Chapter 17
Author: Perry will
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Lisa struttered back to the kitchen with her hands clasped together, she stood silently behind Harry and he pretended to be ignorant of her presence there.

For her, she felt that it was only necessary to process the anger she was feeling hoping to calm down, but it didn't seem to be working for her.

“ If you are feeling exhausted, you can go ahead inside and rest, I will inform you once I am through”.

Harry finally broke the silence, seeing that she wasn't ready to speak.

“No, I am fine, I want to watch you cook, I want to learn how it is done properly”. He nodded his head after hearing her response and continued.

She proceeded around to assist him in washing some vegetables when they heard the doorbell ring.

“ I will go get it”. Harry responded quickly and was about to haste out when she stopped him.

“It's alright, I will check it out”. She replied calmly and stepped out of the kitchen.

As she walked out of the kitchen, Collins who was in the room when the doorbell rang was hu
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