Chapter 111: Missing mummy
Tobi was playing with toys in his room, a very beautiful room that his grandpa made for him. He had been enjoying himself these days in his grandpa’s house, but then something crept into his small heart. It was about his mother—he had not seen her for days. He missed her. He wanted to talk to her, see her, and hug her, but only if that was possible because of their distance.
"I want to see my mummy," Tobi said, dropping his Peppa Pig doll to the ground, making it roll several times on the carpet before it finally landed stable on the ground.
Mr. Stewart Dare, who was just rolling on the shelves to look for some old children’s books for Tobi to read, turned to his grandson who was suddenly asking about his mother.
He wondered in his heart if he wasn’t fun anymore, if he had lost the guinness in him, and that Tobi might have gotten bored.
His hand, trying to remove the book from the shelf, stopped the action and he turned to Tobi.
He asked,
"You, why do you suddenly want to see your mamma? Don’t you want to stay with grandpa anymore?" He stared at his grandson seriously.
Tobi paused, his small lips not knowing how to answer his grandfather. All he knew was that he wanted to see his mummy. He didn’t want to hurt his grandfather’s feelings. He wanted to be a good boy and keep his grandfather company, but he suddenly missed his mummy so much he couldn’t reject those urges or hide them somewhere.
Tobi blinked his eyes, fumbling with his small fingers. He said to his grandfather—
"Grandpa is fun, but Mummy—I miss my mummy. I want to see her." No matter how fun his grandfather was, he wanted to see his mummy! It was as if he would start to cry any moment from now if his grandpa didn’t let him talk to his mummy or go see her.
Darius, in his mind, was encouraging him to cry out and be stubborn and say that he wants to go and see their mummy.