Chapter 73: Chapter 73

Pulling over at the spot I parked my car before when I came to Kimberly's house I cited her kids playing outside the house, I quickly came down from my car and approached them, trying not to scare them, especially the girl, Sandra, because of her reaction when I was with her mum before.

"Hello, kids," I said, "do you remember me?" I asked when they looked at me in a manner I do not understand.

"Yes we do remember you, sir," Sandra said after glancing at Alex.

"Did you forget something?" Alex asked, looking up at me, they are playing with some toys.

"No, kids, I did not, I came to talk to your mum about something, where is she?" I asked squatting beside them when I saw that they seem comfortable with me.

"She is inside the house, she went to get my doll," Sandra said staring at me.

I could tell from the look on her face that she wanted to ask me something or that she has more in her mind to say to me.

"You can wait for her, she will soon be out," Alex told me, and went back to playing with his toys.

"Thanks, Alex," I replied marveled at how elegant and fearless he spoke to me, he spoke as if he is an adult.

"I am sorry to bother you, Alex, how old are you?" I asked him just to be sure.

"I am three years old," Alex replied, glancing at me and then, went back to playing with his toys.

"And you, Sandra, how old are you?" I asked turning to Sandra again.

"She is three years old too, can't you tell we are twins, silly," Alex reply to me instead.

"Oh, sorry, my mistake," I told Alex brushing my hand on his hair a little.

Why did I ask such a question anyway, what was I thinking? I asked within myself, glancing briefly at Alex, still marveled at the way he spoke to me, I guess it is my lack of something to say to them that made me ask such a question, my gosh I feel a little awkward here squatting with the kids, I wonder what is taking Kimberly so long since they said she only went to get Sandra's doll.

"Is there a problem, Sandra?" I asked touching her little cute face, because she is just staring at me and not playing with her toys like Alex is doing.

"Did you come here to apologize to my mum?" Sandra asked peering inquisitively at me, I stared at her wondering what to say to her.

"Yes, I did," I told her because I am not sure what to say to her or what she is thinking right now and I am also a little scared not to offend her.

"Okay," Sandra replied, I think mummy would love that, she told me, looking away from me this time back to her toys.

"She would?" I asked her wondering why she would say that

"Yes, she would," Sandra told me again looking up from her toys.

"I'm sorry, did your mum tell you anything? I mean, did she say I did something wrong to her?" I asked getting a little confused and wondering where this is coming from.

"No, Mummy did not say anything like that to me, but from the look on her face when you left, I knew that she was scared, I mean, I was scared too," Sandra told me shrugging her shoulders a little too.

"I'm sorry, Sandra, that I scared you, I did not mean to do that, don't worry I will apologize to your mum too," I said, touching her little face again.

"It's alright," Sandra told me and went back to playing with her toys too just like Alex, I could see that she is a little cheerful now, I knew that she had something in her mind before, thank goodness I asked.

I watched as Alex and Sandra played with their toys, my gosh these kids are so beautiful, I said within me looking from Sandra to Alex, Kimberly is doing a great job taking care of them and their dad must be lucky to have them, I said within me, that's when a thought came into my head, what if they are mine? I asked within myself recalling what Sonia told me earlier about their mum not being married at all, that is when the thought hit me, these kids are three years old and it's almost four years since what happened between me and their mum.

What if these kids are truly mine? a voice asked in my head, come of it, Kyle, how can these kids be yours? It was only a one-time thing another voice said in my head.

"Can I ask you a question, Alex, Sandra?" I said to the kids, wanting to make sure of my thoughts.

"Sure you can, sir," Alex replied.

"Where is your daddy?" I asked looking from one child to the other, I could see the way they both looked at one another too, so I think something is not right.

"What's wrong?" I asked them again, when they did not reply.

"I do not know who my daddy is," Alex replied shrugging his shoulders a little and staring at his toys, I guess I must have asked him a sensitive question.

"Do you mean, you have not seen your dad before?" I asked very curious now still looking for one kid to the other.

"Yes, we do not know who our daddy is," Sandra told me too staring at me, "mummy told me when Alex was in the hospital that our daddy died before we were born," Sandra said again now fondling with her little fingers.

"Oh, no, sweetie, I am so sorry to hear about your dad," I told her taking her arms into mine trying to comfort her.

"It is alright, sir," Alex told me again shrugging his shoulders a little too, "we are used to living without dad anyway, at least we still have uncle Jimmy," Alex added playing with his toys again Sandra did too.

This is crazy, Kyle, I said within me staring at the kids, I think I am going to ask Kimberly about this, but before I do, I will have to find a way to get a test done on these kids, I need to, just in case they turn out to be mine.

How can they be yours? The Voice in my head asked me almost immediately, what if Sonia made things up, you know how she can get when she wants something, the voice in my head told me again and I think it is right, but one look at Alex and Sandra made my heart flutter, I suddenly feel like I have a sort of connection to them.

Stop it, Kyle, you are just being attached since they are the kids of the woman you love, the voice in my head said to me again.

There is a way to find out Kyle, conduct a DNA test on them, that way you can know for sure, your blood was a match with Alex's remember? The other voice in my head told me too, "this is ridiculous," I muttered to myself.

I think I have to conduct the test, I do not know if there is a possibility of that, but I just feel the need to do so, especially now that I remembered my blood matched with Alex's.

I leaned forward a little closer to Sandra, I need to find a way to get a strand of her hair, I just hope I succeed.

"Can, I play with you?" I asked Sandra, "You too, Alex, your mum is taking too long to come out," I said to Alex too when he looked at me.

"Sure, you can," Alex told me, "Here take this," he added giving one of the toys.

"Thanks, Alex," I said patting his hair and pulling on it a little but not enough to hurt him.

"Your welcome," He told me, "come on, let's play," he added gesturing for me to join him.

"Okay, Alex," I told him, producing my handkerchief from my pant pocket so that I can put the tinny strand of hair I got from him, "come on, Sandra, join us," I said urging her to join in on me and Alex game, I need to find a way to get her hair too, although I am wondering how I can do that.

"Alright," Sandra said, coming closer to sit with us.

"Here take this," Alex told Sandra, giving her a piece of the toy too, even though I do not understand the game, I just played along hoping I succeed with the hair, before Kimberly shows up, I just hope only the hair will do.

Luckily for me, Sandra keeps flipping her long hair back and forth as she plays the game, which made me help to sweep her hair off her face from time to time, and I ended up getting more strands of hair from her than I did Alex.

"What have you come back here for?" Kimberly asked angrily furrowing her brows at me, the moment she came out of the house to see me with her kids.

"Get away from them," she said angrily again, pulling Alex and Sandra behind her.

"I come in peace, Mrs Kimberly," I told her taking aback by her reaction, I did not expect her to react like this, I guess it is because of her kids.

"I do not care whether you come in peace or not, I want you to leave my house this minute," she told me, "and I don't ever want to see you anywhere around my kids or my house again, so please leave, Mr Kyle," she told me sounding very furious.

"Wait, what did I do?" I asked, surprised at her reaction, she did not react this way the first time I came here.

"Please leave, Mr Kyle, I do not want your fiancé coming here to insult me again," she told me.

"Oh, I see, it is because of Sonia," I said within me, "look, Mrs Kimberly, I just came to talk to you that's all," I told her, rather calmly.

"I do not care what you have come to talk to me about, Mr Kyle, I beg you please, leave my house this minute," she yelled this time with her both palms clapped in front of her, from the look on her face she truly did not want to talk to me.

"Excuse me, Mrs Kimberly, did I do something wrong? Or did my fiancée say something wrong to you?" I asked her.

"Oh, she told you, right? You knew your fiancée came here and yet you are here again, did she send you to come here, do you want me to give her another apology even after she insulted me, or are you here to get me arrested yourself?" Kimberly asked me, sounding very furious.

"No, no, no, I did not come here for that." I replied almost immediately shaking my head sideways, I do not know how I can make her calm down and listen to me.

"Then, if you did not come here for that, you better leave because I do not want to hear anything you have to say to me, go to your fiancée and leave me and my kids alone," Kimberly told me.

I stared at her knowing that it is going to be useless for me standing here, it seems like she does not want to talk to me, I wonder what Sonia said to her to make her this furious, now I will not get the chance to talk to her at all, I think it is best I go, for now, here I am hoping that she would want to steal me away from Sonia, Sonia must have made things up, how silly of me to have come here like this?

"Alright, Mrs Kimberley, I will have to leave now, sorry I came back here, I did not know it is going to make you this angry and sorry for the last time too, I promised Sandra that I am going to apologize to you, so, I'm sorry if I scared you the last time," I told her.

"Bye, kids," I said waving at Sandra and Alex before turning to leave.

Once inside my car, I brought out the handkerchief where I had put in the strands of hair I collected from Alex and Sandra and stared at it, I wonder if I did the right thing taking their hair like this, I hope this does not make Kimberly madder at me if she finds out, especially if her kids turn out to be mine.

I folded the handkerchief properly again and putting them back into my pant pocket, I need to give this to Dr Sam so that he can conduct a DNA test using this, I only hope it is enough to get the test done, I will figure out what to say to Kimberly then and only if her kids are mine but if they are not, there will be no need to tell her about it anyway, I said within me and then started my car.

I drove off immediately afterwards...