THE LAST PROMISE

CHAPTER 5 | Congratulations.

I put on the key, unlock the door then walk in. I close the door behind me, lock it back again then take off those bloody heels that I have been wearing the whole night and my feet thank me because they hurt like hell. I throw my handbag on the couch because I am tired as hell and I need a hot bath then sleep and wake up after three months. I go to check on Mbali in her bedroom and she is sleeping.

I cover her up since the blanket is on her feet like she was fighting over it. I'm glad to see she finally got something that will help her flu. I close her bedroom door after then head to mine. I take off my clothes then head to my bathroom and take a quick shower. I don't bother putting lotion on my body, that's how exhausted I am. I throw the pillows all over the place then get under the blanket and pass out the moment I feel my favorite pillow on my face.

The smell of wonderful aromas is what wakes me up and that of course my stomach is grumbling. I open my eyes, take a deep breath and I can just feel how tired my body is. I stretch it and immediately regret it because it reminds me that I didn't lather it last night. It's not ashy but it's dry. Very dry and I need to shower so I can lather it.

I get up, go to my bathroom then shower. I walk out of my bedroom after an hour feeling like a normal human being. It's a Saturday and it's raining like hell. Great, just what I need when I want to go to the Plaza and buy some things that I need. When I walk in the sitting room, our open floor plan space that is the sitting room, dining and all the way to our kitchen, I see Mbali setting up the table and I stop walking because this means that her boyfriend arrived late this morning and she's making him breakfast.

There goes my day of just binging reality trash tv on the couch with my friend. I guess I'm going to be locked up in my bedroom the whole day and that doesn't bother me at all because I'll get to design new stuff. I stop and about to head back
“And where do you think you're going to, miss?” I turn around and she has her hands folded with a smile on her face. She definitely got it all this morning.

“I forgot something in my room”
“No you didn't. I know I'm not the greatest cook but you can't run away from my food like this when I made it specially for you." We laughed.
“This is all for me and not your mans?”
“He's not here, this is me saying thank you for filling in for me yesterday. Come.”

She opens the chair for me and I walk towards the table smiling. She tries to hug me but then stops because she remembers that I'm not a huggy kind of person. The only people I used to hug are my nieces. She just gently holds my hand.
“You didn't have to do this, you know I'd do anything for you in a heartbeat.”
“I know but I have to show you that I appreciate what you did for me.” She goes to the stove, opens the oven and walks back with a pan. Roasted mushrooms, my favorite. My lips form this huge ass smile and she laughs.

“You are so easy to please. You see mushrooms and you're done.”
“They are my weakness” she laughs and plates for me. I wait for her until she plates her plate as well and everything else until she is done.
“I thought you had it all this morning when I saw you setting up the table.”
“That's because I woke up to a call from Candice. She was so happy about the job you did last night. She couldn't stop talking about you and how the whole staff loves you.”

“Everything I did, I learned from you guys. I'm just glad I represented you well.”
“She said something else too” I took a bite of my bread and waited for her to continue. “she said you asked her to give me shares from her restaurant.”
“I hope I didn't get you into trouble but I said that because you practically run that place and she is never there. If I didn't know better I would say that it was your restaurant and not hers. You live for that place so you do deserve to get something from it other than your salary.”