“All, right. You can go on, I will join you soon.”

She announced, smiling as she tried to walk back to the kitchen.

“We will wait.”

Came the incongruous voice of Mr. Bailey. She walked to the kitchen, walked back immediately and sat on the only available seat. They had their meal silently on the surface but under the table, Mr. Bailey's legs would not allow her legs to rest. She maintained her cool and ate cheerfully while Mr. Bailey rubbed her legs with his. He fed Daniel quite all right alongside his mother.

Before now, Mrs. Nichole Bailey would have been elated with Mr. Bailey's love advances when she...