' Clifford really is not coming down for lunch? '. Dr Jason asked his wife as she sat down for lunch.
Alina darted her eyes between the two of them while holding the spoon of chocolate sauce near her mouth as they waited for Mrs Jason response.
The Clifford guy is really something else. How can he come back from a trip or wherever he went and decide not come down for the lunch? At least let him join his parents and go back to his room.
' He said he wanted to rest '. Mrs Jason replied as she served Cobb salad on his plate.
' Was he resting when he got to his room? '. He asked again as he picked up the vegetable that fell off his plate, from the table.
Mrs Jason moved to serve Alina but she waved her hand with a smile on her cheek, telling her that the chocolate sauce was enough for her.
' He was just about to use the bathroom '. She replied after dropping the bowl of Cobb sauce on the table and having her seat.
' I will go get him '. Alina said and got up from her seat to the amazement of everyone.
' No dear, you don't have to do that. When he is hungry, he will come downstairs and get his fill '. Mrs Jason spoke up as she got up too to stop Alina.
' No ma, it is not right. At least he should come downstairs and take a spoon, then go upstairs afterwards not for him to stay in his room resting till the evening '. She said and arranged her seat after getting up.
Mrs Jason wanted to hold her but her husband intervened and told her to let her go and call him.
' Ok. His room is the room next yours '.
Alina walked up the stairs and was able to spot Clifford's room just a wall away from hers.
She opened the door without knocking and entered without permission.
Clifford had just finished taking a shower and had wrapped a towel round his waist when he entered his room.
' Jesus Christ! '. He shouted in great shock and held his chest out of fright when he saw Alina sitting on his bed with crossed legs facing the other way, trying not to look at his bare body.
' What are you doing here? '. He asked her.
She swallowed her spit, got up and walked towards the door. ' I came to call you for lunch and make sure you are ready and down before I get downstairs '. She answered and turned the door handle to open it.
' And if I don't, what will you do? '. He asked with all boldness.
' Till then '. Was her reply and then she opened the door and left the room.
With her hand on her mouth, she opened her room door, rushed to the bathroom and vomited into the toilet sink.
After like three throw ups, she rinsed her mouth, and washed her face. Placing her hand on the toilet sink, she looked at her reflection in the mirror.
What just happened? How can she say that mere looking at Clifford's bare body with water dipping down from his hair made her want to throw up. Some how it disgusted her to see his six packs jam-packed. It was like big fat worms were just packed together inside his chest.
Just the thought of those worms made her throw up for the fourth time. She rinsed her mouth and face again. She couldn't even look at him when she was ordering him to come downstairs.
After few minutes she opened the bathroom door and left the room. By the time she got downstairs, Clifford was already seated and eating his food.
He saw her enter the dining room but pretended to not see her. When she told him to come downstairs and did not give him a proper answer to his question when he asked her what she would if he disobeyed, he felt the urge to not disobey her at the least.
He knew who she was even from teenage age. He knew how she spoke with authority and punished whoever disobeyed her when she gives an order.
While most people feared her because she does not say a thing and go back on it, others feared her because she says a thing and make sure she do it at all cost. She was mostly feared for her integrity.
She sat on her chair, removed the plate that covered her food and started eating. She noticed that her food was covered but was too shy to look up and say a ' thank you ' to Mrs Jason, even to look at Clifford.
She was not hungry anymore and did not want to eat anything as the thought of the worms was still running in her mind.
Luckily for her, Clifford too was shy to look at her as he had just obeyed her orders against his wish.
As she dug her spoon inside her sauce, she started seeing little worms dancing in it. She closed her eyes and opened them again but the picture was still there.
Soon, her mouth got full again and she held her it with her hands and ran up the stairs all the way to her room. Immediately she entered her room, she ran to the bathroom and vomited inside the toilet sink. Every thing she ate came out in four more throw ups in addition to the four she had earlier vomited.
After rinsing her mouth and her face again, she entered the bedroom, lied on the bed and slept off.
They all waited for her for minutes but she was no where near the dinning room. Everyone start getting worried.
Clifford got up and ran up the stairs, his parents followed suite and everyone arrived Alina's room at seconds interval.
Mrs Jason being the female in their midst, opened the door and peeped in the room. There Alina was lying on the bed. She stood at the door for some seconds to see if she was breathing normally or not or if she was breathing at all. When she saw her breathing normally, she sighed.
' She's asleep '. She said after closing the door gently.
The father and son understood that she got tired after vomiting and fell asleep.
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