Are you okay now?” Austin asked me while taking a sip on his coffee.
“I’m okay now,” I said so he won’t worry, but to be honest, I can still remember the knife pointed at me. It gives me chills.
“Let’s start!” Julia shouted at us, so we went back to the kitchen.
“Are we baking brownies today?” Austin asked.
“Yes, I’ll teach you how to make fudgy brownies.” Julia’s mom said, “Oh, thank you! Your brownies are my favorite,” he said excitedly.
“Okay, let’s start. First, get the butter and the chocolate. Melt it using a double-boiler.”
“What’s a double boiler?” Austin asked.
“You don’t directly put it on the heat. Get a pan put water on it, and when it boils, get a bowl, put the chocolates and butter at the top of the pan until it melts,” I did what she said.
“Next, mix the flour and cocoa powder,” Julia did that.
“The butter and the chocolates melt,” Austin said and turned off the heat.
“Put it aside and let it cool,” she said. “This is easy to do. Do you want to bake chocolate chips cookies?” she asked.
“Sure, mom,” Julia said.
“Alright, now mix the sugar with egg and combine it with the melted butter and chocolates then add the vanilla and add the remaining ingredients and that’s it,” she smiled.
I was happy to learn how easy it was to make fudgy brownies.
Once we mixed it thoroughly, we put it in a pan with parching paper, so it won’t stick to the pan, and baked it for 45 minutes, then we proceeded to make chocolate chips cookies.
We mixed the sugar and butter using a hand mixer into a large bowl. We added the eggs and vanilla then mixed again until it was fluffy and light. We combined it with dry ingredients and chocolate chips. We used a small ice cream scoop for the dough and put it on a cookie sheet. We baked it for 25 minutes until golden brown.
The smell is making me hungry and excited. I think I’ll enjoy baking, it’s actually fun.
Once the brownies and the cookies cool down, we taste it.
“I like it!” I said as I took another bite of the brownies.
Julia was so happy that we baked successfully today.
“Why don’t we bring this to school tomorrow and let our classmates taste it,” I suggested.
“You can do that and asked if they would want to order next time.” Julia’s mom said. She is very supportive of us.
We spent a little more time at Julia’s place. We went to their garden and had some quality time with each other.
“Do you think this will work?” I asked them
“Of course, just trust the process,” Julia said, winking at me.
“Can you bring it tomorrow to class, Julia? I asked her.
“Yes. I’ll bring it. I’m excited. I’m sure our classmates would like it,” Julia said confidently.
Austin’s phone rang, “Mom?” he answered, “She’s here.” then he looked at me and ended the call.
“Your dad had an accident,” he said calmly.
“What? Where is he? Is he okay?” I asked him worriedly.
“At the hospital. I’ll come with you”,” Austin said.
“Go ahead. You need to go there, Cara.” Julia said and tapped my shoulder.
We said goodbye to Julia’s mom and went straight to the hospital.
“I told him not to ride the motorcycle too fast,” I complain to Austin. Sometimes, Dad is hard-headed.
“We don’t know what happened yet,” Austin said.
I am worried and mad. I just told my dad to be careful since we cannot afford to pay for the hospital and look at what happened. Why is this happening to us?
As we arrived at the hospital, I found Carlon there.
“What happened, Carlon?” I asked him.
“A car hit him,” He said.
“Whose at fault?” I asked him again
“Both of them.” He said, staring at dad.
The doctor came and talked to us while Austin went to his mom at the nurse station.
“His legs are severely injured. He needs surgery,” The doctor told us frankly.
“Please do the necessary things, doc,” I said, not thinking how costly it would be. I just want my dad to be better."