Act nicely to them

Narrator POV.

Karl had just arrived from abroad. He had been away for six months now. Every one were gathered at the Donald 's residence. The Donald family were one of the prominent people in the Zuba city. They have an empire of businesses to their name which has successfully been passed from the first to the second and now the third generation.

Karl usually go to visit his parents time to time. Karl's parents:Freda and Leonard lives in the Donald large house with their other siblings and mother. Karl would have love to celebrate his graduation quietly if he was given a choice but he knew his parents would never accept that so he allowed them go on with the celebration preparation. For the Donald family, they frequently organized celebration and took the advantage to invite their wealthy friends all over the country and also showcase their wealth. They also saw those big events as an opportunity to strengthen their relationships with friends and also connect with more friends but For Karl, he sees things differently from how his parents does. He love having his private space and saw doing big parties as waste of resources. He doesn't like having too much attention to himself Which was why he choose to school abroad. He did his first degree and now his master degree in abroad so people hadly knew him to be from the Donald family household. He wanted to school where no one knew him to be from the Donald family. He wanted to have a private life away from his parents but he visited them occasionally. Initially, his parents expecially his father were against his going out of =the country to school but when they considered the benefit involved, they allowed him. They have proudly told their friends about his school.

Karl had been in the Zuba town for about a week but waited until the day of his graduation party before he went to his family house. Karl only took the initiative to invite one of his friends Kelvin. He had known Kevin all his life. They both grew up in the same house. Kevin's mother was their family chief cook when he was little and they were about the same age. Karl 's mother allowed them to attend the same school due Karl' s closeness Kelvin when they were little until Karl's mum stopped working for the family. Karl had lost touch with most of his friends he had in Zuba and didn't dare to invite those he had made while he was schooling.

He didn't want any of them to know about the flamboyant lifestyle of his family. He loved the free life he has with his friends outside his family so he feared they will treat him differently if they got to know about his family background.

When Karl arrived, as he had expected, his parents had thrown a big party. Every where was jam- pact with people. Alot of activities where going on at the same time . He knew for that day, he could not hide from his parents. They would want to take him around to meet all their friends so he had earlier made up his mind to do all their bid for the day to make them happy before he disappeared.

Once his quiet life in Zuba was ruined, he would have a hard time. After all, giving the status of his family, it would be difficult to make real friends. Many people would just be nice because of his family name. So why not just disappear.

' Karl had planed to leave the country without telling his parents because he knew his parents would not allow him. His parents had told him he was going to head one of the family companies after graduation and before his graduation, his parents had set everything on motion for his position in the company but Karl knew better than fight them against it rather he quietly made his own plan to leave without telling them.

His parents proudly introduced him to their friends who had come for the party. Come over hear son, come and meet Mr Sylvester," his mother called out to Karl who had just walked in.

"Meet my son Karl," Freda introduced him to Mr Sylvester and his his wife Mariam. Freda voice was filled with pride. One could tell that she was very satisfied with this son.

Karl smile politely and greet the two.

"congratulations, you have worked hard and your parents are super proud of you " Mr Sylvester commented

"you can say that again, to have finished with such an honor and multiple awards , one should know he is smart," Mariam complemented.

"Thank you," Karl replied. He sounded very humble and did not put on any air. His parents had a sweet smile on their faces , hearing their son being praised. This was a parent biggest wish, to have outstanding children.

"Oh son come meet their beautiful daughter," Freda said acting as though she forgot about her earlier. She took Karl's right hand and led him to meet the daughter of Sylvester and Mariam who was standing with her friend right behind them .

"Karl this is Irene. Isn't she so beautiful?" Freda asked not expecting an answer. Irene shylishly looked down feeling abit embarrassed before reaching out her hand to exchange pleasantries with Karl whose hands were already stretched to shake her.

" Why don't you show her around?" Freda motion to her son bringing Irene's hand to Karl. Karl took Irene's hand to show her around.