Chapter 55: Chapter 55

“The guests are leaving, shouldn't we bid them farewell?” Wini asked

“Mari and I would do that” I said

“okay, I'll go make a call to Jenifer” she said and left

I walked to Mari

“uhm, excuse me” I whispered and the two ladies looked at me

“we need to thank the guests for coming. It seems they're getting ready to leave” I said

“OH, okay. Excuse me Eliza” Mari said

“you are excused mademoiselle” she replied with a French accent and I chuckled.

I slipped my hand around Mari's waist and we walked to each guest and thanked them for coming as they were about leaving.

Later it was just me, Mari, Eliza and Wini that were left. With the workers starting to clear up the place

“where's all this food going now?” Eliza asked while pointing to the remaining food on the buffet table

“garbage can” Wini replied and poured herself a glass of wine

“what? But they're still good and it's not even the ones that were left over by the guests” Eliza protested

“you're right but since it's not much, let's just dispose them” Wini said

Eliza heaved a sigh and walked to the waiter. She began to speak to him in words that we couldn't hear

“wow it's really late already. It's past 10pm” Mari said while looking at the clock

“yeah it is. You had a great time?” I asked

“had the best time. Thank you so much Will” she said and hugged me.

“anything for you Mari” I said while still hugging her

We then stopped hugging and she yawned

“is that sleep or tiredness?” I asked

“it's both” she replied amidst the yawn

I chuckled

“how about you spend the night here? You know, freshen up well and sleep tight. Then tomorrow after breakfast, I'll drive you home” I suggested and she began to think

“hmm, I'll miss church” she said

“just for tomorrow. You're so tired. You need rest or your body would break down”

“okay then. But is it just me?” she asked

“Eliza's staying. I can also stay” I answered and she nodded

“fine then. We'd spend the night here” she said and I smiled

“tell Eliza. I need to get the doors open. I mean the doors to the rooms and ventilate it” I said and she nodded. I kissed her forehead and headed for the rooms

Marigold

“Will asked us to sleep over till morning” I said to Eliza who just finished drinking a bottle of water

“sleep over? Where?” she asked and sealed the cover of the bottle back

“here. I'm really tired and he said we could get a proper rest here” I said and took a bottle of water from the table we were standing by

“wow. Thank goodness. We could have a hot bath and sleep on large beds. Perfect!” she said and I chuckled

“I don't know why I'm still hungry.” I said and looked at the workers packing the food away

“that's because you didn't eat enough like I did. You should have some of these remaining pancakes. Have you tasted them? They're so good” she pulled me to the buffet table and quickly put about four pieces of round and large pancakes in a plate for me. She then gave me a glass of cherry squash and led me to a table to sit down

“come on, eat up. You shouldn't be hungry on your birthday” she said and sat beside me

“where is Wini?” I asked

“she's been on the phone for some time. I think she has gone out of the room” she answered and I nodded

I looked at the workers and I noticed they were packaging the food in plastic cans

“why are they doing that? I thought they were going to dispose the food. Why packaging them?”

“because I asked them to. There's no way I'm letting food waste. I'll put them in a big bag and take them home tomorrow”

“aren't they gonna spoil?”

“there's a machine here that can preserve already cooked food” she said

“really? What's it called?” I asked amidst munches

“a fridge Mari. It's called a fridge” she said then scoffed

“okay, a fridge. Haha” I laughed