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.

bite of the beef and said, “Well, there isn’t much

Chloe replied. “Give

“We’ll see,” Joseph said.

the food was not great, he enjoyed the meal very

Emily called and said that Jake had come to her house looking for

waiting outside my door. He’s going on about some heirloom bracelet

and claims that it must be at my place,”

he

eyes and said,

it to me. It’s a precious family heirloom that I

Dixie Street in an hour and I’ll return the bracelet,” Chloe sald firmly, “Stop bothering Em

on private property.”

was familiar with the 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

belongings, including the bracelet. She could not recall if she had

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