One day at a time

"Don't do that again, Joanna." Canillas' deep voice filled the silence that hovered between them as Joanna did not respond to the treaty of reconciliation he poked.

Getting the attention of Joanna on him as she heard his words, Canillas said, "No matter how much you are angry at me because of the mistake I am too oblivious to know about, don't ever involve another party to be the solution to our marital issue. Instead, talk to me. Tell me what I did wrong. Isn't it better to solve a problem by discussing rather than judging blindly, which makes the situation worse than it is supposed to be?"

Canillas then rose from his seat, took the mortar on Joanna's lap, and handed in the mortar that was filled with the grounded raspberry leaves that he had ground into the same fine powder as the lemon balm leaves, which Joanna received.