Unknown Sensations

Chapter twenty seven

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Harley

" This is where you live?" The little girl beamed excitedly as we entered the kitchen , Justin walked in , a few minutes later, pulling the bags along with him .

"Where should I put these ?" He asked , shrugging his shoulders , " Second room up the stairs ," I pointed him in the direction of my bedroom , he again shrugged his shoulders and walked past me , leaving me with Karishma . The room fell into an awkward silent , the deafening kind . Bright hazel eyes , homed mine . Leaving me almost naked , under her innocent stare .

" Princess , you tired ?" I blurted out , a little more out loud , louder than what I intended . Bright honeyed eyes bore into me , before glancing around the kitchen , I walked to the fridge , remembering I had chocolate , I opened the fridge and scanned inside . To my fortune , I still had two more chocolate slaps . I guess , I'd have to go do shopping , right after my shift on Monday . I took out the opened chocolate and went back to the little girl , who still hadn't moved from the position .

" Look what I have for you , princess ," I said extending my hand out to hand her the chocolate. She slowly reached out with her hand to take it from me . Once in her possession , she took a bar and proceeded to have it . I watched as she brought her small hand , holding the bar to her mouth . I watched her suck and chew on the chocolate bar , " Thank you Ms Lele ," she thanked me , gracing me with her toothless smile . " What do you say , let's go take a bath huh?" I suggested , clapping my hands together . Her cheeks turned a darker shade of pink , "I want Juju to help me ," she flushed in embarrassment . " Oh , " I wasn't expecting that , I did but I just didn't think it'll be a big deal since we were both females . " Of , course . Let's wait for him to come down ." I managed to say through a tight smile .

Justin returned to the kitchen and found us , awkwardly staring at each other . Karishma still considered me a stranger , I assumed it'll take long for her to warm up to me and I on the other hand , was still not sure how to act around the little girl , " Rishma wants you to help her bath , I'll get started on the supper , you guys hungry ? " I asked as I set the pots on the stove .

" Yeah , sure . " the boy answered before turning his back to me . He knelt in front of the five year old and cleared his throat .

" Riri , how about that bath now huh?" he suggested in a tone ever so sweet and tender . Her eyes lit up as she nodded frantically at him . The two of them strode past me hand in hand , while I was left to cater to the pots .

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The weekend could've have flew by quicker , I had a great time with the children even though at first , I had doubted the outcome of it , the sad part was the actual parting . The little girl had me promising her a girls weekend , a weekend without Justin .

Justin still chose or limited his words in my presence but we managed to move from one word answers to a full sentence , the shrugging of shoulders was still there but that was progress compared to when we first met .

" Have you been listening to anything I've said ?" Anne said waving her fingers across my face , pulling me out of my trance . " Huh ?" I asked , unable to remember anything she said . She sighed , palming her face . " Where's your head today ?" She asked , walking over to put her dirty cup in the sink . " Sorry , I've been thinking about Karishma and Justin ."

She rinsed her cup and placed it upside down on the cabinet , " They're good kids and good company . The girl is definitely something ," she said walking back to me . She met them on Saturday , Karishma liked Anne way more than me but she still had the same problem with Justin . " I don't know , something inside me is pulling me towards them . I wanna do so much for them ," I voiced out my thoughts . " Harlz , you can only do so much for them okay and adopting two children now will change everything , besides they're still not sure if you'll stick around , give it time okay , they'll come around ." I listened to my best friend actually speak and make sense . My heart grew heavy at the underlying possibility that they could never warm up to me . " I'll try not to project myself on them too much ."