Chapter Sixty-Five
***Olivia POV***
Pasta sauce simmered in a big saucepan on the stove, filling the kitchen with the smell of garlic, rosemary, oregano, and tomatoes. I had added cooked ground beef to the canned sauce, trying to make it all a little more hearty for Jay and Killian. The spaghetti noodles were cooked and just waiting for me to top them in the meat sauce and the garlic bread was being held warm in the oven. Everything was ready for tonight.
I gave the sauce a stir before picking up the sponge from its tray on the sink and giving the counter one last quick wipe down. The house was clean and beneath the warm scents of the food, I could still smell the lemon-scented cleaner that I had used to scrub just about every surface of the house that I could.
It had helped ease my m
