When Joseph came back from work, he found Chloe in the kitchen, chopping potatoes with a knife. She looked as if she had a deep grudge against the potatoes, for she was smashing instead of chopping them.

“Who upset you?”

Chloe paused and turned around to look at him, knife in hand.

“A moron,” she said begrudgingly.

‘Yes, a moron. And that nutjob of a moron is your nephew!’

After a look of confusion, Joseph went upstairs to clean up.

For dinner tonight, they had beef potato stew, oven-roasted vegetables, and Greek salad.

“I took a crash course on cooking today. Want to try the result of my learning?” Chloe asked.

took a bite of the beef and said,

Chloe replied. “Give me a month and I’ll surprise

“We’ll see,” Joseph said.

said the food was not

after dinner. Shortly after, Emily called and said that

still waiting outside my door. He’s going on about

it must be

he

narrowed her eyes and said,

return it to me. It’s a precious family heirloom that I had planned to give to my future wife,” Jake pleaded, as though he had exhausted

enough. Meet me at the coffee shop in the middle of Dixie Street in an hour and I’ll return the bracelet,” Chloe sald firmly, “Stop bothering

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family heirloom that Jake was referring to. During their time together, he had presented her with the bracelet with great enthusiasm. She had been over the moon, believing that she had gained not only Jake’s approval but also that of

the bracelet. She could not recall if she had disposed of it or if it was still

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