Roses and Thorns – Episode 23

CHAPTER TWENTY THREE

It was early in the morning, Melody woke up with a yawn, she searched around for the Tecno camon 12 pro that Joel got for her the previous day, she checked the time, it was 7:15 am, she hurriedly got up and went downstairs to the kitchen. She let out a full breath, that was the first time she would be entering the kitchen. The kitchen was stocked up with adequate utensils. she smiled and admired the settings of the kitchen starting from the wall painted blue to the kitchen utensils and then the four burner gas placed at the extreme close to the cupboard, the big deep freezer close to the door, the wooden hanger for hanging spoons hung above the gas cooker, and then the big cupboard that contained the foodstuffs. she smiled again, “it was really good to have money” she thought, Then she gathered the dishes and packed them in the sink. just as she was about to pour water into the sink, Joel called her name from the doorway, she dropped a ceramic plate and it got shattered.

“Gosh, are you okay?” Joel asked running to where she stood.

“You scared me, why did you sneak up on me like that?” she asked bending to pick up the broken plate.

“Don’t touch it, I will pack it myself” Joel said heading to where the broom was kept, he collected it, turned around only to see Melody still crouched on the floor, he rolled his eyes and walked towards her.

“You are really stubborn you know?, i told you to let it be” Joel said going to get the packer.

“Ouch” Melody cried out flinging her hand in the air in a painful manner.

“You this stubborn Yoruba woman, i told you to let it be” Joel said running back to where she stood, “Let me see” he said holding her hand, he blew air on the wound and then stared at her, she had traces of gathered tears in her eyes. “Is it painful?, should we go to the hospital?” he asked caressing her thumb.

“What? you really know how to waste money, who goes to the hospital for such a small wound?, it is not even bleeding” she sniffed and chuckled at the same time.

“You are stubborn, I told you not to touch the plate” Joel said still caressing her thumb.

“I broke it so I guess I should be the one to pack it” she muttered while scratching her head with her other hand.

“Who even told you to come to the kitchen? did anyone tell you to do the dishes?” Joel asked dropping her hand softly.

“Am used to running errands for people and you already accommodated me, clothed and fed me, so I guess the least I could do was to do the dishes this early before anyone wakes up because your Mom wouldn’t have loved it if she had seen me doing any of the house chores” she shrugged.

“Well I think you should stop guessing then because you always guess it wrong” Joel chuckled going back to take the packer.

“But I want to do something, my hands are itching, am used to doing something with them” she said with a pout.

“Listen to me babe, you are a guest here, you don’t need to do anything around the house” Joel said crouching with the packer to pack the broken plate.

“Yes sir” Melody answered with a blush, he had called her “babe”.

” I want you to get dressed, we would be going out later, like in two hours time ” Joel said pouring the pieces of the broken plate into the trashcan.

“But where are we going to?” Melody asked with a shrug.

“Somewhere” Joel answered with a wink.