Senator Graysen hurriedly gets up from his seat. "I have to go now. Godfather is already on the way to the party assembly."
He kisses his wife on her temple. Rosa did not respond. She continues to chew her food. Her attention focuses on Athena.
"Athena, finish your food and drink your milk. Your mother is coming in a while," Rosa gently reminds her.
Brie walks around inside the mall, wallowing in the free time she has. She leisurely strides browsing the display windows of every store she passes. Her phone ring distracts her reverie.
"Where are you?"
"I'm in A Shopping Center." Brie looks at the caller again. "Why are you calling me?"
"Is there a launching event there with Rosa?"
"Aren't you familiar with her work schedule?"
"I lose track already."
"Have you forgotten that you and Senator Graysen asked me to cancel Rosa's work commitments for the meantime because of the presidential campaign?"
Hermes Marco scratches his head at the other line. "Sorry, I forgot. What are you doing there anyway?"
"I have nothing to do. Rosa has no work. So, I don't have work. Why are you looking for me anyway?" Brie retorts.
"Do you know you are close to my office?"
"No, I don't."
He continues talking. "Since you are a few minutes away, do you mind if you bring me some food?"
"Don't you have food in the office?"
"Because you're already there, do me a favor and bring me something to eat. My day started early in an exhausting meeting. I need to eat something good. Go to Aroma Cafe at the east wing second level. I'm craving for their food. Order all their specialty and their house coffee. You can order anything you want."
"Who's paying? Me?"
"Nope. I'm sending you right now my QR code with them. You can use it to order from their other branches. It charges directly to my account. You wait for my head of security to fetch you in Aroma."
"That would be great!"
Rosa leads Athena to her study room where Crina Spataru, her biological mother, waits for her. Crina smiles at Athena when she enters the room. Rosa turns to leave but Athena is not letting her hand go. The little girl grips on her tighter pulling her inside the room.
Crina's smile becomes sour when she sees Rosa coming in. She holds on to her temper to not voice out any unpleasant words. She does not want to scare Athena away.
Brie looks around Hermes Marco's office. She stares at the sky from the tall glass window. Feeling tired from standing, she sits on the reclining chair.
"Can this chair also do some massage?"
"Yup. Want to try it?"
"Sure. I saw something like this on TV. I was wondering how it feels to have a relaxing chair like that."
Hermes adjusted the recliner and turns on the massager. He asks, "Are you feeling bored without any shoots with Rosa? Do you want to do something?"
Brie opens her eyes to look at Hermes."What?"
"You can work here," Hermes offers.
She leans her head back and closes her eyes again to feel the relaxing massage. Brie responds, "Nah. Exhausting."