“Smells good,” said Felice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It’s risotto.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I know.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ralph was at the stove, stirring with a wooden spoon. They had been together for five months. That Friday night, he’d promised her a good meal, homemade and possibly romantic. Who doesn’t like risotto with mushrooms?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She closed the back door and went to the refrigerator with her bottle of Pinot Grigio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Have you seen Frodo?” he asked. Where was the Labrador retriever, especially with food being prepared? Some half-cooked rice had fallen on the artificial wooden tiles by Ralph’s left shoe. A Labrador retriever will eat anything on the floor. It can always be thrown up later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He was in the backyard as I came in,” said Felice. She made a face at the contents of the refrigerator, resting the bottle on its side. “He was chewing on your wallet.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“My wallet?” Ralph felt for his back pocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He’d gotten into your cards first.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“My credit cards? Why didn’t you do something?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He’d thrown them up all over the back step by the time I walked from the car. I recognized a bit of your Visa, I think.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She paused for a moment. Could it have been a bank card?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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