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or…”
    Overwhelmed with sadness, Valerie stopped
talking. A fat tear slid down her beautiful face. Jill put her hand
on Valerie’s shoulder. Valerie wiped her face.
    “ We need to start taking
care of some of the things around here,” Jill said. “Like the dogs,
the house cleaning, the cooking, the shopping, and eventually the
gardens. Did Mike turn the beds yesterday?”
    “ He’s doing it now. He’s
worried about me and Delphie… He’s nervous about tonight’s art
opening,” Valerie wiped her eyes. “We need to find someone to take
care of the bees.”
    “ Is Nash still taking
martial arts?” Honey asked Sandy.
    “ I was just thinking I
could ask Colin about the bees,” Sandy said. “Good idea
Honey.”
    “ What should we do about
dinner? Do we still want to eat together?”
    “ I really like it,” Honey
said. She blushed at her own exuberance. Valerie squeezed Honey’s
hand. “It’s the best part of my day, especially since I’ve been
doing this trial or when MJ’s gone.”
    “ I like it too,” Jill said.
“Sandy?”
    “ Absolutely,” Sandy said.
“It’s nice not to have dinner to worry about. Honestly, I don’t
know if I can afford groceries for us. We still don’t have Aden’s
money and probably won’t.”
    “ I can cover it,” Jill and
Valerie said at the same time. They smiled at each
other.
    “ We’ll get it covered,”
Valerie said. “You need groceries for…”
    “ Breakfast, lunch, baking
and dinners for nights Nash has soccer or Noelle has art class,”
Sandy said. “With the kids, it’s probably a thousand, fifteen
hundred a month, maybe more. These kids aren’t used to American
cheese and hot dogs.”
    “ Ok, so someone needs to do
the household shopping or organize a list if we want it delivered,”
Valerie said.
    “ I don’t think the
delivered stuff is as good,” Honey said.
    “ It’s expensive and you
don’t get to pick your own vegetables,” Jill said.
    “ I’ll shop,” Honey said. “I
think it would be fun.”
    The women gawked at her. Sandy shifted
uncomfortably.
    “ What?” Honey
asked.
    “ Can you shop?” Valerie
asked.
    “ Of course I can shop!”
Honey said. “At least I think I can. Just because I’m in this
wheelchair and have limited use of my hands doesn’t mean I can’t do
it.”
    “ How about this?” Sandy
asked. “Honey organizes the shopping and Jill or I will go with her
to help.”
    “ I can go,” Valerie
said.
    “ You and a billion
photographers,” Jill said.
    “ I can still go,” Valerie
said. “The photographers can’t go in the store.”
    “ Ok, one of us will go with
Honey to help,” Sandy said. “Does that work?”
    “ I wonder if we could get
Blane to cook dinner for us,” Valerie said. “He’s an amazing
chef.”
    Jill and Sandy gave Valerie a puzzled
look.
    “ He went to Chef’s school.
He used to be a Sous Chef at the Capital. He’s really amazing. Have
you had his chocolate cake?”
    “ To. Die. For.” Jill said.
Sandy nodded.
    “ He’d probably do it,”
Valerie said. “But with Mack and everything, it’s kind of a lot to
ask.”
    “ I can cook,” Jill
said.
    The women looked at her with doubt.
    “ Really,” Jill said. “I
used to cook all our meals when I was a kid. That was my household
job. I’m not a Chef but I can cook. Between school and working for
Jake, I have time to do it.”
    “ I’ll make bread and
pastries,” Sandy said. “That would be fun for me.”
    “ I’ll work out a menu for
the week,” Honey said. “I’ll coordinate everyone’s contributions
into a schedule and do the shopping.”
    “ Wow, that’s a lot Honey.
Are you sure?” Valerie asked.
    “ I want to do it,” Honey
said. “MJ and I… We really like living here. It’s the least I can
do.”
    “ What will I do?” Valerie
asked.
    “ You’re going back to
Prague, right?” Jill asked.
    “ Next Sunday. But I’ll be
home in four weeks. Then I’m here until we have the