Since it was taboo for her to buy groceries from the supermarket, Joanna had to go to the main market which was about thirty minutes walk.
The long-distance she always trekked to and fro to get groceries in the past was shortened today when she entered a cab with the last cash she had saved up.
Out of the one hour from her time ten minutes were gone from reaching the market.
If the list was short she would have succeeded in buying groceries in ten minutes but not when the list of items to buy was very long.
She didn't need to be a seer to know why Adhara made such a long list.
Unnecessary things were included in the list.
Just to buy all the things on the list it took Joanna thirty minutes.
Realising that she only had twenty minutes left Joanna decided to risk it and used her teleportation device.
After using the teleportation device, she appeared right in front of her family's gate.
Without wasting even a second Joanna hurried in.
"There is no use running like a man person. Just admit that Mum and I won," Laura said on seeing Joanna dash into the sitting room.
"It's not over yet…,"
"What can you possibly do in less than twenty minutes? Don't forget just like in the past none of the maids are allowed to help you. You are all alone," Laura said in a proud tone.
"I will show you what I am capable of doing in this short time. Don't forget to call me Big Sister if I win," Joanna said.
She hastened away not letting Laura continue wasting her time.
While Joanna was in the kitchen trying to meet the deadline, Laura was in the sitting room watching television.
Adhara the mastermind of this was inside her room painting her nails.
The maids that should be in charge of household chores walked leisurely around the house like jobless fools.
While watching the television Laura kept on staring at the wall clock to make sure that Joanna doesn't exceed a minute more than the time allotted to her.
The instant the one hour elapsed Laura threw the remote control on the centre table.
She stood up from the couch and approached the direction of the kitchen.
Hahaha***
Laura burst out into a peal of deafening laughter when she reached the kitchen and meet it sparkling clean.
"Don't tell me she ran away from home for fear of what Mum will do to her?" Laura said amidst her laughter.
"She can run for now but can she run away from home forever…," Laura stopped talking when she saw Joanna enter the kitchen.
The shocked expression on her face was evidence of how she was feeling.
Joanna walked into the spacious kitchen. "Why do you look like you have seen a ghost?" Joanna asked.
She walked passed Laura and proceeded to where clean utensils were normally stocked in the upper cabinet.
"I had thought you ran away from home for fear of punishment but I am glad you didn't because it would have been such an embarrassment…,"
"If you have something to say then stop beating around the bush and just say it instead of wasting my precious time," Joanna snapped rudely.
Laura who hated the tone Joanna used on her clasped her fist to suppress her anger.
[Let's see whether she will still have this haughty expression when I and mum combined forces to deal with her. I can't wait to beat the hell out of her]
Laura smiled. The mere thought of having Joanna constantly beg her for mercy threw her into a happy mood.
"Do you want to be the one to report yourself for punishment or do you want this big sister here to help you out?" Laura said proudly.
The glistening of her eyes showed just how excited she felt.
"Report me for punishment?" Joanna asked in confusion. "And why should I do that".
"We both know that you clearly failed to accomplish the task mum gave you so stop pretending. Pretending won't save you…,"
Joanna chuckled, "And who says I had failed to complete the task within the speculated time?"
Joanna walked out of the room with the clean utensils in her hand.
"Is she trying to tell me that she finished cooking?" Laura thought aloud. She turned and looked at Joanna's departing back.
Laura shook her head in denial when she recalled that it was impossible for Joanna to cook within that short amount of time.
"That is just impossible I am sure she must be bluffing," Laura said.
She followed Joanna to see what she was up to.
When she reached the dining room and saw that it was set Laura's eyes widened in shock.
Her legs subconsciously stopped walking. With an astounding expression, she stared at the dining table.
"This is impossible. It's not just possible!" Laura chanted when she regained her voice.
She ran to the dining table and began examining the food one after the other.
It was she and her mother who came up with these difficult dishes just so there will be no way she can finish cooking within the allotted time.
So she didn't need to go through the list of food again to know that the exact dishes on the list were the ones on the table.
Laura pulled away from the dining table after confirming the dishes on the table. "How is this possible?" Laura shook her head and repeated in denials.
"What did you do?" Laura asked glaring at the smiling Joanna.
"You cheated, right? I am sure that you must have secretly got the maids to help you…,"
"The maids were right there with you so how could any of them have snuck out to help me unnoticed by you?" Joanna asked.
"You…,"
"Just accept that you lost to me, it's that simple," The victorious smile on Joanna's face irks Laura.
Not long Adhara arrived at the dining with three whips in her right hand.
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