eyes fixated on him. Thank goodness his daughter was next to him, he could exercise his focus on Frieda. His wife

igger her actions. He concluded that whatever it was, he would find out sooner or l

had a cook-off to attend. So far he'd put the masquerade party shenanigans behind him, it was

* * *

of his scrambled eggs

ce finally locked eyes

that she wanted something from him. He was relieved that it wasn't some

s just that Frieda is getting really bad at En

that all? " He turned over to Fried

yn no

s left pocket and wrote her a twenty tho

oo much

h what's left. " Pierce patted Cait

" Fried

Pierce answered

and pretty? " She said exp

hter's cheeks, " I hope she is, your

erce's heart melted, there was nothing he loved m

bosom and twirled her around. The cackling la

addy later? " He asked he

berry cake! " Frieda exclaim

tickled her lightly and k

your dad go to work.

ck down on her chair an

he did her job. She could tell that he was edgy, he always is when she is that close to him when he has a REASON to be. She

ith his tie, she moved to his collar, making him even more anxious. To put the icing on the cake, she move closer to him, and with tippy toes, her fa

gaze to Frieda who was trying hard to focus on her br

. " She kissed him on his li

ierce needed to

! " Caitlyn yelled behind him as

Frieda who appeared s

face again. We can't be doing this eve

slowly

ob though, what ca

happy as light res

ce?... like sup

w, " Are we talking

eagerly

she sighed deeply, " I don't know sunshi

* * *

e did a mental rundown of his daily activities. He did this routine to clear his thoughts and to make way for

him back to reality, and it

an! " Ethan sounded

" Pierce answered

, everything i

to give him the envelope that contained the l

nals are going to be

t the final is going t

t to be able to identify the owners of the dishes. It aids in extremely fair and coordinated judging.

ing right? " E

the decision. He found it exciting but he knew that the idea didn't come from E

the book and keep everything for himself, but he didn't. Being the man that he was, he let everyone who wanted to be a part of the bu

. Then there was the fact that Ethan DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. Perhaps he had other aspirations, but what could Pierce

dless of their underlying occurrences, Ethan genuinely cared about him. Pierce couldn't say the same for Soraya, his

gs to 'her' family. Pierce understood her plight and has done everything possible to stay out of her way. He also let S

things crumbled right in front of him, he believe he could be the bigger person. Perhaps his father never saw a future between a

liarize herself with her cousin and possibly grow a strong bond. A bond t

* * * *

" Thank you, Ethan, I think that's a f

leased with hims

need to freshen up.

rm, " I'll go check on how the final proce

* * * *

h's

as on edge for a lot of reasons and it wasn't the time to contemplate them, she had to act and act fas

ife, not after what she did. Beth had come to terms with the repercu

the finalists. Beth hoped she wouldn't have to come to this, but Lori had passed both the fi

h included the key ingredient. She strolled over to the tables where the bask

stance, she briefly walked down memory lane. But all that came to an end when sh

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do you think y

ue, Ethan wal