“Haha!” Mrs. Berry laughed. “From now on, I’ll be cooking for you guys. Make sure to eat well, alright?”

“Of course! I’ll eat everything up,” Ellie declared, clapping her hands excitedly.

“Me too.”

“And me!”

Robbie and Jamie stuck their hands up in the air.

Fifi, who had been lying in Ellie’s arms the whole time, looked up blearily and squawked, “Me too!”

 

“What’s wrong with Fifi?” Mrs. Berry asked, looking curiously at the parrot. “Is she sick? Or is she hungover?”

“She’s drunk, actually,” Ellie said, her eyes flashing with glee. “This morning, she drank Uncle Zack’s wine secretly. She has been in a coma ever since.”

 

Hearing this, Charlotte turned to Zachary and gave him a sharp pinch on his arm. “You gave Fifi wine again?”

“She wanted to drink some herself,” Zachary replied, looking very wronged.

“Yeah! You have me as a witness—Fifi wanted to drink it herself,” Jamie said, standing up for Zachary immediately.

me!” Robbie added. “It wasn’t Uncle

She’ll wake up by tomorrow

green little head

first. Go and have

“Okay! Thanks, Mrs. Berry!’

to play, Mrs. Berry looked up at Zachary, feeling a little embarrassed. “I’m sorry for hitting you with the

said, interrupting her. “You were only protecting

particularly emotive man and didn’t know how to comfort people,

Zachary was such a prideful man that she hadn’t expected him to lay down his dignity and forgive Mrs. Berry

a

his attitude towards her right now

was probably what people meant when

his love for Charlotte, Zachary was willing to do things he would never have

lot of cooks. You can ask

“Oh, got it!”

ran back into the kitchen

few cooks hovered at her elbows, worried that she might

Zachary took Charlotte’s hand and

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