ALWAYS AND FOREVER

Kathy Pov

I spent the whole of my day trying to get settled in school, the fact that I switched majors means I am starting from the bottom but I wasn’t bothered by that, I have always loved interior designing and I know I can keep up, going to the various offices was draining but it didn’t bother me either, in fact, I enjoyed every moment of it, everyone I met so far were nothing but nice to me, I even met some of my course mates and exchanged numbers with a few, my classes officially starts next week as I was taking the week off to help me adjust to my life in New York, I had a lot of things to do, I had to go shopping for clothes and a lot of necessities as I didn’t bring any of my things to New York except the ones that went with me to the Bahamas, the thought of Bahamas brought out a big smile on my face, I had a great time there especially the night before we left, I blushed at the thought of it as I waited for the cab the would take me back home, my legs hurt from walking up and down even my whole body hurts too and I was sleep deprived, I haven’t slept well in the last two nights, my husband was hell of demanding and I couldn’t even say no either because I wanted him just as much, how I thought I could stay with him and not want him was beyond me, anyway I couldn’t wait to get home and get some much needed, sleep, I didn’t need to wait for long because the cab pulled up in front of me, I got in and gave him directions, resting my head on the car seat, I dosed off.

When I opened my eyes again we were at the entrance of the house, the house was nothing I expected, when we got in last night I expected the house to be more of a bachelor style but surprisingly, it had a lot of homey touch and feel, I paid the cab man and exited the car, dragging my tired ass into the house, I didn’t know my way around the huge house, I wondered how the moron, yeah I am still going to call him that in my head, I wonder how he lived here all by himself, it wasn’t as big as our mansion back home in Arizona but it was still huge for one person to live in, I checked the time, it was past two in the afternoon, I was both hungry and tired, I didn’t know which to treat first, I couldn’t order something because we’ll I used up all the cash with me, New York is freaking expensive, so I had to locate the kitchen if I was going to eat, been in the big house alone was hard, I heard a noise coming from the lower part of the house where I felt the kitchen would be located, maybe the moron was home, I traced the noise, that sounded like clash of kitchen knives and spoons, I expected to see Cross there but I was met with the wondering eyes of an older lady, who should be around her late forties or early fifties, she looked at me expectantly and I greeted her.

“Hi good afternoon, I thought Cross would be here, sorry if I disturbed you,”

I said turning to leave the kitchen.

“Are you Cross’s wife?”

She asked and I turned back and nodded.

“Yes, I am,”

“Oh, nice to meet you, you look younger than I expected, sorry I didn’t recognize you, I am the cook,”

He had a cook who thinks I am younger than she expected.

“I look younger but I am actually in my twenties, I am twenty-three, nice to meet you too, do you live here?”

“Yes, I do, I live in the staff quarters,”

“Oh, but I didn’t see anyone yesterday, sorry we came in at night though,”

“I wasn’t around yesterday but the cleaner was, maybe she was already asleep when you guys arrived, there are five us who work here, there is Steven the gardener, Kris and Save who are the security men and also Mrs. Betty who cleans, her daughter also come by sometimes but she is in school right now, and also there is me, my name is Nora, I will call the others to come and say Hi when you have rested,”

She introduced, she had the same name as my older sister, I still haven’t spoken to anyone one of my siblings, I should soon.

“Nice to meet you, Nora, I am Katherine and I have an older sister who bears the same name as you, thank you for the warm welcome and I hope we get along,”

I said.

“Oh, of course, we will as long as you are not the bitchy kind of woman,”

She replied, I decided that I liked her, she wasn’t scared to say what was on her mind.

“I can be stubborn but I am definitely not bitchy,”

I responded with a tired and hungry laugh, I could swell the aroma of Pasta in the air which heightened my hunger.

“Good, I am pretty stubborn too, You look like you are hungry? I already prepared lunch so you can go freshening up and come back down to eat or you can choose to eat first, whichever you want.”

She invited me, the aroma from the kitchen was already driving me crazy, I can always wash up after I eat, so I walked into the kitchen and sat down.

“I will eat first because if I go upstairs I don’t know if I will have the energy to come back down, I am so hungry, I didn’t know my way around New York enough to get lunch and all I had for breakfast was tasteless scrambled eggs that my husband made,”

I explained remembering the taste of the food I eat this morning, I couldn’t even turn him down because he looked like he genuinely went through a lot to prepare that simple breakfast, I could have made some myself but we were both running late so I managed to eat from it.

“I can understand, Cross is a bad cook, a disaster in the kitchen, but his muscles and handsome face make up for his shortcomings.

“Yeah, I totally agree,”

I said, looking at her expectantly, she understood the assignment and went to get me food, the aroma of the pasta was mouth-watering and when I took a bite, it tasted heavenly.

“This taste so good, wow,”

I complimented giving her a thumbs up she smiled and went back to what she was doing after telling me to eat gently, I ate in silence while she busied herself with cleaning the kitchen, I was thankful someone was here to serve me food and save me from dying of hunger because there was no way I would have pulled myself up and made food this good maybe I would have settled for snacks until the moron gets back home.

“That has to be one of the best meals I have ever had, thanks again Nora,”

I said when I was done eating, I moved my plates to the sink and started washing them but she came and drove me away.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“Do not touch anything in my kitchen unless I tell you to, do you understand?”

She asked and I looked at her in shock, I was just trying to be a nice girl, but she looked serious though.

“Yes, ma’am,”

I said and she smiled.

“Now go wash up and rest you look like you can fall asleep here,”

“Okay, thanks again,”