Chapter Five

Waking up the next morning, Jo couldn't summon up the energy to do anything except lie on her bed reading 

When she finally got out of bed, she found herself overcome with tears once again

 Everything seemed to be going wrong for her now, even the sink had broken and it felt like too much effort to try and do anything about it so she just grabbed some leftovers from the fridge

Before reading some more, at least in books she could forget her troubles for a little while 

Soon enough though she had to head off to work once more 

It was another manic shift, it seemed as if the bistro was the place to be most nights

As Jo left the building after her shift, a darkly handsome stranger approached her and introduced himself 

 "Good evening, my name is Jamieson Moriarty, I take it you work at this fine establishment"

 Jo felt flattered that this man seemed so interested in her, although she was a little uncomfortable about the personal questions he asked, why did he want to know her star sign?

 But when he began talking about cooking, her passion, she began to relax

From there the conversation moved on to gardening, which he said was one of his hobbies, Jo was interested in his ideas about improving the quality of the ingredients she used in her cooking 

 And the two of them discussed recipes and ingredients for a long time

 Jo even relaxed enough that when Jamieson told her a secret

  She found herself laughing for the first time in a long while

 However all things must come to an end, and by the time Jamieson had finished telling her a very odd story about yetis, she realised just how late it was 

Making her excuses she headed off home  

 As she staggered in the door she realised she was completely exhausted

 She grabbed herself a quick bite to eat out of the fridge

And collapsed into bed 

Where she dreamed of the recipes she'd one day make