Like a Good Neighbor Chapter 17 and 18
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The next two days were hectic as Kate shopped for last minute Christmas presents and Jennifer helped me clean the house. That morning the caterers arrived and Kate laid out all of the food on tables in the large dining room. Most of the food was set up in stainless steel chafing dishes which Kate would light the warmers up about an hour before. There were two pans of turkey sliced, one ham sliced, and one roast sliced. Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn on the cob, eggplant casserole, dirty rice, and a small pot of gumbo were all arranged on one table against the wall. On a smaller table Kate had laid out the three trays of small sandwiches, chicken wings and meatball with some small buns. Jennifer’s boyfriend Lance was the first …