Once they arrive, Ki Jung assists Min Joon with preparing dinner. Washing and cutting the meat and vegetables, getting the cooking fire going, and cle...ning up the mess, too. It’s as if Min Joon is clairvoyant because the final bit of cooking is done just as his mother is coming through the door. He asks his mother to relax, telling her that dinner will be right out. Ki Jung brings out the rice and then gets the eating bowls, chopsticks, and drinking cups, which she fills with fresh water. Min. She had taken the beating withoutcomplaint and some of her quips were amusing.He was intrigued by her polished accent but she still dressed like astreetwalker. Elliot guessed that she did it to annoy him.Their first night at the safe house Poppy took it upon herself to cookdinner. She made a brisket with mustard sauce, saut?ed potatoes,carrots and onions. She set the table and plated the food."You going to eat?" she leaned against the table looking nothing like ahousewife in her moot-skimmer. "Tell us the plan," Dad said. I filled them in on all the details I could. Some of it, I was just playing by ear. Mom and Anna asked some penetrating questions. Dad sat and nodded. When I finished explaining he looked from Mom to Anna and back. They all nodded. Someday I need to learn that trick with my cónyuge. How do they know what the question was, let alone the answer? "We need to call the tribe," Dad said."That will take forever," I objected."We have a calling tree. Each of us calls three. Knowingly." Not quite. At the time, I didn't know which one of you was which. I just knew that there'd been two different women in my bed. Ok. So then what?" And then I move in with Frank and Jill, or they move in with us. Frank goes off duty, which will be a tremendous relief to the poor lamb. All he has to do is keep himself ready in case either of us need him in a hurry. While you go about the world on your mission of mercy." Suddenly, she laughed."What's funny, love?" That first night. You.