Viviana had an uneventful night. She wanted Leander to come to talk to her, but he never did. She couldn't sleep well but she woke up early.
When she walked to the kitchen, she saw Leander getting down the stairs. Seeing her he stopped. She couldn't bring herself to talk to him again. All she remembered was the mean words he spoke.
She got to cooking breakfast. Although he doesn't eat her cooking these days, she never stopped cooking for him. What if he craves her cooking one day? She will do what she usually does. And if he wants to ignore her, that's on him.
She heard him downstairs and she ate in the kitchen itself. Mary came running inside the kitchen. The cheery smile on her face had returned.
"He wants to eat with you," Mary said. "Finally!" She grinned thinking that the Orchid Gardens would return to its cheery self.
"I'm not going," Viviana said.
