Dishing Up Murder: A Delicious Cozy Mystery Collection by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Summer Prescott Books
Published: 2021-02-22T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

“Now, I know you don’t eat like this every day, Mom,” Rossalyn sighed, taking in the bowl of fluffy scrambled eggs and heaping plate of sausage links on the table.

“Nope, I sure don’t. Your father and I usually just grab a bagel or a bowl of oatmeal and some fruit, but there’s a growing young man in this house now, and he needs his protein,” Margo answered easily as she buttered thick slabs of toast. “Isn’t that right, Ryan?”

“Yes, ma’am,” the young man said, scooping eggs onto his plate and shooting a mischievous glance at his mother, who kissed the top of his head on her way by.

Rossalyn headed straight for the coffee pot and poured herself a steaming cup. Taking a fork out of the drawer, she speared a sausage link from the plate on the table and leaned against the counter, taking a small bite and savoring the crispy, spicy meat.

“I think I’ve had more pork in the last two days than I’ve had in the past six months,” she chuckled, savoring her mother’s cooking.

“Can’t go wrong with pork,” Margo grinned. “That’ll put some meat on those bones. You should have some toast too.”

“Nah, I’m good,” Rossalyn replied, lost in thought.

“I saw this book in the library when Grandpa and I went over there the other day,” Ryan piped up, busily shoveling eggs into his mouth and wrapping toast around his sausage like a hotdog. “It was all about different things that you can make with bacon. I flipped through the pictures and wanted to eat every single thing that was in there.”

“You always want to eat every single thing,” his mother teased. “What was the name of the book?”

Ryan shrugged. “I don’t know. Bacon Bonanza or something like that. It had a picture of bacon on the cover, that’s why I picked it up. Grandpa took me to the diner for a BLT after that, and he let me have extra bacon.”

“Sounds delicious,” his grandmother replied, so glad that he enjoyed spending time with Brent.

Her husband had been at a bit of a loss as to what to do with his time once he closed his accounting firm, but Ryan seemed to have breathed new life into his existence.

“Hey Mom, what’s on your agenda for today?” Rossalyn asked suddenly, still seeming very pensive.

“Not much at all, actually. I’m going to drop off some boxes as the Community Center for the Fall Flea Market, but after that, I’m wide open. Why?”

Rossalyn glanced at Ryan, then at her mother, looking as though she had reached a decision. “Well, I thought that maybe if Ryan could hang out with Dad today, maybe we could have another girls’ day and do some antiquing or something.”

“Cool, I can hang with Grandpa. Maybe he’ll take me to the diner again.”

“Sure honey, that sounds fun,” Margo nodded. “Let me just finish up with the breakfast dishes while you get dressed and we can drop off the boxes on our way,” her mother gave her a long look.

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