CHAPTER 13

JAVON

“What’s that supposed to be?” I pointed at the plate in front of me.

She smiled proudly like she had done something worth commending.

“I brought you food. I heard you hadn't eaten all day and I decided to get you something to eat.”

“Take this rubbish and get out of my office."

Her smile fell.

“But I spent all day making this for you. You should taste it-”

“The last time I ate something you made, I landed in the hospital. I won't say it again, get out of my office.”

She marched away but I called her back.

“Get this thing out of my face.”

She came back and picked up the plate, murmuring as she left and slammed the door.

Two years after Gaia left, my mother found out about everything that happened and she brought Stephanie into my home to “take care of me.”

I specifically told her that I wasn't interested in her and I would never be, but she refused to listen, saying that it didn't matter as Gaia had already left me and that I would grow to like Stephanie.

It had been three y