Lina gave Toph a thumbs up.

Zuko smiled and spoke. “This man was prepping in the kitchen the whole day yesterday. He marinated for three to four hours alone, scaring our chefs!”

“Why?” Lina asked.

“They thought the Hamertons no longer needed chefs, that we were firing them,” Zuko replied.

Lina laughed out loud.

Renee played the role of the waiter, serving drinks and condiments to everyone. She was happy to keep busy.

“Cuz, this is Toph’s secret recipe! We must try it!” Renee exclaimed.

“Yes, you must!” Zuko said. “This dude stayed in the kitchen yesterday, forbidding me from looking!”

“Why would I let you steal it?” Toph, wearing a loose T-shirt, said while fanning himself. “I came up with this secret recipe after many rounds of tests and trials. You’d need to pay to learn!”

his eyebrows.

“Since we’re brothers, I’ll charge

“Isn’t that dad’s allowance?”

“Hahaha!”

that dad isn’t here! Otherwise, he’d remove

fell

and took over the skewers he was holding.

continued under the sun. Even

people sitting aside, being remarkably quiet. Both were dressed in black with black baseball caps on their heads. Their calm expressions

his throat. “Um… Don’t you guys think you forgot

the sunshine

remembered that today was a thank-you gathering and

slapped his head, stood up, and rushed over to pull

to pat her on

with

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