Chapter Twenty Five

"Won't you eat?", Max asked as Mina hurried to get ready for work. "No," she clipped without a glance in his direction. "Are you still angry with me? I promise things would change from now on." "Don't worry. I will change things when I come back." "What do you mean?" But Mina was not interested in giving any reply. She picked up her bag and coat and hurried out of the house. He breathed a sigh of relief as she rushed out of his view. Walking to the window, he watched as she stomped off. He had to make sure that she was heading straight to work and not coming back to take something she had forgotten. After satisfying himself as to that, he waited for a few minutes just to be on the safe side before picking up his phone. *** Melanie knocked tentatively on the door and dreaded hearing a female voice. She strained her ears, expecting that sweet but sharp voice, but instead a loud male voice greeted her ears. It said for her to come in. She s