Chapter 31 : Poker

A couple of days later, I woke up before the sun rose like usual these days. I went down to the kitchen to get the coffee pot started, but Daniel was already in the kitchen, flipping pancakes. He heard me and turned around to flash me a grin.

“Hey, I was going to make you breakfast in bed,” he said when I joined him over at the kitchen counter.

“Oh, you were?” I felt my shoulders slump. I was sad that I had woken up and missed that.

“Yeah, I’ve decided that we deserve a day off today,” he added, then started to whistle a happy tune.

His good mood was throwing me off. I’d never seen Daniel so cheerful, especially this early in the morning.

“Did we make a breakthrough in the plans against the Taddeos?” I asked him hopefully, wondering if this was the reason for his shiny new attitude.

“No, but I figured that we would work better tomorrow if we had a day off today,” he explained as he slid three chocolate chip pancakes onto a plate.

I didn’t quest