Victor by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, Romance
ISBN: 9781778860119
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2023-12-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Several days later, when Dawn popped into Victor’s room to say her usual Good morning to him, she found his room empty. So she left him two treats on a napkin on his bedside table. She knew he would know who it was from when he found them. Since those treats tended to disappear very, very quickly at mealtimes, she wanted to ensure that he had a chance to get one or two. They were a special little Russian teacake that she absolutely adored, and it didn’t come up in her roster very often. So, when it did, she knew that the ten dozen she’d already made would disappear before the day was out. She raced back to the kitchen, smiling to herself.

As she walked in, Ilse took one look and asked, “What’s that smile for?”

She quickly explained, and Ilse laughed. “Now where can I can snag one of those?”

“Nope, you can’t,” Dawn declared. “They’re already in his room.”

“I could go for a walk and grab them now, so he wouldn’t even know they are missing,” Ilse joked.

“You can always grab yourself a few extras from the kitchen, before they are put out on the buffet line,” Dawn suggested, with a smirk.

“I might just do that. Those teacakes are excellent.”

“It’s funny how we end up with such favorites.”

“I don’t know about funny, but such good food is here that it’s hard to pick out a top favorite, in my opinion anyway. Regardless, none of us have to suffer for anything less than the best.”

“And, if I’d realized how much everybody loves those teacakes,” Dawn noted, “maybe I should make them more often.”

“Not likely,” Ilse argued, laughing. “We can handle only so many ingredients per our budget, and, to make those teacakes for everybody exceeds our allocations. Still, everyone enjoys them so much when we do splurge to have them.”

“You’re not kidding,” Dawn agreed. She wasn’t making sweet pies today, but she had bread rising, and she returned her attention to that.

“By the way, how is that whole relationship thing going with you guys?”

“Good,” Dawn shared. “He’s still finding his way.”

“And will for quite a while,” Ilse murmured. “There are a lot of good signposts in this center, but it’s still a journey that they have to embark on their own.”

That statement struck Dawn with awe, and, by the time she’d had a chance to process it and to try to focus on remembering to mention it to Victor, the day was already running away on her. When her phone rang, she looked down to see a heart emoji and a text message. Thank you. She laughed out loud. And then put away her phone, as everybody else sent knowing looks in her direction. “He got his treat. That’s all.”

“No, that’s not all,” Ilse disagreed, yet with a smile, as she grabbed her purse and headed toward the back door. “It’s about doing something special because you care. And that makes it fun for everyone.”

“Kind of makes me sound sad,” Dawn murmured, “as if I’m a lonely widow or something.

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