Dangerous Game
I flipped on the kitchen lights, opened the fridge, and scanned the contents until | located a jar of sliced pickles and a bowl of chocolate pudding on the bottom shelf.
A-ha! I set my bounty on the kitchen island before I hunted for the last ingredient.
Dried pasta, condiments, cookies, seaweed crisps...I opened and closed the endless row of cabinets, searching for a distinctive cardboard tube.
The cabinets were so high I had to stand on tiptoes to see into the back, and my arms and thighs were starting to ache. Why did Dante have so much storage space? Who needed an entire cabinet of cooking oils?
If I didn't–