Chapter 39 Food Is Life

  Anna Marie

  Present Day

  The ladies smothered her with hugs and kisses, her body jolted with their excited cheers and hollers.

  People at the school auditorium glanced their way, some censorious and irritated, some genuinely happy, none dared to reprimand their boisterous celebration.

  Breathing became a huge issue from their loving embrace, despite that, a huge smile graced her lips.

  Goddess, she had made it. After eighteen months of nonstop lectures, demos, and apprenticeship, she finally graduated from ICE, NY. Top of her class. Who would have thought?

  Her family couldn't be more proud of what she had achieved.

  Alexander, her sister's incredibly handsome mate, gave her two thumbs up. It was so rare to see a brooding man like him smile. But she guessed the two pups in his arms had mellowed him a bit.