The Billionaire Married a Homeless Girl novel · Chapter 24 of 24
Chapter 24: A Door That Big
On the Sunday before Christmas, I cooked for fourteen people in a kitchen with two ovens.
I made pierogi from my grandmother's recipe, potato and cheese, folded one at a time on a floured board.
Benji stood on a stool and pinched the edges shut with great seriousness.
"This one is a mistake," he announced.
"It's a stegosaurus that's been through a lot," I said.
He gave me a look of deep respect.
Behind my chair, something snuffled at the floor, and a wet nose pushed against my ankle.
The dog was brown and white and mostly ears.
Nolan had come home with him in a cardboard box on the second Saturday, and told Benji he'd traveled enough.
Benji had named him Lime, for reasons the whole house understood.
"Lime," I said. "Not the cheese."
He sat down, and put his chin on my foot.
The front doorbell rang at four.
I wiped my hands and went to answer it, because I had stopped letting other people answer my door.
The guard from the Laughlin lobby stood on the step, in a clean gray overcoat, with his hat in both hands and a plate wrapped in foil.
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