Family Dinner
Daniel Daniel is tense as he flits about the kitchen preparing dinner. He’s got acorn squash in the oven soaked in butter and brown sugar, and a parsnip and carrot mash on the stove. The ribeye steaks have been marinating all day and are waiting to go on the barbecue. For dessert, he has an apple crumble in the fridge, waiting to go into the oven that he will serve with French vanilla ice cream. Insisting they not bring anything, Daniel asked Travis what wine Violet would like. Two bottles of Malbec sit on the table that Evelyn readied with great care. Oldies music is softly playing on the radio, and the fire is burning bright as Evelyn joins him in the kitchen and plants a kiss on his cheek. “This smells divine”, she tells him, wrapping her arm around his. “Thanks, Evie. I’m just so ne
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