Magic and Mayhem: Secrets, Lies, and Meatballs (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Spaghetti Romances Book 2) by Jordan K. Rose

Author:Jordan K. Rose [Rose, Jordan K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-06-18T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

It was moments like these that made Lena wonder if Nonna had experimented on herself far too many times. Had she tested the gravy so many times she had spaghetti sauce in her brain?

“Only your true love would be drawn to the meatball. Only he would want to eat it. No other man would have any desire for that meatball. This is how it works. The mate-ball knows best.”

“If you’re so good at this meatball magic, why don’t you have a husband?” Lena asked.

Nonna laughed, but Lena noticed the way she didn’t make eye contact. “I do have a husband.”

“Why don’t you have one who stays and is madly in love with you?”

Nonna sat for a brief moment in silence, looking into the distance. Something in her expression caught Lena off guard. It was as though Nonna wondered the same thing, as though she searched for the answer.

“Ah, well, that’s a good question.” She poured the anisette into two pretty little liqueur glasses. “Your grandfather and I fell wildly, madly, passionately…oh, my did we have some great sex. You know one time—”

“Stop!” Lena held up two hands and squeezed her eyes shut. “I don’t want to know about that part.”

Nonna nodded. “Right. I can see how that might be awkward.”

“Just the part about why you’re not together, please.” Lena’s stomach was clenched into a knot so tightly bound she wondered if she’d be able to eat her cake.

“Well, we had a wonderful love affair, got married, had your father, then the twins, and then the next thing we knew we had three teenage warlocks to deal with, which is quite stressful and well, that’s when things happened. He…left…I guess you could say.”

“So he left. Just left you and the kids?” Lena had never heard the story of her grandparents’ marriage, but hearing that her grandfather was a deadbeat dad made her feel badly for Nonna and Dad.

“Well, yes and no. He had no choice but to leave because if he stayed, I was going to turn his ass into a chunk of cheese and leave him to mold on a shelf for eternity.” Nonna shook her head and sat back. “Your grandfather is one of the most annoying, funny, self-centered, handsome, irritatingly smart, thoughtful and thoughtless men to walk the earth. I really love that man.”

Lena leaned forward. “I do not understand how a matchmaker ends up in a bad marriage. It makes no sense. And, it does cause a girl to question the efficacy of the magic.” Lena squinted and ducked, waiting for a potential swat from a magically appearing wooden spoon.

Nonna knocked back the shot of anisette. “Aaah. So good.” She poured another. “You know ‘doctor, heal thyself’ never works. Besides, I had no idea at that time I was a matchmaker. I thought I was intended to be a sculptress.”

Nonna loved to carve marble and work with stone. It was a hobby she’d enjoyed for nearly a century and a half. Her work decorated the lawn, smaller pieces were kept in the house.

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