Tonight's the night, for the sinners and the saints. Two worlds collide, in a beautiful display. It's all love tonight, we step across the line. We can sail across the sea, to a city on our knees. A city on our...knees.
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The next morning, Mandy slowly got out of bed, trying not to wake anyone else.
She put her slippers on, smiling as Amilee rolled over on their makeshift bed.
Mandy pulled on her robe as she quietly exited the room, softly closing the door behind herself.
"Kitchen, kitchen...it's going to take some time to get used to this place." She whispered aloud as she walked down the stairs into the lobby.
"Not the kitchen." Mandy announced as she opened a door and looked around a small sitting room. "I don't remember seeing this room before though."
She shook her head, then closed the door and opened the one on the other side of the hall. "Kitchen!" Mandy said, sounding relieved.
She smiled as she looked around the large kitchen. "I don't think I've ever made anything in an industrial kitchen before." She commented, then walked over to the fridge.
Mandy pulled out the leftover yogurt and muffins they had, making a mental note to get down grocery shopping done if they wanted breakfast tomorrow.
Mandy pulled out a chair and sat down, grabbing her notepad and pencil.
She opened the notepad and jotted 'To-Do List' on the top. Under that she quickly jotted down a couple things, then added a couple more.
Mandy set the pencil down and ripped the list out of the notepad and used a piece of tape to stick it on the cupboard, where she would see it often.
To-Do List
-Plan the layout five rooms
-Buy furniture for five rooms
-Arrange five rooms
-Hire an assistant cook
-Hire a receptionist
-Plan out menu
"That looks good."
Mandy jumped at the voice, then let out a sigh of relief when she saw her brother standing there. "Don't sneak up on me." She reprimanded him.
He shrugged as he grabbed one of the muffins and broke it in half. He handed Mandy one half, and started eating the other.
"I'm thinking I should take Ami grocery shopping with me, and Ethan can sit in his walker and watch you measure out the rooms." Mandy told him before taking a bite of the muffin.
Caleb nodded and finished his part of the muffin before replying. "That sounds good. The five rooms on this floor, right hall?"
"Yes. We need to get those five done, then we can open this place and work on the other rooms when the profits come in." She agreed.
"And once we start to need them. I don't expect to be super busy anytime soon." Caleb said.
Mandy shrugged. "Yeah... But I'm hoping. We will have to take some time to work on our room too."
"Yep. When your out, try to get enough groceries to last a couple weeks." Caleb told her.
"Ok. If you want to go ahead and take a shower, I'm going to wake the kids up."
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Mandy
General FictionMandy is a young widow with two kids to take care of. She still needs time to come to terms with what happened, and to let go of the ones she lost. With her brother by her side, she is determined to make something work. For their kids. For Caleb...
