CHAPTER 14
DECEMBER 28
Ginger watched Eli joking and laughing throughout breakfast prep. He flipped a pancake high in the air and caught it on the spatula. Impressive.
“Where did you learn to do that?” She prodded the bacon half-heartedly. Cooking was most definitely not her thing. Baking? Sure. But actual food? That’s what take-out and instant noodles were for.
“Spent some time as a short-order cook when I was younger. It’s the one job every town needs to fill. I was too scrawny to do construction back then.”
Didn’t look scrawny now, that was for sure. He was lean, but in a kind of predatory way. She pulled her eyes back to his face just in time to catch the wink he shot her way. Busted.
“Is that where you’re headed? Another construction job?”
Eli added a couple more pancakes to th
