Chapter 53: Gumbo and Demons

BOOK THREE: ALIEN DRAGON'S MATE

Ash Thibodeaux dusted off her jeans and waited for the next person in the soup kitchen to come to replace her spot at the serving counter. The spicy gumbo beside the stack of sweet corn cakes made her stomach grumble. Damn, she should've picked up a Po'boy with cheese on the way here this morning. Another hour and all the food would be gone and the dishes cleaned.

Should've thought about how everyone loved her Grams cooking. There were never any leftovers when she and Ash cooked their monthly meal for the homeless.

"Afternoon, Miss Ash." Ned, one of the regulars, shuffled in front of her with a partially toothless smile. "Can I get two of them cornbreads?"

She glanced behind him to the dwindling line out the door. If she went by the rules, only one serving of each per person, there was a better chance of her being able to have a corn cake leftover rather than the gumbo. Her stomach rumbled again reminding her that she hadn't eaten yet today.