Dinnertime

Gabe had been working all day today, and he hadn’t stepped out of his office since morning, not for breakfast or even lunch, and it was dinner time. He hadn’t even gone to the office today, but he had stayed indoors working as if he had nothing else to do with his life.

Here at the house, things were back to the normal way, but with more people around. As Alex set the last plate on the table, she glanced up and her eyes connected with Ms. Alice's eyes. She smiled at her sweetly. The woman, on getting to know her was a sweet and peaceful soul, always smiling around the house.

She would sit around the sitting room with a big yarn of wool with a knitting pin in hand, knitting all day, only stopping for food, or to talk when she was having a short break with either Dee or Alex.

To be honest, Alex was having so much fun having them around, seeing as she was able to talk and have a good long conversation with people. It’s been a whole week already, and she felt as if she had known them s