A plan to see him

It was Saturday morning and the friends were meeting at Vanessa’s place later that afternoon.

Vanessa woke up early that morning to make some beef kebab. That was her specialty. She was very good at it. She liked to marinate it overnight with hot barbeques sauce, some salt, onions, and sweet peppers. She already did that the previous night and so she woke up to put them into the grill.

She had ordered some wine and Carrie was bringing popcorn and doughnuts.

Nicole was bringing a salad.

Nina was bringing a pie and some muffins.

Elena was bringing…. Well, Vanessa paused. She hadn’t told Elena to come with anything. She didn’t want to bother her much.

But as Vanessa started her grill, she wondered if that had been a good idea. Normally, Elena would have liked to bring something. She now realized that Elena may feel left out.

So Vanessa decided to call her. Ask her if she could come with something.

Vanessa dialed Elena.