THIRTY

❧ Fiorella ☙

"I'm not going to let you go, you think that after the humiliation I went through because of you, I'll let you go as if nothing happened and have your fairy tale next to that wretch, so you can forget about that. What I want from you is to sit there, eat your food and shut up." I lean back in my chair and look down.

He hands me an apple, which apparently will be my delicious meal for the day today, when I finish chewing, I watch him as he continues to read the ledger, one line at a time.

"If you say one more damn word, I'm going to give you my full attention, and believe me when I tell you, you're not going to enjoy it very much." His warning is clear but time passes slowly as he refuses to acknowledge me.

Instead of waiting patiently like a good girl, I walk across the room to the mess he has made with the eggs on the floor and try to clean it up as best I can with the napkin .

Then I pick up and put the mess on a table near the door. When I turn back to take my chair,