Bella's POV Pots simmered softly, their lids rattling now and then like impatient fingers tapping a table. The scent of frying onions mingled with crushed garlic, warm oil, and the sharp sweetness of tomatoes, all waiting to be chopped and a bowl of washed vegetables on the counter beside a plate stacked with ingredients-nothing finished, everything was still in motion for dinner.I stood on a stool, egg whisker in hand, swishing it too close to the tiled floor. "Don't do that, honey," my mother laughed, stepping over. "Do you really want to ruin dinner tonight, Bella? Hmm?"Before I could protest playfully— with childish resistance and scurry the whisker to my back so that mummy was sure to tickle me until I squeaked like a rat and my ribs hurt so bad from laughing, she gently plucked the whisker from my grip, lifting me easily to seat on the kitchen counter. I sat there obediently while she returned to the carrots, her movements practiced, with fluid confidence because this kitche
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