The next day, Arthur woke up before anyone. He brushed his teeth and started preparing breakfast.
He made simple meals and also made lunch for the kids. It didn’t take long. He woke up at four and now is almost five thirty. He had a full amount of sleep. He slept nearly 6 hours. Which was more than enough for him.
Before, he would barely get 4 or 5 hours of sleep. This feels like a luxury in comparison. But this is just the start. Once he gets his own house, and hires professional chefs, he will sleep until morning.
The reason he is up now is simply because he doesn’t want to eat Sara’s cooking.
He had it just one time and was already fed up, he wondered how the kids get by everyday.
But it could be that he is the one with abnormal taste buds and Sara is actually an excellent cook?
He doesn’t know. But whatever the case maybe, he needs to get ready for today. He has quite a few things to do.
But first, he needed to shower. Arthur took out a new set of clothes which wasn’t much different than the one he was wearing. But these are all he has.
He realised shopping has become extremely necessary. With more than a 100k sitting on his bank, he feels very poor every time he looks at his old clothes.
Arthur went to the bathroom and came out shortly after. He ate breakfast and left.
He didn’t have the keys because he had forgotten to ask Sara to give him a spare one yesterday.
But whatever, he may be out the whole day. His first destination was a gun dealership. To see how he could get a gun. After that, try to get a driving license.
He searched up the gun dealership of this city. There were three. The nearest was 3 kilometers away. He hailed a taxi and made his way towards the dealership.
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Meanwhile.
Sara woke up, still groggy. She went to the bathroom to freshen up. She brushed her teeth, watered her face and felt a lot more awake.
She walked out of the bathroom, ready to prepare breakfast for everyone when she found already food prepared on the table.
She paused for a moment, not understanding who could have done it then she remembered there was another person whom she brought in her house. She looked over to the sofa and found it empty. The blanket neatly folded and the pillow placed on top.
Sara blinked. Then she went to the table, the food was wrapped around with plastic bags. She stared at the table for a few moments, unable to decide what to do.
She noticed even lunch was prepared. But there were few vegetables the kids didn’t like.
She wondered why Arthur would cook. Was she that terrible at cooking? Her food didn’t burn nor did it look like some biohazard. They look completely normal. Sara tried to think of another motive. Maybe he wanted to win over the kids? Or something else?
Even after thinking for a while, she couldn’t come up with a reason. She just sighed and went inside the room again to nap for a few more minutes.
She woke up again at past six. She woke up the two sleepy heads as well. Got them showered and dressed up.
After that, all three of them sat down on the table to eat breakfast. Sara took off the cover and a delicious smell filled the air. All of their eyes fixed on the food.
They didn’t waste time and dug in. The first bite made their eyes widen. It was very delicious.
"Mmmm~. Sis! Did you have some sort of enlightenment about cooking last night?! How did your cooking suddenly become so good?!"
Jude couldn’t help but comment with enthusiasm. But the only thing he got in return was a bonk in the head.
"Hey~. What was that?!"
He protested pitifully. He was praising the food so why did he get hit? What is this injustice?
Judy from the side just silently shook her head in disappointment. Her little brother really lacked brain cells. Sometimes it made her wonder if she had taken his share of the brain as well when they were in her mother’s womb.
From Sara’s reaction, it was clear that she did not cook the food. Or she won’t have been offended.
There was only one more adult in this house who could possibly cook, and it was Arthur. Speaking of him, she realised that he wasn’t here, she wondered what that rich handsome man was up to now.
After yesterday’s events, Judy realised that he and her sister weren’t really together. She did not know what kind of agreement they had but she didn’t care as long as her sister was safe.
And Arthur seemed like a good guy. Or he won’t have gone out of his way to cook...
’Or he is just fed-up with my sister’s cooking.’
Judy thought, unimpressed. He was here for one day and was already fed up with the cooking. Her sister wasn’t a bad cook. Nor was she good. Her cooking was so in the middle that one would feel like they have been eating the same meal for years even though they had it for the first time.
A new kind of incompetence in cooking she would say. Most anime girls cooking makes biohazards while her sisters cooking creates flavour habituation.
Whatever the case maybe, she kind of understood. Because after a long while, her tongue finally felt alive and her appetite was thriving.
The breakfast continued with Jude sulking, Judy and Sara eating calmly.
After being done with eating, Sara decided that she will take them to school herself. Since she didn’t have anything else to do. She might as well just roam around the city and enjoy life a bit.
So with that in mind, she took Judy and Jude out, locked the door and went out for the day. First destination, school. Second destination, unknown.