There were far too many documents for her to finish reading in Hutchinson's house, so she packed them up and brought them home.
"Avery, Ben is asking us out for dinner," said Elliot coming back from his phone call. "I will reject him if you are too tired."
"Is Lilith coming?" Avery was feeling slightly tired but she was willing to go out if she could see Lilith.
Elliot immediately asked Ben through the phone, "Is Lilith coming?"
"She's not done with work yet! She usually comes home at around nine or ten at night. Are you two not coming out to eat if she isn't there?" Ben asked. "You can still come if Avery doesn’t want to! We haven't seen each other for so long, do you not miss me?"
Elliot felt goosebumps all over his body. " Just come over to where we stay and I'll consider treating you to dinner somewhere nearby."
"Do you know it's an hour's drive from where I stay?!" Ben exclaimed. "I am injured!"
"Hasn't that small wound on your face recovered? I thought you said that it's not that bad?" Elliot teased. "I don't think you would be able to let Peter off so easily if he injured you that severely."
Unable to stand Elliot's teasing, Ben said," Alright, alright! I'll find you."
"If you are coming alone, my wife probably won't see you," Elliot warned him. "She's exhausted." "I get it! I don't even hold a candle to how important Lilith is to your wife! If your wife is coming, we can catch up, but if she isn't coming, that's even better. We can drink for a bit," Ben said before hanging up.
Elliot walked over to Avery and snatched the documents from her hands. "Stop reading. Continue tomorrow."
"C'mon, I have nothing better to do anyway..."
"You haven't eaten much during dinner, right? Let's go meet Ben and eat some more, shall we? He will be here soon."
"You should go! I'm not hungry." Avery had no appetite. It could be that she really was not hungry or because her mind was occupied by something else.
"I'll bring something back as late night snack then."
They had their dinner with the
Hutchinsons, ;g,;XKU; though Mrs.
Hutchinson had cooked up a feast, none of them ate much as they did not have an appetite.
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