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There was no way that some one could ever resist such a perfume from that food.

How ever, the smell from the food was more stronger than before now because, it was now completely ready. One could now perceive the smell from the food at that particular moment than ever.

The physical appearance of the food was just so amazing and so nice. How ever, it was time to eat so Mr Johnson was dishing up the food and putting it in a medium glass pot as he now sent Tristan to go up stairs and wake up his sister so that she could now join them on the dining table for dinner.

Tristan being so hungry and did not want to miss any thing that was happening at dinner that day, he decided to run up stairs In a hurry so that he could call for Rissa so that she could come down stairs real quick.

Tristan on arriving at the in front of Rissa's bed room, he decided to knock first of all as a sign of respect for his sister. It was also as a good example to his sister so that she should know too that at any time that she was supposed to enter her brother's bed room, she was supposed to knock first of all.

After knocking about three times, Tristan was already loosing out patience. He was very very hungry as to all what he had gone through that day. He needed a lot of food in his system because he had not really eaten that much since he was so busy with every thing that had happen earlier that day.

He was so tired already. All he wanted was to eat. He wanted just his own share of the food that Mr Johnson had cooked and only his own food. Nothing more nothing less.

Tristan from the unset, has always been the hungry type. He eats like he was in a race competing with some one. He eats alone but acts like he was sharing the same plate of food with an invisible person.

The manner at which he hurries while eating all the time, one could think that either he was in a hurry to go some where very important and he wanted to catch up with time, or either there was an invisible man sitting close to him that is trying so hard to eat his food. Or he was in some sort of competition with some one.

It had already become his habit to be so hungry and eating all the time. Not until his mother died. Due to the death of Helene, so many things changed in the house. Not only at the level of food, but also at the level of Every one's behavior in the house.

Tristan became a very bad mannered young boy till presently, Rissa became so upset and lonely till that time, as well as Mr Johnson became a very depressed and frustrated widower and he could not sustain the injury and pain that his wife Helene had left out behind before dying.

The sudden and untimely death of Helene had made both Rissa and Tristan to become young orphan's. As well as her early death made Mr Johnson to become a very depressed and frustrated single father. It was not very easy on his part to take care of his two children Rissa and Tristan every blessed day that passed by.

This was because, each and every day came with it's own challenges. Some times, the problems that come to him each day are more than him to carry.

How ever, it is always said that no problem can ever surpass any one. No matter how though the problems he was facing were, he always succeeded to over come them one after the other.

That was a very good characteristic of a strong man as well as a single father as he tried his best to make things right and take care of his two children like never before. He was ready to undergo any kind of problem just to make sure that his children were both fine and had nothing to worry about.

Tristan after standing in front of the door leading to Rissa's bed room for over some time now knocking and trying to tell her to come down stairs for dinner, he decided to open the door. On pushing the door to open it so that he could enter and wake her up faster, because he was already losing so much patience due to every thing that was happening.

" Rissa, Dinner is ready and it is already served on the dining table. Father said I should tell you to come down for dinner. Father is already on the dining table you are the only one who is lacking. So you should do fast so that you can come down stairs and join us for dinner. " said Tristan with shouting at the top of his voice in order to make sure that, Rissa really hears every thing that he was saying at that moment. He was already so tired and so hungry.

As he said with a very genuine heart really wanting that his sister Rissa should come down stairs with him for dinner.

" No. Go away Tristan. Am not hungry. " said Rissa who was already up for some time before Tristan could come up stairs to ask her to come down stairs for dinner.

As she started shouting from the top of her voice asking Tristan to leave her alone as she did not want to see any one of them.

She was so heavy hearted at that moment that she did not know how to express her anger and the rage she was carrying in her heart that moment. She did not want to see any one beside her at that moment. She wanted a little time to be alone with no one disturbing het.

She did not want any thing to do with any one. She was bleeding right deep inside her heart. No words were enough to explain how hurt she was at that time. Only her alone could tell what was going on with her.

It was at that moment that Tristan had noticed that, there was some thing wrong with his sister Rissa. He was so terrified that he started shouting asking her what the problem was.

He was so shocked and surprised that he started thinking about the possible reasons why sister Rissa could ever be acting so hard like this.

Rissa was crying so firmly and strongly as well. As she continued persisting and insisting that her brother should leave her alone as well as she was telling him that she did not want to see any one beside her at that moment.

" Rissa, open the door. What is wrong with you? " asked Tristan with so much fear in his heart. Tristan has never been so scared in that way in all his life. He was so terrified that he did not know what to do again.

The only solution at that point in time was to call for his father Mr Johnson to come up stairs for him to see for him self what was going on with Rissa. There was the need for him to at least to look for a solution for his sister's problem.

At that particular moment standing in front of the door of his sister's bed room, he started thinking and having ideas of the different things that could make his sister start behaving as such. He had so many alternatives in mind but still yet, he could not still get to figure out any thing that was going on with his sister at that moment.

As at that moment, he started thinking that, maybe his sister Rissa could be so angry because she had a very bad day at school that day, or maybe she might be angry because she had a fight with one of her friends at school today. But in the course of having all those different alternatives and thoughts, he finally discovered that all those alternative could not be so tangable to justify the reason why Rissa was behaving like that.

He was not still understanding why she was behaving like that because all the list of ideas that Tristan had put in place in order to make him know the real reason why his sister was in such a rage which could not be explained.

" Rissa, Please open the door. What is going on with you? What is wrong with you Rissa? You are getting me very worried and scared. " Said Tristan with so much fear in him. It was a normal thing for a boy of his age as it could not be predicted. It was a normal thing for him to be scared some times most especially when it concerned his family issues.

Tristan standing was so confused as Rissa had vehemently and strongly refused to open the door for him nor even answer him.

" Go away Tristan. Go away, I don't want to see you. Just Go away. Stay away from me..... " Rissa said with a very loud voice as she started crying back. She cried until her eyes were all swollen. Her eyes became so swollen that she could barely see any thing again.

Tristan being so confused Needed to call some one to come up stairs and see what what was happening at that moment. There was indeed the need for that as he rushed down stairs straight to the Kitchen to call for his dad.

" Tristan, Rissa, what are you people still doing up stairs? Are you both not supposed to be down stairs by now on the dining table for dinner in family? " asked Mr Johnson with a very tensed look on his face. He was putting on a very care free look on his face as he was continuing with every thing that he was doing at that moment as he was shouting at the top of his voice for his children to hear every thing that he was saying from up stairs and come down for dinner immediately.

Actually, when he was saying that, he was still alone in the kitchen trying to transfer the last thing he had in hand to the dining table. Which was the ground meat source. The ground meat source was indeed what spicing all the other things that were found present on the dining table at that moment.

Being down stairs for over some time now with the cool music selected from the ' Westlife ' music collection that he had put on so that he could at least relationship him self due to the death of his wife for some time now, he could not hear any single word from every thing that both Tristan and Rissa had been going through and with all the noice they have been Makin during the process of Tristan trying to know what was actually wrong with Rissa.

As well as both Tristan and Rissa could not hear any single word of what their father Mr Johnson had said earlier to them while shouting due to the noice from the ' Westlife ' music that was playing in the Living room.

Mr Johnson was now ready for dinner as he was already done with every thing and had already set up every thing that was supposed to be eaten that evening by both him and his children on the dining table as well as he had placed every single thing on their respective positions as every thing was kept exactly were they all belonged with out the possible time to disturb one another from doing any thing.

Mr Johnson was now sitting on one of the chairs of the dining table as he was so satisfied with the good job he had done.

While sitting, he could not start eating with out his children no matter how hungry he was at that moment. Even though the food was smelling so good and attractive and he had the full anxiety to just jump at him and start eating with out wasting any time.

" O my God! I am so hungry. But I can not start eating with out Tristan and Rissa. If I do, they will be very angry at me. It will not be good if I started eating with out them because it will be so unfair to me. " said Mr Johnson with a lot of remorse in his mind as he felt sorry for him self that he could not be able to start eating simple because he had to wait for his two adorable children who mean a lot to him now that ever.

That was also because they are already use to spending time in family as well as having be it break fast or dinner together as one family. And some times they all had Launch together though not often because during the day, each and every one of them use to be in their respective places.

And Mr Johnson at that moment felt like he was going to be a disappointment to his two children if he was going to start eating with out them so he had to wait a little bit for them.

" It has been about five minutes now since Tristan had gone to call for his sister. What could they both be doing up stairs right now? It is unlike them to hear and know as well that food is ready and they both take a lot of time to come down stairs and eat all the good.

As Mr Johnson was being just so tired and frustrated due to all what was happening . Mr Johnson did not just want to think about the fact that , any thing bad must have happened to any of them while being up stairs because , he can not get any sound coming from any of them while they all were being up stairs together .

Mr Johnson was already running out of patients as his stomach roared for a very long time just with in a space of some seconds . That was to explain the rate and the level at which the hunger that Mr Johnson was feeling at that particular point in time was just so tensed .

There was totally and completely not the way that , he could keep on holding the kind of hunger that he was feeling at that particular point in time . Mr Johnson was just so annoyed with every single thing that was actually happening around him even though he was actually left alone on the dining table exactly just the same way as the saying ' A hungry man is an angry man . '

But all the same , he was not really that angry because , they all do that all the time . That is , they all make sure that , no matter where they all are or even the kind of difficulties and challenges that they all could face , there was actually no way that , they can ever miss having dinner all together as a single and United family despite the fact that , one of the members of that wonderful , lovely , caring and self less family was now dead .

Any way , it was not actually a very good thing that , thru start disturbing people about their present situation since , there are so many people out there who are having some problems at that particular point in time which are even much more greater than that which they are all facing at that particular point in time .

There was a total frustration on the part of Mr Johnson while he was still being on the dining table . Mr Johnson was being just so frustrated that there was actually food right in front him , and there was literally nothing he could do to it because , his children had not yet come back down stairs on the dining table so that they all could finally have dinner together .

There could really be no way for him to ever make sure that his family continues being alright alone as a single father just like the way it was as before . There could not even be any thing that could ever make any one to be so frustrated just exactly like all what Mr Johnson was going through at that particular point in time.

How ever , it had been made clear to him that , he had to stand as the good father and courageous father as well that he is at that

particular point in time being a single father , as well as even before his wife died and left him behind as a widow and a single father .

The fact that every thing was going a little bit well even in the absence of his lovely wife who had just passed away , was that which was a complete blessing to him and as well as a total miracle ok his own part.

There was actually nothing that could be as good for Mr Johnson at that particular point in time to know and be fully aware that at least , things were actually going on well with him and his family at that particular point in time.

But at the same time , every thing was not just good because , it was actually being so frustrating as well because , the treatment that Mr Johnson will be giving to his two children will be so unbalanced . There was no way that , things could be doing just perfect in the absence of his very beautiful and lovely wife , Helene .