Chapter 46

“Mrs. Smith, not to meddle or anything, but maybe you should take a page from Miss Carter's book. She's been sneaking into the kitchen lately when you're not around—probably trying to impress Mr. Smith with her cooking. You go to all this effort to make soup every day. Maybe set some aside for him too?” Even though Henry and I had been divorced for quite a while, Mrs. Lester still couldn’t stop calling me Mrs. Smith. And it’s probably why Lena’s been throwing her dirty looks. Mrs. Lester clearly didn’t like Lena and seemed to wish Henry and I would get back together. What actually surprised me was that Lena had been coming into the kitchen—I'd had no clue. Was she doing it on purpose to avoid me? But why go through the trouble? If she wanted to win over Henry, I seriously couldn’t care less. I looked down, my voice calm. “Someone already cooks for him. He doesn’t need my food. The way I see it, I made it, and if he won’t eat it, it’s just a waste. Then if his stomach gets upset again,