Chapter Twenty-Three

 We stood in the kitchen in silence for a while as we cleaned up the last of the garbage and food containers from the meeting. It wasn’t a lot and the 3 of us made quick work of it. It was a very calm and domestic moment that had me relaxing in their presence. The two of them together just made me so flustered and hyper-aware of their presence that I could think of little else. While they started to tidy the kitchen table and chairs and put away the stacking stools, I was hit with a sudden craving for ramen noodles.

I hummed softly as I filled a pot with water and waited for it to boil on the stove while I grabbed a few packets out of the cupboard, sighing softly as I recalled that Silas had bought a few packs for me when he found out it was one of my favourite comfort foods. Whoever his second chance mate turned out to be, I just hoped she’d be worthy of him. He was a good man and the lin