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“It was his fault,” she said, pointing to Ron whose face instantly went red.
Ron shrugged. “I’m sorry, I had issues with my car.”
Mandy sighed and pulled off her gloves. “We couldn’t even get an Uber and had to take a taxi.”
Everyone stared at her as she pointed to an empty table. “Is this table ours?”
Chef Kat nodded and met them at the table where she quickly went over what she had already told us. Mandy hadn’t even seen me. She snapped at Ron to take her coat when one of the employees rushed up and took both of their coats.
“Wow,” Clare whispered. “Is she always so…mean?”
Frowning, I tried to think back to when we dated. Had she always been this way?
Shrugging, I tried to decide if I really wanted Mandy to notice us when Clare called out across the small room.
“Mandy! Ron! What a crazy coincidence you’d be at this cooking class!”
Mandy’s head snapped up and she looked directly at us. A crease formed between her brows before she plastered on a fake smile.
“Wes, Christine.”
Clare laughed. “Clare, my name is Clare.”
Mandy waved her hand around. “I can’t keep up with all the women Wes dates.”
My mouth dropped open as I felt Clare instantly stiffen next to me. When Mandy turned to focus on putting her apron on, I looked down at Clare. She wore an expression I’d never seen before.
Leaning in so only I could hear her, Clare whispered, “What. A. Bitch. Are you sure you want her back?”
When I didn’t say anything, Clare pulled the mixing bowl toward us and focused on the chef.
“Let’s start with the pasta dough. We could use fancy equipment for this, but we’re going to use these.”
Chef Kat held up her hands.
“Measure out two cups of all-purpose flour.”
Clare looked up at me. “Want me to do this part and you mix it with your hands?”
Smiling, I nodded.
“Now pour it right on the table.”
Clare giggled. “Okay, this is going to be fun!”
I smiled as I watched Clare follow the directions.
Chef Kat waited for everyone to measure out their flour and put it on the table. “Now use the bottom of the measuring cup to make a little well. This is where you’ll crack the eggs.”
Clare was meticulous with her well, making sure it was perfect. I glanced over to Mandy to see she was watching me and Clare while poor Ron did all the work. I smiled and she quickly looked away.
“Okay, now that we have our circle, add two eggs and a teaspoon of olive oil.”
I cracked the eggs while Clare measured out the oil. Another glance over to Mandy and I frowned. She was attempting to crack the eggs and quickly gave up, shoving them into Ron’s stomach, instead.
Focusing back on Chef Kat, Clare and I waited for the next instructions.
“Give a good pinch of salt, and a tablespoon of water to get us started.”
