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There was the sifting of the flour Donovan wandered back into the kitchen and, after chewing on her bottom lip for a few moments, decided that maybe they didn’t need this fancy apple dessert after all Maybe cut up fruit would do

Her eyes brightened Just like the fancy fruit trays in all those hotel rooms she stayed in when on tour

She set to work and cut out the waterht for her the week before One of four, it was the only one left She giggled and patted her stomach once more

“Guess you like watermelon huh?”

Once that was done, she carved out the pineapple and tried her da a bit when she placed it in the middle of the watermelon, and she decided that it looke

d like a bird A phoenix to be precise How metaphoric Out of the ashes and all of that

She cleaned grapes, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries and filled in the space around her phoenix After that she cut up the watermelon and placed it as artfully as she could and when she was done, took a step back

It looked pretty daood

She flew across the kitchen and opened up the large fridge and then placed her creation inside Next, she checked on hersteaks (so theanyone that) and took out the vegetables for her salad

She had three kinds of onions, a red pepper and ht when she was in the grocery, but now she was rethinking the whole salad thing too

Deciding she’d ponder it in the shower, Donovan headed to her bedroom, eyes firmly fixed on her door and not the one at the end of the hall Even so, she couldn’t help the way her heart contracted or the pain that spliced across her chest when she thought about Jack It would always be there, she supposed

“And I can’t hide out here forever”

But for now? It was the perfect sanctuary, and Grace had co her back to the island without anyone knowing It took her less than an hour to shoash her hair and put on so like death warmed over