Chapter 49 - The Call She Crave To Know About

The Call She Crave To Know About


George's POV

I came in really quick after the long call I had, I knew she would be very upset at me for leaving her alone over a phone call for a long time

"Babe" I said immediately I opened the door, only for me to see her staring at a thick red rope, she was so lost in thought that she didn't hear me come in neither did she hear me call her, I knew it was her childhood nightmare, it just creeps in anytime she sees a red rope

Her hatred for red dresses is something else, she have not a single cloth with a touch of red, red colour became her enemy

"Babe" I repeated, this time I went closer but she still couldn't hear, I went further to tap her. It was until the third time that she came back to reality

"Oh My Gosh, how long have I been bending here?" she asked with a smile

"Long enough for me to finish my two hours phone call" he said and reached out to her hands which she held the rope "Give it to me, I am gonna burn it now"

Mary's disposition changed instantly

"What? You don't want me to get rid of it?" he asked

"No… please do, it's just my mum, she went through hell am just glad I never left her even she made home hell for me to stay in sometimes"

"Yeah, she definitely is a strong woman"

"I would need to heat up the food again, It would be very cold already" she said as she walked to where she kept it on the dining table

"Is it necessary, we could just eat it like that, I'm ready hungry and I don't think I can survive it any longer than this" he winked at her and went for his food

"Such a lazy man" she smiled

George squeezed the rope into his pocket, he made a resolve to burn it after his meal, Mary followed him to the dinning table to eat, she was hungry too, had already wasted her energy on her thoughts

"Have you made the phone call?" she asked "To reach out to Racheal" she added

"Yes" His eyes was fixed to the meal, he wasn't in the mood to have that discussion at the moment

All Mary was concerned about was her daughter's silence "How was it? You want to talk about it?" She didn't look at the face he gave her that showed he didn't want to have that discussion, she pretended like she didn't see it and as if she was struggling to cut her piece of meat

"Here, let me help you" he reached out to her plate to her help her cut it

"Thanks" she said after he helped her cut it

"Yeah and…" he touched her hands "You don't have to worry about anything, I have already sort it out, so don't worry about it, you would get information about Racheal's movements and silence soon" he said

It was clear to Mary that he didn't want to talk about it, he does that all the time, he does some underground business and calls which could complicate him

"Are you sure that you don't want to talk about it?" She kept persisting in a very soft and respectful way

"OK, I made a call to someone at the country to reach out to her and let me know how she is" George didn't want further questions from her again

"Are we good now?" he gave a loving smile

"Yes we are" She threw the smile back to him

She turned to face her food to eat

And after about two minute of silence, another question pops into her head

"One more, when should we expect to hear from her?"

"Soon, before weekend, I'm very positive that we would get something on her" George said

"I just hope that she is OK, I don't want to be anything like my father" Mary said

Every other thing she said didn't get George's attention but her last words did, he dropped his spoon and looked at her "Are you indirectly referring to me?"

"No, why would I do that, you are a good and loving father, you puts efforts into her wellbeing" she noticed his facial expression "I was refto myself, I just left her on her own, that's shouldn't be how a mother treats her child"

"You are a good mother" he turned to his food to continue eating

She was glad he didn't take it more personal than he did and he let it slid away, one of his good days when he didn't take what she says real personal and to heart

"Thanks hubby, this really means alot to me" She knew at that moment that she didn't need to press him further with more questions or he was going to leave the table for her

She laughed at her silly thoughts

"What's funny?" he asked because she laughed out loud

"Nothing, I just remembered something"

"OK" he was really hungry, he was already done with his food "I need some rest" he said with some funny noise from his stomach that followed

"OK" she laughed

"It's saying thank you for the great meal, we both enjoyed it" George smiled

"You both are very welcome"

Mary was glad he made some effort to reach out to her daughter because this has caused a lot of issues in the past when she felt he loved Helsi and Nancy more than Racheal

Even after all he had told her, she was still desperate to know who he called and what the call was all about

"Alright, gracias" he taps her back and walked to his room "I would see you later"

"OK, I would be done with mine soon and would meet there after washing the dishes"

"Do you need some help with the dishes?"

"No" she laughed " Before you sleep off on the fridge like the last time you volunteered" she laughed more

"Hey!" He laughed "I was just trying to help and you dare mock me"

"Just go have a rest sweetheart" her laughter bounced through every corner of the room