Preslie found this very strange and got off her bed.
She pulled on Yesseca's hand and asked, "Yesseca, what's wrong? Why are you so upset after having your dinner?"
Yesseca looked around the room.
A moment later, she shook her head and said, "It's nothing. What did you say just now?"
"I asked you, what did you have for dinner?"
Yesseca's mind was blank. For a moment, she had forgotten what she ate earlier.
She shook her head. "I forgot."
Preslie sighed. "That's kind of impressive. It wasn't that long ago and you've already forgotten."
She placed Yesseca's hand on her stomach. "Listen, my stomach's been growling the whole time. I'm really hungry. Ah, losing weight is so difficult."
Yesseca heard Preslie's stomach grumble.
The rumble slowly brought her back to her senses.
She tried very hard to repress everything that the strange woman told her earlier.
Yesseca had a dream that night.
She dreamt about that strange woman, Essie.
She repeatedly told her that Lothar was killed, that Selina had killed him.
Yesseca pushed the woman away and ran off. She didn't want to listen to her.
However, the woman's voice was like the wind that could be heard from all directions. She could not hide from it no matter how hard she tried.
Just as she was about to collapse, she heard Selina's voice. "This chocolate is delicious.”
After she said that, Yesseca heard her smack her lips twice.
Yesseca opened her eyes right away.
She had finally woken up from her nightmare.
"Some sweet jelly would be tasty, but cream cakes are good too."
Yesseca was speechless.
She switched on her bedside lamp and spotted Preslie muttering to herself.
She was talking in her sleep.
Yessecalaughed.
She had felt like a child herself as if she was the only child among all the adults working around her. It wasn't until she had met Preslie did she realize that there was someone else like her. In fact, she was much more childish than her.
Preslie's muttering lightened her depressed mood as she laid back down on her bed.
Yesseca soon fell asleep again while Preslie continued muttering to herself in her sleep," Cupcakes, chocolate, fruit jelly, peanut butter cups..."
Time passed by very quickly.
In the blink of an eye, it was Yesseca's last day of training in Nashaland.
After today, they would stay one more day in Nashaland, mainly to visit the various tourist attractions before returning to Agaphen City.
After stepping out of the shopping mall, Yesseca and Preslie returned to the hotel.
Preslie didn't want to eat, as usual. Yesseca had gotten used to this by now.
Preslie hadn't eaten dinner in the past few days because she wanted to lose weight. She was filled with excitement as she told Yesseca that she had lost two pounds.
That night, Yesseca went to eat alone again.
She had been eating egg sandwiches at a small restaurant that was close to the hotel.
The food in Nashaland wasn't very different from the food in Agaphen City. The only difference here was that they prepared the eggs a little differently.
Back at Yesseca's neighbourhood, the eggs were fried and served with sliced sausages, while in Nashaland, the eggs were cooked into an omelette and had ketchup mixed into it. Yesseca found it very strange at first but then decided to try it after it was strongly recommended to her by another salesgirl who was native to Nashaland. She didn't expect to fall in love with it after one bite.
The egg looked much darker than usual because of the ketchup, but it tasted delicious. It had a tangy sweetness to it.
That night, Yesseca ordered an egg sandwich with a glass of juice, as she always did.
She finished her sandwich and then drank her juice.
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