Believing
““More coffee, Jeff?”
“Sure, I’ll take a warm-up. Thanks.”
Stifling a yawn, Calla watches her grandmother fill her father’s cup. He sits comfortably at the kitchen table eating breakfast as though they’ve all done this a thousand times before.
“Tired, Cal?” he asks, catching her yawn.
“I stayed up awhile after you left.”
Awhile? More like hours. Too exhilarated to sleep after the news about Erin, she watched a couple of bad old movies on television. Today, she’s paying the price with burning sho...ulder blades and scratchy eyelids—just like all those mornings when she was awakened at 3:17 and couldn’t get back to sleep.
“That was delicious, Odelia.” Dad polishes off his second helping of homemade waffles with fresh blueberries and whipped cream. “I think I’ve got to go walk this off. How about showing me around Lily Dale, Cal?”
“Oh, uh, there’s not much to see, really.”
Conscious of her grandmother looking up, mid-sip, above the rim of her coffee cup, she goes on nervously, “I mean, it’s a small town.”MoreLess
“Sure, I’ll take a warm-up. Thanks.”
Stifling a yawn, Calla watches her grandmother fill her father’s cup. He sits comfortably at the kitchen table eating breakfast as though they’ve all done this a thousand times before.
“Tired, Cal?” he asks, catching her yawn.
“I stayed up awhile after you left.”
Awhile? More like hours. Too exhilarated to sleep after the news about Erin, she watched a couple of bad old movies on television. Today, she’s paying the price with burning sho...ulder blades and scratchy eyelids—just like all those mornings when she was awakened at 3:17 and couldn’t get back to sleep.
“That was delicious, Odelia.” Dad polishes off his second helping of homemade waffles with fresh blueberries and whipped cream. “I think I’ve got to go walk this off. How about showing me around Lily Dale, Cal?”
“Oh, uh, there’s not much to see, really.”
Conscious of her grandmother looking up, mid-sip, above the rim of her coffee cup, she goes on nervously, “I mean, it’s a small town.”MoreLess
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