Chapter 9 Starvation

• He did not come to dinner.
• Elara waited until eight. She waited until nine. She set two plates on the table and then she put one back. The food went cold. She scraped it into the bin. She washed the plate. She dried it. She set it in the cabinet.
• The villa was quiet. The crew had left after the head to head segment. They had filmed for six hours. The kitchen had been hot and loud and full of knives. She had lost.