My Father's debt

Chapter 8

"Ryan, stop" she says pushing me off her aggressively. She notices the guards at the entrance to the kitchen and her deminour completely changes. She begins to speak in a fake suductive tone, "You know mom said we shouldn't be all lovie dovie in front of the staff." She has her hand on my chest, she winks at me, kisses my cheek then turns her attention back to her pots. "So I'm cooking for both you and I. The chef said he will cook for staff at the staff kitchen. I wanted to show you how greatfull I am for yesterday, so I decided to cook for you..." She says still using her faked peppy accent. Apparently I need to wait at least one more hour until she is done. I head to my room and go take a shower.

My shower is made short by my phone ringing. " Hy bro wassup", one of my two closest friends Micheal is on the other end. "How are you Mike, how is Daisy?" I boom back. He chuckles,"we are both great, she's been in a good place lately," he responds. Daisy had a rough patch a few months back, she lost her father and her bother and she was hard on her. "I'm glad to hear that, I'm happy for you guys," I say with a smile on my face. "Look who is in a good mood today, I see that little girl is making you happy," he and Aden both know that my engagement to Lilian is not the typical one, so they are always teasing me using her. "You know, I actually think I like her bro," I couldn't help but say it. "Ha ha very funny Ryan," he responds. "Dude I'm being dead serious," I retort, a little offended that he thinks I'm joking. He laughs, literally out loud, "Okay.... Okay, tell me what makes you feel like you have any sort of attraction towards that child," he says trying to catch his breath. "Well if you must know, she is the child of dads best friend. Even though dad let me kill him because that's the law of the mafia, I know he still has attachment to his best friend. This girl is that attachment. Dad said she is very smart and finished high school at the top of her class, she was meant to go to tertiary next year. Dad says I should treat her well and that she is family, he also says that it would make him so happy if I have a good relationship with her, " Michael cuts me off. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, tell me what YOU like about her," he says that emphasizing on the 'you', "but I just did," I respond. "Okay I'm going to say something really crazy. It sounds like the only reason you like this girl is because she makes your dad happy. You are mentally forcing yourself to 'fall for her' because falling for her is what will make your father 'proud' of you." His words arrise a conflict within me, is he right? Do I just like the idea of her being the key to winning over my father. "Eyy, I don't know about that man I just.... I... I don't know," this really caught me off guard, I don't usually stutter but this got me stuttering...

Lilian knocks on my door a while after the call between Michael and I ended. She enters the room and shuts the door behind her. She crosses her arms over her chest, "Ryan what was that nonsense in the kitchen all about?" she asks. "Well if you must know, I was trying to up our acting. We are supposed to be a couple remember," I casually reply. "Are you sure that's it, I mean you promised it would be nothing too hectic, just a kiss on the cheek and walking around holding hands and stuff, and then you show up and start making out with me," she huffs. "A grown man like me can't be going around giving kisses on the cheek. My staff will start seeing me as weak," I retort. "Is that the only reason behind you suddenly kissing me?" she asks. I'm not sure what she is implying, her shaped eyebrow is slightly raised and she is trying to give me an intimidating stare, but she isn't one bit intimidating. I actually find it cute. "Listen princess, don't flatter yourself. I kissed you as part of our act, I hope you aren't thinking that I find you attractive or something. You aren't all that so don't assume anything," I roll my eyes at her as I say this and fold my arms over my chest mirroring her.

She looks at me from head to toe and then loosens her stance, "Yea, okay, whatever. Food is ready 'my love' ", she uses a sarcastic tone for the last part. After that she struts out the door sassily and I follow right after her. She leads the way to the small dinning room. The table is set really well, it looks as though she went all out. She instructs me to sit down then she leaves. She returns with a small dish, a jug of water and a dish cloth. What she does next really supprises me. She goes down on her knees and offers to wash my hands. The water is warm and slightly soapy, after I wash my hands she helps me wipe them with the dishcloth, then she casually gets off her knee's and struts out like she didn't just blow my mind. She returns with a tray of food and again goes on her knees to put the food on the table before me. Her food looks yummy, she made mashed potatoes and oxtail with veggies on the side. She sits down opposite me, "Bon appétit dear," she says before she begins to eat. I also dig in. She is a pretty good cook, it reminds me of my mother's cooking, her food actually tastes like a home cooked meal and not something you would get in a restaurant. I almost compliment it but I hold myself back, I don't want her thinking too deep into it.

Lilians Pov

Well that didn't go as planned, Ryan didn't even comment on my food. I need money so I thought making food for him would make him a bit soft, guess I was wrong. Daisy invited me out and I really want to go, besides having fun, I really really want to get out of the house so that I can talk to Josh(officer) more freely. "Ryan, umm I need a favor," I speak out, he looks up at me, I take that as a sign to continue," Daisy asked me to join her on a weekend away, I really want to go but I have no money. So I was wondering if you could give me some so that I can go with her"