Dinner at Rose's by Danielle Hawkins

Author:Danielle Hawkins [Danielle Hawkins]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781742695891
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Published: 2012-04-23T14:00:00+00:00

BONNIE TITOI HAD left when I let myself and the dogs in through the little rusting gate beside the walnut tree three-quarters of an hour later. I could see Kim at the kitchen window, frowning in concentration as she stirred something.

‘Polenta and roasted vegetable stack,’ she said as I opened the door.

I fished the paper out of an enormous pocket in my coat and put it on the table near where Aunty Rose sat peeling wedges of pumpkin. ‘That sounds very fancy.’

‘It will be,’ said Kim.

‘It sounds like the sort of food that should come with a caramelised onion jus,’ said Aunty Rose. ‘Is a jus still the latest in modern dining, Josephine? I cancelled my subscription to Taste magazine last year.’

‘No, no,’ I said. ‘That’s so last week. You’ve got to have a pomegranate vinegar reduction if you want people to even begin to take you seriously. Although come to think of it, I’m out of touch – probably by now reductions are out of fashion too.’

‘Hey, Josie?’ Kim asked casually, spooning chicken stock powder into her polenta pot. ‘You haven’t got your friend Andy’s mobile phone number, have you?’

I met Aunty Rose’s eye and she shook her head, amused. ‘About a week was Matthew’s estimate, wasn’t it?’ she murmured. ‘And it’s been – what? Ten days?’

‘It was nice while it lasted,’ I said. ‘Kimmy, he’s way older than you.’

‘I’m not interested in him!’ Kim cried.

‘Methinks she doth protest too much,’ said Aunty Rose to the ceiling.

‘Oh, don’t be stupid,’ said Kim. ‘I just want to say thank you. And I think I was a little bit sick in his car. I thought maybe I should get him some chocolates or something to apologise.’

‘He likes Picnic bars,’ I told her. ‘Should I give her the number, Aunty Rose?’

‘Nice boy, is he?’

‘Reasonably nice.’

‘And unlikely to encourage her to dress like a member of Kiss?’

‘I wouldn’t have thought so,’ I said.

‘Or to impregnate her?’

‘We’d have to ask him.’

‘Make a note of it, Josephine, and I shall call him tomorrow.’

‘You guys are not as funny as you think you are,’ Kim said huffily.

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