Chapter 99. Nemesis from the Past

Genevieve’s POV

I got dressed and headed downstairs. Immediately I got to the living room, I smelt something burning. I ran towards the kitchen and saw dad there. Dad, that word still felt strange coming out from my mouth and sounded foreign to my ears but that wasn’t the problem right now.

“What are you doing?" I asked. It was a wonder why the fire alarm wasn’t blaring. The pan was blazing with fire and he was coughing vehemently trying to put it out.

"Hi Gen," he replied with a smile amidst coughing trying to take whatever he was cooking out. He placed it under the runny water.

"What are you doing?" I asked in shock.

"I was trying to make you and your mum some breakfast but it turned out like this," he said pointing towards the sink.

"Breakfast? That looks like coal," I muttered staring at the dark substance on the pan.

"You don’t say," he mumbled staring at it too. He glanced a