Ancient Spirits (Daisy Gumm Majesty Books)
“Then, of course, I felt guilty and decided maybe I should visit him at the police department the following day. He’d hate that. I’d visited him there before, and he always took umbrage. But that day, I’d be there to thank him, and that was different, wasn’t it?
The telephone rang as I sat at the breakfast table with Pa, mulling over the problem of Sam and pretending to eat the delicious egg-and-potato casserole Aunt Vi had created for our delectation. She was already at work at Mrs. Pinkert...on’s house, and Ma had gone to her job, so it was only Pa and me. And Spike, of course. There had been hundreds of time during the last five years when Billy, Pa and I had carried on lively conversations at the breakfast table.
That morning, Pa read one section of the newspaper and I pretended to read another one as I secretly fed portions of my eggs and potatoes to Spike. I took a sideways glance at him and noticed the indentation in his sides where his waist used to nip in didn’t nip as much as it used to.MoreLess
The telephone rang as I sat at the breakfast table with Pa, mulling over the problem of Sam and pretending to eat the delicious egg-and-potato casserole Aunt Vi had created for our delectation. She was already at work at Mrs. Pinkert...on’s house, and Ma had gone to her job, so it was only Pa and me. And Spike, of course. There had been hundreds of time during the last five years when Billy, Pa and I had carried on lively conversations at the breakfast table.
That morning, Pa read one section of the newspaper and I pretended to read another one as I secretly fed portions of my eggs and potatoes to Spike. I took a sideways glance at him and noticed the indentation in his sides where his waist used to nip in didn’t nip as much as it used to.MoreLess
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