Page 91 of Grumpy Sunshine

They’d taken Tavi back to surgery to harvest his organs, and together we’d watched several ambulances and helicopters take off holding pieces of Tavi.

He’d asked for some space, and I’d given it to him, not following when he took off.

But he must’ve not made it too far if he was here.

“You want to join us?”I asked.

Apollo looked at the table, then at me, and shrugged.

“Go take a seat.I’ll order for you.”

Apollo did, and I ordered him his meal, remembering to hold all the sauces and cheese when I did.

Apollo didn’t sit directly at the booth with us, but he did choose to sit at the table that was directly beside the booth we were in.

“Here you go,” the guy I ordered from said as he handed me the orange triangle with our order number.

I placed the triangle in front of Apollo and found my seat.

I watched Apollo out of the corner of my eye as I ate, listening to Aella and Silver talk.

The door opened again for a third time, and I watched as the charge nurse, Dru, came in looking ragged.

She walked to the counter and ordered, her body dragging.

I jerked my chin up at her and said, “Have a seat with us.”

She smiled, took the seat across from Apollo but didn’t otherwise say anything more.

Aella and I weren’t the only ones that had had a terrible day.It showed on Dru’s face just how tired she was.

The food was called out for the two of them at the same time, and Silver popped the last of her fries into her mouth before she said, “I got it.”

Dru gave Silver an appreciative smile as she moved to get the food.

Apollo gave her nothing, his gaze far away and blank.

Silver was back in a flash with the food and set it on the table between them.

They both unwrapped their meals, and I inwardly laughed as I saw the stark difference between Apollo’s food and Dru’s.

Dru had so much sauce on her burger that it was pouring out the sides, and three slices of cheese at that.Absolutely zero veggies.She’d also gotten a small onion ring and two cookies.

Meanwhile, Apollo had every single vegetable that Whataburger offered, as well as a salad as his side.

Weirdo.

My eating style leaned much more toward Dru’s preferences than Apollo’s.

Hell, before I’d met the man, I hadn’t even realized that Whataburger had salads.

The door opened for a third time since we’d gotten there, and Cakes made his way inside, his gaze fastening on our table almost immediately.

He walked toward us, and I saw Aella straighten out of the corner of my eye.

I grinned and held out my hand as he took the seat next to Silver.He shook it firmly before turning his eyes to his daughter.

“Cakes,” I greeted.“What are you doing up?”

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