(Author's POV)
Aurora stared at the pot for a long moment after Phineas left.
Then she picked it up and poured the entire bisque down the drain. All of it - the oversalted soup, the bread she'd set out, the leftover shrimp she'd been planning to serve on the side. Eating that much salt was bad for anyone, and she couldn't in good conscience leave it sitting there for him to come back to.
She found a carton of milk in the refrigerator and a brioche loaf in the bread basket. She set both on the table. Then she pulled a notepad from the kitchen counter and wrote:
*"Sorry, Phineas. I was off tonight and my cooking showed it. I've cleared everything away. If you come back hungry, there's milk and bread. That should hold you."*
She read it over. The wording was fine. She folded it and propp
