Chapter 54

It was half past seven when he entered the house. He had just stopped the car when he got a shock. The house was not bathed in light like the day, but it contained the darkness. He panicked for a moment. But then in a second it occurred to him that Ana might have done all this to give him a surprise. Thinking this, he smiled and picked up the flowers lying on the other seat and entered. But there was another shock when no one was inside. He lit the lamps and went to the kitchen and saw that there was a lot of food prepared and everyone was taking one after another. All this was done by Ana, so where was she herself? She should have been in the lounge. Rather, there was no one there.

And then a few moments later, a maid came in, and he asked her.

"Where is Ana?" He was not used to seeing the house empty, so he was feeling uneasy.

"Did something happen or something?" He wanted to ask so that he could understand what was going on.

"No, she was happy. She made a lot of food. She was ve