Now that Einstein's done living in the past, let me tell you about my job. I'm a chef at Lily's Gourmet By the Bay, commonly just called Lily's. I used to work at Coco's Cafe, but Sissi wanted me to (or rather, she made me) quit my job there and work for her cousin for a better pay.

Lily Delmas was a 26-year old business woman, the owner, founder and manager of her restaurant. She stands at 6 feet and 4 inches tall, with her black pixie cut hair, green eyes and pale skin. It was not difficult to see family resemblance, even if they were cousins. Lily commonly wore a long black skirt-long-sleeved white blouse dress and two inch black heels. She is single, and if provoked, she can be nine times worse than Sissi is when she's mad!

(Odd walks in with his hair flat, and in his chef's outfit)

Odd: It feels almost nice to be back in the kitchen after a few days. (Lily glares at Odd)

Lily: Della Robia! To my office, now!

Odd: Oh dear... (he walks into her office)

One of my friends, Grace, looked at me sadly as I entered the boss's quarters.

Grace (muttering): I hope he's not in too much trouble..

(Lily shuts her door, Odd sits down on one of the chairs, Lily looks at him scornfully from behind her desk)

Lily: Della Robia, would you care to explain why you have ditched work for the last two days in a row?

Odd: Ditched? I never ditched. Yesterday, and the day before I called in sick! (she opens her drawer and gets out a few photos)

Lily: Really? Then why did the busboy bring these photographs to me, telling me you ditched work for the last two days in a row? (she puts the photos on her desk, crossing her arms)

I looked at the pictures. The first one was me and Jeremie putting up posters to help find Aelita. The second one was of me, Ulrich and Jeremie after we defeated Xever and Xavier Davis, and the last one was the gang (minus Ulrich) at Coco's Cafe enjoying dinner.

Lily: Well?

Odd: Ms. Delmas, I can explain. Jeremie's wife, Aelita Belpois, has gone missing, and we've been trying really hard to find her. Just yesterday, three friends got back here but were trying to stop the two pictured criminals, Xever and Xavier Davis, along with William Harrison, from kidnapping our friend Yumi. For the first two days of the search, I was the only one, aside from the police, who could help Jeremie in this troubling time.

Lily: And have you found anything on Aelita's current location or her status?

Odd: Unfortunately, we have yet to find anything. Why do you ask?

Lily: Because from what you have told me, you and your friends are fighting for a lost cause. You should of been here yesterday, not fighting to save Yumi. Odd Della Robia, you are one of the primary chefs here, and there are only five primaries. Even if four primary cooks are here, business can still be very difficult. As punishment, you'll be working a double shift til 10pm for no extra pay. And..

Odd: And?

Lily: The busboy will leave early tonight, so you must do the dishes. And you can't leave until ALL OF THEM are done! And if you ditch work one more time, you'll be fired! If you ditch us without good reasons, how can we expect you to be there when your fellow cooks need you? Especially when a very important day is less than a week away?

Odd: Look, boss, I'm not joining a lost..

Lily: I don't care what you have to say about Aelita being missing, so zip it! Now get to your station, we open for business in five minutes! (Odd runs out of Lily's office)

I know she's been harsh and rude to some of her employees before (including me), but I never knew she could be this mean to her employees. My friends didn't know I was ditching work, but they wouldn't understand. Just like Lily didn't understand how bad the situation was... I sighed internally. She twisted my arm, or threatened me, for no good reason!