The Road to a Woman's Heart
Predator Press
[LOBO]
“Alright,” I says, setting the phone on the counter so I can get back to the thick, red simmer. “The hamburger was done, so I went ahead and added the two cans of sauce.”
I’m a little surprised I don’t mind learning to cook -but then again, I’m not proud I don’t have a job either.
”And you already cooked the pasta?” Terri squawks over the speakerphone.
“Yeah,” I says, talking sideways as I drain it. “I wouldn’t have called, but I don’t know if you need to add anything. I can take it off the heat until you get here.”
Terri just got promoted, and I’m “pitching in.” Her training schedule is hellish.
”Well, it's done,” she says. "We have parmesan cheese, right?"
It seems the least I can do.
“Wait,” I says. “Your ‘Secret Family Recipe’ for spaghetti is browned hamburger and canned sauce?”
”That’s it,” she says. ”We should be there in about five minutes.”
-because now she can buy me shit.
“Baby, you’re a genius!”
[LOBO]“Alright,” I says, setting the phone on the counter so I can get back to the thick, red simmer. “The hamburger was done, so I went ahead and added the two cans of sauce.”
I’m a little surprised I don’t mind learning to cook -but then again, I’m not proud I don’t have a job either.
”And you already cooked the pasta?” Terri squawks over the speakerphone.
“Yeah,” I says, talking sideways as I drain it. “I wouldn’t have called, but I don’t know if you need to add anything. I can take it off the heat until you get here.”
Terri just got promoted, and I’m “pitching in.” Her training schedule is hellish.
”Well, it's done,” she says. "We have parmesan cheese, right?"
It seems the least I can do.
“Wait,” I says. “Your ‘Secret Family Recipe’ for spaghetti is browned hamburger and canned sauce?”
”That’s it,” she says. ”We should be there in about five minutes.”
-because now she can buy me shit.
“Baby, you’re a genius!”
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