He cradled her in his arms as she reclined against his chest, while he added fire to the water, crushed the contents of a bag once with his fist, opened it and poured the hard dusty looking stuff into the water.
She watched with curiosity as the water boiled. They talked about how people were, and what they had each been doing lately.
Samson finally had enough of smelling the noxious clothes, next to them, and stuffed the pile into the dual purpose dish and clothes washer with extra detergent.
He washed his hands and immediately went back to cradling her while she talked about this and that.
When he poked the water and hard stuff with the spoon, it was no longer hard. He turned off the stove and pulled two bowls and spoons from the dish cabinet. He detoured to the table to scoop his
