Chapter 13

"Dinner is ready! Come out for dinner everyone!" Tanya announces after the soup is done and she'd made me clean up the kitchen and set the table. Dad and Megan come downstairs while mom gets up from the couch and arranges her papers.

"Wait, who made dinner?" Megan asks when she sees mom in the living room.

"Tanya did," mom replies her.

"Tanya hasn't cooked a proper meal her entire life and you made her cook dinner for the entire family?"

"Megan, stop it. Your sister put in so much effort in preparing this meal for us so the least we can do is appreciate it," mom tells her.

"Whatever."

After getting seated, Tanya serves us her clam soup and I hope it tastes as good as it smells.

"Mmm, this smells delicious," dad comments as he is the first to taste the soup. Silence as we all watch him swallow with his eyes closed, getting ready to deal with the aftertaste. His eyes pop open with surprise and delight as he drinks more of the soup. "Mmm," he h