"Papi! Try this and tell me if it's ready" Anna said giving Liam three pieces of fried chicken on a small plate. Liam put the laptop on his lap aside and received the plate,
"Hmm!" He hummed nodding. "This is so delicious, but you're more sweeter"
"Stop" Anna said nudging his shoulder "Tell me, how's it?"
"On a serious note, it's fantastic. Salt is on point, spices are little; simple and healthy. It's even more than the much seasoned Cj's chicken; all kinds"
Anna felt like she was contesting and now the judge had announced her the winner. Her ear to ear smile widened even more. She sat on bed and watched him eat all pieces then lick his fingers with a grin. She would cook for him forever if this is the way he will always react to her recipe. She left him to continue his work to finish hers as well.
At 11:47am, she was done cooking. She was still organising the kitchen to go join Liam inside when she heard someone yelling her nick name.
"...you bitch, how dare you stress us all? We're there worried that something bad could've happened to you when you're here enjoying your lif...." Nancy stopped midway when she saw a cannula. Anna hugged her regardless of her visible astonishment.
"I missed you darling" Anna said in small kid-like tone but Nancy stepped back.
"What happened?" Nancy asked.
"It's a long story"
"What story could that be? You've never fallen sick all your life, just headache and bleeding. Did you perhaps get raped..."
Anna hushed Nancy by putting her hand on her mouth which confused her even more.
"Somebody is in there" Anna wispered in her ear but instead of understand the assignment, Nancy merely stretched her arm and opened the curtain since they were standing on the kitchen's door near the main door.
Gasp!
Nancy gasped in shock and let go of the curtain instantly, "Liam?"
Anna nodded and Nancy slid down on her knees with a wide open mouth, she looked up at Anna with wide eyes. "He finally came to you?"
"Yes"
"When?"
"Three days ago" Anna said with a smile, as he would be hearing them clearly, they decided to use their local dialect rather than English he understands.
"How?" Nancy asked.
Anna narrated all the story to her in a minute and poor Nancy burst into tears. Anna's eyes welled up as well at remembering those traumatising memories.
"I love him" Nancy said wiping her tears, "I used to like him even when I didn't know him but now am in love with him. He's more than a usual guy, he's could be supernatural and peculiar. What normal person who shows up every time you're in trouble?"
Anna wrapped her arm around Nancy's shoulder in gratitude for accepting her boyfriend without trying. Nancy hated the first married guy she had been in a relationship with, so accepting Liam meant the world to her. Nothing is as hard as loving a guy that your best friend hates.
"Now tell me, " Nancy said her moods changing from sad to happy and cunning, " Did you....did you?" She asked wiggling her eyesbrows.
"Yes!" Anna answered with a blush understanding what she meant, she lowered her face to avoid her gaze.
"Yay! That's my girl!" Nancy celebrated.
"You're not mad at me?"
Nancy raised a brow, " Why would I be?"
"Because I got spoilt" Anna asked in a low shy voice, saying or doing it with Liam was something else, but talking about it with a third party hardened.
"That's not getting spoilt, if it was those filthy impudent guys, I would've gotten mad but Liam, oh come on! He's sent from heaven, besides, how many times had I told you to seduce him?"
Anna smiled.
"Did it hurt at first?" Nancy asked getting closer, her gossip switch already turned on.
"Hooo! It hurt me like hell but later subsided."
"I know! How did it feel later?"
"Like heaven! Why hadn't you told me how it exactly feels? Am sure I wouldn't have waited all this long if I knew how sweet and deliciously yummy those things are."
"Deliciously what?" Nancy giggled, "Just like no woman could ever explain labour pains enough for the other person who had never felt them to understand, that's how sex is. It's something special that God took his sweet time to wisely creat."
Anna laughed at her in disbelief.
"I'm telling you, Nana! I knelt down one day and raised up my hands to thank God for creating such a good thing. Were would us have been? It's sweet but so relaxing, mostly in men. That's why you shouldn't ever deny your man if he asks for it, it calms them down ."
Anna blushed, glad that Liam couldn't hear their nasty conversation but little did she know that Liam actually understood each and word they were saying. His mother belongs to their tribe and had taught them that language ever since they were little.
He was smiling from the beginning but when Nancy advised Anna to never deny him sexually, he nodded his head in satisfaction. He internally thanked Nancy for wisely advising his girl.
"Had I known, I could've brought all spices so that you spice it for him. There's this soap called kitty sweetener, once you use it down there, he won't finish!"
Anna covered her face in embarrassment, the way Nancy wasn't filtering anything embarrassed her more.
"I'm spilling the fact, no man would like to find your kitty unattended. They like finding it fresh, clean and sweet." Nancy advised, "Tell me, did he make you squirt all your juice out?"
Liam's length twitched at the memory!
"Nancy, stop!" Anna warned remembering how she had splashed her juice all-over him; thankfully they weren't on bed, otherwise, it wouldn't have ended well.
"You will need my help, girl. I have some herbs that you drink to quickly gain your juice back, men like waterfalls than deserts." Nancy said, " You know there are three types of juice in us women; the slippery fluid that helps a man go in and out easily, the squirts that you shower him with; just for fun and then th..."
"Stop!" Anna said and passed her phone to Nancy, just to distract. And it worked.
"Eww! His phone is nice, so expensive?" Nancy said checking the phone out.
"It's actually mine"
Nancy gasped, "What? He bought it for you?"
Anna nodded in response with a proud smile, "More to it, he has a tattoo of my on his chest. Girl, nobody can convince me that I'm not dreaming. I'm obsessed with him"
"No babe, you're not dreaming! It's just like fictional movie you're in, who does all that for love?" Nancy asked, "God payed you for your patience for real."
"Yeah!" Anna said thoughtful, "One thing I don't understand is his relationship with and Lexie, at first I thought that they're married but then...."
"Married?" Nancy asked with a raised brow, even Liam frowned. "Why would you think like that?"
"Uh. Mr Balaji called them mister and miss Salvatore when he told to serve them...."
Nancy laughed out loud rolling on the floor which pissed Anna off, "What's funny?"
Liam chuckled as well!
"Yo--you.... You're so funny and stupid, Nana!" Nancy said amidst laughter, "Who in the hell doesn't understand the difference between miss and misses? I wonder why my aunty and uncle wasted their money educating you. They could be siblings, asshole"
Anna opened her mouth bewildered by the revelation, so she had included with her stupid assumption on something wrong. She also laughed at her own foolishness
After laughing and talking some more, Anna took Nancy inside and introduced them to eachother. Nancy thanked Liam for saving Anna's life twice and the cellphone. Max came midway and Anna persisted on him to get in and dine with them, she also called Fiona and the five of them ate lunch together.
After the meal, Nancy helped Anna wash dishes and after, they left for Anna's medication to which they parted ways after Anna talked to Nathaniel and Stella; and after taking multiple selfies in the new phone of course. Anna and Liam drove back home later.
The couple stayed indoors till late evening when Liam suggested taking her to a local bar in down street. It was a simple place built by bamboos and other African customs artifacts making it look calm and cosy.
Anna sat opposite Liam grinning at something in her head, forgetting his presence already, she was staring at a glass of Coca-Cola before her but her mind very far.
"You okay?" Liam asked.
"Huh?"
"What are you thinking about?" Liam asked
"Oh! Uh..." She said scratching the back of her head. "I was just thinking about someone I miss"
He narrowed his eyes at her, "And who is that?"
Anna waved her hand dismissively while shaking her head with a smile, "This handsome guy who claims to be my boyfriend but never fulfill his duties as a man"
Liam frowned at her confusing and annoying statement but then something hit in his mind.
"Ron?"
"Exactly!" Anna answered with a chuckle.
Liam shook his head with a relieved smile, jealous had taken over already. He fetched out his phone and started scrolling into the camera roll.
"He never stopped talking about you either" he said,
"Awwwn!" Anna said with fondness. Liam showed her a video where Ron was telling his dad about the girl his girlfriend he had met at the party that he wants to marry in future.
"Really? How old is your girlfriend, buddy, ?" his dad asked
"Uh... she's big like Lexie" Ron said.
"Oh! Isn't she way older than you, young man?" Mr Salvatore asked.
"I know but she promised to stop growing, just waiting for me till I grow bigger like Liam or Lewis and then marry her. I love her dad, she even gave me this big lollipop" Ron said demonstrate with his tiny cute hands how big the lollipop was. Everybody around them in the video laughed and so did Anna.
"Oh boy! Oh boy!" She said wiping the little tears that had formed in her eyes, "I wish I could someday have a cute baby like him"
Liam caught her hand and held it on his mouth, "You want kids?"
"Yeah!" Anna said nodding, "I look forward to having kids of my own, calling me mama and I calling them my babies"
Liam kissed on the back of her hand, "When do you feel like having them?"
"Well," She started, "Even if I conceive tonight, as long as am sure that I will always have provision for their better life and that their daddy is okay with it."
"Phew!" Liam sighed, "Well, I'm still studying to have kids now. Besides, we need like a year to first enjoy ourselves before committing to them fully."
"Studying?" Anna asked in surprise.
"Yes, I will be finishing my master's degree in a few weeks."
"Wow! That's cool" Anna said wetting her lips with her tongue. "How old are you?"
"Twenty five"
"Only one year age gap?" She murmured under her breath. "So, Lewis is your twin brother?"
"Yeah, what gave away?"
"The unusual resemblance" She said sipping on her cold drink.
"It's only physical resemblance but we're two different people totally different and parallel" Liam commented.
"How?"
He shrugged, "You will figure it out yourself. So, how many siblings do you have?"
"We're eight in total, four girls and four boys" she said.
"Wow! How did your parents balance the equation?" Liam asked to which they both giggled.