Chapter 42

He continued to promise him but Andrew could not help his tears anymore. He let them flow freely as his brother continued to console him with sweet words.

It was the first time he was that close with his brother Miles, they have never even hugged before and he had never cried in front of any one before.

Anna left for the kitchen after making sure that Angel had slept. Playing with the fishes in the bond was her ace, she could do that all day and would always sleep afterwards tired from exhaustion.

She opened her freezer to confirm what she has inside it. Going away for only a day felt like she had been away for over a month. But her freezer showed her that she hadn't even left the house. Everything was still in the house just the way she left it. Mirabelle the maid would not touch it as she doesn't cool for her husband she only assist her in the kitch most times when they needed to prepare a large meal.

She started to ponder over what to cook. She wanted to prepare something nice for her husband and brother in-law that obviously love to eat. She thought of making them an African dish. She too wanted to eat something solid, she was feeling really weak. She felt sore all over her thighs. She also needed to sleep. She searched and found some vegetables. Punky leaves popularly known as Ugu and then some water leaves after she finished cutting them into small short  shapes then she started chopping her onions and washing the meat, she brought out the long stock fish and also started washing it along with the meat. She checked the other fridge for ice fish and she was glad she could find some and also some dry fish. She didn't have time for the one by one process of cooking each one after the other so she started by washing the stock fish first with hit water and boiling it. After a while she added the meat and they both started to steam. She then added her spices and within minutes the entire house was filled with the aroma even before the dry fish and ice fish would enter the cooking pot, Miles had pulled his brother to the kitchen because as far as the garden was from the main house, the aroma filled everywhere.

"Please we are starving. Are you trying to kill us or something?

Anna smiled as she looked at the two hungry fellows but she noticed that Andrew's eyes was moist and red. Was he crying or had he been crying, did he find out about her secret? She asked herself rhetorically. She really couldn't tell. She was worried about him, she really wants to stay with him and make him happy but if her presence won't bring him happiness then she should probably leave for her parents house immediately after all it has already been decided.

She covered the pot so that the fishes and the meat could steam together to give a particular flavour, she then turned to the two brothers and asked.

"What is wrong?