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He laughed at o run it over a few times and then serve it to you”

I leaned back so he couldn’t take it away “It’s okay, I’ll h, despite the tastiness It looks like you eventhe absolute cheapest version you could find at the grocery outlet”

“I did include those alarement”

“Well done there It’s not a fruit cup without those and some pale mystery chunks thatelse entirely?”

“Now I see why you think I’reat cook You’re used to mystery chunks”

“I used to think you were great at it Look at this, though” I picked up the cookie and broke it in half, then took a bite and said, “This is warm, luscious, and not even sort of stale Total school lunch fail”

I clicked ain “The offer to turn your meal into roadkill still stands”

“You jest, but where I’m from, roadkill is considered a delicacy”

He seeenuinely alarmed as he blurted, “Did your parents actually feed you dead animals they found on the side of the road?”

“Don’t be silly I told you, they didn’t cook But sohbors would invite us over for a barbeque, and they’d serve whatever ol’ Jimmy Joe hit on his way home from the mill If you ask me, he swerved toward some of them critters on purpose”

Lorenzo looked stunned “You’re kidding”

I chuckled and said, “Of course I arew up in northern Louisiana, not on an episode of the Beverly Hillbillies”

He burst out laughing and threw a pillow at my head “I totally believed you!”

I ducked the pillow and ca “I know You should have seen your face”