The evening of the day we found out I was free to live my normal life again I made supper and had it waiting when Trent got back to the condo. I went shopping for food that wasn’t stocked in the fridge or the cupboards, after I looked at some recipes first, online. After all, it had been a long time since I cooked anything from scratch.
Because I still had most of the money Seaver had given me, I came back with salmon, which Trent loved, and fresh vegetables for a salad—and even had a few dollars left after paying for everything.
The recipe was simple enough. Slice the fennel bulb, orange, lemon, and chili pepper very thin. While I waited for the oven to heat up, I put everything in a shallow baking dish, seasoned the veggies with salt and pepper, then lay the salmon over it and covered
