#Chapter 85: Diana’s Request

Ollie’s POV Dinner that night is sure to be awkward, but as I’ve become one of the regular servers on staff, I can’t just avoid it. Fortunately, as I serve, the brothers seem thoroughly distracted, looking off into space or staring down at their food. This annoys Sylvia, who keeps giving them curious and annoyed looks. Diana doesn’t notice, instead speaking with Ella and her parents who have returned to the table now that the mother and daughter pair are back from their trip, with Ella and her mother both sporting tans. Diana is insisting on hearing everything about their trip, and seems utterly charmed by how close Ella and her mother seem to be now. It is nice to see, even as someone who doesn’t really have a mother. Ella and her mom have always been close, but this trip seems to have connected them even further. “I’m just so proud of the woman my daughter has grown into,” Ella’s mom says. “She took charge of so many situations, she made so many good decisions. She truly