Once Touched by Moore Laura

Author:Moore, Laura [Moore, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2015-11-24T08:00:00+00:00

The trees bordering her parents’ grounds became a fluid blur of brown and blackish green. She was grateful for the failing light, though she doubted Josh would bother to note her expression. “I hope things work out for you and Maebeth, Josh. Really I do. I, um, need to go inside and see whether Mom needs help with the feast.”

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Sometimes having a reputation as a brownie junkie came in handy. Her mother took her terse explanation of tripping over a stone and dropping the platter without a lengthy cross-examination. It helped, too, that the house was full and that her mom, Tess, and Mia were rushing about the kitchen, putting the final touches on the dishes. Every burner on the stove was occupied. Bowls upon bowls of food crowded the marble countertops. In the center of it all were the two turkeys, roasted to a golden brown and resting on matching platters.

Quinn averted her gaze.

“Don’t worry about the brownies, Quinn. We’ll make do with the pies and Roo’s hazelnut cake. One can’t eat brownies every day,” her mother said, transferring bright green string beans from a pan into a serving dish and then sprinkling chopped parsley over them.

“Mom, brownies are the staple of champions.”

Her mother replied with a skeptical “Hmm” before adding, “I heard Ethan did a superb job on Kane.”

“Harsh, Mom. Really harsh,” she muttered.

She heard Tess choke back a laugh. Mia became suddenly absorbed in the challenge of arranging steaming rolls just so in the breadbasket.

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