When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

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By evening, the wonderful smell of cooking wafted from the kitchen as Lionel brought out the seafood stew. “I just learned the recipe for this. Tell me what you think!”

Miranda looked at the table full of her favorite food. There were mashed

potatoes with bacon bits, a garden salad, grilled sea bass, seafood stew, and meatballs in bolognese sauce.

Mindy dished the most tender part of the grilled fish and handed the plate over to Miranda. “Your dad sucks at making grilled fish, but I just tasted this and I could tell it was made exactly the way you liked it. Here, have some more.”

Lionel didn’t look happy when he heard what Mindy said. “What do you mean by that? I don’t suck at making fish. I’m just human, and all humans err anyway!

Miranda burst out laughing.

Meanwhile, Mindy nodded and said sarcastically, “Of course, your culinary skills are out of the world! It doesn’t matter whether you’re grilling fish or making any other kinds of food because you‘ mehow find a way to make

them work. Happy now?”

“That’s more like it,” Lionel said. “Zion from next door just learned a few recipes from me yesterday! Just be grateful that I’m always doing all the cooking for you to enjoy.”

“Alright, alright. I’ll enjoy every second of it. Hurry up and start eating so you’ll stop talking!”

Lionel grumbled. “Ask Mimi if you

helping of grilled fish. “Have some more food, Mimi. Tell me, what do you

the corners of her mouth lifting as she listened to her parents bantering. She then took

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only used regular salt and pepper to cook the fish. Just before lifting the fish out of

sweetness of the fish

foot inside the

in the staff room. Then, when Lionel got off work, she would ride on the back of his bicycle as they

on their way home. Lionel

to pick good produce. She co thought that

dishes she excelled in were grilled sea bass and omelets. These were

still didn’t stop her from criticizing Lionel’s culinary skills. Ultimately, Mindy’s comments and feedback only fuelled Lionel’s desire

she had around her was Hansel. She would cook, clean, and prepare everything for

doing the cooking, and Miranda’s job was only to enjoy the food he

back full circle. Her parents were treating her.exactly the same as they had in the past, making Miranda

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the sea bass Dad makes is the best sea bass I’ll ever have