Elaine Orr - Jolie Gentil 05 - Trouble On The Doorstep - Plot & Excerpts
George was sitting at the kitchen table looking at the story he’d written for that morning’s paper. Alicia had told him in no uncertain terms that he was wrong about the number of hotdogs the winner had eaten. “Forty-one for the winner,” I said. I was breaking up spaghetti and putting it into a boiling pot, something I was not happy to be hovering over again. We’d agreed to meet for lunch at the Cozy Corner, since we hadn’t really had a weekend break, thanks to the contest. “And he was the only one who didn’t lose his lunch, right?” He had his laptop out and was writing a correction, trying to be funny about it. “What were you doing that you missed all this?” I asked. “If you’d helped roll up the plastic you wouldn’t ask how many got sick.” “I was getting color commentary from two of the kids who’ve been helping Scoobie do yard clean-up at Silver Times.” “Help is a loose term there,”
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