Pure Lily Cookie Novels & Stories

"You're lucky. To have her, I mean." He looked at me then, really looked at me, and I wondered what he saw. A pregnant woman abandoned by her husband? A problem to be solved? A pawn in his game against Adrian? "Elena," Mrs. Chen called from the kitchen. "Come here, dear. Lily wants to show you something." I found Lily standing on a stool by the counter, carefully arranging cookies on a plate. Her tongue stuck out slightly in concentration. "I'm making a pattern," she explained. "Chocolate chip, sugar, chocolate chip, sugar. Patterns are important. My teacher says so."