After a long plane ride, the appearance of Sara, and our hotel dilemma, the overstuffed bed looked very inviting. But, it’s very hard for me to think about rest while my suitcases remain unpacked. I was busy trying to weed my undergarments out from between the pots and the spices when Vincent patted the bed with his hand.
“Put that down and come over here.”
“Okay, but I still have a good reason to be pretty mad at you.” I placed the can of cream of chicken soup on the dresser, sat beside him and lost myself again in those same blue eyes that had walked into Mrs. Hearn’s French class 20 years before.
Vincent had aged well; his boyish looks had matured into what romance novels refer to as “a man of quiet seductiveness”. His slightly rugged and tan face still had those sharp youthful lines. The once blonde hair was now streaked by the slightest touch of gray, but he kept the same clean-cut style that he’d always had. Raymond, the local barber, who had been cutting it for years, only knew one style -- short.
His 6’1” frame was still carrying the same amount of weight as it did the day he graduated from high school, and I hated him for it. He would always rave about my coconut cake, and then stop eating after one slice. I found that unnatural. I found it even more abnormal that his waist size was still the same as the day we first went down to the gravel pits. A grown man is not supposed to have a 32-inch waist.
I laid my head down on his chest. As he ran his rough hands around my eyes, I tried to forget about my unpacked supplies. We made love slowly and silently and I was sure Louise had her ear to the door. But I was even more worried that my clothes would smell like thyme and oregano if I didn’t get those bags unpacked.
Lime Scones
First, go to refrigerator or wherever you keep your baking powder and throw the whole can away. “Chances are, it’s old,” Miss Edna would always say. Next, go to the supermarket and purchase a new can. Then proceed.
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup of sugar
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
Pinch of salt
1/2 stick butter sliced
Zest of one lime
3/4 to 1 cup cream
Juice of one lime
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
Preheat oven toast 450°.
Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; cut in butter until the size of small pebbles. Add zest. Then work in cream a little at a time until moistened and the dough comes together. Lightly spread out on floured surface with fingers. Here is the key: touch the dough as little as possible, and do not overwork. Cut with sharp biscuit cutter. Do not use a glass, it will only mash the dough down. Bake 15-18 minutes. Mix confectioner’s sugar with drops of lime juice until glaze resembles syrup. Spoon on top. Makes 8 large scones.
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