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The next day, Zinnia said no to Yannis’s request for her to take the day off and stayed in bed until there were only ten minutes left before she had to rush to school. Yannis made her breakfast.

When she went into the classroom, most of the students were already there. “Zinnia, you’re here!” Maisie called out, ran over, and hugged her warmly.

“Maisie,” Zinnia whispered, leaning on her as they walked to their seats. Lydia was already sitting at her desk, where a fancy chocolate cake topped with strawberries was waiting.

Lydia had made the filling with cream cheese. She looked at Zinnia with kind eyes and said, “Zinnia, here’s the chocolate cake I promised you yesterday.”

“Lydia, Yannis won’t let Zinnia have anything too sweet right now,” Maisie explained. “No snacks for her these few days. He’s looking for a special supplier to get her healthy snacks.”

Knowing how popular Zinnia was at school, Yannis had told Maisie last night to watch her closely.

Lydia frowned with concern. Zinnia tugged on Maisie’s sleeve, looking up at her with a pleading face. “Maisie, I’m fine. Just a tiny bite. I promise I won’t eat too much.”

She thought, ‘That chocolate cake looks so good! I want to taste it. No meat last night, and now they’re stopping me from this little treat too.

“Zinnia, I really want to give you what you want,” Maisie said. “But Yannis asked me to keep you away from these. If I let you, he might get mad. He hits hard after all those years of military training.”

Maisie couldn’t resist Zinnia’s begging. In the end, she closed her eyes tight, not daring to look at Zinnia. She was afraid that if she softened, Yannis would cut her allowance.

softly, “Zinnia, once you’re better, I promise I’ll buy every dessert in town and lay them all out for you. We can

scared Maisie was of Yannis. It really felt like she was back under

Zinnia had to avoid sugar, meat, and other things. Lydia listened carefully

gently comforted Zinnia, saying, “I’ll make you a low–sugar treat tomorrow,

a few things I really like in life. Sleeping, studying medicine, and eating good

she look so sad?” Ethan came into the classroom munching on a burger, noticing right away Maisie and the

as the smell of meat floated through the air. Her eyes stayed on the burger in Ethan’s hand, wishing she could have

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said kindly, seeing the longing look in her eyes. Anyone could tell she wanted them as he handed

your burger outside. Now!” Maisie

could only press his face to the window, looking

eat that in class, and definitely not in front of us!”

go eat somewhere else. I went all the way to buy these. They smell so good. I

orders. Remembering how Zinnia had been staring at his burger earlier, he offered them to Maisie to pass

snapped, “Get lost,

focus on getting you better, okay? Once you’re healthy, we’ll have a big

his burgers outside and then

She grabbed a bottle of strawberry

then I can

through a straw, looked toward the door. The first person she saw was William, and