Love And Revenge✔️

Nineteen

  Chapter 19

"I'm coming, I'm washing the dishes" she shouts back.
"Alright hurry" he says back.

Moments later she joins him in the living room cleaning her hands with a rag.
"So? What's up?" She asks him.
"Can you make me ginger tea? This harmattan has really gotten to me"

"I told you even if you're wearing the thickest sweater or thickest cap as long as you are bathing with and drinking cold water having a cold is inevitable".
     
"I should have listened, right?"
"Yeah you should have" She says back heading back to the kitchen.

She comes back with a mini mortar, a plate with fresh ginger and a knife.
She sits and starts peeling the ginger.
"I'll smash it, you peel it" He says collecting the mortar.
"Do you know how to do it?" She asks giggling.

"Come on. It's not like I hired a maid when I was in university or when I went for my masters degree" he tells her proudly.
   
"Here start pounding this one" She says handing him a ginger she had already peeled and cut into smaller sizes so he could pound them better and easier.
   
"Okay then" he starts pounding.
"So what should we do tomorrow?" She asks but he says nothing too busy smashing.
"Oh you're going to work, right?" He still doesn't answer.

She keeps quiet.
"I hope I get better when I take this" He says when he's all done.

*The next morning
*5:20 am*

"Why!"He says lying down in bed.
"Don't blame me it's all you, you have to face the consequences"
   
He groans.
"How are you feeling? Should I get you anything?"
   
"My voice is cracking badly and I think I'm coming up with a fever".
"Just stay at home today" she suggests.
"That is what you wanted" he says back.

He wore a thick cashmere sweater, a cap, thick socks and a hoodie on top and then he covered himself with his duvet.
    "Where is my cap?" She asks.

"Two. Incase of necessity".
"Let me get you more hot ginger tea, then you can go back to sleep".

She leaves and comes back with a big mug and saucer.
"Here take. Take it before it gets cold"
"How can I drink everything in this pot before it gets cold?" He asks looking at the mug horridly.

     "The more the better and you might feel less feverish. Plus I made sure I put in lemon grass and lemon, a lot of ginger and mint leaf".
    
"I'm not drinking all this"
"You have to"
    
"I don't want to"
"Come on drink it"
    
"Nope"
"Why?"
     
"If I drink this then what space do I have for breakfast?"
"Think about getting rid of this cold first".
   
  "My stomach comes first"
"Not when you're sick"
    
"And if I die of hunger what is the use of the ginger and mint tea?"
"Fuad. Even if it's a little"
     
"I don't want to"
"Please. Just a little"
     
"Okay, quarter"
"Okay deal"
"Okay" he sits up and picks up the cup.
"And you're also taking it with your breakfast later".
    
"Are you trying to torture me with tea?"
"Okay Sorry Sorry"

He finished drinking his quarter tea and sinks back into the bed.
She lies down beside him.
   
"What's the time?" He asks.
"Ummm..."she picks her phone and checks the time before dropping it back on the nightstand  "6:45" she says back.
    
"Call Salis and tell him to inform Gloria to cancel all my meetings because I'm not feeling well"
   
"I should call him this early?"
"Usually by this time he's already there"
    
"Damn! Serious worker. And you leave by 7:30 And you're the boss"
"All my workers should arrive before 7:00 and if they can't make it they have to send an apology text, letter, fax or email before I arrive"
   
"Ahh! That's unfair" she laughs.
"Call and inform him".
He gives her his phone and she calls immediately.

Yo! I'm in the office. Where are you?

It's Rumaisa.

Rumaisa? why are you calling with Fuad's phone?

He isn't feeling well he has a cold. He said I should tell you to tell Gloria he isn't coming in today.

"And She should cancel all my meetings or he can attend the ones he thinks he's ready for" he tells her and she nods back in response.

He's sick?

He said I should tell you to attend the meetings you think you are capable of handling and tell Gloria to cancel the rest that you aren't ready for.

Okay then. Tell him I'll come over immediately after work.

Okay see you then.

He ends the call.
"Thanks babe"
   
"You're welcome" she gives him a peck before she lies back down to sleep.

*Later In The Evening *
*4:36 pm *

"What do you want for dinner?" She asks.
"I'm not even sure what I want. Do you know how to make with rice soup?" He asks curiously.
   
"What rice soup?"
They both sat down in the mini living room lying down on the couch.
   
"I don't".
"Then I'll have to forfeit it".
    
Then they hear a knock.
"That must be Ya Salis". They both get up and head to the main parlor. He sits while she goes to open the door.

Surprisingly Salis wasn't the only one standing at the door.
   
"Hadiza?" Fuad asks a bit surprised.
She comes in looking nervous.
   
"Salis asked me if I could make you rice soup, that you weren't feeling so good"
"Salis? Where is he?"

"He's coming, He's turning the car around".
Rumaisa closes the door and sits across them.

His eyes lit up "So you brought rice soup"
Then Salis comes and sits beside Rumaisa not saying a word to her.
     "So...how are you feeling?"

"Better than I did this morning"
"Can you please get a bowl and spoon?" Hadiza asks getting up.
"Don't tell me what to do" she gets up and walks out.
    
"I need to use the bathroom" Salis gets up and leaves.
"You have to give Rumaisa your recipe"
      "Of course, Salis forced me into coming anyway, he kept insisting that I knew how to make it better" She says back.

Rumaisa comes back but stays by the door trying to calm her nerves down.

"Do you remember when you sent Fatima the recipe and she screwed it up?"
She bursts out laughing, hard "Yeah, you called complaining about how the chicken was overcooked and the rice was still raw".

"I think that might have made my illness worse than it was".
"I bet"

Salis comes back and stands beside Rumaisa.
"You can't change that" he tells her with a smirk.
"They're friends, I can't keep away every girl in his life"
"You wish you could but we both know it's because you can't"
   
"I don't want to".
"You know he's no push over, I think we can both agreee with that"
He walks in and sits with them.

"But it tasted great fah" Salis jokes.
"What the hell?"
"It wasn't suitable for human consumption" Hadiza says.
"You know how much I love overcooked chicken" he tells them.

Fuad turns around and sees Rumaisa by the door.
"Come on" he tells her.

Salis and Hadiza turn around to look at her.
"Oh sorry I got held up"
She keeps the tray.
"You still make me drink this ginger tea?"
   
"Fuad, at least drink a little".
"Okay just a little, If you want me to".
She smiles.
"I do".
  
"Okay then" he takes the cup from her keeping the bowl of rice soup on the tray.
  She smirks at Hadiza.

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