Ruby
"Coffee and cake?"
I suggest when he sinks into the couch, his hand grabbing the remote and switching on the TV. He puts on Law & Order, his favourite show.
"Just water." Richard says. "Cold water."
"Did you eat at the funeral?"
"No." He mutters. "I'm not in the mood for food."
I'm sure that his lack of appetite is because of the funeral and the uninvited guest outside the gate. The guest that stopped a huge mistake from happening. The guest that immediately changed his mood and made him frown. The guest that he pretended not to know. A stranger can't affect him as deeply as that uninvited guest did.
"You should have something to eat."
"Like I said, I'm not in the mood for food." He repeats, a little irked.
I turn back to walk to the kitchen and open the fridge. I grab a col
