Chapter 23
Jasmine couldn’t believe her eyes at the spread on David’s dining table. There were bowls of roasted tomato soup served with crackers, chicken parmesan with linguine and broccoli, zucchini stuffed with sausage and breadcrumbs, and toasted mini bread slices topped with a dollop of milky cheese and strawberries and lightly sprinkled with what looked like a blend of balsamic vinegar and honey. Was there a party supposed to take place here she wasn’t aware of?
“Please, sit,” David said.
“What’s going on?” she asked, as she sat on the bench.
“I just wanted to say thank you for helping me. The sling is coming off soon, and we were able to finish the proposal much earlier than we’d planned.” David’s hiatus from work had given them extra time to put the document together. David had
