Unusual Family

Before I got to the door, I heard voices, I wasn’t sure about it but when I entered the room I found Joshua in on his mom’s bed chatting with each other, I entered a wonder on my face “Josh? Where have you been?”

He didn’t answer me, but his mom did “Hey! Look, Mr. creepy is here…”

“When you found him?” I asked.

“Just after you went out, he came to me.”

“Are you serious…? We were out searching all that time on your son, and he was here…!” In anger accent I said.

“Shill out…!” she said coldly.

I interrupted her “No! Don’t tell me to shill! You don’t know anything; you caused a lot of damage, you destroyed me bitch, you gave me the worst 45 minutes in my life… I mean, just look at my shirt... this was a bad joke…”

“First of all, don’t say bad words in front of the kid, secondly, don’t get so emotional, it’s wasn’t a joke, I didn't tell you that I found him because I don’t have your phone number, how I’m supposed to tell you?” she explained.

I felt stupid, “Oh…! I’m sorry, I… Mhmm…It was misunderstood, I’m glad that you found him though.”

“Thank you…” I descended my head and felt weird because I wasn’t in need to say all that, she called again “…Hey, is what you said was true...?”

I gazed into her green eyes for a little time and nodded with my head affirmatively.

“Oh! Sweetie,” she tried to stand up, and when I saw her I was about to stop her, but she insisted to stand and leaned on the crutches.

She told me to go close; as I did, she strongly hugged me, “thank you for your worry.”

Jake entered all of sudden and found us hugging each other, Sara said “Hey big guy!”

I turned to Jake and shook his hand, “so, did you find him?”

“No, he found us…” I answered him.

“What do you mean by that?” he wondered.

“Don’t look at me, ask her.”

With a wide smile on her face, she began narrating, “He heard your conversation with Jake about me, so he followed you and all the time we were talking with each other, he was hiding because he doesn’t like strangers, so, when you exited the room he came in.”

We all got surprised, “Dude! How old is he?” Jake asked.

“He is six…” I said.

I remarked that he was holding a different snack from what I bought it to him, “Hey Josh, what is this in your hand?”

His mom said, “It's a snack, didn’t you buy it for him?”

“Yeah I did, but with a different flavor... from where did he bring that?” I was sure that something was wrong, maybe someone bought it for him, plus of that, the plastic cover I found before outside made things look suspicious.

“Sweetheart, where did you get this from?”

Josh began whispering in his mom’s ear for two minutes as we waiting to know the story.

-Josh was a shy person especially in front of strangers.-

After he finished whispering he gave his mom a wallet and a picture of her.

The picture was ok because I gave it to him before, however, the wallet was my wallet, “When did he take it, I’m sure it was in my pocket.”

“That’s my…” I got confused.

The mom began to look embarrassed before she began narrating another story of her child; the child who suffered from poor focus, “Yeah, before you left him in the garden he took your wallet; because he wasn’t sure about your identity, in case if you was a kidnapper or something he would be aware of who you are…”

“That’s six years old! You are kidding, right ?” Jake and I couldn’t hide the amazement on our faces.

“What about the snack?” I asked.

“Yeah, the snack…he… took some of your money and went to buy another one…he didn’t like the flavor you bought it to him.”

“Liar…! If he went to buy a snack, then how he returned and knew your room,” I screamed.

Finally, he spoke in a very low voice, “block *C*, room number 102… and don’t scream at my mother.”

“Hahaha…! Man! He gotch you…!” Jake didn’t control himself.

“Is this kid suffering from poor focus? Really…?” I asked.

“Actually, no… I told you that, just to do your best…” she smiled after she admitted.

“What…?”

She continued, “It did work though.”

“So, he is not sick?” I asked.

“No, actually, he is too smart of his age; the doctors said that he had a bigger brain than normal, so he is like… a phenomenal kid or … super smart kid…” in a proud accent.

-What a crazy family? I mean, WOW!-

 I began laughing, “What can I say? Like mother, like son… Now, I am sure that this boy is definitely your son…”

“Anyway, Get well soon…! Goodbye Joshua…!” I thought that my work has done.

“Where are you going?” she asked me.

I smiled, “I’m going home.”

“What about my treatment’s cost…? Are you trying to evasion?”

“Me! No, no… I’m going to pay it, don’t worry,” calmly I said.

"I don’t know if you will pay, maybe you don't have the money,"

“Lady! I hit you with a Rolls-Royce.”

She made that stubborn face, and gathered her arms “I can’t remember, and I’m not going to take risks, I have a child to feed.”

“Ma’am, you don’t know what are you talking about?” Jake involved.

“It’s ok Jake, I got that,” I walked to her, and began removing the mask I was wearing, the costume, and showed her my real me; Joan Birmingham, *The Handsome Prince*.

She was surprised; her mouth opened wide when she saw me, saw how Jake gave me the suit and saw how handsome I was, with all of her voice she yelled, “Man! Who the heck are you?”

-Are you serious? How on earth she didn't recognize *The Handsome Prince*-