anne would be expecting her and may feel disappointed if she didn’t show up at the right time.

She met no one; cleaners, maids or other workers on the way as she walked to the living room. The living room also looked empty, like nobody had been in the place that morning. She was wondering if her thoughts were true until she saw the table at the dining room with dishes and juice packs neatly arranged. She got close to the dining and observed that the table was prepared for five people, she began to wonder what was going on.

She was still wondering when she began to hear sounds of music instruments and brigade drums rolling. Soon a mariachi band neatly dressed in a blue and white uniform entered in through one of the doors and began to march round the living room as they played. They had a large bass guitar, a violin, a trumpet and a French horn.

The lead singer moved closer to the pleasantly surprised Mabel and began to sing a birthday song to her in his baritone voice. After rendering his verse of the song, another singer was heard singing from one of the inner rooms, it was a lady’s voice. Soon the lady came out from the room and it appeared to be Silvia, she was followed behind by Laura who was carrying the baby boy in her arms.  Both of them were dressed in  cream colored short gowns which exposed their cleavages and Silvia’s thighs because of her baby bump.

“Oh Dear Heavens!” Mabel exclaimed, all smiles as she saw her friend. Nobody else could have come up with this kind of idea except Silvia, she thought never knowing she was still in for a bigger surprise.

Then the voice of a third singer emanated from another room, it sounded familiar but Mabel had a hard time deciding whose voice it was as it perfectly blended with the musical instruments and the backup singers voices. It sounded like her husband’s voice but she thought it couldn’t be him as he was supposed to be on his way to Asia and even if he was available, he wasn’t a very good singer whose voice and pitch would perfectly blend with the rest of the band.

The new voice approached and to her greatest surprise, Don Pedro was the singer. He was dressed in a cream shirt and blue trousers, a blue waist coat was also added to compliment the combination. Don Pedro was followed behind by Lord Frederick who was holding Carl with him. Carl was also dressed like the men. Only one person was left, Anne.

Soon her little voice continued the song from where Lord Pedro stopped, it sounded somewhat close to Mabel and to her surprise, Anne came out from behind the dining table. She walked past her mum singing as she moved towards the other singers, they both formed a stood on a line while the non singers stood behind them and the mariachi band behind the non singers. Anne ended her part of the song and the four singers combined their voices together as they sang in harmony the last four lines of the song. They ended their song with a thunderous applause and loud shouts.

Anne was the first to run to her mother who picked her up and kissed her on both cheeks, then Don Pedro slowly stepped closer to his overwhelmed wife. He held her by the waist and they both looked into each other’s eyes for some seconds before Don Pedro covered her lips with his.

The kiss was brief but deep. Don Pedro held her hand and held Anne’s hand at the other side, then he stepped down from the dining room with them.

“Where are the maids?” He shouted playfully.

As if previously rehearsed, the maids trotted in rhythmically from different angles of the house carrying bottles of wine and cups on trays.

“Today, I’m celebrating the most precious gift in my life, my most valuable treasure and the best thing that ever happened to me.” Don Pedro began a speech, taking glances at Mabel’s face as he spoke. “She is the most beautiful woman in the world, the best wife in the world and the best friend I’ve ever had…” His voice was drowned by the thunderous applause and blare of the musical instruments. After a minute, there was quietness again.

“Thank you,” Don Pedro smiled. “Now, grab your cups ladies and gentlemen, we’re going to make a toast.” He said and then led by example by taking his cup first. “But before we make the toast, I’ll like to give an opportunity for Silvia here to say something about my wife.” He added and was greeted by another round of applause as Silvia stepped out.

…to be continued

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