High Risk by Carina Alyce

Author:Carina Alyce [Carina Alyce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Alyce
Published: 2022-01-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Michael must have been equally cautious because he parked in the back and walked around the row of houses in a T-shirt and jeans. No evidence of his association with MetroGen was visible when he rang her doorbell.

“Come on in.” She opened it just far enough to let him in before shutting it firmly. She twisted her hands in her sweater and moved toward her table. “Why don’t we eat and then we can talk.”

“That works. My mother says my table manners are awful anyway.” He sat across from her, ignoring her skittish behavior. Then he smiled at her and she found herself smiling back.

“She does? My mother would always tell me to eat like a lady. And to watch out for carbs.”

“I think you’re great the way you are. You can eat my carbs too if you want them.” He placed a napkin in his lap and used his spoon to eat his soup without slurping.

“I thought you said your mother set your table manners were awful.”

“Yeah, my dad had her teach me. He said his sons couldn’t act like wild animals.”

“Sons?”

“Yeah, two boys,” He answered quickly. “You?”

“Sister and a brother. I’m in the middle.”

“I see.” When she didn’t volunteer additional information, they resumed eating in silence.

The air was heavy with the necessary conversation looming, and Angela had to keep from shredding her napkin. It was a relief to finish the meal and put the cookies on the table.

“You didn’t have to get dessert.”

She took her chocolate chip cookie but only played with it. “How much do you like cookies? Take this cookie. It’s vanilla… like you said you wanted. People react differently to cookies. Some people eat one cookie and say ‘that’s it.’ Some people eat a cookie today and plan on eating one every day till they finish the pack. Other people eat all the cookies right away and may go buy new cookies somewhere else. Are you the type who eats one cookie and is over it?”

“You want to know how I feel about my control and longevity of vanilla cookies?”

“I want to know, if you don’t eat the cookies now, do you believe they will be stale soon?”

Michael didn’t touch his cookie. “Do you want to say that again without the cookies?”

She didn’t exactly meet his eyes. Despite her bravado with her friends, she wasn’t ready to put it into words. “You see this vanilla cookie? It’s a hard-working cookie. I paid for this cookie. If I eat the cookie, it’s my cookie. But I bought this other cookie that I didn’t need and probably shouldn’t have. . . Then I took a bite out of the cookie, and I liked it a lot. It was delicious. The question is—should I keep eating the cookie? Is it a good idea and this cookie will make me happy? Or will this cookie give me diabetes or a heart attack?”

“I know I’m a beginner, but I’m fairly certain that is not how you get to diabetes.” He had an inscrutable look on his face.

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