Underwater & Overtaxed (Time Travelling Taxman Book 7) by Rachel Ford
Author:Rachel Ford [Ford, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-29T16:00:00+00:00
âOh God,â Nancy groaned.
âWhat?â Alfred glanced over, concerned until he saw that she was reacting to a social media post.
âJustin: he updated his profile picture to a blood-soaked bear. And heâs got a new post up: âPrey whines when life kicks âem in the teeth. Predators kick back.â Hashtag: be a predator. Hashtag: I kick harder. Hashtag: Come at me, bro.â
The taxman shook his head. âIâm surprised he didnât mention âthe beast.ââ
Nancy snorted out a laugh, pocketing the phone and grabbing a bag from the back of the car. âI mean, at least heâs still calling himself a predator. I was afraid he was going to realize just how creepy he sounded and stop that. But, no.â
He laughed, reaching out his hand for her bag of groceries to add it to his collection. âYou get the door. Iâll hold that.â
âOkay.â Theyâd gone shopping after work.
As annoying as he was, Winthrop hadnât been wrong when heâd said their fridge was empty. Between work and the mission, he hadnât even thought about it â much less had time to rectify the situation. But now that all of that was done, now that Atlantis was safe, the taxman was looking forward to things returning to normal. âHey,â he said, âyou down for pancakes?â
âAlways. But for dinner? You sure?â
He nodded. It did disorder the normal way of things to eat a breakfast food for dinner, but he could be flexible. âYeah. Maybe those pumpkin ones you like? I got canned pumpkin.â
She smiled. âI saw that. I was wondering what you had in mind.â
He shrugged. Autumn had officially, by the calendar, started a few days ago. So he quipped, âWell, âtis the season.â
She laughed. âThatâs right. Got to enjoy it before itâs peppermint season.â
He snorted. âWhat do you mean, peppermint season? You always get peppermint in your coffee.â
âTrue. But itâll be official then.â
He laughed, shifting the refrigerated goods to their appropriate shelves while Nance tackled the other bags. âHey, you want to give Satan his tuna? Iâll get the pancakes started.â
She sidled over to him, planting a kiss on his lips. âYou got it.â
Alfred fell to mixing dry ingredients. He loved convenience as much as the next guy, but he was almost religious in his opposition to baking mixes for pancakes. The time saved did not justify the sacrifice of quality. Sure, Nancy swore she could barely tell a difference. But he could. The recipe for from-scratch biscuits wasnât the same for from-scratch pancakes. So how could the final product be the same?
They couldnât. It was one thing when Nance dragged him out camping. One was supposed to suffer when camping. That was the nature of the exercise. But in the comfort of his own home, there was no excuse for biscuit cakes.
Nance had been the one to introduce him to pumpkin pancakes. Heâd been dubious. Very dubious. She was one of those people who managed to spoil all kinds of good food by adding pumpkin. She defiled her coffee, polluted her cookies, sought out toasting breads and even truffles â all with pumpkin.
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