Bringing Baby Home
“And let me warn you, there will be blackstrap molasses and cod-liver oil involved.”
Liz laughed out loud for the first time in a week. A week? She couldn’t believe seven days had passed since her confrontation with her neighbor’s son and his friends. “Isn’t that what Dad used to threaten us with when we were slow getting up in the morning?”
“Exactly. Neither of us is sure how much of each to use or which end it goes in, but we’re willing to experiment if it helps you get back on your feet.”
She... laughed again. “You’re crazy.”
“And you’re not. So are you coming to Mom’s?”
Liz considered the steps involved in that sort of undertaking: shower, finding and putting on clothes, lacing shoes, locating the key to her car, driving said car through morning rush-hour traffic…no, the whole thing made her slightly queasy. “Next week. I promise.”
“Kate,” Alex called to someone apparently well across the room from her. “You find the molasses, I’ll get the cod-liver oil.MoreLess
Liz laughed out loud for the first time in a week. A week? She couldn’t believe seven days had passed since her confrontation with her neighbor’s son and his friends. “Isn’t that what Dad used to threaten us with when we were slow getting up in the morning?”
“Exactly. Neither of us is sure how much of each to use or which end it goes in, but we’re willing to experiment if it helps you get back on your feet.”
She... laughed again. “You’re crazy.”
“And you’re not. So are you coming to Mom’s?”
Liz considered the steps involved in that sort of undertaking: shower, finding and putting on clothes, lacing shoes, locating the key to her car, driving said car through morning rush-hour traffic…no, the whole thing made her slightly queasy. “Next week. I promise.”
“Kate,” Alex called to someone apparently well across the room from her. “You find the molasses, I’ll get the cod-liver oil.MoreLess
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