The Breakers Chp 11 Wordle and Mahi-Mahi Recipe

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He's early this morning. Hopefully that's a sign that he's here to apologize.

It damn well better be.

I flip the lock and fling the door open. I take him by surprise more so by the fire shooting out of my eyes and my angry, defiant stance than the way I opened the door if the look on his face is any indication.

We stare at each other, neither saying a word. My chest tightens when a few seconds go by and he doesn't move. I don't want to argue with him, but I'm not letting him get away with behaving like an overprotective ass either.

His shoulders slump and he hangs his head. I frown, my heart heavy, aching, but press my lips tightly together when he finally looks back up. His eyes are so sad, haunted and I want to throw my arms around him and make it all better, but I can't give in about this. Not about Edward.

"I'm sorry."

The words are spoken so softly that if I wasn't standing right in front of him, I never would've been able to hear them, but the feeling behind the words comes through loud and clear. I lower my arms, but make no attempt to move closer. I wait until I know I can speak without letting my emotions get the best of me.

"For what exactly?" I sound bitchy, but I have to know. Is he sorry for yelling at me? Is he sorry for embarrassing the both of us in the middle of the pub? Is he sorry for the way he's been treating Edward?

Sighing, he scrubs at his face with his hands. He looks terrible. Dark circles under his eyes, skin ashy, two day's worth of stubble mars his usually smooth face … not Xavier-like at all.

He steps forward but I hold my ground, shaking my head. "Answer me, Xav, or you can turn around and I'll drive myself to work."

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Her eyes narrow and she glares at something over my shoulder. I twist around in my chair and am standing up before I even realize it when I feel a hand on my arm. "Sit," she orders.

My eyes are hard, angry, and my fingers have clenched into tight fists. Blood pounds in my ears and I swear everything is bathed in bright red. I'll kill the motherfucker.

"Edward, sit," Rose says again, this time more forcefully.

I sit, but don't take my eyes off Bella as she and Xavier argue. He's pointing and gesturing wildly. He's so much taller than she is that she has to look up at him while he talks, but she doesn't back down from him at all. Her arms are locked to her sides but even from across the pub I can tell she's shooting fire at him with her eyes. He's obviously an idiot because he just keeps going, even going so far as to shake Seth off when he grabs his elbow. I can't read lips, but I don't need to in order to know what he's saying.

You don't know him.

You can't trust him.

You're going to get hurt.

You're going to let Peyton get hurt.

It's when her shoulders slump that I'm out of my chair and at her side before I have time to think about what I'm doing.

My arm slips around her waist and I hold her close. Bending down to her ear, I ask, "Are you okay?"

She hiccups and I see a tear leak from the corner of her eye.

That fucking does it.

"Look, asshole," I sneer at him, gripping Bella even tighter. "I don't know what you just said to her, but if you have a problem with me, then come to me with it. Stop taking it out on Bella."

"You don't … why can't you ..." he stammers, unable to talk he's so pissed off.

"Because I'm here to stay. Until she tells me to leave her alone, I plan on being around for a long time," I tell him, not backing down from the death glare he shoots me.

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"Shit! Edward, breathe. Come on. Breathe in and out. Slowly now," he tells me and I get the sense that he's breathing with me but I can't be sure. My own panting and gasping is all I can hear until my vision clears and I'm able to take a deep, albeit shaky, breath.

"What … the fuck … was that?" I say on a jagged breath and rub my chest hoping it will help.

He chuckles a bit while he pats me on the back and then takes his seat once more when it seems like I'm going to survive whatever the fuck just happened to me.

"Carlisle?" I manage to pant, relief coursing through me when the vise squeezing my chest loosens enough so I can take a deep breath.

The frown on his face, the dip between his eyebrows, and the slump of his shoulders lets me know that what he's about to tell me … I'm not going to want to hear.

Sighing he says softly, regretfully, "You just had a panic attack."

I'm shaking my head before the sentence is even fully out of his mouth. "What? No fucking way, Carlisle."

"Yes way. It's not surprising to be honest. I've been worried about this ever since you went to dinner at Bella's. I haven't been able to talk to you because you've been working so hard this week and so tired by the time you get home, but I could tell that things were building. I'd hoped to have a chance to help you before this happened," he said sadly.

"I just … hell, Carlisle … every time I think I have my head above water I just get pulled under again," I mutter, throwing my head back and staring up at the ceiling.

The feelings of helplessness and just abject fear hit me hard, like a sucker punch to the jaw from Mike Tyson and I pinch my eyes closed, hoping to stem the onslaught.

"What's going on? Talk to me, Edward." He's got that doctor voice thing going on again but instead of it pissing me off like before, this time it just makes me want to spill my guts.

So I do.

He listens as I spew, bouncing from one thing to the other. I know I'm not making the least damn bit of sense, but he never moves, never interrupts. He doesn't comment except for a frown or a narrowing of eyes when I say something that either angers or saddens him, but he just lets me keep going.

I tell him everything.

The Breakers Dinner At Bella's Recipes

Dinner at Bella's Recipes

Gyoza (Dumplings)

Ingredients

1 tablespoon sesame oil

2 cups chopped cabbage

1/4 cup chopped onion

1 clove garlic, chopped

1/4 cup chopped carrot

1/2 pound ground pork

1 egg

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 (10 ounce) package wonton wrappers

1/4 cup water

1/4 cup soy sauce

2 tablespoons rice vinegar

Directions

1. Heat sesame oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Mix in cabbage, onion, garlic and carrot. Cook and stir until cabbage is limp. Mix in ground pork and egg. Cook until pork is evenly brown and egg is no longer runny.
2. Preheat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.
3. Place approximately 1 tablespoon of the cabbage and pork mixture in the center of each wrapper. Fold wrappers in half over filling, and seal edges with moistened fingers.
4. In the preheated vegetable oil, cook gyoza approximately 1 minute per side, until lightly browned. Place water into skillet and reduce heat. Cover and allow gyoza to steam until the water is gone.
5. In a small bowl, mix soy sauce and rice vinegar. Use the mixture as a dipping sauce for the finished wrappers.

Beef Negimaki (Sliced Beef and Scallions)

1 lb beef, thinly sliced and pounded to paper thin
1 carrot
1 bunch scallion
12 string beans
1 Table spoon vegetable oil
2 Table spoon soy sauce
2 Table spoon mirin
1 Table spoon sake (optional)

• Spread beef in one layer and season with salt and peppe.
• Cut carrot to 1/3 inch square and 2 to 3 inches long or the same length as the width of beef.  Blanch carrot.
• Grill scallions and cut into 2 to 3 inches long or the same length as the width of beef. 
• Clean beans and blanch.  Cut beans into 2 to 3 inches or the same length as the width of beef.
• Mix soy sauce, mirin and sake in a small bowl. 
• Lay beef on the cutting board and lightly sprinkle flours, and then place vegetables on the beef and roll.  Close with tooth picks.
• In a medium saute pan, heat oil and sear the beef rolls.  Add a half of soy sauce mixture and cook for 1 minute.  Finish sauteing with remaining soy sauce mixture. For thicker sauce, mix 1 teaspoon cornstarch into say sauce mixture before adding to the saute pan.

Vegetable Tempura

INGREDIENTS:

Assorted vegetables of your choice, such as zucchini, mushrooms, broccoli, etc.
peanut oil, for frying
***Tempura Batter***
1 cup cold water or cold beer
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 egg yolk
1 cup sifted unbleached flour
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon salt
***Dipping Sauce***
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 teaspoon mirin
1 tablespoon ginger -- grated
1 tablespoon sliced scallions

PREPARATION:

For the batter: In one bowl, mix all liquid ingredients. In another, mix dry ingredients. Slowly stir wet into dry, making sure to scrape the bottom of the bowl frequently for stray clumps.

For the dipping sauce: Combine all ingredients in bowl. Stir to combine. Keep chilled until use.

For tempura vegetables, simply drop your choice of veggies into the batter, remove with tongs and drop into hot (350 degrees) peanut oil until golden brown. Serve with dipping sauce on the side.

Asian Inspired Braised Beef Short Ribs

4-5 lbs of beef short ribs

1/2 cup of soy sauce

1/3 cup of brown sugar

2 tbsp sesame oil

2 tbsp rice wine vinegar

2 green onions, chopped

4-5 cloves of garlic, minced

1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated

Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste (if desired)

Pinch of crushed red pepper

Combine all the ingredients together in a large zip lock bag. Add the short ribs and marinate for at least 4 hours.

Preheat the oven to 275 degrees. Heat a large skillet over medium high heat and add a touch of olive oil and some cooking spray. Once the pan is HOT, add a few short ribs, searing them on all sides until nicely browned. Repeat the process until all ribs are browned. Place the ribs meat side down in a large glass baking dish that has been coated with cooking spray. Pour the marinade over the top of the ribs, cover tightly with tin foil and place in the oven to braise for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, or until the meat is tender and falling off the bone.

Place the ribs on a platter and cover loosely with a tin foil tent. Place the braising liquid in a pan and boil until it reduces down by half. Serve the ribs with a bit of the reduced braising liquid on top. Enjoy.

Salmon Teriyaki

Serves 2

Ingredients:

1 lb salmon fillet, cut into two equal-sized pieces
Oil, for searing

Teriyaki Sauce
Makes 150 ml

5 tablespoons Mizkan (Bonito Flavored) Soup Base
3 tablespoons Mizkan HONTERI Mirin Seasoning
3 tablespoons sake
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon cornstarch

Method:

1. Add all the ingredients in the Teriyaki Sauce in a saucepan. Stir to blend well.
2. Heat up the saucepan over medium heat. As soon as the teriyaki sauce bubbles and thickens, remove it from heat. Let cool.
3. Marinate the salmon with half the Teriyaki Sauce in a sealed plastic bag for 4-6 hours, or best overnight.
4. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degree F.
5. Heat up a non-stick pan over medium heat. Add the oil and pan-sear the marinated salmon until the surface is charred, about 1-2 minutes.
6. Brush the remaining Teriyaki Sauce on the seared salmon and transfer them to the oven. Bake for 10 minutes or until the salmon is just cooked through.
7. Remove from the oven, drizzle the leftover Teriyaki Sauce on the salmon and serve immediately with steamed rice.

Ginger Dressing for Salad

Ingredients

1 cup olive oil

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 lemon, juiced

3 cloves garlic, minced

3 tablespoons minced fresh ginger root

1 teaspoon prepared Dijon-style mustard

2 teaspoons honey

ground black pepper to taste

Directions

1. In a small bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, lemon juice, garlic, ginger, mustard, honey and pepper. Once these are thoroughly combined, add the oil in a steady stream, whisking constantly. When all of the oil is incorporated into the dressing, pour into a glass jar and chill until serving.

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"And you?" he asks quietly, his voice hesitant as if he's afraid to upset me. "Do you talk about him … Evan?"

I gasp. Hearing Edward say Evan's name makes my knees buckle and I close my eyes.

"Shit, Bella, I'm so sorry," Edward says urgently. He steps closer and grabs my hand, holding it tightly in his. His thumb is soothingly rubbing back and forth across my knuckles and it only takes me a second to regain my equilibrium thanks to his sweet and very comforting gesture. I can feel the calluses on his fingers, feel the scabs and scrapes from working on the boat, but even with all that, his hand holding mine feels incredible.

Strength and comfort and calm wash over me and I want to bask in it for hours … days even.

"How did you … " I start to ask and my voice is quiet though much steadier than I would expect, all things considered.

He shifts closer still, until our bodies are almost touching. His thumb hasn't stopped its sweeping motion. With his other hand, he brushes my hair back over my right shoulder. The motion is so familiar that it should make me question it, but I don't want to. The edge of his finger ghosts across my bare shoulder and it makes me shiver and warm all over at the same time.

"Charlie and Emmett were talking about him the other day and judging from their reactions, I knew he was someone important. Something told me that it had to do with you, too. After what Peyton said, it just seemed to click." He shrugs his shoulders slightly and there is a pronounced dip between his eyebrows. I want to reach up and smooth it out, but that would mean moving, and I definitely don't want to do that … or have him move either.

It's not lost on me that just a few days ago I didn't want to be in the same room as him let alone be this close.

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"Well, I'll admit to thinking you wanted me to take a long walk off a short pier, but I definitely don't think you're a flake," I tell her. I want to add I think she's amazing and beautiful and the best mom I've ever seen and whole slew of other things but then she'd think I am a flake, and I sure as hell don't want that.

"God, I'm so sorry." She snorts and then there's that blush that drives me absolutely insane. "Besides, how could I live with myself if I took away Peyton's best friend?"

I can't help but chuckle at that. She's quiet for a time and has turned back toward the water. The moon reflects off the water and casts the most ethereal glow on her face. My fingers twitch from wanting to run them down her cheek, along her neck, through her hair.

"I was going to make her stay away from you," she admits.

Every ounce of breath I have leaves my body in an instant and I literally feel like I'm going to be sick. It's not as if her confession is really a huge shock considering I had thought the same thing, but to hear it straight from her hurts so much worse than I ever imagined.

"You scare me."

Her words immediately bring forth every feeling of self-loathing and anguish I have. I want to scream, or cry, or run … most likely in that order.

She must feel the fact that every muscle in my body is twitching as I'm about two seconds from bolting because she puts her hand on my arm. Warmth unlike anything I've ever felt before shoots up my arm and spreads through my body like ink that's been dropped into a bowl of water. Slow and steady, it spreads everywhere.

"Please don't hurt her," she whispers so softly I barely hear her. Her voice shakes and I want to wrap my arm around her and pull her close to me, but I don't move. I can't. Bella's hand is still on my arm and I swear it feels like if she moves it, I'll fucking lose it.