Navy Orders (2013)
“Not until then did she go to the pantry, where she pulled out her huge plastic container labeled Bread Flour. She opened it and reached under the soft bags of rye, whole wheat and barley. Her fingers wrapped around the familiar glass neck of the bottle of cognac she dug out of the bin. She had her coffee cup perched on the shelf below so it was an easy move to deliver a generous splash of booze into her morning brew.
She replaced the bottle and heaved the container back on the top shelf of ...the pantry, shoving it back into its spot between the sugar and the oatmeal. In no hurry to leave the safe-feeling confines of the small walk-in cupboard, she drank her heavenly concoction.
It wasn’t as if she was an alcoholic or anything. Stefanie was at school and Leo was at work; this was often her only time alone during the day and why not have a warming nip?
The drink soothed her nerves. But it did nothing to ease the ache in her heart.MoreLess
She replaced the bottle and heaved the container back on the top shelf of ...the pantry, shoving it back into its spot between the sugar and the oatmeal. In no hurry to leave the safe-feeling confines of the small walk-in cupboard, she drank her heavenly concoction.
It wasn’t as if she was an alcoholic or anything. Stefanie was at school and Leo was at work; this was often her only time alone during the day and why not have a warming nip?
The drink soothed her nerves. But it did nothing to ease the ache in her heart.MoreLess
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