Francis Johnson looked at Kenneth Osborne's reply and grinned.
The little rascal, couldn't hold back, huh...
...
The day before Kenneth Osborne boarded the plane, at noon, across the ocean in the dining room of Stetford Manor, Lawrence Winters and Evan Stetford sat side by side on one side of the long dining table, with Aiden Sheldon and Autumn Stetford sitting opposite them.
Richard Stetford sat at the head of the table.
The dishes on the table were mostly Lawrence Winters' favorites: steamed Maine lobster, creamy garoupa, steamed eggs with clams, crab-flavored sticky rice cake, and bamboo-wrapped chicken with mushrooms and sticky rice.
The freshly airlifted Maine lobster weighed a full two pounds, and Lawrence Winters was already quite full after finishing the entire steamed lobster.
But the creamy fish in the garoupa soup was tender, and the soup was delicious—she couldn't stop after drinking a bowl.
