Chapter 55
Terry
looked at me cluelessly.
“Are you expecting anyone?” I asked the duo who lo
It had to be one person bold enough to come uninvited to Ana’s house.
I opened the door and he was the one. Quinn
There was no need to question him or carry my face, he was going to be shocked by the reception this time around.
He walked into the mansion with a flower bouquet in his hands.
Not the flowers again! I groaned inward
“Hello Grandma Mira, I’m sorry I’ve not been able to come all this while, I hope you’re good Handling her the flowers and placing a kiss on her check bun she sat there, s
“Is something wrong? Did something happen?” He asked, noting her reluctance
Ana was in the room but he didn’t seem to smile sheepishly at her this time around neither did lae glance twice at her. It felt strange and unlike him but I ignored it Whatever it was, it was for the best.
“What’s going on?” He asked again, getting alarmed by our s
sour faces, especially Grandma Mira and I decided to speak.
Grandma Mira was still heartbroken and Ana was pissed even more by his presence so the only person that could address him was me
“You don’t know the reason behind the faces! It’s your fiance, Veronica. She sent someone to compromise the dish Ana made for the conference and came to my house at the same time to stop me from going to make the discovery ineanwhile, holding me with irrelevant discussions. It was all planned. If Ana didn’t see him come in and go out, we wouldn’t have known who was responsible.”
He looked stunned at my words and I let a smirk cross my face.
“Are you shocked that your long lost love would be capable of something this evil?” I asked sarcastically.
Well, I wasn’t surprised. I knew right from the day she brought herself into the housewarming party Grandma Mira organized and slid her hand into Quinn’s that night.
I knew she could go at any length to get what she wanted
“Veronica! Compromise the food?” He asked, visibly shaken by the information
He averted his gaze to Grandma Mira but her face remained stiff.
He scoffed in disbelief and stared at a blank space in the sitting room.
On a normal day, Grandma Mira would tell him not to mind ys and sit with her but see her quiet and avoiding his gaze. He knew that it was no joke. After he stormed out, Grandma Mira closed her eyes, with a bitter expression masking her face.
1 patted her shoulder gently. It should happen now rather than in the future.
At went to the kitchen and I followed her.
“Whoa you’re n
making a
a feast,” I remarked when I saw different proteins in the sink.
“Nech, just making a little something for Moon’s Father’s Day in school tomorrow. Each parent is to bring a dish or appetizer to school so I’m making some mullins and seafood boil,” I replied, washing my lobsters
“That’s nice, I can see you’re carrying out your parent duty well. Can I help out?” I asked giving the corn a rinse.
please, sure? She replied with a smile and I continued.
“Mommy mommy!” Moon’s voice echoed from the sitting room to the kitchen as he placed a hug on Ana’s legs. He was still too short to reach her waist so he lugged whatever part of her lie could reach. It was cute and funny as well.
“Good day.
Uncle T
Terry” He greeted me politely and I patted his hair.
Welcome back child. Hope you had a good day in school today?” I asked and he nodded his head.
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“Hope you’re getting ready for father’s day tomorrow?” Ana asked him with a smile and he nodded again.
“Alright, go and change your clothes and freshen up, muffins will be ready in a bit. And said and the lad jumped with joy and ran out of the kitchen.
“Yayy
“He’s sad that I refused for him to go to Father’s Day with Quinn Ana informed and I nodded thoughtfully.
“So that was what that nod was all about?” I asked placing a hand on my jaw
“Vup” Ana replied
“Why don’t you want him to go to Father’s Day with his dad?” I asked again and Ana stared at me with unbelief.
I knew that they weren’t in good terms but keeping the boy from his father was like punishing him for a crime he didn’t commit.
“If you ask me, I see no wrong in it. Provided the jerk doesn’t come close to you” I said raising my hands up a bit
She laughed at this but resumed her serious face.
“Why not give him his dad I asked again and looked at Ana and she shook her head.
“Please don’t preach to me now. I still have a pile of things to be done, I don’t want to be distracted. She said but I spoke anyway.
“Don’t you think you’re being too harsh on the boy, keeping him from his father?” I asked feeling bad for the poor boy
This is for the best Terry. You might not understand now but this is the best. She replied but I just couldn’t understand her.
The duo had grown fond of each other and even though I hated the latter, I wanted him to be there for his son. I wanted his son not to be deprived
of a father figure.
“What is better than letting the boy know his father and grow with his father in his life?” I wanted to continue but stopped when Moon ran into the kitchen with a new change of clothes.
She
glared at me to stop talking about it and I knew better that she wanted me to stop talking about Moon’s father.
After some minutes of prepping, we were finally done and the mullins were ready as well. We munched on some and packed some for school
tomorrow
I kissed Grandma Mira goodbye and went home to sleep on time for the activity the next day,
The next day, I freshened up and headed straight for Ana’s house. She had finished preparing the seafood boil and she packed it in a leather while I tasted from the little that remained
Moon was ready and we were on our way. I tried to engage him in a friendly discussion but it wasn’t
t just clicking.
He answered my questions politely but I wanted us to
I us to talk li
like friends. I let him be when I saw that it wasn’t going to happen.
I’ve seen the way he plays with Quinn and it was beautiful. I wanted that kind of relationship with him but I guess I was not going to get it from the
We got to the school and parents already filled the place. After dropping the food, we took some bites from their refreshments and went to join the crowd that was beginning to gather for the games.
On our way to the assembly, a father and his son were going towards the snack table. The father was distracted by what his son was showing to him
and he brushed into me.
I looked up to see the last person I expected, Quinn,
