Determine the Future by Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle

Author:Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle [Noffke, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2020-11-19T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventy-Five

“I think the cyborg is broken,” Evan muttered in a low voice as he regarded the egg white omelet that Trin, the Gullington’s housekeeper, had placed in front of him.

Wilder dug into his porridge and smirked. “My food is fine. I don’t know what you’re talking about.” He glanced at Sophia. “How’s your bacon?”

“Bacony.” She chewed on a bite of the crispy meat as she held up a piece. In front of her was a plate with half a dozen strips of the cooked breakfast meat.

Instead of the usual method where Trin brought out large serving platters of food, on that particular day she was serving each person at the table individually, and it appeared she was customizing their orders based on their tastes.

The cyborg hurried through the door from the kitchen carrying Mama Jamba’s short stack of apple cinnamon pancakes as the old woman strode into the dining hall, holding a Travel + Leisure magazine.

“Why, thank you, dear.” Mama Jamba flashed a smile as she slid into her normal chair at the dining table while Trin set the pancakes in front of her. “How did you know I craved apple cinnamon today instead of my normal blueberry pancakes?”

Trin winked at her with her human eye. “It might have been the bushel of apples I found at the foot of my bed upon waking.”

Mama Jamba glanced at Quiet, who was buttering his raisin toast with great care and grinned. “I guess I have you to thank for that then.”

The gnome mumbled something inaudible before sticking the toast into his mouth and chewing.

Evan waited until Trin retreated to the kitchen before saying, “Why is it that Mahkah gets scrambled eggs and ham? Hiker gets his black pudding, baked beans, and toast. Sophia gets all the bacon. Wilder, the brand new vegan, has porridge, but I have to choke down a ridiculous egg white and veggie omelet?”

Wilder leaned forward with a conspiratorial expression on his face. “I think the message is sort of clear. Trin has finally gotten to know you, and like the rest of us, doesn’t like what she’s learned.”

“Or maybe it’s the opposite,” Mama Jamba offered, then flipped open her magazine.

Evan sighed and picked at his omelet. “I’m not sure I want her to like me if this is the result.”

Quiet muttered something and stuffed a Danish in his mouth.

“Why don’t you put a bunch of sausage at the foot of Trin’s bed tomorrow?” Evan asked the groundskeeper.

Since his mouth was full, Quiet simply shook his head. Crumbs flaked off his mouth.

“It’s pronounced sau-sauge,” Wilder teased.

“The vegan isn’t allowed to tell me how to say meat words,” Evan fired back, then reached for a piece of bacon on Sophia’s plate. She slapped his hand away at once.

“Hey,” he complained and pulled his hand back. “You don’t need all that.”

“I do too,” Sophia argued. “I have to up my meat intake to undo all the good that Wilder is doing by being vegan.”

“That makes sense,” Hiker mumbled through a bite of toast, seeming a bit amused.

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