River rarely ate midnight snacks, but since his future mother-in-law had personally prepared them, he had no choice but to eat.
“I know you two don’t usually eat at this hour,” Mrs. Lafayette said, “so I didn’t make much. Just a large chicken drumstick for each of you. The butler brought the chicken from the countryside. They say it was free-range, raised naturally.
“River, your proposal was a success. As your mother, I bless you both—and I’m giving you each a big drumstick.”
Romina was speechless. “…Mom, you really prepared chicken drumsticks for us? How much weight do you want me to gain?”
Mrs. Lafayette waved her concern away. “How fat can one drumstick make you? You’re already so thin, practically skinny. Everyone at home wanted one too, but I told them to go catch another chicken in the countryside so you could have the best.”
Tradition said that on their wedding day, the bride and groom should each eat a chicken drumstick.
But tonight wasn’t their wedding—River had only just proposed.
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