Chapter 7

ETHAN.....

SU's. Reads the postal outside.

" Mum I gotchu your own restaurant like you've always wanted ." I told her with a fulfilling smile on my face.

" I love you my son"

Mum just couldn't help the tears of joy clouding her eyes as I lead her in , she explores the place passionately unlike aunt Steph whose excitement has already gotten a plate wrecked in the kitchen . As soon as I hear the squash, Mum and I rushed to the kitchen to check.

" are you ok aunt?"

" yeah don't worry, I'll just pick this up so no one gets hurt"

" No aunt"

I take her up and away from there .

" there are workers here. They'll take care of it .Cindy could you please clean this up?"

I ask one of the workers who was just standing by the working surface with a broom and a reck in her hands obviously waiting for us to move so she could clean.

" yes sir .. please excuse me" she politely ask.

Mum is extremely happy about the restaurant , she meets all her workers and talk with them.

" Hello everyone, I'm Susan Anderson , this is my sister Stephany Mardigan " she said throwing her left hand in aunt's direction.

" and like y'all must have already known, this is my son Ethan Anderson" she introduces me shoving her right hand in my direction.

" we are happy to meet you ma'am Susan, ma'am Stephany "

" buh! " interrupting the chorus .

" I like the short form better, ma'am Steph is cool" she corrects with a smile and they node in response before they continue.

"Ma'am Steph and Sir Ethan and we are more than willing and ready to be of service to you ma'am . We will do all we can , our outmost best to make this prestigious restaurant a success."

That's quite a speech ..

" Thanks guys" Mum told them with a kind smile on her face before they cheered . I still don't know what for , but yet still they cheered . Some people just find it easy to do all this stuff yknow, but others don't ,hi Ethan. I'll give myself a handshake if I had two right hands.

It's been two weeks already since the restaurant' s grand opening . Looking at the register it's Friday 15/June/2020 making it exactly two weeks.

Mum and aunt have been putting on some good work here , this place is glamorous. They cook spectacular meals spectacularly.

7pm yeah! I just couldn't waiting for evenings arrival. Would you believe I'm outside the hospital waiting for Ariya to come out. Hey I'm not a stalker or maybe a little , I just know her time off work in the evenings. Indeed I see her come out the glass door which closes behind her. Of course she didn't see me . I watch her move ahead but I follow closely behind her and soon she turns around after noticing someone is behind her, she turned around just before I could say anything and boom! She almost jumped out of her skinny jeans.

" OMG! Sir you startled me " placing her hand on her chest.

Not like I intentionally planned to startle her but I enjoyed her expression when she tuned around.

" I'm So sorry" I say in response ignoring the fact that she just called me 'SIR' again.

Every time I see Ariya it's like she seems more beautiful. I mean I've partially been with girls who rush to the rest room every after 30 minutes to add or fix up the scary make up on their faces but! Ariya basically mostly has only a charming lipstick on her lips . I could spend almost half a day licking it off so she adds.

I hear my brain alien talk again .

" you just dreaming of kissing her , go for it already, you are officially a pervert" I hate this guy. Mehnn how did he even get up there ? He could be right tho.

" Ermm so Sir, what can I do for you?" Snapping me out of my dilemma.

" firstly, you can stop calling me Sir. Just Ethan and secondly, there's actually something you can do for me"

She's seriously quiet after what I said? I should just get on with what I'm saying then.

" permit me buy you dinner?" I finally ask.

" Sir , Sorry Ethan I've..." I cut in . I mean it was a long drive here, she can't just give an excuse for a no.

"Plz? Let me repay you for what you did for my mother and I "

" Sir, I was just doing my job and, my pay check is enough compensation so don't you worry, you don't owe me anything "

I'm so stupid why did I even mention anything about payback ..

" You lost loser "

I gotta get this stupid brain alien out of my head .. Barca!

Barca is a Japanese slang for Idiot

" C'mon Ariya fine! It's just dinner, nothing attached and hey we can try it at my mum's new Restaurant.

" wow, I'm glad she has her own restaurant now , at least her good cooking won't go to waste"

" yeah so what do you say?"

" fine , I'll have dinner with you"

Yes!

Hey alien, you up there, did you just get slapped my your own evil hands?

I notice the absence of her car.

" where's your ride?"

" my car broke down earlier this afternoon, it's at the repairer's right now "

" oh then I guess we'll both just use my ride." I rush and open the door to the passenger's seat for her to get in. I leave and get in my own seat and drive off.

There's an awkward silence during our ride to the restaurant . Soon we arrive , I park my baby ( shiny grey Lamborghini) in the parking lot . I get out and immediately rush for her door.

" Thanks"

We both get in to the restaurant and an usher ushers us to our reserved seats ..mum's restaurant is always full of guess so if you must get a seat later, book a reservation. Mum came to us and I greet her maturely .

" good evening ma'am Su " Ariya greets mum smiling gracefully.

" Nurse Ariya " giving her the hug she stood from her chair for rendering two pecks on her both cheeks. Mum smiles happily too.

" How are you my dear? You are welcome to SU's . Please sit down and go through the Menu and my waitresses or waiters will get to you. On second thoughts, you are right on time. I have a special dish for you Ariya"

Ariya smiles really nice after what mum told her before responding.

" Can't wait to taste it ma'am Su "

Mum leaves to go get it .. she returns minutes later with the plates of food in the tray her waitress where carrying to get the table set .

" This is ACHU and YELLOW SOUP , Cameroon's delicacy. Cameroon has got really tasty and amazing meals . It's the most I make here. Honey trust me you gonna love it." Smiles roomed the area as both our dishes were placed in front of us, enough 'Canda' (skin of a cow),'towel' (a towel like part of the inside of the cow), meat, garden eggs and chili.

"Not sure you've tasted this before, you have to use your hands to try it so go ahead and wash them. My mother is from Cameroon and this is one of their traditional meals, it is honored by using your index finger and middle fingers of the right hand fir the eating process"

"Ookky, that's quiet something. We have a nanny from Cameroon too, she's very funny and lives away from us taking care of one of my dad's safe houses."

"Ok that's nice"

"Let's try it then, it looks nice"

"We are proud of who we are " I smile with pride.

"Definitely "

I watch as she scoops her first uptake of the achu into her mouth just like I showed her.

" So what do you think?" Mum ask confidently with a broad smile on her face.