Chapter 9—Coquo et Comedo

verb [käk’-kwō É™t kä’-mÉ™-dō]

1. Prepare and eat.

Aaron Darveau

Craig’s guests trickled in starting around six o’clock, about an hour before the food was ready to serve. Warren and his wife, Riley, arrived first. Both were tall and darkly tanned. Warren was what Aaron considered handsome, with some grey starting to show at his temples. Riley was gorgeous with light blue eyes and sun-bleached blonde hair. They looked as if they belonged on a yacht sailing somewhere around the Caribbean. They wore matching top siders, pressed shorts, and polo shirts with some sailboat logo on the front left pocket. They were nice enough, if a bit...

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