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at the table.
“So what’d you want to talk to me about?” asked Levi.
Well, she couldn’t tell him now. Not with the kids sitting right there. She had to think up something fast.
“I wanted to ask you . . . if you wanted to stay for dinner.”
He looked over at the smoking pan in the sink and then back to her. “Sure. Smells great! I’m game.”
She laughed at that, and walked over and hit him playfully on the arm. “It’s been a long day,” she said. “I’m really tired and don’t feel like cooking. Is there any way – is there any way you can cook dinner?”
Levi didn’t buy Candace ’s excuse. Not for one blasted moment. He saw Angel in the house talking to her earlier and he would bet his bottom dollar she was behind all this. True, he’d fallen into a slump lately and didn’t even want to cook, but he knew what a control freak Candace was and that she’d never just hand over the kitchen and cooking for her kids.
Or maybe, he told himself, she was just a control freak in the bedroom. He’d shown her his skills with food in magical, alluring ways then, so he’d do it again since she asked. But this time, in the kitchen, showing her what he could do with food that kids liked to eat.
“Ok, let’s see what we’ve got here,” he said, opening the fridge and pulling out a few items. Then he went through the grocery bags sitting on the table. “Got it,” he said. “How bout pigs in a blanket with some ants on a log while we’ re waiting for the pigs to cook? And some chocolate mice for dessert.”
The kids giggled, and even Candace smiled.
“That sounds good,” said Candace, “what do you say kids?”
“I don’t want to eat ants,” said Valentine.
“Hey stupid , he’s not really giving us ants,” said Vance. Then he looked at Levi – “are you?”
“Well I guess you’re just going to have to wait and see,” he said, using a knife to open a pack of baby hot dogs then turning the oven on while he talked. “First we have to shoot the pigs, so cover your ears.”
“What?” asked Candace, laughing and shaking her head.
“Here goes,” said Levi, taking the can of biscuits and hitting it on the counter. It exploded open with a bang. Valentine jumped and ran to her mother, but Vance sat there pretending like it didn’t bother him. “I told you to cover your ears,” he warned them. “Now when I tell you to get up on the chair to get away from the chocolate mice, you’d better listen.”
* * *
Candace tucked her kids into the big bed in the other room that was large enough that all three of them could sleep there comfortably. They’d been so tired from all the fresh air and playing with the other kids and Levi, that they’d fallen asleep before Levi even had the chance to serve his chocolate mice. That is, chocolate balls rolled in cookie crumbs shaped like mice with slivered almonds for ears and long licorice tails. He’d been so creative that he’d even gotten Valentine to eat his ants on a log which was only celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins atop it. Still, she liked it.
Candace walked out into the other room and quietly closed the door. When she turned around, she saw Levi putting down the towel, just finishing the dishes, and yawning and stretching as well.
“Thank you for making the day special for them,” she said, walking up and giving him a kiss on the cheek.
“Don’t tempt me unless you mean it, Candy.” He walked over to the table and pulled the key to the town out from somewhere in his shirt and laid it on the table. “Put this between both of them so they can see it when they get up. Tell them it was a tie and they have to share.”
“You don’t need to leave it,” she told him.
“Oh, yes I do,” he said. “I made a promise, and I intend on keeping my word.”
He yawned again and she could see that he was very tired.
She wanted to tell him about the kids and was going to when he started unbuttoning his shirt and
“So what’d you want to talk to me about?” asked Levi.
Well, she couldn’t tell him now. Not with the kids sitting right there. She had to think up something fast.
“I wanted to ask you . . . if you wanted to stay for dinner.”
He looked over at the smoking pan in the sink and then back to her. “Sure. Smells great! I’m game.”
She laughed at that, and walked over and hit him playfully on the arm. “It’s been a long day,” she said. “I’m really tired and don’t feel like cooking. Is there any way – is there any way you can cook dinner?”
Levi didn’t buy Candace ’s excuse. Not for one blasted moment. He saw Angel in the house talking to her earlier and he would bet his bottom dollar she was behind all this. True, he’d fallen into a slump lately and didn’t even want to cook, but he knew what a control freak Candace was and that she’d never just hand over the kitchen and cooking for her kids.
Or maybe, he told himself, she was just a control freak in the bedroom. He’d shown her his skills with food in magical, alluring ways then, so he’d do it again since she asked. But this time, in the kitchen, showing her what he could do with food that kids liked to eat.
“Ok, let’s see what we’ve got here,” he said, opening the fridge and pulling out a few items. Then he went through the grocery bags sitting on the table. “Got it,” he said. “How bout pigs in a blanket with some ants on a log while we’ re waiting for the pigs to cook? And some chocolate mice for dessert.”
The kids giggled, and even Candace smiled.
“That sounds good,” said Candace, “what do you say kids?”
“I don’t want to eat ants,” said Valentine.
“Hey stupid , he’s not really giving us ants,” said Vance. Then he looked at Levi – “are you?”
“Well I guess you’re just going to have to wait and see,” he said, using a knife to open a pack of baby hot dogs then turning the oven on while he talked. “First we have to shoot the pigs, so cover your ears.”
“What?” asked Candace, laughing and shaking her head.
“Here goes,” said Levi, taking the can of biscuits and hitting it on the counter. It exploded open with a bang. Valentine jumped and ran to her mother, but Vance sat there pretending like it didn’t bother him. “I told you to cover your ears,” he warned them. “Now when I tell you to get up on the chair to get away from the chocolate mice, you’d better listen.”
* * *
Candace tucked her kids into the big bed in the other room that was large enough that all three of them could sleep there comfortably. They’d been so tired from all the fresh air and playing with the other kids and Levi, that they’d fallen asleep before Levi even had the chance to serve his chocolate mice. That is, chocolate balls rolled in cookie crumbs shaped like mice with slivered almonds for ears and long licorice tails. He’d been so creative that he’d even gotten Valentine to eat his ants on a log which was only celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins atop it. Still, she liked it.
Candace walked out into the other room and quietly closed the door. When she turned around, she saw Levi putting down the towel, just finishing the dishes, and yawning and stretching as well.
“Thank you for making the day special for them,” she said, walking up and giving him a kiss on the cheek.
“Don’t tempt me unless you mean it, Candy.” He walked over to the table and pulled the key to the town out from somewhere in his shirt and laid it on the table. “Put this between both of them so they can see it when they get up. Tell them it was a tie and they have to share.”
“You don’t need to leave it,” she told him.
“Oh, yes I do,” he said. “I made a promise, and I intend on keeping my word.”
He yawned again and she could see that he was very tired.
She wanted to tell him about the kids and was going to when he started unbuttoning his shirt and
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