A warm home IIl

I brought the chinaware to the kitchen and helped my dad finish setting it.

" so what's for dinner tonight?"

" Brown rice, chicken and salad" no wonder I was salivating

" mmm, sounds amazing" one of the perks of having a dad like mine was that he was a good cook, so he did most of the cooking and everything he made was extremely delicious.

I opened the refrigerator looking for a bottle of juice when I sensed an intense stare as tho the person staring at me wanted to drill holes at the back of my head. I turned to my dad sharply, so sharply that I saw the look of surprise on his face as we made an eye contact. He just smiled at me and continued what he was doing.

I had been getting a lot of stares from my dad lately and I didn't know what to make of it, but I knew something was most definitely wrong. Just then mom and Karina walked in.

" helllooooo there sis" Karina greeted me with a smirk. Jesus why exactly is everyone acting wierd these days, my younger sister keeps looking at me like an alien, mom keeps looking at me as tho she wouldn't be seeing me soon and dad keeps looking at me like... I don't even know....

" okay will someone eventually Tell me what's going on ?" I finally ask no being able to hold it anymore

" going on?? nothing's going on sweetie, pay no attention to Karina okay....., she's just being dramatic"

I hold Karina by the hand before she walks past me and whisper

" Karina are you gonna join them, I thought we were best buddies" but instead of saying anything she just gently yanks her hand and walks to the dining table.

" can we start eating already I'm famished" Karina cried out from the dinning table, being dramatic as always.

half way through dinner, my anxiety gets the better of me

" how can you all just eat comfortably like I'm some dummy who doesn't know there's obviously something going on concerning me and something big as a matter of fact!" Karina just continues eating as tho she didn't even hear what I said while mom and stopped eating and exchanged knowing glances at each other. Dad eventually spoke up

" vera honey... we've told you that there's nothing going on as matter of fact I and your mom are going through some hard decision making phase that's all. So trust me when I say....

" why are you lieing dad, Jesus y'all just tell her that truth already" Rina finally speaks cutting dad off.

I look at my parents who immediately went pale they had just seeing a ghost..

" Rina dear what are you talking about" mom asked acting as tho she absolutely no idea what Rina was talking about.

" fine since nobody here is willing to do it I would do it myself" Rina turn fully facing me " remember that time when that told you to sign the cottage ownership papers as mom's next of kin??"

" yes I remember" I reply my eyes still not leaving my parents, assessing the look of shock on both thier faces

" well those weren't property papers and just as they had expected you didn't read it cause you were hurrying of to work, well I'll be glad to inform you that those were marriage papers, you signed your own marriage papers and mom and dad didn't know how to break the news to you"" Rina said looking straight into my eyes

"marriage papers...