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Chapter ONE: BOOK 4

Author: C.D. Gorri
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-05 11:20:36
“Mara! I am leaving with the Carlson’s order,” Toni called out from the back door.

“Wait! You forgot the juice boxes,” Mara, Toni’s younger sister, and her partner in Any Time Eats Diner & Catering, came running with three cases of juice boxes in hand.

“Oh crap,” Toni said, snorting and shaking her head. “I did forget. Thank you.”

“No problem. You have everything else you need for their party? I gotta say I love the idea of a Kindergarten social for the little guys before school starts,” Mara said, looking over the contents of the delivery van to make sure Toni had everything she needed.

“Me too. It gives them a chance to get to know each other first,” Toni replied, allowing her sister to double check her work.

They swapped duties often, but Toni’s favorite would always be the actual cooking. She simply loved the textures, colors, scents, and flavors that went with preparing good, wholesome food. She never met a dish she didn’t like, regardless of ethnic origin or the time an
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