Jezebel by Koko Brown

Author:Koko Brown [Brown, Koko]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00C68XU9M
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Celeste hurried into the kitchen and put down the packages she picked up from the grocery store on the way home from rehearsals.

Hopping on one foot, she proceeded to yank off her black Mary Janes, while unloading the ingredients for tonight’s dinner. Maybe she shouldn’t have given Maggie the night off. She could use an extra hand right now.

Shane was coming over for dinner tonight at six and it was already half past two, so she needed to get busy if she wanted things to turn out perfectly.

Celeste worried her bottom lip. She and cooking were an oxymoron. She couldn’t boil water without scalding it.

She tried telling Shane she’d never learned to cook, but he kept cutting her off with those delicious kisses of his. So here she was about to fix a traditional Italian dinner because she thought it would be romantic.

Of course, she didn’t know anything about Italian cuisine and neither did Maggie. Fortunately, she had one ace up her sleeve. Despite eschewing feminine trappings, interests and hobbies, her cousin Trudy was an extraordinary cook.

“Honey I’m home!” Trudy announced from the foyer.

Celeste stuck her head through the crack in the kitchen door. “In the kitchen.”

Do you have everything?” she asked, rolling up her shirt sleeves.

“Yep,” Celeste assured her. “I bought everything on the list you gave me.”

“Good. It shouldn’t take us too long to get everything ready. I baked the lady fingers earlier today for the tiramisu.”

Trudy eyed the items Celeste had bought from the grocer’s. During her cousin’s inspection, she held her breath and waited. She wanted this night to be perfect.

“You did well.” Trudy brought a plump green pepper to her nose and sniffed.

Smiling from ear to ear, Celeste tied on her apron. “If you don’t mind me asking, how did you learn to cook Italian cuisine?”

“Do you remember Louigi Bellasano?”

“The mobster that used to come into the Plantation?”

“The one and only.”

Celeste’s eyes widened. “He could barely speak English?”

“He didn’t need to. He had other talents.” Trudy’s eyes took on a faraway look. “One of the best lovers I ever had. I should’ve had children with him.”

Celeste snorted. “Who are you kidding, Tru? You hate kids.”

Trudy screwed up her nose. “Stinky and sticky.”

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