"Donnie muttered, 'Wasting food is a sin."

"Then you eat it," came the quick reply.

Donnie stood there for a moment, then tossed the leftover sandwich into the bin.

The next day, Chad received yet another packed lunch. This time, he walked over to the security booth at the entrance and said to the old guard inside, "If anyone brings me lunch again, just leave it at the door. If it's not picked up by the next day, toss it." The guard replied, "I thought you knew the girl, Officer Chad. She seemed to think you were friends."

Chad shook his head. "Don't know her. I threw away yesterday's meal."

As expected, on the third day, Vivian showed up again, believing she was engaged in a grand romantic gesture. But when she arrived, she found the previous day's lunch still sitting there, untouched.

Frowning, she asked the guard, "Who told you to do this?"

"It's common knowledge around here," he replied.

Vivian clenched her fists, her romantic dreams dashed. All her efforts seemed like a fool's errand.

"Tell Chad these lunches are from his sister," she said defiantly.

The guard held up a hand. "Don't go using Molly's name in vain. If she finds out someone's been sending her brother meals under her name, she'll have my head."

knew of Molly's fiery

the rejected lunches and stormed off. Rounding the corner, she

popped by the

unnoticed. As dusk fell, she waited at the Byrne family home for Chad to finish his shift.

the Byrne living room, Vivian felt

son's haul, remarked, "Did my daughter sacrifice herself as a guinea pig for

interact as she whisked Chad upstairs, leaving no chance for Vivian to

realization dawned

of Juliana, but due to her possessiveness over Chad? Vivian knew they were not

obstacle, but now it seemed Molly was the real

schemes as she

sending. Annoyed, she declared, "Brother, I'll bring you lunch tomorrow." Chad seemed unfazed, knowing his sister was likely

and started pondering her

sister's nature, Chad reminded her, "Focus on your studies. Don't worry about feeding me. Your real goal

She looked up at Chad, blinked innocently, and

confiscated

dead of night, at her lodgings, Vivian glared at a man's white shirt on the bed. The

the right to pursue happiness,

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