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*~Mirabelle~*

"Oh, Aunt Belle, I don't think I can do this."Madison told me as I handed her a tray of food. "He's going to be so mad! Remember how I treated him when I first got here?"

"Oh come on. Mariano doesn't know how to stay mad at someone for long."

"What am I going to say? That I prepared this?"

"No, we prepared this. Don't worry, he's not going to scold you, I promise. I'll just help you knock and when he says, 'come in', you'll go in and drop the food on his table. Don't forget to do the bow before you exit, is that clear?"

"Oh okay. Let's do this. The worst he can do is scold me and he's not going to do that right?"

Few minutes later,

"Out! And don't you ever come back here!"

Madison hurried out in tears with the tray of food. I quickly took it from her.

"See, I told you he's still mad at me."

I frowned. He shouldn't have shouted at her like that. "It's okay. Let's just leave him alone for now. Come on, let's go." We were already heading down the stairs when we heard him ca