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
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