As she wound her way around the kitchen, adding different things to the pot that simmered with contents too large for the four inhabitants of the house, she had little to no time for anything or anyone else in the world.This food she was cooking had to come out perfect else, she might eat her fingers for breakfast. Which was why, when the first call came in, quelling the silence that occupied the kitchen at seven AM, she didn't bother answering.The second ring, however, came with such an increased volume it made her almost drop the spoon when it started. With a sigh on par with that of an octogenarian, she dropped the spoon and paddled over to the phone she had placed on the far end of the room.“Hello?" she said into the phone, her mind focused on the contents boiling on the pit, realising too late she hadn't checked who the caller was.“Do you know what makes a billionaire?"The person on the other was meaning to follow this question with another and an answer, but her impatience

As she walked out of the room, head bowed, eyes stingintin preparation for the tears that would soon start falling, Madeline was gone again, buried well beneath the surface of her thoughts.So, it's over. It's over? So soon. Why didn't I listen on the first day? Why didn't I keep my anger under check as I listened to him ramble on about the rules guarding his stupid house? How could I have guessed the girl was allergic to spice? Well, I would have known if I listened but I couldn't have guessed that. Damn you, Robinson, for almost hitting me and acting as though you don't remember me the next day! Damn you too, Charles for taunting me on my first day. It was mean. You know what? Fuck everyone here…She continued that way, covering the hurt with swear after swear, promising the two friends ths worst death she could conjure. As her hands flunked the impassive door to its reach's end a thought caught up to her.The orphanage. The children. The food.Madeline staggered, drunk on the reali