" We're home ! Y'all take your shoes off, I just got my floor polished ." we heard Ms Taylor say after coming through the door, we all jumped up and went to greet her and everyone by the door. That's a lot of people ! I thought while looking at the crowd before us.

" MOMMA D ! " Ken yelled causing everyone's heads to turn and look at us, dang Kenneth !

" Oh Ken ! My sweet baby, why are you so skinny ? Is De'arra not feeding you ? If so you gotta tell me so I can whoop her behind ." Ms Taylor said after pulling back from their embrace making everyone laugh.

" Mom he's not skinny, feeding this man is my daily job ! Move nigga I want to hug my mom. " De'arra said pushing Ken away from her mother.

" That's true Ms Taylor, every time I visit their house , I always find Ken eating like a pig." Keisha said nudging Ken playfully.

" Keisha ! Amanda ! Why are you two just standing there ? Come get some sugar babies." Ms Taylor said with her arms wide open for me and Keisha and we gladly went into her warm arms .

" Oh Lord Amanda , you're about to pop anytime soon. " Ms Taylor said planting kisses all over my belly but not before asking first.

" I'm only 5 months Ms Taylor ." I said giggling at her kisses which were tickling me.

" Only 5 ? And you swear that that's one baby ? Chile ! " she said laughing before walking past us into her kitchen to put up the groceries, probably.

" Amanda come here ! " D waved me over to join everyone by the living room.

" Hey I want you to meet my family ! You already know Aunt Rowanda and the twins Liyah and Jordan. These are my favorite uncles, uncle Nygel and Neo ,my late father's brothers and this is Aurora and Kennedy, my cousins. We're missing two people but that's everyone. " De'arra said ending her introduction.

" Wow ! That's a lot of names, " I said causing everyone to laugh ," My name is Amanda Gaffley, I'm De'arra friend. " I said shyly waving at everyone , I hate having the spotlight on me.

" Nice to meet you Amanda , you have an amazing accent ! I'm guessing you're from Africa ? " one of the uncle said, it was uncle Nygel, I think .

" Yes ! South Africa to be specific and thank you." I smiled showing one of my dimples .

" Beautiful ! " he said before sipping on his glass of whiskey and I just simply smiled not knowing what to say.

" So do you guys live with lions in Africa ? Is it your first time wearing shoes here in America? Because I heard you guys can not afford them because ' Africa is starving ' . Oh and I also heard that the population in Africa is ridiculous , people live on top of each other. " this one girl which I haven't seen said emerging from the Kitchen .

" Ciara what the hell ?! " aunt Rowanda said scolding her .

" It's okay Aunt Rowanda, Ciara is just curious but if you must know Ms Ciara, all your sources are wrong because if they we're correct them you'd know that Lions live in the Safari, in the wild where they belong. And no ! This isn't my first time wearing shoes, Africa may not be a fully developed continent but we take care of our people . Sure not everyone is privileged but those privileged do not mind lending a hand where necessary because we believe in UBUNTU which is humanity . Africa might be divided into multiple countries but we like to think of it as one home . " I ended with a smile on my face while looking at her.

" That's beautiful Amanda . " Ms Taylor said sniffing .

" STILL ! I'd never go to Africa , it ain't for people like me. " Ciara said with a shrug before flipping her ridiculously long wig , what's with this girl ?

" Bitch Africa doesn't want your square built ass either , the hell ?! " De'arra said mugging Ciara and the room erupted in laughter .

" BABE ! " Ken said scolding De'arra visibly holding his laughter back too.

" What ? She over there coming for Africa as if she ain't know that her ancestors come from Africa too, dumb hoe ." she said mumbling the last part but I heard and so did the uncles because they snickered.

" Enough ! Amanda, De'arra you two come help me in the kitchen. Liyah and Keisha set up the table, Ken and Jordan take everyone's bags and put them into their rooms ." Ms Taylor said giving orders .

" Yes ma'am." everyone said before standing up.

" I'll carry my own bags upstairs, that's Louis Vuitton. " Ciara said getting up from the couch and pushing past Ken and Jordan.

" let her push my man one more time and I swear to God I'll rip her ass apart, just one more time momma ." De'arra said with her eyes closed, obviously composing her anger .

" Let's go help in the kitchen D ." I said putting my arm around her and walking into the kitchen.

" How can we assist Ms Taylor ? " I asked leaning on the counter .

" Your kitchen is gorgeous Ms Taylor." I said admiring the beauty of her kitchen.

" Thank you baby , designed it myself . " she said proudly.

" Well you did a good job ma'am ! So how can I help? " I asked shifting my weight into the other leg.

" Can you chop those vegetables for me ? " I nodded before heading to the other side of the counter .

" De'arra can you season the steaks and chicken ? And put the sweet potato into the oven, I already seasoned it." De'arra nodded before heading to her section of the kitchen.

" You're going all out with tonight's dinner Ms Taylor huh ?! " I said rinsing my spinach.

" Yes baby ! My nephew, my brother's son is coming home after being away from home for 3 years . " she said while clapping her hands excitedly.

" Is he in the military ? " I asked while chopping my carrots.

" Yes , he's a pilot for the US Military base or US Airfirse ? Something along those lines. " De'arra bursting with excitement .

" Well I can't wait to meet him ! Ms Taylor I'm done with the vegetables , what next ? " I asked putting a piece of a carrot in my mouth .

" We're going to roast them sweetheart, put them in the pan. " she said handing me a pan .

" Thank you ! " I said grabbing the pan from her .

" THEY'RE HERE ! " Aliyah said excitedly running into the kitchen.

" Liyah what did I say about running in the house ? And quite screaming . " Ms Taylor said with her spoon pointed at her.

" But Aunty, uncle and cousin Papa are here ! THEY'RE HERE ! " she yelled jumping around in one spot.

" HE'S HERE ALREADY ?! " Ms Taylor said running out of the kitchen along with Liyah.

" If I leave this sauce unattended it's going to burn !" D said whining while stomping her feet.

" Girl go , I got this . " I said grabbing the spoon from her and pushing her away from the stove.

" Thank you Mandy ! COUSINNNNNN ." I laughed as De'arra literally ran out if the kitchen and within seconds I heard cries, laughter and voices, they must be happy that he's back home safe from the military and besides 3 years is a long time without your family.

After a 20 minutes of stirring the sauce , I switched the stove off and poured the rest of the sauce into a serving bowl and let me tell you, this thang smells amazing . I put the pan in the sink and cleaned the section I was working in.

" Amanda come ! I want you to meet my cousin." De'arra said running into the kitchen before grabbing my arm and dragging me into the living room where everyone was.

" Cousin, Uncle meet Amanda , she's my friend ." the guy who had his back facing us turned around and looked down at us and I looked up at him, dang he's tall .

Thank God De'arra had our arms entwined because I would've fell because of how weak this man made my knees just by looking at me . Brother was fine , head to toe ! Gorgeous infact. I cleared my throat before reaching my hand out to formally greet him,

" H-H-Hey , I'm Amanda, De'arra's friend." I said stuttering. I mentally rolled my eyes, do I always have to make myself look like a fool ?

" I'm pretty sure De'arra already mentioned that you were her friend sweetheart." he said showing his perfect, white teeth before grabbing my hand.

" My name is Pablo, De'arra's cousin and this is my father . " he said pointing at the much older man beside him while still maintaining eye contact with me .

" Hey pretty girl , I'm De'arra's uncle but you can call me Diablo . "

Well meet Diablo and his son Pablo !

Pablo is played by the handsome Nygel Edmonds !

Be sure to check him out on Twitter and Instagram, he's pretty much the reason why I haven't updated because I needed his permission to use his photos and fortunately he gave it to me so enjoy ! ❤️

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