Fletch handed the plate back.Spider had barely set it down when the plate of garlic bread was set in front of him.He took two and passed it toward Fletch then picked up his fork and looked around the table.Fletch had already served his own plate and Dax was in the middle of helping himself.
“What’s the plan for the next couple of days?”Spider asked before taking his first bite.
“Not much.I’ve got some work to do for the club, or more accurately, for Smokey and Tania.She’s got some shit going on that I need to draw up some paperwork for.”
Spider nodded, not bothering to ask more questions.He already knew about Smokey finding his girl.Filling him in on what was going on at home was one of the ways Fletch and Dax had kept him distracted, or at least partly, while he’d been in the hospital, then rehab, but he also knew that his brother took attorney-client privilege seriously.He did the same for all the Angels.With the only possible exception being when something would affect the club, then he took it to Raven.But one thing he never did was gossip about what anyone had going on, at least not as far as his legal dealings with them went.
“Where’d you learn to make this?I don’t remember anything like this before.”Spider looked at Dax.
“Delilah taught me,” Dax said between bites.
Spider didn’t bother to keep the surprise off his face.
“This is great.I wouldn’t have thought she would be that great of a cook, especially with how young she is.But I hope she cooks once in a while after I get back.”
It would have been hard to miss the look that Fletch and Dax exchanged.
“What did I miss?”
“Deliliah has more or less taken over the kitchen at the clubhouse,” Fletch said.“There have been some changes since you’ve been there, but you’ll get used to them once you’re back.In the meantime, we need to get you on your feet so you can go home.”
“Foot, you mean.I’ve only got one left.”He wiggled his toes just because he still could.
“You’ll have a prosthetic,” Fletch said with a wave of one hand, then he paused, turned and met Spider’s gaze.“Unless you’d rather a peg leg.I can arrange that for you, if you’d like.”
Spider rolled his eyes and resisted the urge to flip food off his fork at the other man.It would have been a waste of food and this was way too good to waste that way.Instead, he cleaned his plate, wiping up the last of the sauce with a slice of garlic bread.
“That was excellent, Dax.You keep cooking like that and we might not let you out of the kitchen.”
“Hawkeye would probably have an issue with that,” the prospect said.
“That’s right.I forgot you said Delilah’s taken over the kitchen.”Spider heaved a sigh as if way too much was expected of him, though he was mostly teasing.“I guess you’ll just have be careful not to get caught.Maybe you can frame it as learning from her so she can have time off.”Spider shrugged.“I don’t know.What I do know is that this is amazing and I need more food like this in my life.”He released the brakes on his chair, pushed away from the table a few inches, and reached for his plate.Before he could pick it up, Fletch snagged it and slid it under his own.
“I was going to take care of that.”Spider scowled at him.
“I know.But I’ve got it.Dax and I have kind of settled into a routine.We’ll let you settle in a bit before we add you to the chore list.Never fear.We’ll have you working with us in no time.Maybe I’ll have you unload the dishwasher for me.”
“I’m in.”Spider said with a shrug.“Though I’m not sure how I’ll manage the stuff in the top cabinets.”He did his best to keep his tone light, even though knowing he could only do half the job pricked at his pride.That was something he’d have to get used to.
“I’m going to find a game as soon as I get the kitchen picked up.Why don’t you go see what’s on?”Dax said, standing.
“I should help.I feel helpless not being able to do my share.”
“There’s not that much there.I did most of the clean up while this was in the oven.”Dax used the hot pads he’d left on the far side of the table to pick up the lasagna.“I’m just going to take care of the plates and set this on the counter to cool.It’s too hot to put away yet.It won’t take me more than a couple of minutes.Go find something to watch.”
Spider sighed and wheeled himself into the living room.He found the remote and turned on the TV.
