The dinner is ready. I place all the filled dishes and bowls on the kitchen counter for the servants to take them on the dinner table outside.

Melanie is also there, chattering with me while scrubbing the floor. "Let's eat together tonight." She suggests.

I shake my head in negative, "I can't. But yes, I can sit with you and watch you eat."

"Why?" She stands upright, holding a long mop in her one hand.

"I told you I'm feeling nauseous nowadays so I don't want to eat."

"Sanaya, you should see a doctor. It's been two weeks you're feeling this way."

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