CHAPTER 23

WHAT DO THEY REALLY WANT?

Maven took the spoon and got a first taste of the pasta Thomas had spent almost half a century preparing in the kitchen.

“Come on, mom. It isn’t That bad… She was not done with her speech when she spit out the food.

“What is anything wrong with it?’ Thomas asked ignorantly.

“Shut up, fool. Where is the seasoning you added to it?” Victoria always spoke to him with venom and hatred because she thought that Thomas had bewitched her daughter into marrying him.

“Let me go get the seasoning. I am sorry." He said it sharply and got to the kitchen. In less than a minute, he appeared with the seasoning so they could add it to their food. They all took part in and added to the meal.

The minute they were done eating, Thomas packed all the dirty plates and headed to the kitchen to do the dishes, while Maven retreated to her room to finish some jobs she had at hand.

Victoria was still sitting in the living room with a half-filled glass of fresh juice standing