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The cooking was a great distraction, especially when I nearly caught the house on fire with my inexperience with a wood cook stove. Somehow through my bungling we managed to make a pretty decent shrimp linguine with a side of scorched me. Matthew proudly carried up the platter with his mom’s food, and when we entered the room we were glad to see her eyes were open.
She smiled as Matthew presented his treat to her. “It smells wonderful,” she complimented him.
“Wait till you taste it!” Matthew insisted as he plopped himself on the bed at her side.
Sage caught Caius and my attention, and we slipped out of the room to the downstairs parlor to allow some family time while Bee remained to care for Rina. “How is she really?” I asked him.
“Weak, but Bee is as good as her word with her t
