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I Don 't Know About French Cuisine

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It was a Friday night and Wright, who was almost always at his law firm, Oakland and Scot, finally had enough time to cook a nice dinner at his posh little apartment. The aroma from the kitchen filled every room with the loveliest of scents from his inexplicably good cooking. Rose’s brother had many passions, but she didn’t know French cuisine was included on the list until she arrived that evening. He made a beautifully crafted French onion soup, duck confit, a personal favorite he later told her, and for dessert, a challenging, but incredibly delicious chocolate souffle was prepared. Everything was perfect. The two sat down at his round wooden table and dug into the grand supper.
“How was your day?” he questioned.
“I don’t know.” …show more content…

He was an honest man and front Rose’s point of view, a quite good one, too.
“Apparently his housekeeper showed up at his apartment and it was destroyed beyond repair. Chairs were broken, bookcases and tables, were toppled, and someone had even taken a knife and cut through his mattress. They couldn’t really tell if anything was missing, but they found a whole lot of dried up blood in the kitchen. It was a real mess, that’s for sure. They don’t have any leads and nobody’s seen the guy for at least a week or two. He’s such a nice guy, it’s impossible to believe anyone would do that to him.”
“That just breaks my heart,” she mustered. Her eyes blurred for a moment and her throat became just a little bit tight. He was the kind of guy who would give you his coat right off his own back and it really upset her that something so disturbing could happen to him. Loss wasn’t a new concept to Wright or Rose, but the first sting has the same poignancy every time it’s experienced. With their father, Rose recalled the moment when his usually intent green eyes glazed over in while he was in his hospital bed. She reached over to shut them and the lack of energy surrounding his body made her fingertips feel cold and stiff. The sting she felt with Wright’s knowledge from the news brought her back momentarily to that time and she felt the stiffness crawl up her arms and paralyze her.
Rose jumped out of her state of

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