The moment I met you (Chapter 13)

 

By Nightengale Ben-Onyeukwu

Chioma went home after having a good time with Chisom. Her mother was in the bedroom when she came home while her elder brother Andrew was taking his bath in the bathroom. Chioma went to her mother and greeted her. Louisa was already wearing her pale pink  night dress.             

‘I was beginning to think you’d sleep over at Star restaurant,’ Louisa said, glancing at Chioma. 'What on earth have you been doing all this time? Anyway, I cooked your favourite’.                                                                                                                    

‘None of your business, mum,’ Chioma laughed, cheered by the fact that her mother cooked her favourite food; Spaghetti with fresh fish. She hopped into bed beside Louisa. She could smell the food from the bedroom. Anyone could follow the delicious fragrance and be able to trace the food.                                                                                     

‘We need to have our dinner else we might welcome worms’.           

Chioma chuckled. ‘I’ll love it,’ she pouted prettily.                                             

They walked from the bedroom into the living room which was small but comfortable, with a little dining table and four chairs.  Hand in hand, the mother and daughter happily walked into the kitchen.                    

‘Mum told me you didn’t get the job?’ Andrew asked Chioma when she appeared in the dining. He was already seated, looking fresh and dressed in blue pyjamas.                       

Chioma nodded with a smile, placing the big bowl of spaghetti she had carried from the kitchen, on the table.