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Huh TheyI hadn’t heard a thing I pressed my eye back to the peephole Dirty pervert
"Yes, it was Callin for another kiss
"Of course, I’ll call you when I’ her on her bottoain and turned away
It seele rong for me to see this Siet any sort of sense of hiirl does not live with him
I hadn’t heard any "I love yous" when she left, but they did seem very comfortable I chewed absently onand all
Pushing thoughts of spanking and Si Sireat name for a band…IWizard of Oz after Willy Wonka when I heard a knock There was scuffling in the hallway as I approached the door, and I stifled a grin
"Don’t drop it, you idiot," a sultry voice chided
"Oh, shut up Don’t be so da my eyes, I opened the door to find e box "No fighting, ladies You’re both pretty" I laughed, raising an eyebrow at the inside
"What the hell is that? I can’t believe you guys carried it up four flights of stairs!" My girls did not do et someone else to do it
"Believe me, aited outside in the cab for someone to walk by, but no luck So we schlepped it ourselves Happy housewar!" Sophia said They set it down, and Sophia fell into the easy chair by the fireplace
"Yeah, quit hed, lying down on the couch and placing her arms over her face dramatically
I poked at the box with my toe and asked, "So what is it? And I never said you had to buyThe Jack LaLanne Juicer was not necessary last year, truly"
"Don’t be ungrateful Just open it," Sophia instructed, pointing at the box with her ht and displayed in hed and sat on the floor in front of it I kneas from Williams Sonoma, as it had the telltale ribbon with the tiny pineapple tied to it The box was heavy, whatever it was
"Oh, no What did you two do?" I asked, catching a wink fro the box, I was pleased as punch hat I found "You guys, this is too hed, siven an old KitchenAid reat aunt who passed away It was over forty years old, but still worked great Those things were built to last, by God, and it had lasted until just a fewway It s a batch of zucchini bread, and as much as I hated to do it, I tossed it out
Now as I stared into the box, a shiny, new, stainless steel KitchenAid stand an dancing inwith delight aters to feel the sainst ed it
"Do you tant to be alone?" Sophia asked
"No, it’s okay I want you to be here to witness our love Besides, this is the onlyuys It’s too expensive, but I really appreciate it," I said
Clive came over, sniffed the mixer, and pro us yu at me expectantly
"What?" I asked warily
"Caroline, can I please start on your drawers now?" she asked, stutter-stepping her way toward the bedroo what to hter aroundeverything!" she exclai in place now
"Oh, hell yes Have at it! Merry Christmas, freakshow," I called as Mimi ran triuanizer She’d driven us crazy ere all at Berkley together--with her OCD tendencies and her insane attention to detail One day Sophia suggested she becoraduation, she did just that She noorked all over the Bay Area helping fan firm I worked for sometimes had her consult, and she’d even appeared on a few HGTV shows fil in the city The job suited her to perfection
So I just let Mied I’d be astounded Sophia and I continued to putz in the living roohout the years We paused over each and every Brat Packwhether Bender ended up with Claire once they all went back to school on Monday I voted no, and I further bet she never got that earring back…
Later that night, afterroom with Clive to watch reruns of The Barefoot Contessa on the Food Network While drea up with my new mixer--and how one day I wanted a kitchen like Ina Garten’s--I heard footsteps on the landing outside my door, and two voices I narrowedfroainst the peephole once ain, only seeing his back as he entered his apart, brown hair
Interesting Two different wo shut and felt Clive curl around o out there, silly boy," I cooed, bending down and scooping hi as he lay back in my arms Clive was the manwhore around here He would lie down for anyone who rubbed his belly
Returning to the couch, I watched as Barefoot Contessa taught us all how to host a dinner party in the Haance--and a Hamptons-size bank account
A few hours later, with the imprint of the couch cushion pressed firo to sleep Mianizedpictures and arrange a few odds and ends I quite deliberately re no chances tonight I stood in the center of the roo for sounds froood Maybe last night was a one-ti