In the city of LoveStar, there lived Mr Anderson Lawson. He was a very strong, vibrant hardworking young man who was the most adorable and admirable of all his friends and folks. Mr Anderson is from a family of five, with two siblings, Amelia and Donald . Mr Anderson is the youngest of all Mr Lawson's children. He was the most pampered and spoilt child, but despite all that, he never allowed any of those love, care, and concern from family to get the best of him while growing up, and understanding the world around him. Rather, he applied wisdom in all he was doing, without hurting the feelings of anyone.

Anderson Lawson was born into the family of Mr Bryan Lawson(Anderson Lawson's father), a 36year old man, and his wife, Angela, a 33year old woman(Lawson's mother)

Mr Bryan Lawson, a very active young man, good looking, though very hard and strict when it comes to his dealings with people around him. Mr Bryan is almost like the direct opposite of his son, Anderson. Though, with his own unique qualities as a man. He got married to Angela, the love of his life, at the age of 32, due to his extreme love for her. And because he did not want to loose her to any other man, for she is sooooo pretty, very fair in complexion,, and tall in height, about 4.5feet precisely.

Bryan Lawson was the only child of his parents, Mr Joey Lawson(Anderson Lawson's grandfather), and Mrs Jane Lawson(Anderson Lawson's grandmother). Before the marriage between Bryan Lawson and Angela, it was indeed a tough battle for them. They both faced a great challenge of Bryan's parents disapproval of their coming together as man and wife. There came a day when Lawson returned home from school to see his parents and spend some time with them, during his courtship days with Angela. Immediately he arrived home, his parents were so happy to see him. For they have really missed him. They hugged him like never before, gave him a very warm welcome with a huge hug that lasted for almost two minutes, accompanied with lots and lots of kisses from both left, right, and centre.

As his parents were hugging him, they cried as though they were beaten like children. Bryan was speechless because he knew why they were crying, for he is the only child they had got, and the only hope they had in life. And before he cried along side his parents, he didn't know because he just could not control the state and level of uncontrollable emotional disorder his parents were at that particular time. After all the welcoming hugs and kisses, they all went inside the house, and immediately, the mom went to the kitchen to get a very delicious meal for her son. She made the best and the favourite of Bryan's meals. Which was...'roasted chicken barbeque and freshly made Greek yogurt'.

After Bryan had finished eating, he rested for a while, and then, joined his parents in the garden of their compound. He sat with them for almost two hours, discussing and laughing... asking questions, and getting to familiarize with his environment again, because it's been a long time he visited home since he left for school. Afterwards, he told his parents that he was going out to see his long time friend who lives in the next street, that he had also missed since he left home. Bryan went straight to visit his then girlfriend, Angela. Though he never told his parents about her because, he wanted to take them by surprise when he is done with school. On reaching Angela's street, trying to locate her house because it's been a while (though they were seeing each other in school almost everyday). She sighted him from afar, and ran straight to him to hug him. Both Bryan and Angela were so much exited to see each other, that they forgot people around may be watching them play romantically in the public.

After that great feeling of 'I am sooo happy to see you', they both went into her house to sit and discuss. Angela hurriedly prepared and offered Bryan a very chilled juice to go with pizza snack. He asked his girlfriend to join him, and they both ate and enjoyed themselves. It was a very wonderful moment for the both of them to relish. Awaiting the parents of Angela, Bryan decided to make his intentions towards her known. He went straight to the point and said, "we both have come a very long way, and I would love to spend the rest of my life with you, Angela". Right there, he proposed with a ring, even though he was just 23years of age. **That's the power of what love can do** . Angela was shocked for she wasn't expecting her boyfriend to propose that soon.

At first, she got confused, but after a while, she accepted with a loud voice...

" Yes! yes! I will....". Bryan became extremely joyful because he thought Angela would say "no, I am sorry, we are too young for marriage" .

Out of excitement in Bryan's heart, he immediately placed his ring on Angela's finger, and carried her, spinning her all around and saying..

"thank you veeeerrrry much my love...".

Angela then said to Bryan,

"I thought you were going to leave me for another woman after school".

Bryan then replied with a very loud voice,

"I just can't imagine living my life without you Angela" !

Honestly, finding true love in life is quite a challenging task for us humans.

Meanwhile....while they were giving accolades to each other's personalities, Angela's mother, Mrs Ryan walked in, and saw how happy and excited her daughter was. Angela, without delays, introduced Bryan to her mom, and told her his intentions for coming, and also, showed her her engagement ring. She was so happy for her daughter because she had found true love. Mr Ryan welcomed Bryan, and asked him to sit and feel relaxed. Shortly after, Angela's dad, Mr Ryan came in.

It was indeed a very blissful moment for them all...especially Angela cos her parents never rejected her suitor. They rather promised to help Bryan achieve his dreams and prospects in life so as to make their daughter live comfortably with him. Bryan stayed for a while at Angela's, and excused her outside to tell her to prepare for a visit to see his parents in two days time. Angela agreed, and they both went back to their various homes with joy in their hearts. Awaiting n preparing for the next level. Bryan went home to inform his parents, and they were not too comfortable with the idea cos they wouldn't want their son to live a life of regret, for he is too young for marriage, for he may not know what marriage entails.

They both thought about this singular idea of their son's wanting to get married at a very young age, and they concluded that they will not give their concent. Bryan later went back to his parents after some moment he left. They were still in the garden, relaxing.

"Mom..., Dad..." Said Bryan.

His parents both replied uniformly to Bryan...

"Yes son..."

Bryan then said,

"Please let's all be prepared for Angela's visit in two days time".

Instantly, both parents looked at themselves and gave a kind of look which indicated that "this guy is damn serious". Thereafter, they looked at Bryan, and the mom said to him,

"My son, we understand how you truly feel about this girlfriend of yours, though we do not know her yet."

"But please, get us right dear son, we mean well for you, and right now...we feel you are about to make a very terrible mistake of your life, just by deciding to get married at 23years of age."

"We respect your decision, but please.... kindly trust our judgement on this one".

At this point, she became a stammering and confused woman, because, Bryan is the only child they have got.

"You...you...you...kn...ow...we will ne...ver deceive you, nor put you in a tight corner, that would not be favourable to yuo...r....igh..t...?

Bryan got confused and was amazed by what his mom was saying. He stood there before them like an image, looking at his parents and wondering why both of them would want to decide on something like that without putting him into consideration as their only child. His father just could not say a word, because he saw from Bryan countenance that hearing all that from his own mother, all is not well with him at the moment. About two minutes of total silence from the three of them present there, the only thing his dad could say was...

"My son, we can only make suggestions for you, but the truth still remains that, we just can not take decisions for you, cos we believe you know what you want as a young man"

After a moment, Bryan then ask his dad,

"You said you can not take decisions for me, but you can only make suggestions to me, because I am mature enough to know the difference between "pleasant and terrible". Why then do you think I am not man enough to know when I need a wife, and whom to choose as a wife and marry"?

He then turned to his mom who was bold enough to tell him what she said, asking her...

"Mom...do you want me to be happy at all...?"

Only that question coming from Bryan to his mother, made her so restless and uncomfortable! Before she knew what was going on, she bursted into tears...and cried like a baby. Bryan angrily walked out on his parents and went inside the house. He went straight to his room, and banged the door. Few minutes later, his parents walked in and knocked on his door. They pulled down the door knob, just to open it and go into, but could not. Bryan already locked the door inside. They looked at each other and burst into tears... Then they said....

"Bryan son...pls come to your parents, we do not mean to get you angry, nor make you sad".

"Please forgive us darling...plea.....seeee..."

Bryan just could not stand the tears of his parents cos he knew they must be heart broken, for them to be in such a terrible state of devastation. He then said to himself,

" I just can not see my mom and dad in such a condition, nor hear them cry and still be hard towards them..."

"No...no....no....nooooo...I just can't... "

Just within a few seconds, lost in his thoughts, he jumped up from his bed and rushed to the door, opened it hurriedly, and hugged his parents. The three of them cried so much, just almost like that of thesame day he returned from school. He quickly apologized to his parents for making them cry, and promised never to do such again. They all cried some more, and when they got tired of crying, they all went to the sitting room and sat there for a long talk.

During their conversation, Bryan needed to know the reason for his mother to have said all she told him earlier on in the garden. So he asked...

"Mom, please...what was or were your reason(s) for saying those things to me in the garden, some moments ago"?

His father was just being observant, watching all that was going on between his wife and son, cos he was confused on what to say. Then his mom replied, saying...

"Bryan dear...you know mom and dad loves you right..."?

Bryan replied...

" Yes I know mom...but please I would love to know your reasons".

The mom continued...

"The only reason I said all that was because I am scared of loosing you to another woman".

"And also, because...you won't always be there for me again, but your wife". That's all...

Bryan then replied her, saying...

"But mom, didn't dad leave his mom and dad to cleave to you as his wife"?

The mom just couldn't say anything!

Then Bryan continued...

"Oh yes you did! So why then are you stopping me from cleaving to my own wife and build my own family, just as you and dad did"?

Bryan's mom still could not say anything...the only thing she could communicate with was the tear drops from her eyes...all because of the fear that her only child is about to leave her for another woman, his wife. Bryan angrily left his parents again in the garden, and went straight inside. But this time, he picked up a few of his clothes, came out of the house, and went away to an unknown destination. His parents left the garden,went inside to talk to their son again, but met his absence in his room. They searched all around the house, but could not find him. Crying continued for them again, till it was night fall.

The couple thought their son just needed some time off to clear his head of all he had experienced the past few days, so they felt it was best to give him his space, thinking he would come back home on his own. Not knowing his plan was different. Few hours later, Bryan arrived his friend's house(Shane's house). He was shocked to see him because he was not informed of his coming.

Judging from Bryan's looks, he was not okay. Shane then asked...

"Bryan...you okay..."?

Bryan couldn't say anything.

Shane then said to him,

"It's okay Bryan, please come inside".

Shane gave Bryan a very warm welcome, just to ease him of the tension of what he may have been going through. He went into his kitchen and made Bryan some dinner of hotdogs and Greek yogurt. Bryan freshened up and ate his dinner. One and the half hour later, Shane sat close to Bryan, asking...

"Please Bryan, can we talk now"?

"You good to talk now"?

Bryan replied,

"Sure best friend"!

And he apologized for not being able to say anything initially when he came in.

"I'm sorry for not saying a word when I first came in, I just didn't know what to say".

Shane replied...

"It's okay man, I understand everything...and that's why I didn't bother nor push you to say anything...".

They both smiled and Bryan began to talk to his friend on a brighter note.

"Well Shane...my parents got me mad".

" I told them I would love to get married, and I would be introducing my wife to be to them in two days time, and they weren't happy about my decision".

Bryan narrated everything to his friend Shane, and came to a conclusion that he has got a plan to marry his fiance, Angela, without his parents. Shane told him it's not the best to do such, and that he should give his parents some more time for they would come around to understand that the decision of a life partner is not to be done by parents, but by those who are going to live with the particular person in question. Bryan understood all Shane was saying, so he paused for a moment and then said...

"Thanks man! You got a point there"!

The two friends, after a while, retired to bed for the night.

Two days on, yet no word from Bryan to his parents, they became extremely worried. They went from place to place, asking all those they knew their son was keeping as friends, yet, there was no headway for them to reach nor see their son. The worried state continued for almost one week, until Bryan's dad suggest to his wife...

"Why don't we go to the police station to inform them of our missing son"?

"I do not think that is the best thing to do at this point, because Bryan may not be happy". Says Bryan's mom.

His dad responded...

"You're right dear"!

So after so much confusion on what to do, and so much thought on what was best to for them and their son, they both came to a reasonable conclusion that they should both go home and wait for some more time, and that their son would return home on his own when he's ready, and not by force. Bryan's dad then said..

"Let's relax our minds and have that belief that our son is safe wherever he is".

Bryan's mom then said....

"You are right Dear"!

Thereafter, they both went home, had their bath, ate and then had their siesta. When they woke up, they went to their garden outside to get some fresh air. About two hours later, Bryan and his friend, Shane came into Bryan's father's compound. They went through the front door, while his parents were seated at the backyard, in their garden. When Bryan and Shane got in, they saw that Bryan's mom and dad weren't in. Bryan then called out to his mom and dad...

"Mom....Dad...."

His parents didn't hear at first. He called the second and third time, yet his parents still did not hear him. He then said to his friend, Shane...

"Please Shane, let's check the garden".

"Okay..." Shane responded.

They both went to the backyard, and behold...his parents were just seated there, discussing.

"Mom...Dad..." Bryan called.

They both turned and saw it was their son. They ran to him and hugged him for long. Saying...

"Bryan son... you're welcome dear...we are so happy to have you back home"!

Few minutes later, Bryan introduced his friend, Shane to his parents, and he was welcomed warmly. They all went into the house, sat in the living room, and had dinner together. After having their dinner, Bryan brought up the issue why he had to return home. Saying...

"Dad, Mom, my only reason for coming to you today is to know your stand about my marriage to Angela".

"So please, I would like to know".

Bryan's dad replied, for it was obvious that himself and his wife have discussed about it before Bryan walked in with his friend. He said,

"Son...I and your mom have decided to give you and Angela our blessings, because we now understand that you truly love this woman in question, and you would love to spend the rest of your life with her".

With a smile on Bryan's face as seen by the father, just on hearing this from him, he continued....

"Worry not about any expenses, we will take charge of everything..."

"I mean...e....ve.....ry.....single... thing"!