Whispers of Hope ✓

CHAPTER 6

JOSHUA POV......

After talking with Ish I went out from massage therapy. She is a decent girl with simple living and high thinking spirit. She has something which I never felt for any other girl. She is sweet, calm, beautiful, and intelligent but on another hand she is scared, alone, abandoned, sad. I sensed all these in just few minutes. I saw her eyes which are not in peace. Her sparkling chocolate brown eyes are in fear. Fear of something which I sometimes see in my mom's eyes.

I reached my home. I have a house which is near to my office but I live with my mom because she feels alone so to give her company I live here mostly. I parked my car in a parking lot and after locking the car I came inside. I can sense my mom is humming her favorite song. She does this when she cooks something.

I wanted to scare her by directly hugging her from behind but I know if I do she will get scared and might start to cry. I don't understand why she behaves sometimes like this. She neither clarifies anything nor does she tell me anything about her past. Sometimes she is like a happy baby and sometimes she becomes sad. Sometimes she laughs and sometimes she cries.

*deep sigh* I put my coat on couch. I folded my shirt....

"Maa, maa" I started to shout. I know it would relax her if she knows that it's me.

"I am here Joshy." Maa shouted from kitchen and I go inside the kitchen to see her making something.

"Hi maa, how are you?" I hugged her from behind and ask her. I kissed her on her head to make her relax.

"Joshy look what I made today." She said happily to him and showed him the food which she made. (Please add the Philippines food name in this.) This time it's adobo. The strong smell of soy sauce and the natural fragrance of chicken came rustling on his nostrils. (Adobo is a Philippine dish which is mostly with any meat, chicken meat, pork and even fish meat; the meat is marinated with soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, ginger, a little bit of sugar some more seasonings depending on what recipe they do. But it's main seasoning is the soy sauce.)

"Wow, you make this after so long. I am gonna eat this" I said to make her as she chuckles. In front of her I will always be a baby no matter what. She is my whole world. My only family.

"Joshy first go to your room and freshen up then have your dinner understood? Now go" She said with her fake angry glares.

"Maa I am not a kid anymore please stop calling me Joshy atleast." I said with fake irritation. She laughed and shuffled my hairs with her hand and said

"You always will be my little kid no matter how big you become, understood? Now go then I will set the dining table."

She said and I nodded my head and went to my room. My room which is neat and clean, thanks to my mom. I like my room and the interior. I always like dark color. My room theme is same; black and grey. My mom doesn't like the interior at all nor she likes the theme but she didn't say anything about it because she knows how much I like this theme. This thought made me chuckle.

I went to my wardrobe and take out my night wears and went to the washroom for shower.

I am at home taking shower but my mind is somewhere else. My mind is continuously thinking about Ish. I just shook my head to delete this thought from my brain. I closed my eyes but I can just see her angelic face again, her smile, her shining eyes, her lips, her whole face. All of this making me hard downside.

Wtf! I instantly opened my eyes, took a deep breath. Today this cold shower is of no use. After sometime I get ready in my night wear and went downstairs to see my mom setting the dining table.

"Welcome Joshy. I re-heated the food. You took so much time just to freshen up." Mom complained to me like a baby and I chuckled looking at her face.

"I was taking shower so maybe that's why I got late." I said and she nodded her head