Chapter 36. Awkwardness

“Are you sure he’s helping? What if he ruins our dinner? Even his experimental sandwiches tasted weird.”

Sky giggled for a moment.

“That’s much better than not eating at all, Mama. As Mama always says, we eat to live, not live to eat.”

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

Sky quickly jumped out of bed. As soon as she opened the door, Edmund came in with a tray. Two bowls on it emitted thin steam into the air.

“What is that, Uncle Ed? It smells good.”

Edmund put the tray on the table.

“Sorry, I only found rice and a few kinds of vegetables. So, I made vegetable porridge.”

Sky stood on tiptoe, peeking. Finding porridge decorated to resemble a clown’s face, she giggled.

“Oh