One More Chance novel Chapter 40

~~Suddenly it's so clear just what I am to you. Am I friend? Am I lover? Do we still need each other? When you touch me, when you touch me, baby I can tell. What do we mean to each other am I friend, am I lover, is it over now? If this is then why bother? Tell me where do we take it from here. Do you love me still or do you just mean we'll?~~~

-Sérgio Mendes-

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I set my alarm clock at exactly 6:00 last night, even though my body knows its getting up routine every morning.

I want to prepare breakfast for Luke. I want to cook something that will ease his hangover because I'm sure the alcohol he drank last night is now slagging through his veins.

Of course, I will also cook his favourite dish to bring into his office for lunch. He didn't have dinner last night and I'm sure he's hungry by now.

But...

I've already prepared the omelette with veggies, whole-wheat toast with almond butter topped with sliced banana and I was about to prepare coffee when Elaine and Rory entered the kitchen with both confusions written on their faces.

"Sam, why did you get up so early?" Rory was the first one to ask me.

"Yeah, today is Saturday and little Cali have no school this morning," Elaine said nodding.

"I know, today is Saturday, but this is not for my baby." I shrugged, smiling at them.

But the two exchanged a look and asked me again.

"Okay, we got it, you want to make your breakfast, but why is it so early?" It's Rory who's now taking the apron from the drawer.

"Well... this is for my husband. He was drunk last night, so I decided to prepare breakfast for him that will help him with his hangover."

And that made them stop and exchanged glances again, but because I wasn't looking at them but at the coffee maker, I missed their last reaction. I only turned around when I noticed that they stopped their movement.

"Why? What's going with you guys?" I asked, my eyes were moving from Elaine to Rory and then back to Elaine.

"Uhm... Sam, your husband has already left early this morning." Rory replied.

"What? You're kidding." I just chuckled and then checked the time from the wall clock. It's only 6:30 in the morning and Luke usually going to work by 7:00.

"No, she's not kidding. He left just before you went down the stairs." And now it was Elaine.

My forehead creased as my mouth hung open. He left.

"B-But what time did he leave?"

"I think it was just 10 to 15 minutes before you went down from your room."

"I thought you knew it." My eyes turned to Rory and I shake my head.

"No, I didn't know about it," I said, couldn't help blowing a sigh. I walked to the nearest chair and placed the cup of coffee in front of me on the table. "I didn't know he left that early. We didn't get a chance to talk last night because he was drunk and he said he was tired and sleepy."

They took the chairs on both my sides.

"I noticed his bruised lips this morning. I was about to ask him about it but he got a call."

"Do you have any idea who the caller was?" I asked Elaine who's sitting on my left side.

"No, I don't even have a single clue, but I noticed the sudden change in his facial expression after taking the call..."

I don't know, but what she said suddenly brought weird feelings inside me and made me more curious about what she was about to say more.

"I can't explain it exactly, but he seemed... happy?"

"Hey, why did it sound like a question? He seemed happy? You seemed not sure of what you've seen." Rory was the one who complained for me. Because honestly, I also got confused about what Elaine said.

"Because I told you, I'm not sure--- I mean, I don't know how to describe his emotion earlier. He was frowning then suddenly he smiled and when he noticed that I was watching him, he masked his expression and turned into a poker face. Do you understand what I mean?"

"But---"