Lily, you need to eat slowly, or you might end up choking—or worse, with indigestion.”
“Don’t worry, Jess, I’m perfectly fine. I just need to finish this plate, then I’m done,” I replied with my mouth full. I was so hungry I didn’t even care that what Jess said could actually happen.
“You sure do love food.”
“I know. I love it a lot.”
“How on earth are you able to maintain your shape if you eat this much in one sitting?”
“Well, when I lived with my foster family, my foster mum barely fed me. I always had to wait for her children to eat first and then make do with the leftovers.” I grabbed a cup of water and drank it down in one go.
“She starved you?”
“Yes. Sometimes it’d be two or three days before I got even one square meal.”
“That explains a lot.” I could hear the pity in Jess’s
