If I really wanted to work there, I should look him up during the week. I thanked him but told him I wasn’t sure yet.The most interesting conversati...n occurred late in the afternoon, sitting outside on the deck as Dad began to work on the grill. It was mostly Dad, Grandpa, Uncle Dave, and me, with Mom, Grandma, Aunt Laurie, and Kelly flitting in and out. Most of the others were out in the yard playing whiffle ball and getting chased by Rex. Uncle Dave started it, simply saying, “So let me get. After basting the concoction on, I sprinkled a little garlic powder on the bread and placed it in the oven to brown. It was ready about ten minutes later. The spaghetti had cooked in that same time period, so dinner was ready.I called out to the women and we ate our fill. We cleaned up the kitchen together and Mom popped some corn. She said she wanted to watch a movie tonight. Mom picked up the remote as we settled on the couch, with me in the center, of course. She activated the Roku device. Using his mother's recipes for the feast, time tested over generations, and being a vigilant cook, everything tasted like home even in its abundance.Pie making delayed by Marta's mysterious departure ended up completed when dinner began, even with Margie's and George's assistance prepping the apples, so the apple and pecan pies needed time to cool. Groans and belly rubs conveyed the diners' need to wait on desert, so, like everything else, timing couldn't have been better.Joe, Marianne and. "I don't think you're a useless parasite anymore, darling," Melody said dryly. "Now you're more like a scary monster." This is better?" he asked. She shrugged."He's going to send me to live with those freaks and fiends!" Malinda blubbered."Mmm, that would certainly take care of more than one problem," he teased but relented when Melody gave him a scathing look. "But unfortunately your Talent doesn't come up to the level that would require recruitment in the Agency. However the ... er,.