ESMERALDA
I took my time in serving Nela's dishes and then mine, before heading to an empty table. It suddenly hit me that she isn't here to complain about the quantity of food I ate so I stood to get some more.
I don't care what anyone has to say about me as long as I'm comfortable with it. It's been twenty minutes and Nela isn't back yet. I planned to eat two more spoonfuls before going to look for her but she beat me to it.
"Hey, crazy eater! I'm sure you took more than my recommended size" she mumbled funnily on getting to the table and I laughed.
"Okay, you got me this time. But I can't help it, you know" I replied silently and she chuckled gently before picking up her own spoon.
The look in her eyes made it very obvious that she had lost her appetite.
"Do you not want this?" I
