Chapter 88

Blair added Mable’s favorite, potatoes, to the pot. “It’s rare that you take food for me. I can’t bear to say no.” Mable was so angry that she laughed. Then, she asked, “Will you eat poison if I feed it to you?” Blair put down his chopsticks and looked seriously at her. “Mabes, can you bear to do that?” Mable was dumbfounded. ‘Isn’t the answer obvious?!’ She would rather eat poison herself than let him get hurt. Blair stared at her with a big smile. Mable was so worried when he ate a little of something he was allergic to. It seemed she was not completely unfeeling toward him. Worried, Mable asked someone to buy a box of antihistamines from a nearby drugstore for her. The medicine arrived after they finished eating. Mable was only relieved after Blair took the medicine. When they returned home after dinner, Mable saw many gardeners working on the landscaping. “Are they planting something?” Mable asked. “Osmanthus, sunflowers, and strawberries.” Tracey said th