Wrapping Up (Novella) Mitchell Family 4.5 (Wrapping Up Novella 4.5) by Jennifer Foor Read Free Book Online

kind of drama, or injury. I don't think they even realized the severity of what they had done. In both circumstances they could have seriously been hurt or even killed. Suppose that fryer had been on, or if one of them fell off the roof.
    Thankfully, Ty and Miranda took the news the same as I did. They took Bella into one of the rooms upstairs and really let her have it. I knew they were just as afraid as I was. Bella came down the stairs in tears, still sobbing loudly, like she had been spanked and I knew more than anyone that Ty could never do that to his daughter.
    Between my mother and my A unt Karen, the twins were being lugged around like baby dolls. Savanna’s mother was no better. Since she'd arrived, I hadn't got to spend any time with my baby girl. My father-in-law loved hanging out with Noah and since he and Bella were always a package deal, he was used to appeasing the two of them. Because going with him would keep them safer than if they were alone, I decided to let them off of their restriction for a little while.
    Savanna and Miranda were in the kitchen trying to get the two turkeys ready. Since the store was too far away and all of the oil was now laying in the backyard, we had to take one of the turkeys to my mother’s to cook. Lucy was already on standby waiting for one of us guys to deliver it to her. Last year, Savanna had discovered those oven bags that you cook with. I was skeptical, but it produced the most moist turkey, aside f rom the fryer, and cooked in half the normal baking time.
     
    Once the two women got the first turkey in a bag, Ty and Conner took it over to the main house. Savanna got the remaining turkey in the oven and rubbed her hands together. I patted my wife on the ass. "Looks like the most important part of the meal is taken care of."
    "Yep, and half the side dishes just need to be heated. I'd say we were off to a good start."
    I looked out into the living room and laughed. "As long as nothing else goes wrong."
    I knew that my wife was on one of her missions to get everything done in time for dinner, so I leaned over and kissed her before heading back to the living room.
    Once the football games started, the men congregated in front of the television, while the women hung out in the kitchen. Of course, my mother's kitchen was a whole lot bigger than ours. I think since my mother still wanted to be the host, she and my aunt were staying at the other house to prepare more food, to help Savanna without getting on her nerves. It wasn't like my wife was going to turn down the help. She knew she was getting in over her head with our family.
    The guys started filling the room when it got closer to kickoff and I could smell Savanna's jalapeño poppers cooking in the oven. Leave it to my wife to think of football snack s when she was running around in crazy mode already. Miranda was there to help her, so Ty and I were on baby duty.
    My father-in- law had just gotten back and the kids were all rallied up about what they had discovered on the nature adventure. Savanna's dad rolled his eyes as the children went into vivid detail about their travels. I particularly liked hearing the part where my son said he saw where a buck had scraped a tree and noted where I could find it. Even though I was still upset with him from earlier, I was more than pleased that my son loved to hunt. I couldn't help but smile and pull him in for a hug.
    Once the game got started, us men couldn't help but get rowdy. Just as an eighty yard punt return was in the making, Miranda came in with a giant tray of piping hot snacks. My father-in-law went to stand up and throw his arms in the air over a flag not being called and instead smacked the tray of hot food, causing it to fly up into the air and attack everyone as it fell and made contact with everything and everyone in the room.
    Miranda scrambled to pick up the mess as Bella began screaming that a hot pepper filled with cream cheese was on her. Instead of shaking it off