Chapter 27

The Woodley family dinner was underway. Lewis was unusually quiet and that was because Elsie had not yet come downstairs. And somehow no one was asking about her almost as though they all knew where she was except him. You know his doubt would have been cleared by asking but he chose to believe the conspiracy theories that were cooking in his own head instead of talking. Communication, very important if you ask me without it there is confusion. Certainty and assumption are the enemies of growth for real.

It took almost five minutes before Elsie walked downstairs and to his surprise they all noticed her and not him who had been there the whole time.

"I knew this food was sweet, look who has been pulled to the living room by the aroma" Joked Steve.

"You were right, I didn't even put on the dress I wanted out of fear" She seemed happier than she was with Lewis which made him even more curious. What was going on and what had he missed? Did he drink himself to a one-month com