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.

said, “Well, there isn’t

Chloe replied.

“We’ll see,” Joseph said.

food was not great, he enjoyed the meal very

Shortly after, Emily called and said that Jake had come to

door. He’s going on about some heirloom bracelet

that it must

he

eyes and said, “Put him on the

me. It’s a precious family heirloom

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

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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,

all her illusions were shattered the day she caught him cheating on her. Consumed by her fury, she had discarded most of his belongings, including the bracelet. She could not recall if she had disposed of it or if it was still tucked away

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