What's Cooking by Gail Sattler

Author:Gail Sattler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2012-08-23T04:00:00+00:00

Ten

Mitchell rang Carolyn’s doorbell and raised his hand to wiggle his tie, then patted the pocket containing the little ring.

God’s timing was perfect. After Tuesday’s class, he had started to get a little nervous; but even though they rushed to be on time for the Bible study on Wednesday, they’d had a lovely dinner.

Mitchell smiled to himself. Tonight, neither of them had anything else to do, and neither had to get up early in the morning. Later, over candlelight and a juicy steak dinner, he would give her the little ring and tell her that he was falling in love.

The door opened. “Hi, Mitchell. Come in.”

He wiggled the unaccustomed knot at his neck. “Sorry I’m so late. I often get stuck working overtime on Fridays.”

“I’m finding that out, aren’t I?” She smiled, and his heart rate kicked up a notch. Instead of her favorite fuzzy pink sweater and denim skirt, tonight she wore a pretty light purple dress and matching colored shoes that made her a little taller than usual.

His smile widened. “You look nice.”

Her cheeks darkened, which he thought was kind of cute. It also told him she didn’t hear enough compliments, something that was about to change. “Thank you. I was wondering, after dinner, would you like to see a movie? I saw a commercial for a new comedy that looked really good.”

Taking a woman to a movie after dinner sounded more like a real date than ever, but he wasn’t going to point that out quite yet.

He checked his watch. “I’d like that, but I think it’s a little late to do both. What time is the late showing?”

“I don’t know. Maybe we should check the paper.”

Instead of taking Carolyn out to the car, he sauntered into the living room and planted himself on her couch while she spread the newspaper on the coffee table.

“Here it is. It starts at. . .” Her voice trailed off, and she pressed her finger to the newspaper. “Mitchell! Look!”

The sudden voice inflection made him jump. He leaned forward and looked at where her finger was planted.

“It’s the Annual Cooking and Kitchen Showcase! It’s this weekend, and the doors open at nine tomorrow morning!” As they made eye contact, the sparkle in her eyes disappeared. Her voice dropped. “Never mind.” She turned back to the paper.

“What do you mean, never mind?”

“It’s too late to ask anyone to go with me. I guess there’s always next year.”

Mitchell grinned. After all he’d learned about cooking in the past month, Mitchell thought that perhaps there might be something to interest him, too. “I’ll go with you. It’s probably just like the marketplace, and that was fun.”

Her lips tightened. “It’s not really like that at all, Mitchell.”

“Even better. Something different will be fun.”

Her head tipped to one side, and one eye narrowed. “Are you sure?”

“Sure. Why not?”

“Tickets are cheaper if you buy them in advance.”

“Okay.”

Before he could think about it, she rested her finger on the phone number listed in the ad, mumbled it a few times to memorize it, and ran into the kitchen.

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