Chapter 26

Kim was settled in easily in her apartment. The receptionist at the lobby made her talk about Cradle. The doorman loved her at first sight and the old couply living downstairs invited her for dinner. She would have declined like she did most times but the couple looked too eager to have her and so she obliged. The old lady, Mrs. Patterson spent her days making pastries for the neighborhood kids and making embroidery while her husband, Mr. Patterson read the papers and watched TV. The smell from Mrs Patterson's cooking wafted to Kim's nostrils as she stepped into the apartment. There were half finished patterns and old papers strewn on a chair and she noticed that apart from the chair that carried the embroidery and old papers, every other place was clean. The smell of Mrs Patterson's cooking enveloped the house and her stomach churned from hunger. She wanted to eat. "Oh, Child. Come and sit down" Mr Patterson offered, gesticuating for her to sit on the chair right opposite him and