Falling For The Mortician

Chapter 7

Amarula.

" your house is a fortress " Donna exclaimed .

" it's my dad's house , "I replied.

" It's beautiful"

I rang the door bell

His shadowy figure appeared behind the door , he opened the door.

Looking less casual in his white Gucci shirt and a pair of sweat pants and flop flops. My dad has swag he's always in the trend.

" my friend Donna ,you had already met earlier"

He let out his hand to kiss her palm , he has this tradition of kissing palms , it's cute and gentlemen like nothing against curtsey but it felt a little different when he did that to Donna.

I went into the house .

" what are you making?"

" hadn't thought of anything yet, I got groceries though, I am really glad you came "

The house was just as I left it, he never changed much he had it as I loved it .

My mother's portrait hang at the top of the stair case looking glorious and proud in a Zulu Basket hat with colorful ornaments on her neck and shoulders .

Donna noticed I was distracted by the portrait.

" I can make you guys something a specialty ". she said

She knows how emotional I get when I think about my mom

I turned to her

"she makes the best meals , I never leave her house "I commented .

" thank you I appreciate that " she said .

" I bought chicken " Dad said .

" great, we can have chicken mole "

" yes" I said.

" what will we need? " My dad asked as we made our way into the kitchen.

" 1 tablespoon olive oil

1 large onion, chopped

3 cloves garlic, finely chopped

2 table spoon chili powder

1 cup prepared salsa

1 cup chicken broth

1/2 cup Homemade Nutella

2 lb. assorted dark-meat chicken pieces, skin removed

Kosher salt

Cooked yellow rice, for serving

Sesame seeds and sliced scallions, for sprinkling"

" you have crammed it?" I asked

" yes , all in my head. You will all bite your fingers "

" how do we make the meal?" he asked .

" first we will Heat oil in a Dutch oven on medium. Add onion, garlic and chili powder and cook until softened, stirring often, about 7 minutes. Then we will stir in salsa and chicken broth, then whisk in Homemade Nutella. On the other hand I will season chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt and add to the pot. Simmer until chicken is tender and cooked through, about 30 minutes. Finally serve with yellow rice, sprinkled with sesame seeds and scallions if desired "

" impressive" he said .

" hmm to think of it ,I will need to do this alone, I will summon you both when am done "

She chased us out of the kitchen.

" the pans are on the left and the spoons in the shelves"

" got it "

She works magic she could make a simple sandwich look like a feast .

I keep urging her to open a restaurant even if it's a food canteen. Her Passion is cooking and less of being a nurse. She's never really thought about it , maybe due to fear she isn't good enough.

She's the best, her bullies made her feel like she was never good.

She has brown skin just like mine with gorgeous dark silky hair .An easy target for bullying .

She was called ugly as a result , she wasn't ugly she was gorgeous and they were jealous.

I would beat up anyone that dared try her. They all trembled at my feet. They issued a public apology to her in front of the whole school , well after I gave them a few words in the bathroom one by one .

No child deserves to be bullied.

Despite my efforts , her esteem was damaged . She never saw herself worthy of anything.

A few motivation talks and seminars we went together were helpful little by little she began to feel confident and love herself .

I sat at the back yard admiring the beautiful pool as darkness engulfed the skies and the beautiful lights shone around the back yard .

" So how has this week been with all the work, I am sorry for having taken long to sign the documents"

" Stressful as always but I am glad I am receiving d**g related bodies . Thank you for being tough on the war against drugs"

I have been overwhelmed by the amount of bodies arriving as a result of d**g overdose common ones heroine over dose.

People overdose on h****n because they can't tell how strong it is until they take it. They will experience signs such as

slow breathing

won’t wake up

slow or stopped heartbeat

blue lips and fingernails

cold, damp skin

shaking

unable to speak

Incase of an over dose at the hospital they administer Naloxone which is a medicine that can quickly stop an opioid overdose. If someone overdoses on pain medicine, it can save their life. Sadly it's not a guarantee it will save a life . One could go into a coma or have a heart attack .Chances of survival of a an overdose are fifty fifty.

It's been a constant war against drugs in the area.

majority affected are young teens . I hated to see how a young fruitful generation was wiped out by drugs.

On one morning I arrived to ten bodies of heroine overdose ten underage kids died from an overdose at a house party. Thinking that was the last time to see that .Thirteen more bodies arrive .

I asked my dad to step in and do something ,as part of his political campaign he had pledged to start a war on drugs .Not hunt the dealers down but to educate on the harms of heroine .He opened up rehab centers .

Educate on drugs and d**g a***e, parents were on the look out as well . It was the effort if the whole community to ensure everyone was on each other's look out .

Bodies reduced that they went down to one or two.

There will always be rebels that want to do what they want .

I had a favor to ask .

I am selling my house I already put it up for lease , I have twenty four hours to leave .

I have plans to expand the funeral home to add another branch in the same city .

" I saw you put your house up for sale "

How does he know ?

" are you stalking me ?"

" I was looking at the housing reports ,saw the houses up for sale and yours was among the first "

" I keep forgetting am talking to the governor"

" my answer is yes "

" yes?"

" yes ,you can move in ,this house is too big for I alone ."

Donna has been talking of moving from her family home, it's not packed since her cousins and brothers don't live there they have their own homes and come to visit time to time but due to the distance between the hospital from her home it's hectic. She lives with her mom and sister .

Her cousins are orphans, single handedly raised by Donna's mom. Their parents are a result of the Guadalajara cartel. They were walking home when a shoot out began between the cartel and their rivals. They were caught in the middle of the fight and died from gunshot wounds .

If there is anyone that hates drugs is Donna , she has lived that life ,she worked hard to get her family out of it .Her cousins had started to hang around d**g dealers in the neighborhood.She secured a job in the US for them in a meat plant . The job came out a success to her aim at driving them away from the lifestyle. They were later promoted and have lived decently , and are all married . It's amazing how she saw a vision in them and carried it carefully to ensure they never strayed away. Part time they work at a resource center at the rehabilitation center they have done an amazing job at educating the kids and teens on why drugs is not fun.

As if he's reading my mind .

" she can also move in if that's what you are going to ask"

" wow ,thank you so much "

I hugged him.

I am so grateful for him we have come so far.

I want to build the relationship he and I used to have , we were best friends back then he still is . I want to bring it back to how we were .

" do you get scared sleeping all by yourself in this mansion?"

" not really, I sometimes don't even sleep here, work can be hectic . When I am tired I sleep in my office , but with you here I will come every day "

" I come from my office smelling like corpses ,"

" how do you even live with it"

" it's normal to me, "

He has never come to the reality that I am a mortician.

" you don't get nightmares?"

" none , just don't think too much of it. "

" what's the worst state a body ever arrived to your table?"

" There was a body that was found near the border of the neighbouring county , the Sherriff brought it to our home since there was no other home open at that time.On opening the bag thought it was a joke or some sort of a prank. The head was twisted to the back the hand folded to the back and legs . It looked like some. spaghetti ,very confused . The family wanted an open viewing of their son as investigation was on going ,whoever killed him stuffed him inside a bag rigor mortis didn't let me work in peace "

" must've been hard ?"

" yes, like why , what did he really do to get stuffed like that ?"

" did they ever find out what happened ?"

" yes , his wife hired a very professional hitman so she could take his wealth and had a life insurance over him . She was so greedy didn't care about what she did . What sold her out was at her interrogation she stated he may have died along the highway. Like how did she know ?"

" very scary indeed "

" I had to break his bones and use wood to stiffen his posture"

" what's the funniest moment?"

" One Tuesday morning as usual bodies arrived . One body arrived with stab wounds but no blood which I didn't see as off since some stab wounds come clean .I got down to working on it, only to realize it was a s*x toy , the flesh was wax but very soft . I was puzzled. I asked Sam about it and he said it died and was stabbed by her husband. A man claimed the s*x toy was cheating on him so he stabbed it .That man was crazy , he wanted a burial for the s*x toy and even called 911 to report himself .It was the most ridiculous thing I had ever seen , hundreds showed up for the funeral. I shook my head in dismay that people even tolerated that nonsense"

He laughed until tears flooded his eyes .Atleast I was sober Sam laughed loud he didn't hide it. I told the client when Sam gets emotional he laughs so he does not cry . The man believed and thanked Sam for helping him mourn.

I have had crazy things brought to me for burial from a plank of wood to a pillow.

I am not sure if they were mentally unstable or just obsessed with objects but damn it was funny and puzzling.