CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

Astra dug into her meal of turkey and potatoes. It melted in her mouth and she smiled as she ate it. It was very delicious. Steph had always been a very good cook unlike Astra. To complement the fact that she could cook next to nothing, Astra appreciated food a lot, especially good food. 'The meal is really nice, Steph," Astra said. 'Awwn, thank you so much," Steph replied. 'You know, you could open a culinary school, you will make it big," Astra suggested and Steph just smiled. She had been telling her friend the same thing for so long. Steph was a full time house wife and while they were in college, her dream was to open a restaurant. After she started dating Ray though, she stopped talking about it entirely. It seemed as though the dream had died. Astra had tried to talk to her friend about it several times but to no avail. Steph's mouth was sealed about that. She said that she was more comfortable cooking for her husband than the world. 'We have something to tell you, Astra,"