15. Dinner and a Guest
Saturday at last! Alex and Rachel were cooking—their third Saturday feast together. This time it was to be Italian like Mom used to make. In their warm, country-style kitchen, the two wore matching red-and-white checked aprons. The ingredients were laid out on the center island in an orderly fashion—at least on Alex’s side. On Rachel’s side, the ingredients were laid out more “creatively.” Rachel read from the recipe. She added her own impromptu suggestions as they went along. Grandma stayed in the background, only coaching when she thought there was a threat of serious injury.
Beside the stove, Rachel had propped up pictures of her mother. “I want Mom to be part of this,” she said. In forty-five minutes the kitchen resembled ...
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