The Lost Soul (666 Park Avenue 3)
“Maeve blinked in surprise at the sight of Jane in their midst, then pulled two more dimpled white mugs down from their cabinet, filled each to the brim with coffee, and handed them over. Dee slid hers across the black marble counter toward the stove, strode quickly around to meet it on the other side, and had three frying pans set up on lit burners before Jane could blink.
‘She spoils us so,’ Emer murmured, smiling fondly first at Dee’s back, then at Harris. ‘I must have told her to relax a hun...dred times – we have meals delivered, you know – but she just . . .’ ‘I like it,’ Dee insisted happily, pulling a fragrant, golden-brown coffee cake out of the oven and winking at Jane’s astonished expression. ‘It’s a kind of meditation, especially when you wake up before everyone else. And it gives my hands something to do while I scheme.’ ‘Is that what I’ve been doing wrong?’ Maeve wondered aloud, stirring a lump of sugar into her coffee. ‘I’ve never actually set aside time to deliberately scheme.’ Jane leaned across the counter, admiring the bakery-perfect crumbly topping of the cake, and Dee playfully smacked her nose with a rubber spatula.MoreLess
‘She spoils us so,’ Emer murmured, smiling fondly first at Dee’s back, then at Harris. ‘I must have told her to relax a hun...dred times – we have meals delivered, you know – but she just . . .’ ‘I like it,’ Dee insisted happily, pulling a fragrant, golden-brown coffee cake out of the oven and winking at Jane’s astonished expression. ‘It’s a kind of meditation, especially when you wake up before everyone else. And it gives my hands something to do while I scheme.’ ‘Is that what I’ve been doing wrong?’ Maeve wondered aloud, stirring a lump of sugar into her coffee. ‘I’ve never actually set aside time to deliberately scheme.’ Jane leaned across the counter, admiring the bakery-perfect crumbly topping of the cake, and Dee playfully smacked her nose with a rubber spatula.MoreLess
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