"Try to eat," Jacob said, offering him a spoonful of the food from his plate. "Have some spoonful. We're being watched."
"I know," Angeline replied, but her stomach felt repulsive. "We've never had an outing without a pest trailing us."
Jacob laughed though he could not hide the concern from his eyes.
"Go on, Angela. Have some bite," Madam Lucia ordered without looking at her. "Don't worry about us. We can take care of ourselves."
"Yeah," Tristan added. "Jake already briefed us where to go if something uncontrollable commotion happens."
"Thanks," Angeline replied with a grin at her former boyfriend. And she accepted the spoonful from Jacob with their eyes gazing at each other. "By the way, Nana," she started looking up at Madam Lucia. "Where's your best friend? I mean, uncle Philippe?"
"He's busy with legal matters," the old woman responded. "That's why Jacob will be very busy as newly hired counsel of his assets."
