Page 36 of Possession

“Yep.”

“Aww, what’s wrong? Are you missing my brother by chance?”

“Uh, not at all. I dropped my fork, and I couldn’t bend over to pick it up,” I say as I walk towards the bathroom.

Lena picks up the fork and washes it in the sink for me. “Problem solved.”

After using the bathroom I return to find that Lena has brought home some Caribbean food and has reset the table.

“Is that curry?” I ask, my eyes widening.

“I made some for lunch.”

“You’re making curry chicken at the club?”

“I’m working on a recipe for a small puff pastry filled with curry, sort of like a turnover but lighter.”

“What would we charge for them?”

“We could serve two maybe and charge twenty bucks.”

“Twenty-five,” I say, savoring my first bite of the scrumptious chicken. “Anything with puff pastry is going to be good. They can pay twenty-five.”

“I’ll recommend your pricing to the acting manager.”

“Who is?”

“That would be Gage.”

I nod my head in approval. “He’s a good choice. He understands the clientele, he’s good with the staff, and your brother trusts him. Honestly, he’s a way better choice for manager of the club than me.”

“That’s not true.”

“I’ve lost all credibility with the staff, and you know it. I’m pregnant with the boss’s child. I’m exactly who they think I am.”

“If I were to think like that, then the only reason why I’m leading the kitchen is because I’m his sister.”

“Well, there is some truth to that.”

“Thanks a lot! How quickly you forget that Billy recruited me on his own back when I was Lacy and not Lena.”

“Mm, that’s right. Forgive me. It’s this baby brain I have.”

“Speaking of that,” Lena gets up and grabs us both some cool bottles of water from the fridge.

“Speaking of what, baby brain?”

“Speaking of the baby you’re having.”

“I don’t want to talk about Hunter, Lena. I thought I explained that the topic is off limits.”

“I don’t want to necessarily discuss your relationship. I just want some advice in dealing with him.”

“Advice about what?”

I take a long swallow of the water, regretting it almost instantly because I know it’s only going to send me back to the bathroom in about thirty minutes.

“I think I may have a little crush on someone he knows.”

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