Starting Point by N.R. Walker

Author:N.R. Walker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Erotic Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
Published: 2014-02-07T04:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

When I heard Kira unlock the front door, I called out to him, “We’re in here,” so he’d know I wasn’t alone.

He walked to the door, saw that Claude and I were cooking and leaned against the frame. “Well, this looks like trouble.”

I smiled at him, put down the stirring spoon and signed, “Don’t ask about Ruby.”

“Everything okay?” he signed back.

“Talk later,” I signed.

Kira acknowledged what I said with a small nod, then he smiled at Claude. “What are you two making?”

“Dinner,” she replied. “Matt said I got to choose.”

He glanced around the kitchen. “And you chose mess?”

“I chose spaghetti and meat sauce. Matt made the mess.”

“You just keep stirring the sauce,” I chided her gently. Then I walked over to Kira and kissed him softly on the lips, not caring that Claude was there. I figured if she was going to stay at our house, then we shouldn’t have to hide anything. “You have a good day?” I asked him.

His gaze flickered to Claude, then back to me, but he seemed amused. “I did. And I have to admit, this dinner of yours smells pretty good.”

Smiling, I went back to the boiling pasta and gave it a stir. Claude turned to Kira. “Can you set the table, please?” she asked.

My shoulders shook as I tried not to laugh at Claude giving the orders. Kira did as asked and when we were eventually seated at the table, Kira looked at the plate in front of him. “Spaghetti Bolognese? Really?”

“Claude wanted it,” I told him. “I said she could choose anything she wanted. Well, anything that wasn’t takeout.”

“You could choose anything?” Kira asked. “And you picked this?”

The little girl shrugged and stuffed her first forkful of messy pasta in her mouth. “My mom used to cook this,” she said with her mouth full.

“Oh,” Kira said softly.

“I don’t remember much,” she said, shoving in another forkful of food. “But Ruby tells me this was his favourite,” she said, looking to the plate in front of her.

“Then we better save him some for tomorrow,” I said, giving her a smile.

Claude nodded and kept eating. Kira chewed slowly and swallowed. “Is he okay?” he asked tentatively. “He’s not here…”

“He took off and left me with Matt,” Claude said. “Must have been something important,” she added, seemingly happy to convince herself of this.

“Must have been,” I said. I looked at Kira and he didn’t have to ask if it was likely that Ruby was doing something he shouldn’t be. We all knew he was.

“Oh,” Claude said brightly. “We got ice cream!”

“Did you?” Kira asked, now looking at me and smiling.

“Gee, thanks, Claude,” I said sarcastically. “We got you a berry gelato. Ninty-nine per cent fat free,” I told Kira.

“What did you get?” he asked.

“French vanilla,” I told him.

Claude brightened. “With waffles,” she said, then threw me right under the bus, “and chocolate sauce.”

Kira rolled his eyes, but he smiled as he ate. “Well, this isn’t too bad,” he said, lifting a forkful of spaghetti. “It’s pretty good, actually.

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