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Chapter 79: Not the Best Place for Nadi
Rosa got hold of the tea kettle and poured herself a cup of tea. She sat at the table and put her steaming cup of tea down. After a while, she took the teacup and blew on its contents before taking small sips. It was quiet in the kitchen as both women found time to calm down after the episode with Eva and the flurry of activity to take the slack after Rosa drove Eva out of her kitchen.
The old cook seemed relatively at ease and calm after that violent storm of shouting words that she had unleashed at Eva. As Flora observed Rosa sipping her cup of tea, she wondered if there was something else about the old woman whom she had always seen as a tyrant in her own little domain. Flora recalled the advice that Rosa just gave her and wondered what she really meant by it. It was quite uncharacteristic for Rosa to give advice about Flora’s daughter when the old cook had ignored Nadi’s presence at the anteroom ever since they arrived.
When Rosa said that it was not th
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