The Luna Choosing Game

Linda took the eggs off the stove too soon. I wondered if they had fully solidified. When she cracked

them on a bowl, however, the whites of the eggs, at least, seemed whole. Yet when she cut them in half,

to remove the yokes, the yellow yoke was slimy,

She didn’t seem to mind and poured them into a bowl anyway. A bold choice.

Nathan leaned closer, peering into the bowl. “Does that look right?”

Linda nodded. “I cook the eggs shorter than necessary so the yellow bit comes out better. It makes it

easier to mix too.”

To me, Julian said, “I wonder who they are going to get to taste test this, because not it.”

I really hoped it wasn’t me, either.

Nathan leaned back. His face crumpled like he wanted to correct her, but ultimately, he decided to stay

neutral.

Linda then mixed the other ingredients in with the eggs and began to stir. She lifted an egg half to add

the egg slipped down onto the ground.

said, laughing though

reached down, picked up the egg, and returned

room went very

that egg,

leaned forward again. “Linda. Did you see any problem with adding that specific egg back to the

plate?”

blinked at him in obvious confusion. “Accidents happen. I’m

ever spend time

“Sometimes,” she said, but her eyes shifted as

stepped into the center of the room. “That’s

case.

room. I stepped back

loser, Jullan

“What did I

should have been supervising the girls when they cooked,” Nicholas said to Nathan, “If

“A horrible oversight on my part. I beg forgiveness,

Nicholas nodded.

going on,” Linda said, voice rising in panic

Not only did you undercook the eggs, but you even dropped one on the ground, then returned

in one!”

kitchen, she had not been in one to cook. Very likely, she had never cooked in her entire life. Likely, she hadn’t seen anyone