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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:46 pm
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Mama Cleo chuckled. "Nonsense, child, You will always be Lily in this house." The sauce bubbled, the stick red juices popping and filling the room with the scent of cherry. Cade sighed from across the room. "That time of year already?" Mama Cleo smiled. "Naye, child. This was a bit that I had stored from a few years past. It's an old family recipe for preserves. I pours them into the hot water and stir. Just enough water to turn it from jam to slurry and then we add them to the pastries." Cade leaned over the pot and inhaled. "Is there...is that rum?!?" Mama chuckled. "Aye, ye nose is young still!" Cade shook his head. "And your heart has never aged, Mama." Mama smiled and rubbed her belly. "But this body has. No go rouse our little fireball."
Rowan stepped quickly into the room. "I'm here...what do you need of me Mama?" Mama waved her heavy arm and Rowan came over. "I want you to do nothing today. I want you to go and fetch that handsome boy and bring him to me so I may size him up and then I will make you two some hearty food and you two will spend the day at the beach." Rowan looked up at Mama then shook his head. "I have to help out here Mama." Mama laughed, clapping Rowan on he back. "Child, you brought in two month's worth of tax with your performance and then the extra donations will cover us all if need be. Take the day off, you will need it." Rowan looked up at Mama then over to Leo then back to Mama. His green eyes held Leo for a moment then he darted to the back door and was gone.
Cade looked to Mama with a soft smile. "That was nice of you." Mama Cleo looked at Cade with soft eyes that held a memory. "With having had to say goodbye to three sons, a daughter, and countless friends, I know how hard saying goodbye can be. I'll spare our little Rose that pain today and let her find joy in this somewhat sad day." Cade nodded. "Let us all hope to find happiness in this time of confusion."
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Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:19 pm
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Mama Cleo lifted her eyebrow then smiled. "Leo, ey?" Cade shook his head. "Lily suits you much better." Mama slapped her hands on her sides. "How so? Yes, she maybe delicate and fragile looking, but she is no flower! She has braved the wrath of the Queen, the Prince, this town, the Royal Guard! Her heart beats with the song of an animal, it's pride and power just waiting to be unleashed upon this unsuspecting world! Lily was the name they gave her to smash that will and box it into a cage of beauty and silence, but the time has come for that cage to be bent, battered, and broken! If she wants to be called Leo, then by the Heavens, that shall be done!" Mama smacked her big wooden spoon on the counter and Cade jumped. A weary smile came to his lips and he looked nervously at the passion in Mama's eyes. "...You are the wiser of those in the room. I see how Leo suits..better. If that is what you wish to be called, i will call you such." Cade glanced at his book, the recipe handwritten across and old page, and smiled. he walked over to the pantry and rummaged through it. He whispered into Leo's ear as he passed him, "But I'll always remember that shy little Lily that healed me."
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Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:57 pm
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Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:41 am
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:26 am
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:22 pm
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:24 pm
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