Marriage First, Mate Second
Hope replies with a smile, “He is here, and so is Colin! We were just talking about you actually!”
“Oh no,” I say with a mock grimace, “Whatever it is, I swear I didn’t do it! It was someone else!”
She and Colin laugh good naturedly at my joke, and Hope offers me a plate of her incredible cookies. I take a bite, and marvel how it’s somehow even better than I expected.
“What do you think,” she asks nervously, “I added something new that the fairies suggested. I was talking to them yesterday during lunch, and they said that just a pinch of fairy dust can enhance the flavor. This is my first batch.”