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Ch. 55 - SHE MUSTN'T FADE AWAY

Author: Aurora
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-30 21:20:03

JENSYN

Cinnamon scent drifted through the air and hit my nose. It was too strong and I had used scented candles to mask the burning smell rising from the oven, but that didn't help at all. The kitchen smelt like cigarettes and burnt wood.

I had yet another disaster in trying to make bread. In fact, what I made was not edible in any form.

Andrea sat with her legs dangling on the kitchen counter, a lollipop was trapped in her mouth like a vice. She had been home since the beginning of this week and all I could say was that: I love Andrea too much to let her go.

“If it’s Christmas,” Andrea said between her licks and I turned my attention to her, “then I want mashed potatoes. And turkey. No chicken. No, wait. Turkey and chicken. And the fluffy bread. The one with butter inside, I think that'd make a difference because we've always had chicken. The two would make sense.”

I wiped my hands in the apron, which was now covered in oil and flour. “You're talking like I'm one mighty cook here.
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