CHAPTER 15

Adam's father had dressed and to go to where he had the meeting; his wife was the living room cleaning it and decorating it, preparing for the baby shower when he got down. Told her good bye and he left.

Adam got down as his father left wore a fine blue shirt and black trouser and sat on the chair, took the remote control on the table and on the television.

After thirty minutes later they heard a knocked at the door, his stepmother stopped what she was doing and went to open the door for the person. Door opened, it was her best friend named Alimo that entered with small gift in her hand and a big bag, they had been friends from secondary school.

"Alimo! How are you? I have been expecting you since!"

"I am good! And sorry it was traffic on my way" gave her the gift.

"Good morning!" Greeted Adam, he looked at her for few seconds.

"Morning!" Said with lower voice.

"This is my best friend Alimo!, Alimo! Adam by his name" she introduced.

"I see! Bird of the same feather!" Adam said.

"Let go to the kitchen, did you bought all what I asked you to buy?"

"Yes!, everything is inside this bag"

"Good!, let go and start preparing because people will soon be arrive"

"Okay!, no time and we have to be fast" Alimo said and going to the kitchen.

"Adam!, anybody that arrive please attend to them and welcome them" Adam didn't replied, she looked at him and followed her friend.

Two of them entered the kitchen and started preparing to cook, Alimo poured what she bought on the table took the meat to Zink and washing it when Adam's stepmother was cutting the green beans, carrots and other things that we would used to cook fried rice.

"So! Chief has a child that have grow up like that and handsome"

"Yes oh!!" Packed the carrot and others inside a bowl and brought out a rice inside a big bowl under the table.

"Why don't him marry all these while? Or he doesn't tell you"

"He said it's because of his son, don't want anybody to maltreat him then but now he has grown up"

"Okay!, have you use to him? He like you!"

"Am trying my best, he doesn't like me at all!" Said with lower voice.

"Why?, you use to behave to him badly?"

"I don't know! And you know who I am that I am gentle and have respect"

"I know now!, just keep trying very soon he will like you!"

"I don't have choice than to keep trying" washing the rice and her friend continued watching the meats and the chickens when they heard a knocking at the door continuously.

"Someone is knocking at the door!" Alimo said.

"Let me go and open the door!" Cleaned her hand with tower and going out.

"But you have told Adam handle that! So come back"

"Adam!!, let me go" her friend looked at her going and continued with the work.

Adam was not in the living room again when she got there, he had went to his room played music and loud it for him not to hear anything going on at the living room. She breathe in and opened the door the people that had been outside since.

"Sorry for keeping you outside! And you are welcome"

"Okay! No problem" a lady said and they sat on the table.

"Enjoy yourself! This the remote you can change the channel if you like"

"Okay! Thank you!" She went back to the kitchen.

Alimo had finished washing the meat and chickens, it had be on the fire cooking. She was frying the fried rice indigent on the fire when her friend entered.

"Adam is not there?"

"Yes!, he is in his room. I know that is why I go"

"Is that how he use to do?" Faced her friend.

"Yes! My friend, in the morning he doesn't use to greet me even if I greeted him, it was his father that used to force him every time!"

"This is so serious!, he hate you so much like that!"

"What he did yesterday is worst ever and pain me!"

"What is it?" Checked what she was cooking.

"I sent him to go and bought cakes for me, he went to buy unsolid cakes that they had put too much of butter to it. I don't even know what they put!" She hissed.

"Those cakes at the dining room?"

"Yes!, it's three. I just mistakenly beat it on the table little and it cracked all the decoration joined together and became nonsense!"

"Where is it? We can manage it just put it there at the dining room won't take it to the living room and cut it for people after the party"

"They have ate it!" Said with lower voice and frying the chickens and meat.

"Who and who ate it?"

"Adam and his father off course!"

"Why did you told them to eat it now!" Said with anger.

"I didn't!, what happened pained me so I just went to room. After one hour that I will came said that I should go to the kitchen and cook, I just saw the cake remained half; I called my husband attention to it and he called Adam out that was when he said that it was the one that cut it to it!" Explained.

"Then! What did chief now do?"

"He took the remaining half and ate it!"

"This is so funny! What a family" she laughed and continued with what she was doing.

"Let be fast please!, people are in the living room waiting!"

"Okay!, i will" they joined hands together and fast with the cooking. After two hours they had done and they were in the living room playing music and dancing, she changed to another cloth after finished cooking and applied a make-up.

After a small discussion and gist, Alimo, Adam's stepmother and a lady started serving the people in and those that just coming with foods and soft drinks. Packing it for those that were in hurry just came to respect her.

"I need a soft drink out of the big one that left behind" talking to her friend.

"There is no big one again, it has finished" Alimo replied.

"I put it in the refrigerator by myself and it's because I want to use it!"

"That one!, Adam had took it"

"When is that? He came out from his room?"

"Yes now! Some minutes ago, collected food and took the soft drink"

"I am coming!" She left the room and went to Adam's room. Knocking at the door.

"Adam! It's me, open the door!" She said louder for him to hear.

"Stop knocking and talk!, I am hearing you" low the volume of the music.

"Why did you took the drink that I want to use?"

"It's my father that bought it not you or you are the that bought with your money!"

"Okay! Sorry and please!, go and take the small one and release the big one because I want to give that big one to someone!"

"If you know that the person is important, give him or her two of the small ones!"

"It won't make senses now!. I told your father to buy it because I want to use it for this baby shower and not for you to be drinking it"

"That is story and woman! You are disturbing me for cry out loud"

"Open the door and return it, I beg of you!" Adam loud the music back.

"No problem!!!" She breathe in and left. it was the small drinks that she forced to give the person and didn't bothered to complain to her husband because it was Adam side he would be and supported him.