What is stolen will remain . . .

[belegwen]

What: Talking About Amy
When: Sunday afternoon
Who: Mabry and Jalen
Where: The kitchen and Rainbow's End

Wet, dreary spring days made Mabry feel like baking. The heat of the oven seemed almost enough to make the chilly rain retreat, and the fire in the kitchen hearth was comforting as well. And she needed that comfort today, not merely for the rain, but because of the disquiet that she had felt in her own home recently.

Besides with two small children in the house, nothing she baked would ever go uneaten.

She sang quietly to herself, slightly off-key, as she slid the pan of gingerbread into the oven. Shortbread next, she decided and drew another mixing bowl from a cabinet. She tried to focus on the spicy smell now emanating from the oven and not on the conversation she knew was coming.

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[amys_keeper]

Jalen entered the kitchen from the outside door, having just left Eli playing out in the courtyard with his 'mother'. He hated to do it, but not because it was wet and chilly; the kid was more than bundled up for that. He couldn't shake the feeling that any second he would turn around and Eli would be gone, spirited away by the woman pretending to be his mother. Surprisingly, Awiergan seemed to be enjoying her little masquerade. If he didn't know any better, he'd think everything was fine.

But he did know better, and it was time someone else knew besides himself and Ray. He should have told Mabry when it had started, but- well, he wasn't really sure what his reasoning had been.

"Smells nice in here. Gingerbread?"

He went to the kitchen table and pulled a chair out, dropping into it. He really didn't want to talk about this.