Chapter 301 Feeling Peckish

I blinked, then looked away and nodded, "Yeah, thanks. Tell Grandma I said thanks." "You can tell her yourself," Idris said, his voice cool as he set out the food on the tray table like he was arranging chess pieces. I could not quite read him. Before I left for Lake City, he had seemed on board with getting the divorce papers and clearing the air with the family. I figured he would be the last person wanting to see me again. Here he was, and I did not know what to make of it. "Stop staring and eat," he said, his face giving nothing away. I shook off my daze and started eating the food he brought, almost mechanically. Maybe it was the hunger, but I did not realize how empty I felt until I started on the simple, soothing meal he had brought. I kept my head down, focusing on my meal, while the guy next to me just sat there watching me in silence. It was kind of weird, though not in a creepy way. Eventually, when I was mostly full, I glanced up at him and said, "Thanks for this."