Chapter 31. Party Favors

"You know, everybody has told me before that he likes me, even when my husband was still around. Every single person in the camp and the village... Everyone but himself. Even my children have mentioned it in a not-so-happy way. For a while, I did wait for him to tell me, but as things progressed, I just stopped trying to figure him out years ago. Like today, he was late for work, which I know never happened before. Then the way he looks at you, and how he reacts when something good happens to you, even after you risked yourself for us! He doesn't make any sense..."

Her words faded away as Diwana's thoughts were lost again for a moment. She suddenly remembered an incident between her and Max that happened a few months before Eron arrived...

Back then, Jack was offering a party for the guys at the lumberjack camp and had asked Diwana to prepare the side dishes and dessert for the party. He also invited her to stay after delivering the food.

"You need some time off, D