ABC Affair 2019 - G Is For Gumbo

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G is for Goodness Gracious It's Gumbo!

“Darling, do you have any idea what it takes for me to fit into this little number?’

April Dancer was in a slinky lame’ gown that showed every curve on her body.  She and Mark were ate a big party featuring traditional Cajun cooking, a benefit of some sort to which Mr. Waverly had sent them as emissaries of a sort.

“Illya should be the one here, he’d love all of this food.”  She looked at the buffet table with a wistfulness that betrayed how hungry she was, and little of the sumptuous feast she could eat while wearing the dress.

“Well, I for one am not bothered by such restraints, so if you don’t mind luv…” Mark filled his plate with everything he could fit onto it, adding a bowl filled with a spicy Gumbo that he was promised would make him want to ‘slap his mamma’.

“Why on earth would I do that?”, he asked of the man behind the table.

“Oh, it’s just an expression.  You know, it tastes so you it makes you wanna slap yo mamma’… At the lack of acknowledgement the waiter stuttered out something like an apology, although he didn’t feel sorry at all.  He’d heard his own mother say it, so, that made it alright.

Mark took his plate and bowl back to the table he and April were sharing with another couple.  The four of them were engaged in pleasantries, the two men especially enjoying their meals.  The women, both in tight fitting gowns, had plates with little on them.

“April, you must taste this… come on, luv… please…” Mark hated that his partner was being deprived.  Normally she’d have a moderate amount, but tonight she would be starving before she could get home and out of this ridiculous dress.

“Ohhh… it does smell good.  Okay, I’ll have a bit of the Gumbo, just a little…”

At the end of the evening it was April who was full and anxious to get home and into something more comfortable.  She hadn’t been able to resist the luscious bowl with its plump shrimp, andouille sausage and so many perfectly stewed vegetables.  Gumbo was a revelation to April, and for the sake of enjoying life in spite of a form fitting dress, she didn’t regret one bite.