Secret Billionaire by Leah Torie

Secret Billionaire by Leah Torie

Author:Leah Torie [Torie, Leah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-25T16:00:00+00:00


Chapter 12

Jessie got back from Blueford in the early evening. The scent of home cooking greeted her at the door. Odd. She hadn’t started a meal before leaving, and it seemed unlikely anyone else would, and yet…

“That you, Jessie?” Anna’s voice called from the kitchen. Jessie walked through the house until she found her sister stirring a big pot of something on the stove.

“Cooking?” Jessie frowned.

“Don’t look so confused.” Anna giggled.

“But... I am confused.” Since when did Anna like to cook?

“Taylor and I were watching a food show and she said she didn’t remember the last time she had lamb so I decided to make lamb stew.”

“With what lamb?” Anna didn’t have a car, so where in the house had she found the proper ingredients?

“I found something in the back of your freezer.” Anna indicated the empty tub. As soon as Jessie saw it, she groaned.

“That wasn’t lamb, Anna.”

“What? It looks like it.” They both peered into the pot of stew. It smelled really good. Jessie almost thought she shouldn’t tell Anna what was in her food.

“It’s rabbit.”

“What?” Anna dropped the wooden spoon and it landed on the floor with a clatter, sending brown gravy splattering againt the clean white-tiled floor.

“You’ve cooked Freddie’s dog food. It’s roadkill. I buy it from a local man, and I freeze it so it stays fresh.”

“I thought he had those tins!” Anna’s voice had jumped several tones higher. Jessie was torn between laughing and feeling sorry for her sister.

“He does. And once a week, he has this as a special treat. He loves it.”

“But... you let your dog eat rabbit!” Anna sounded shocked. Jessie didn’t think it was so strange.

“He’s a dog. It’s the sort of thing he’d eat in the wild. I go to the butcher and buy him real bones to chew, too.”

“Yeah but... bunnies.” Anna looked at Jessie with big eyes, then glanced back at her stew. Jessie regretted telling her sister the truth, but it was probably for the best. Ugh, why did honesty always seem to get her into so much trouble? It was supposed to be a good thing, and yet, time after time, Jessie found herself wishing she knew how to lie or sugar coat things better.

“Well, it seems like Freddie’s going to eat extra-tasty chow for the next few days.”

Anna laughed. Only a little, but it was still better than nothing. Jessie pulled out some containers and helped Anna empty the big pot into them, then she left them to cool.

“Any idea what we can eat for dinner?” Anna asked, once the pot had been washed and dried.

Jessie shrugged. “No sense cooking twice tonight. Let’s order takeout.”

“What about Taylor?” Anna seemed surprised that Jessie would allow her daughter to eat takeout. Jessie didn’t care much.

“She can pick from the kids’ menu.” Jessie went to the telephone in the hallway and pulled out menus for the three takeouts in town.

“Chinese, Thai or pizza?” She flourished the menus toward her sister, who took them and scrutinized the first one as though it were a contract.



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