BLOODY HORIZON

CHAPTER NINETEEN

°°° New Leaf °°°

The kitchen was a mess, but not as bad as when Dan, Jason, and Sean were baking back in Louisville.

Sean was preparing dinner. He knew his mother would be going to work after church, so he wasn’t really in a rush.

He brought out the ingredients for the Mac and cheese dish, arranging them disorderly on the kitchen island, which was also used as the dining table. After reading multiple recipes online and watching multiple videos, he was finally confident that he could do it.

It was four thirty in the evening. The macaroni, canned evaporated milk—which according to his research, lends a creaminess to the mac and cheese—the half and half—a half-milk, half-cream that adds flavor and builds more creaminess—the eggs and seasonings, including paprika, onion powder, cayenne, salt, and pepper, were all on the island.

Sean was busy grating the cheese. He was going to need about two cups of cheese for the dish, and pre-grated cheese wasn’t recommende