An Angel in the Moonlight
Copyright© 2020 by qhml1
Chapter 3
He didn’t stop me but he made it a point not to help. I kept it pretty simple, making finger sandwiches and homebaked nibbles. I even made homemade turkey salad and pimento cheese from recipes my grandmother had given me. I’d shared some with Amanda and Chloe during coffee and they raved about how good they were. Chloe even asked if I’d make a container of the pimento cheese for her husband. She reported back later about how much he enjoyed it, so I taught her and Amanda how to make it.
Word spread and one morning I had six wives besides my two best friends over for a marathon class. Chloe had bought a twenty pound turkey and roasted it. We all helped strip the meat off the bones, and soon we were chopping onions and prepping the rest of the ingredients. Amanda had bought ten pounds of cheese and three large jars of pimentoes. I contributing by making homemade mayonaise and buying three loaves of artisan breads for taste tests. I’d also taken the time to make four pans of cinnamon rolls to snack on.
The ladies left with full tummies, containers of turkey salad and pimento cheese and any stray cinnamon rolls that had survived, with kisses and hugs. It was one of the best days of my life. Chloe and Amanda stayed and helped with the clean up, talking about how much fun they’d had. Just before they left I got out the two pans of cinnamon rolls I’d held back, gifting to them for such a splendid day.
Amanda sighed. “When Marcus and Tammy taste these I’m doomed. You know you have to teach me how to make these.” Marcus and Tammy were her seven year old son and five year old daughter. They were great kids, polite and respectful well beyond the norm.
Chloe agreed. “I’m going to hide these, and give them out one at a time to hubby and Junior, if they behave. One taste and I’m sure I’ll have the best behaved kid and husband in the universe. We’re going to have to watch you like a hawk, Jenny, if your looks didn’t tempt our husbands, your cooking would.” I blushed and they giggled.
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