Wedding Woes by Patti Benning

Author:Patti Benning [Benning, Patti]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Summer Prescott Books
Published: 2021-05-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

They returned the laptop to Sean. When he said that he had been wondering where it went, Rudy just said that he had found it in Kiersten’s room, and that seemed to be enough explanation for Sean, who pressed his lips together but said nothing else. Afterward, Hannah poked her head into the kitchen to see if her mother wanted any help. It felt strange leaving someone else to cook alone in her kitchen. Her mother shooed her away before she could get close.

“I am making you dinner tonight,” she said. “You get to sit down and relax.”

“I want to help,” Hannah said. “I like cooking. It’s relaxing.”

Her mother sighed. “All right, I suppose you can help. I bought a brownie mix and some ice cream, if you want to go ahead and start on dessert.”

Even though it wasn’t quite what she had in mind, she would take what she could get, and pulled the mix out of the cupboard, along with a large bowl. It only took a moment to gather the oil and eggs the mix required. She grabbed a bag of chocolate chips at the last second to spice things up.

It didn’t take her long to mix the batter and put the pan into the oven, which her mother had preheated for the casserole. She set the timer, then cleaned up the few drops of brownie batter that had made it onto the counter.

“Do you need help with anything else?” she asked once she was done.

Her mother looked like she was about to shoo her away again, but then she glanced toward the fridge. “I bought some wine and put it in the fridge to chill. You could go see if anyone wants a glass.”

“All right, I’ll get them started on drinks, then I’ll come back and set the table.”

“Perfect,” her mother said. “The casserole should be done in about an hour, so that will give everyone time to relax and socialize before we eat.”

It ended up being a lovely evening. Hannah and Rudy didn’t have time to go back into Kiersten’s room and look through everything – they wanted to keep it quiet, since they didn’t want to give the culprit any advanced warning, and neither of them wanted to tell Jennifer, since it would just put more stress on her. Instead, Hannah pushed all thoughts of Kiersten’s death and whatever they might find in her room out of her mind and simply enjoyed dinner with her family. It was lovely to see her parents again, and was very nice to just sit and talk with the people that she loved.

After dinner, Jasmine and Eliza volunteered to do the dishes while Sean and Jennifer got ready to pick up Jennifer’s parents from the airport. Hannah hugged her parents goodbye before they left to retire to the motel they were staying at for the night. “I’m really sorry that you guys can’t stay here. I just don’t have the room, and even if I did, it

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