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Chapter 55: Flora's Qualms
The guest finished his lunch with Pablo taking over most of the tasks of serving him, whether it was refilling the guest’s glass with water or taking out his used dishes and utensils. Pablo would immediately go to the guest’s side, just as the latter had drunk halfway through his glass of water or had taken the last morsels of the food served him. Pablo would signal to Flora to return quickly to her station after she had delivered the food on the table.
Flora was confused as Pablo worked quickly and tried to prevent her from staying too long beside the guest. When the guest finally left the kitchen after a ‘thank you’ and a fleeting smile, Flora got to clearing the table and arranging the chair that the guest had left.
Pablo approached Flora and she felt nervous, anticipating another admonishment from Pablo.
“How many times do I have to tell you not to talk to our guest?” Pablo asked, his eyes practically blazing as Flor
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“Oh! Did he?” said Flora, recalling seeing Emil’s back as he stood in front of Eva’s door.“Yes, he did!” Eva giggled softly. “I was lying in bed and I was crying my eyes out because of the awful way that Pablo treated me. I happened to look at my door and saw something block the light from under it, like there was a person standing just outside my door. I got an uneasy feeling as to who it might be at that hour, and I walked towards the door to take a peek from the peeping hole and see who it was. I was taken aback when I saw Emil’s face looking so pitifully sad with a distant look in his eyes. He seemed deeply confused and pained, or maybe it was just that he was looking at my door wondering if he was going to knock or not. So, what I did was I wiped the tears from my eyes and quickly burst my door open without saying anything,” said Eva.“What did he do? How did he react?” Flora wanted to know.
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