A girl taught me from the box

"Oh dear, this chicken is very tasty. I thought Alex is the best cook here. But you are much better than him. Your mother taught it?" asked Sharron enjoying the food.

"Mother. We don't have a mother." She said tilting her head. Her face was blank.

"oh, I didn't know. I am sorry honey. But why did you say we? Are you many?" she asked rubbing her hands with a kind smile.

The girl blinked and nodded. "many" she replied looking at her hands. She was confused. her skin can not feel the temperature. Warm or cold everything is the same as her skin is made up of the blood of devil and fire of hell.

But this woman's touch is making her warm in a good way. She is feeling strange sensations in her body.

She wanted to take her hands back but at the same time, she wanted her to continue rubbing her hands.

"so who taught you cooking, what else can you cook?" he asked intrigued. 'maybe I can learn one or two more new things from her.'

"I don't know about cooking." She replied blinking her eyes and this made Alex stop his hands in midway. He furrowed his brows. He had clearly seen her cooking a while ago.

Then how did you cook all this" he asked confused.

The girl blinked and looked at the direction Alex was pointing at and blinked. "he taught me" she answered back pointing at Mike.

Mike smiled like a Cheshire cat at her reply. When her mother slapped his hands. "how could you teach her something when you didn't know it yourself" she asked with a suspicious look.

"Hey, what's with that look? If you have forgotten I am your real son." He stated with a frown. But looking at the intense look her mother was giving him. His confidence cowered "fine, I saw that she can learn fast. So I used a few youtube channels and showed her, then I downloaded a few famous chef videos and instructed her. Hey, I am telling the truth. Would you please stop your death glare now?" When she continued to look at him with suspicious eyes. He elbowed Bella.

But the girl didn't know any signal. She was just about to punch him. When Alex who was noticing from the side held her hand. Remembering the way she has tossed Mike yesterday, he was afraid she would repeat something like that in front of Aunt Sharron. How embarrassing it would be.

When he held her hand the girl stopped and turned her face to Alex. Even aunt who was fixed on her son looked surprisedly at Alex

Gaining the attention of everyone he became conscious and immediately let her hand go.

"I… I was just trying to ask, did you really learn all this through watching videos?" he asked nervously coughing and stammering.

"videos?" her question made everyone speechless. Didn't she know what a video is?

"Then how did you learn it?" he asked again patiently. He knew talking to this girl needs a lot of patience

"A girl inside the box told me and showed me." She replied blinking his eyes.

"See, I told you. She is talking about the phone." Said Mike with a growl.

"Oh dear, you are very talented. What do you do for Earning?" she asked her patting her head.

"I don't do anything." She said with a blink.

"Oh, that's bad. A woman should also be independent. Oh yes, I have a brilliant idea. Why don't you work with Alex? He works in a café. You can help him in baking." She said clapping her hands. "right Alex."

"I will talk to Liam, Aunt Sharron, but I don't know when the café would open again?" he said with a shrug and started eating again.

Looking at the eating Alex Mike also continued as he is off the radar of her mother now. And it was Alex's turn now. He laughed at this result.

"Why? didn't you only get a week holiday each Christmas? What is there to be confused about?" she asked furrowing her brows.

"Aunt why don't you finish food first. We will talk about it later." He said in a pleading voice. He was afraid that the news of murder will turn her mood sour. And maybe she wouldn't eat anymore.

She eyed him suspiciously but still nodded and continued eating her food.

Mike widened her eyes and pouted, "you questioned me like I am a thief even when I told you the truth. and you let him go without even getting an answer.

How could you.." treat your own son so differently but his words stopped looking at the glare he is getting from all the other three.

"even you Bella." He said with fake tears in his eyes."

But the girl just blinked. " I did what they did. She said with a nod.

"now eat both of you. Here" he said to both of them putting food in Bella's plate.

And they all started eating. Once the food is finished Mike cleared the table with Bella.

Leaving the mother-son pair to complete the topic. "come, Bella, we will wash the dishes" Bella tilted her head and looked at the plates and then at him and nodded.

But what they didn't know that she has exceptional hearing capacity.

Sharron waited patiently to let the boy speak, but inside she was afraid that may be the lost the job or worse the café is getting closed.

Looking at her gaze, he sighed and spoke, "do you remember Mr Miller who used to come to drop me home."

Sharron nodded, "hmm, he is a very kind man."

"yes, he was. In fact, he was the one who helped Bella in finding the room on rent. He.. he was killed outside the café last night and now police has closed the café till the killer is found."

The hold on the plate tightened and her face turned pale. Filled with the guilt she looked at her hands. Others cant see. But she could see the blood in her hands.