Love On the Range: a Looking Glass Lake Prequel
“Worst day ever to burn the beans and cornbread. But she’d done it.
Silence around the campfire was punctuated with a few coughs as the men forced their dinner down.
“Those green beans you made earlier sure were good,” Jett finally said.
What, was he being smart?
But his eyes were still soft, and he chewed solemnly, swallowing easily.
Marlee blinked back tears and forced herself to swallow a bite, too.
It wasn’t only that she was hungry. Every person here had worked a long hard day. And she’...d let them down. They had to shovel burnt food into their bellies and crawl off to sleep, or go hungry.
“Yeah, what did you put in them green beans, anyway?” Crazy Hoss asked.
“Almonds?” Fern asked. “They were kind of nutty.”
Marlee shook her head. “They’ll taste like nuts sometimes when you cook them in bacon grease,” she said.
She kept her spine rigid.
They were being awfully nice about it. Following Jett’s cue. But for some reason, it wasn’t helping.MoreLess
Silence around the campfire was punctuated with a few coughs as the men forced their dinner down.
“Those green beans you made earlier sure were good,” Jett finally said.
What, was he being smart?
But his eyes were still soft, and he chewed solemnly, swallowing easily.
Marlee blinked back tears and forced herself to swallow a bite, too.
It wasn’t only that she was hungry. Every person here had worked a long hard day. And she’...d let them down. They had to shovel burnt food into their bellies and crawl off to sleep, or go hungry.
“Yeah, what did you put in them green beans, anyway?” Crazy Hoss asked.
“Almonds?” Fern asked. “They were kind of nutty.”
Marlee shook her head. “They’ll taste like nuts sometimes when you cook them in bacon grease,” she said.
She kept her spine rigid.
They were being awfully nice about it. Following Jett’s cue. But for some reason, it wasn’t helping.MoreLess
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