Meteorites by Julie Paul

Author:Julie Paul
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC029000 FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
Publisher: Touchwood Editions
Published: 2019-05-16T16:00:00+00:00

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They went back to the apartment to enjoy another few beverages, keep planning, and wait until nightfall. When the poet drank, he became goofy, effusive, obstreperous. When Barbara drank, which was news to Jack, she laughed and laughed and went weak, as if it went right to her bones and muscles. Jack tended toward verbal diarrhea and the munchies. He slowed down on the booze once the peanuts came out. Those recent memories about his father were a little too fresh.

Jack’s grandmother’s solution for everything was always food. No surprise—she was a classic grandma. Sad? Cupcakes. Can’t sleep? Peanut butter toast and a banana. Constipated? Prune juice smoothie. Lonely? Apple pie. Chest cold? Soup—chicken or mulligatawny, mustard and onions plastered on the chest. Really, really hungry? Mashed potatoes and cups of gravy, lots of meat.

He believed they could lure Russell in with something so delectable that he could not refuse. Cherry Delight, for some reason, was all that came to mind—another classic that Jack’s Grammie used to whip up monthly. Graham crust, Dream Whip, and cream cheese middle, a can of cherry pie filling spread on top. Perfection. But how would he get this into Russell’s hands? It was all goop and crumb.

Barbara came up with a better solution and set about creating it: warm cookies. It might appeal to the long-hidden kid in him, and as long as it wasn’t a major trigger, then it would work. Who could resist melted—melting—chocolate chips? Apparently not a trio of drunks—it was a wonder they saved any for Russell at all. But they reserved a few and tucked them into a yogurt tub for transport.

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