Five

Ro'Sau and his wife were fierce with one another that night, the elation lasted a while. He watched his wife fall asleep on his arm before he went to his room. He knew he left the file in his car, he was exhausted that he let the file be.

Trisi was in a good mood the following morning, not like her daily routine she would have been inside her room, waiting for Heena's breakfast call. But this morning Trisi was the first to be up, she switched on the living room light and then walked to the kitchen. She looked at the menu for the day, it was on Thursday, and on the menu list were Breakfast Burritos.

Breakfast Burritos filled with sausage, eggs, cheese, and fresh avocado salsa, these bodega-style are delish any time of day! It takes up to twenty-five minutes to prepare all the Burritos ingredients and fifteen minutes to cook, so, all in all, it is forty minutes. 

Trisi was in the kitchen arranging all the ingredients together. She brought out first the Avocado-tomato Salsa ingredients;

1 large avocado, peeled, pitted, and diced

½ cup diced seeded tomatoes, from 1 to 2 tomatoes

1 small shallot, minced (about 2 tablespoons)

1 clove garlic, minced

1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced

1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, from 1 lime

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon ground cumin

¼ cup fresh chopped cilantro

Then, she checked the burritos ingredients in her menu book and it is as followed;

4 large eggs

¼ teaspoon smoked paprika

¼ teaspoon salt

½ lb spicy sausage (such as chorizo, Italian, or anything you like), removed from casings

1⅓ cups (6 oz) shredded Monterey Jack cheese

4 (10-in) burrito-size flour tortillas

Vegetable oil.

She was making the Avocado-tomato Salsa, placed all of the ingredients in a medium bowl, and mixed to combine. She was whisking the eggs with the smoked paprika and salt, Ro'Sau woke from his slumber and was heading outside to get the file from his car. 

He heard a noise coming from the kitchen, and he decided to taunt his daughter before going out. From the living room, he has been hailing her. "My dear chef, you always know your way around the kitchen," he said and there was no response.

Trisi was smiling because she felt her husband knew she was the one controlling the kitchen at the moment. She deliberately made two pans hit each other and she screamed, Ro'Sau ran very fast to the kitchen. His heart jumped twice and he didn't pay attention to the voice.

"Are you okay?" He asked panting.

"I am fine, I almost spilled the oil," Trisi said.

It was at this junction that Ro'Sau realized it was Trisi that was in the kitchen, not Heena. Mistakes like this are bound to happen whenever Trisi is in the kitchen cooking. She was somewhat spoiled by her parents, and she almost didn't know how to do anything related to cleaning and cooking.

Ro'Sau was happy when Heena was ten years old and Trisi fired their maid. Since then till now Heena has been in charge of kitchen affairs. Shawn can make coffee at least with the help of a coffee maker. Avie is the younger version of her mother, whenever Avie is in the kitchen, kindly get the fire extinguisher available. Though with time Trisi improved but not to perfection.

"What are you doing in the kitchen?" Ro'Sau raised a question.

"What does it look like I am doing?" She asked. Ro'Sau paused to double-check his wife, he saw her clearly with an apron on and some ingredients in a bowl.

"Don't tell me you are making breakfast for the whole family?" Ro'Sau is not sure if Trisi was actually the one in the kitchen, feels so unreal to him. 

The last time Trisi made breakfast was when Heena was knocked down with a fever, she made toast bread for her and her husband. And asked the children to make an online order for food.

"Weren't you the one praising me just now in the living room!" Trisi yelled.

"O' that, I thought it was Heena," Ro'Sau explained.

"Sorry to burst your bubble, but the kitchen for this hour belongs to Trisi, not Heena," Trisi announced.

Ro'Sau watches how his wife heats a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, stirring frequently, until browned, which takes up to 4 to 5 minutes.  And used a slotted spoon to transfer the sausage from the pan to a plate, leaving the drippings in the pan. Reduce the heat to low. Add the eggs and scramble until just cooked through. Transfer the eggs to a plate. 

She was about to clean the pan, Ro'Sau dashed a kiss to Trisi's forehead and said "you look amazing just now." Trisi blushed and told him to leave the kitchen so that she can concentrate on her makings. "Has your lordship please" he mumbled and went out of the kitchen.

Heena woke up and was perceiving an aroma steaming out from the kitchen. "Who could be this early in the kitchen?" She thought to herself and went to the kitchen. She was amazed when she was her mother; assembling the burritos: Spoon about ¼ cup of the avocado salsa onto each tortilla followed by a quarter of the sausage, a quarter of the eggs, and ⅓ cup of cheese. Fold in the sides of the tortilla over the filling and roll, tucking in the edges.

"Good morning mom," she greeted

"Morning dear, do you mind giving me a hand?" Trisi inquired.

Heena rushed over to help, she lightly coat the pan with oil and set it over medium heat. When the pan was hot, the burritos were added, seam side down. Cook, covered until the bottom of the burritos are golden brown, about 3 minutes. She flipped the burritos over and continued cooking, covered, until golden, a few minutes more, and they were done with making breakfast burritos.

Avie and Shawn woke, brushed their teeth, and came to the breakfast table, the table was already set. At the breakfast table, Avie took a bite from the burrito and found it extraordinarily delicious. 

"Heena, you have the kitchen spells in your hands," she lauded.

"When will one say this about you?" Shawn asked to shun Avie off.

"Do you really think I made this?" Heena asked and both Avie and Shawn stared at her weirdly. Shawn was bold enough to say "if not you, who else can make this kind of magic? Of course there was no sound of the delivery man," he added.

"This is made by my beautiful wife!" Ro'Sau boosted about Trisi to his children.

Trisi found the whole thing funny, whenever Trisi is in a good mood like this, it means something is not right. "Enough of all this chattering, let's eat now," Trisi let out softly and they all dug deep into the breakfast burritos.

"Mom, can I have one more extra?" Shawn asked. I also want more, Avie said.

"You both know the road to the kitchen, I believe all the ingredients are there for you to make as many as you wanted," Trisi yelled.

Trisi's mood is subject to change frequently. She would be all loving at you, and the next minute she can bark at you like a dog. However, she doesn't get angry at Avie and Shawn as much as she does with Heena. One would think that she gave birth to Heena to a man that abandoned them before meeting her present husband.

There was no history of Trisi getting engaged to two men in her youth days and she has no record of being divorced in the past.

Trisi was the first to wrap up her breakfast burritos, she left the table to get herself ready for work. Avie has a year left to be a degree holder. Shawn graduated earlier this year, he is spending his days sleeping, hanging out with his friends, and sometimes visiting his mom in the office.

After his graduation, Shawn attempted to work in a big firm, Tuyil Pharmaceutical manufacturing company; he failed his interview because he got there three minutes late. He woke up late on his interview day, at his usual wake-up time. They fixed the interview time to 8 o'clock in the morning because there were a lot of applicants that applied for the post. The M.D wanted the interview session to end before the lunch hour. 

Except for emergencies that don't appear often, Shawn and Avie won't wake up until 7 AM or 7:30 even. Shawn and Avie's habit is to stay in bed till when Heena will call them to come out for their breakfast.

On Shawn's interview day, Heena tried to wake him up early at 6 o'clock, but Trisi came out of her room as Heena was knocking at his door.

"Is the interview not at 8 o'clock? Let him rest till seven o'clock, I know the fastest route to the venue," Trisi said, and Heena replied "yes ma" and went back to the kitchen to resume her routine.

Shawn woke up ten minutes past seven. Though he had prepared very hard for the interview. Aside from Venushoods organisation, Tuyil Pharmaceutical manufacturing company is the second largest establishment in Ordana. They accept a fresh graduate and put them through serial training, unlike the other firm that hardly gives the fresh graduate room.

Whenever there is an opening in Tuyil there are always many applicants. And their screening begins at your arrival time. They often fixed inappropriate times for their interview, though all the information will be sent ahead to all the applicants. There was a time that they fixed the interview for 6 o'clock in the morning.

Before Shawn would properly dress and arrange himself it was already a quarter to eight. One of the rules of the interview is that you have to dress according to the post you are applying for. Shawn studied Microbiology at Ordana State University.

His mom drove through the shortcut but there was minor traffic as two vehicles collided against each other before Shawn would get to the interview. It was already three minutes past eight.

Trisi was the first to leave the house in the morning for work, she told her husband that she would try to close early from the office as they needed to talk. 

"Work safe honey," Ro'Sau said standing outside watching her drive the corolla sports car he bought from Molicano last night. He stood till her car was out of his sight.

There's another car in the house that Trisi can take to the office, but she chose that because of the portability. 

Heena was all set for work, she went to bid her father goodbye, it was on Thursday morning. She made her dad promise her he won't do anything related to office work, he would spend his time at home resting. Ro'Sau made the promise even though it was a hard decision for him.

Heena went to her office, she studied Marketing and Business study in the same Ordana state university. Avie was preparing for her lecture, she has a class at 9 o'clock, and she's a student of mass communication. Right from the age of five, they've been teasing her that she has the look of a national TV presenter. This was what motivated her into studying mass comm, and she found the class easy to comprehend.

After Heena, and Avie left the house, the house was left in the care of the men. Shawn and his Dad discussed a bit about his plans. It has been over two months now since he went for the interview at Tuyil Pharmaceutical manufacturing company and we all know the outcome.

"Dad, it's either Tuyil or Venushoods, I won't settle for less," he said. There is something Shawn possessed from his father and that's overconfidence.

"But you know Venushoods won't accept you without any experience," Ro'Sau said.

"I know dad, and that's why Trail is the place for me," Shawn bragged.

"You already missed your chance at the interview, did you know how long it will take before they announce a new opening?" Ro'Sau asked.

"It won't take long dad, I did well for the interview but I went there late, they will contact me soon," Shawn said

"How sure are you on this?" Ro'Sau inquired.

"I didn't just tell you guys, I was told that they will review my profile again after three months," Shawn said. Though Ro'Sau finds it hard to believe. Shawn was tired of the conversation, so he went to his room to resume his video game.

Ro'Sau was in his room, working on the file. At about 10:30 in the morning, there was a knock at the gate and the doorbell rang. Shawn went out to see who was at the gate. 

"We are here for your dad," they said.