Jam
” That’s good. I can smell something delicious downstairs, I wonder who could be cooking, maybe the boys.” Stacy said walking leisurely in her sexy nightgown that did nothing to hide her perfect body from Gabriel’s eyes. Hearing her words, Gabriel was downcasted. Those brats managed to outsmart him. Well thanks to her body scent which had a touch of medicinal scent in it, he managed to sleep like a baby. Gabriel didn’t reply. He waited until Stacy entered the bathroom before jolting downstairs. He wouldn’t miss a chance to impress his future wife.
Downstairs the boys were busy preparing breakfast. Kyle was flipping pancakes while Leon was squeezing fresh orange juice. After their secret job of undercover, they got to know that their Mommy Loved pancakes sprinkled with plum jam and fresh orange juice. To make her happy, the triplets woke up early to prepare their mother’s favourite breakfast hoping to earn extra marks.
Gabriel arrived at the kitchen but nobody seemed to notice him. The boys were busy preparing breakfast. Clearing his throat noisily, he finally got their attention.
Kyle was the first to say,”Good morning uncle Gabriel?” He greeted me politely. Gabriel did not reply, he was wondering how sly the boys could be? They had promised to help him with their mother Sooner, so why were they doing what he should be doing but he wouldn’t complain, thanks to his laziness, he just woke up.
” Good morning boys, what are you preparing?” Despite his foul mood, he put up the best of his smiles which rarely graced his lips. At the end of the day, the smile was more suited to be a scowl.
The boys flinched seeing the crooked smile. ” Uncle Gab, it’s better if you practise smiling. If you smile like that to mommy, I am sure you’ll scare her away.” Leo commented, making the others giggle at his words. Gabriel was aggrieved but he wouldn’t show that to them, he still needed their ideas to conquer his woman. ” My pretty smile is only reserved to your mother. I don’t have time to smile at you.” He replied, masking his irritation.
” I hope so.. That smile just now was horrible.” Leon added.
” What are you preparing?” Gabriel asked again, not wanting to dwell on that topic about smiles which was sure to trigger his unhappiness.Têxt belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.
” Pancakes for mommy.” Kyle replied.
” Am squeezing fresh orange juice for her. It’s mommy’s favourite.” Leon said.
“Mommy likes eating grapes, so I am washing them for her.” Leo said.
” What about me?” Gabriel asked unhappily, making the boys stop in their tracks and look at him.
” What about you?” Kyle asked, wondering what their weird uncle was asking about.
” What should I prepare for her?” Gabriel said with a bitter voice.
After a two minute silence, Kyle spoke. ” Ain’t you supposed to be preparing a bath for mommy and preparing her clothes later? You should also help dry her hair. That is your duty as a husband.” He snorted after saying that while the other boys eyed at him as if he was an idiot.
” I understand that you are not normal but uncle, isn’t this the most basic thing a husband does to dote on her wife? How come you don’t know?” Leon asked, not able to relate what the hell was wrong with the Man.
Gabriel felt like a bucket of cold water was just poured on his body on a chilly morning. Prepare a bath? Prepare clothes? Dry her hair? Wouldn’t that be intimate and a good way to show his love for her? How could he not think about that? Here he was, getting angry at the boys for intervening in his tasks yet he couldn’t perform the most basic ones. He lowered his eyes in shame, not daring to look up and see the mocking looks from the boys. They were the epitome of mockery, he wouldn’t be spared especially after failing to please the woman he loves.
“What happened?” The voice of uncle AJ was heard as the well built man sauntered to the kitchen with long and heavy strides. The effects of being in the army for Long.
” Good morning uncle?” The boys chorused. There was a distinction on how they treated their uncle AJ and uncle Gabriel.
” Mmmh, good boys. Why is the young master sulking?” Uncle AJ asked, seeing the downcasted expression on Gabriel’s face. After staying with the big fire for twenty years, he treated Gabriel like a son.
” Uncle is sad because he failed in his manly duties.” Leo reported making uncle AJ cough with embarrassment. Obviously, he misinterpreted the words.
” What do you mean by that?” He probed. He didn’t want to fill his brain with weird ideas. He wouldn’t let his imagination run wild at this point.
” Uncle is supposed to prepare the bath for mommy and help dry her hair but he let her do it herself.” Leo clarified and only then did uncle AJ realise that he really did misinterpret everything.
” Young master is not familiar with these things. After All, this is his first relationship.” Uncle AJ tried defending Gabriel and bit the boys but his explanation, definitely not.
” I don’t have a girlfriend but I know. It’s the most basic information everyone should know.” Kyle argued. Yes, they knew that their uncle was no normal person but that did not exempt him from learning the ways of the man, right?
” Okay, instead of criticising your uncle, you should try helping him out to fix that.” Uncle AJ proposed. Even at forty years plus himself, he knew nothing about wooing a woman. He never did so he had zero knowledge about that stuff. He was of no use to Gabriel nor was he different. He could only try placating the boys to help out. They were so experienced in this despite being at sixteen. It seemed like they had attended romance classes.
” I Know what to do!” Kyle exclaimed, making all the heads turn in his direction.
” What is it?” Gabriel asked eagerly. He could take any advice as long as it could help him solidify the relationship between Stacy and him. He wanted to Bond her to his side forever.
” Breakfast in bed.”Kyle revealed and Gabriel’s eyes finally lit up. ‘ such a good idea,’ he thought.
” I’ll pay you extra million if I succeed.” Gabriel announced, making the boys squirm with happiness. They had decided to help him, but that came with a price of course. They had planned to buy their Mommy a gift for taking them in but they had no money. Uncle AJ overheard their conversation and proposed the deal to help Gabriel win their Mommy in exchange for money. Their uncle Gabriel ofcourse readily agreed to the deal.
” Okay young master, you should hurry up and serve the young Miss.” Uncle AJ reminded the overly excited Gabriel. It was the first time he saw his young master keen on accomplishing something away from his white prison. He seemed happy too so uncle AJ was happy.
‘ Finally, he also deserves a happy ending.’ uncle AJ said looking at Gabriel with a satisfied smile who was now busying himself serving pancakes and sprinkling them with plum jam.