Snow Ordinary Family by Wendy Meadows

Author:Wendy Meadows [Meadows, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Majestic Owl Publishing LLC
Published: 2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00

5

Sarah was reading a report she had pulled on Jenson O'Healey's dad when Amanda returned from the diner with four bags bulging with to-go plates. “Uh...June Bug, I ordered a dinner plate…not a Thanksgiving meal.”

Amanda grinned, set down the bags, stomped snow off her boots, and then removed her hat and gloves. “The diner was preparing to close,” she explained. “Melissa gave me all the leftover food and only charged me for two to-go plates and two slices of pie.” Amanda tossed her hat and gloves down on the desk. “I like Melissa. She's a sweet girl with a very kind heart.”

“Melissa is a sweetheart,” Sarah agreed, smelling savory meatloaf and freshly grilled cheeseburgers. “How much food was leftover?”

“I ordered us two meatloaf dinner plates,” Amanda explained. “There are ten more to-go plates in those bags...mostly cheeseburger dinners, but beggars can't be choosers.”

“No, we can't,” Sarah agreed and then tapped the report she was reading. “June Bug, while you were gone, I discovered some very interesting facts.”

Amanda began taking off her coat. “Let me defrost, get some food into my tummy, have a hot coffee, and then we'll talk,” she promised Sarah. “I also need to call my hubby.”

“I understand,” Sarah promised and sniffed the air. “The food does smell good.”

“My arms were too full to carry drinks. Melissa offered to help me but the poor dear was trying to close the diner as quickly as possible and make it home while she still could,” Amanda told Sarah. “We're stuck with coffee and whatever other drinks we can find around this place.”

“Coffee will work for me,” Sarah said and set down the report she was holding. “Let's go wash up and then we'll eat.”

“Deal.”

Sarah and Amanda washed their hands in the little kitchenette in the hall and returned to Conrad's office with hungry tummies rumbling at the good smells. Amanda plopped down in her usual chair and grabbed a bag as Sarah positioned herself behind Conrad's desk. “You know,” Sarah told Amanda, “I know we're in the middle of a murder case, but in a way, this is kinda like having a girls-only night. We have food, it's snowing so no one is at the station except us, the town is shutting down, people are hurrying home...kinda fun.”

Amanda pulled the two meatloaf orders out of the bag in her hand. “I was just thinking about that while I was walking back from the diner,” she told Sarah in a warm voice. “Sure, we're stuck watching the station and trying to track down a killer, but besides that, it's kinda cozy. I've always liked being snowed in, just as long as I'm safe and warm and with people I love and trust.”

Sarah took a meatloaf container from Amanda and opened it to see the fresh slices of meatloaf and mounds of mashed potatoes covered in gravy and steaming hot buttered green beans and fried okra on the side. “Looks delicious,” she said as her mouth began to water. “I'm very particular about meatloaf and only a few places can cook meatloaf the way I like.

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