She left the room and taking the stairs down to the kitchen managed to run right into her father-in-law.
"Oh! I'm sorry, Ares. I didn't know you where in the house."
He grunted, his eyes moving up the stairs following where she came from. Psyche knew he could feel Anne upstairs and she stopped him before he could do what he was thinking.
"Leave her alone. She needs rest and something in her stomach. Not your kind of parenting."
Ares looked at the little pixie giving him a talking to. "Whatever. I need to find someone to hack to pieces anyw...fuck." With that surprised expletive, Ares sank to the floor in a dead sleep. Psyche merely stepped over him and into the kitchen.
Gathering together the makings for ginger tea and all kinds of chocolate, from pudding to cookies to candy bars, she headed back up the stairs and into Anne's room. She settled the bed tray over Anne and poured her a cup of tea.
"Here, drink this and nibble on some of this. Let's see if it makes you feel any better."