Later that evening, after they finished the plans for the day, they prepared to go have dinner with the neighbors as agreed. Catalina had baked some cookies and Soledad’s signature chocolate which they would take to their house. Catalina wore a simple dress which they had bought while they were out earlier in the day and for the first time in a while, Catalina let her down.
Pedro looked at her and smiled at how beautiful she looked in the dress. “This is good, Maria,” he said. “You look beautiful.”
Catalina smiled at him. “Thank you, Lucio. Now, hurry! Help me with that platter,” she said.
Within minutes, they arrived at the entrance of the neighbor’s house and the sign on the door read “The Sterlings”. Catalina and Pedro looked at each other with a smile on their faces. The sweet arom
