Just a Taste by Shannyn Schroeder

Author:Shannyn Schroeder [Schroeder, Shannyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2014-11-11T06:00:00+00:00

Liam woke while the sun wasn’t even a thought in the sky. Carmen scooted closer again and as much as he wanted to stay in bed, he needed to make sure he was ready. He made a pot of coffee and read through Carmen’s checklist of items.

She’d written down Gus’s routine. Some of Gus’s plan didn’t make sense. It seemed inefficient. He finished his first cup of coffee and began his own plan of attack. He settled at the kitchen table with Carmen’s big binder of information. He had read it. Admittedly, there were parts he skimmed. The food truck was a small kitchen. Kitchens were all the same. Food safety regulations didn’t change.

He glanced at his phone. The temperature reading for the day was only supposed to be a high of fifteen degrees, not accounting for wind chill.

His best hope was that with only twelve days until Christmas, people would be out in force to shop. Shopping made people hungry. Or so he’d heard.

The thought of shopping reminded him that he still needed to get his grab bag gift. With a family of six siblings, now growing to include spouses, they’d decided that a grab bag made sense. He’d gotten his sister-in-law, Quinn. He wasn’t sure what to get her. He’d have to think fast, though. The idea of shopping a day or two before Christmas made him sick.

He remembered Jimmy wanted him to go shopping for a ring for Moira. He’d get Quinn something then. He pulled out his phone and made a note to call Jimmy and set something up for the weekend.

A sweet thought occurred to him. The taco truck was a Monday through Friday business. His weekends were free. And his holidays. And his nights.

With each passing thought, he was liking the truck more and more. At seven o’clock, Carmen joined him in the kitchen and drank her coffee in silence, but he saw her watching the clock. He needed to be on the road by ten to claim his spot, and they hadn’t heard from Pete.

“I’ll come with you to the restaurant and help you get ready.” The unease on her face and in the line of her body was unnatural.

“What’s wrong?”

“I don’t go to the restaurant.”

“Ever?”

“I haven’t stepped foot in the place in years. Since before Mom died.”

He opened his mouth, but nothing came out. How could she not be part of the restaurant?

She fisted her hands. “When my dad bought the truck, it was so he would have more time with my mom. He sold most of the business to his brother in order to make that happen. The restaurant is our commissary location. Our official kitchen as far as the city is concerned.”

He had no idea that she had such a problem with the restaurant. “Why?”

“The place brings back too many memories. I wasted my entire adolescence avoiding the kitchen and my mom. I guess it’s guilt more than anything.”

“If you’re not ready for this, I can go alone. Give me the key.

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