Jewels in the Juniper (Lovely Lethal Gardens Book 10) by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer [Mayer, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Cozy, mystery
ISBN: 9781773362700
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2020-08-03T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Sunday Dinnertime …

“But,” Mack said. “There are pictures of the old house, way back before they bought it, and that juniper was encroaching the driveway badly. It was pretty big already.”

“Interesting,” Doreen said. “I wonder how long the jewels were there? Maybe they were buried in a rush with the intention of moving them later?”

“I don’t know. The velvet bag wasn’t superdeep into the tree, according to Mom. They found it when they were trying to get the roots out.”

“But why, if somebody hid it there, wouldn’t they have come back?”

“The most likely reason is they couldn’t.”

As soon as the salad was done, Doreen watched Mack drain the pasta, coat it with butter, and then served some on their plates. All the while her stomach grumbled. He gently scooped the salmon and dill sauce over the top. She stared at it in amazement. “You did that so easily,” she breathed.

“It is easy,” he said, as he put the pan back on the stove.

She was delighted to see there would be leftovers. He’d served himself a larger portion than hers, but she was okay with that because hers was still huge. And he’d done a lot of physical work today too. He carried both plates as she led the way, racing in front to let him out the kitchen door to the deck table. She quickly came back with the salad and cutlery. As they sat down, she marveled. “Whoever would have thought you could make something like this?”

He chuckled and said, “There are lots of leftovers.”

“Which is a good thing,” she said. “Now I can eat for the week.”

Mack just shook his head at that.

When Doreen bit in and tasted it, she moaned in joy. “Did you add lemon juice when I wasn’t looking?” she asked suspiciously.

“You videoed when I made the sauce.”

“But you sent me off to make salad,” she said. “So I don’t know what I might have missed out on.”

“It’s not hard,” he said. “You saw me make it.”

“I still haven’t cooked pasta on my own yet,” she admitted.

“You were supposed to do that from start to finish tonight,” he said with a crestfallen look.

“You’ll just have to come back and cook more,” she said.

“Next time I come, you’re cooking. Somehow this went from me teaching you to cook, to me cooking and you eating.”

“That works too,” she said with a cheerful grin.

He rolled his eyes at her, and the two dug in.

By the time Doreen’s plate was empty, her stomach thought it had died and gone to heaven. “This is absolutely wonderful,” she said for the umpteenth time, as she scooped up the last of the sauce on her plate.

“There is more, if you want it,” Mack said.

She settled against her chairback. “I don’t think I can eat another bite. I’m pretty full.”

“Good,” he said. “Then you have leftovers for at least tomorrow night, if not more.”

As she thought back to the amount of sauce in the pan, she nodded. “At least two nights,” she said, “and probably more noodles than that.

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