A Date You Can't Refuse (2009)
A Date You Can't Refuse
““What is that?” Parashie asked.
The bug. My bug. It couldn't be anything else. My bug was swimming in that tureen.
The soup was more milky than creamy; if it had been thicker, the bug would've sunk more slowly, maybe taken a moment to float on the surface. This was buying me some time. Think, Wollie! I screamed to myself.
“Was it a bug?” Bronwen asked, standing to peer into the tureen.
She knows! I thought. They know!
“A scorpion?” Zbiggo asked. “This is a scorpion, I think.”
Okay, they don't k...now.
“We don't have scorpions in L.A.,” Kimberly said. “The eastern part of the state, yes. Here, no. Tarantulas, maybe.”
The thought of a tarantula throwing itself into Grusha's soup, even though I knew it wasn't the case, made me ill all over again. Don't throw up, Wollie, I thought. Whatever else you do, don't throw up. Look at something besides the soup.
Except that I had to look at the soup. A normal person would be looking at the soup, or at least at Yuri, who was now standing, ladle in hand.MoreLess
The bug. My bug. It couldn't be anything else. My bug was swimming in that tureen.
The soup was more milky than creamy; if it had been thicker, the bug would've sunk more slowly, maybe taken a moment to float on the surface. This was buying me some time. Think, Wollie! I screamed to myself.
“Was it a bug?” Bronwen asked, standing to peer into the tureen.
She knows! I thought. They know!
“A scorpion?” Zbiggo asked. “This is a scorpion, I think.”
Okay, they don't k...now.
“We don't have scorpions in L.A.,” Kimberly said. “The eastern part of the state, yes. Here, no. Tarantulas, maybe.”
The thought of a tarantula throwing itself into Grusha's soup, even though I knew it wasn't the case, made me ill all over again. Don't throw up, Wollie, I thought. Whatever else you do, don't throw up. Look at something besides the soup.
Except that I had to look at the soup. A normal person would be looking at the soup, or at least at Yuri, who was now standing, ladle in hand.MoreLess
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