Chapter 8: Cooking

Stanley went near his father to help his mother. His mother was trying to make her husband sit so that she apply the oil on his shoulder.

His father is still weak due to the incident before, he could not even take support of the bed by using his hands as his shoulders were in pain like they were tormented in hell.

when he touched the bed to make support to sit leaning on the bed he shouted loudly, heating this the worried Mia even became more nervous that she started crying, once she came to her senses she suppressed her wails and started sniffing.

'Thank God no one noticed' she thought. Still in that state, she could not sleep properly.

Next morning when the sun rose that she started to feel dizzy and slept at six in the morning. She didn't know when she slept but her sleep was not a peaceful one.

Stanley was sleeping on the couch in his parent's bedroom, yesterday he was so scared to death by the screaming of his father that he had no strength to move to his room. He was scared, what if something happens when he is away. But truth is that his father didn't wake up at night and this gave a big relief to him.

He slowly got up and without disturbing the couple on the bed he moved to his room and laid on his bed for some time as sleeping on the couch was so uncomfortable, but he couldn't sleep even if he closed his eyes as yesterday's howl of his father was tormenting him.

In his parent's room, he could sleep for some time but it was definitely not a peaceful sleep, in-between he would wake up to have a look at his father who was only in his sleeveless shirt where he could see that his father's shoulders were all red as if his dad had kept a gigantic rock on his shoulders.

Stanley was petrified earlier when he saw his father's condition that he could not even think of anything to make his father get relieved. He wanted to give a massage to his father but was denied by the weird doctor that visited him.

He could not make out why she denied him, later she explained that his shoulders are weak and if any pressure in them will break his bones.

Mary has been advised to massage with oil very lightly. Reema had even shown her the pressure to be used by pressing her hand on her shoulder.

Stanley was happy to see his father sleeping peacefully all night without waking up all night due to pain. After about half an hour he got up, showered and went to Miya's room to console her as he knew she must be stressed by yesterday's event.

When he reached her room he saw her sleeping with her brows tight. He slowly caressed her head and moved his finger to soothe her arrows to which she responded immediately. Maybe his caressing her head has helped her to calm down.

He sat there for some time, went downstairs and moved towards the kitchen to cook breakfast. Even though that had servants his mother never let them cook, as she believed that being a wife and a mother she must feed her husband and children.

He didn't bother to disturb anyone and started cooking. Earlier, the time before going abroad, he didn't even shift a cup out of its place and during his stay in the hostel he learnt some cooking skills from his classmates and friends in the hostel.

He was done cooking but still, nobody was up so he decided to leave for the office as it was time for work. In his father's absence, he didn't want to take any risk at the company.

His father needed rest for a few days and as a son, he must look after his father's hard work. Stanley still has to learn a lot and it doesn't mean that he has to be indifferent to his bread earned by the company all these years.

Stanley knew what the company means to his family. It was his father who worked hard to bring the company from bankruptcy to this state of the top fifty in the world.

the company belonged to a man whom Thomas had helped in the time of his struggles to find a job. Later that man gave him a job.

Later when the company was on the verge to close due to bankruptcy, Thomas had come up with an excellent project idea to overcome it. After the success of the project, the company slowly regained some light in the industry.

People were surprised to learn that the company that was on the verge of losing everything again stood up not to the extent it was as earlier but to overcome the bankruptcy, it was a mystic in its own sense.

The man being childless had entrusted him his own company for retirement and had gone to his hometown to spend the rest of his days in his parent's house.

Stanley saw that David was standing at the door when he was having his breakfast and had called him to accompany but the latter declined to say that he already had his breakfast and was here to pick him up to the office.

In the car,

Stanley thought of something and asked,

"Do you know Dr Rema?"

David was tongue-tied, he knew Reema as an executioner, but a doctor?

'Maybe some people like to call her that ' he thought

As people used to call her by different names as a ghostbuster or gods helper to clean the evils or scarer of a ghost etc etc

This was the first time someone called her a doctor, he was very happy that at least someone called her by a name other than related to ghosts or he is referring to other Reema whom he didn't know. He was confused and worried as to how to answer him, being an assistant is a hard thing even if didn't answer a simple question.

David didn't know what to say, seeing him quiet Stanley said

"You know Rita, then you should know who Reema is, as she is her sister."