Fran Rizer - Callie Parrish 05 - Mother Hubbard Has a Corpse in the Cupboard
“There was a man sitting in one of the rocking chairs on the front porch when I arrived at work. I grimaced. I’d forgotten I was scheduled to open and hoped Otis nor Odell would know that my arrival was in plenty of time to get my work done, but fifteen minutes late to open.
Nobody had bothered to tell me that Tyrone didn’t have classes because of a teachers’ inservice day. Last night, I’d been worried about getting him to school today when what I’d really wanted to do was give Tyrone enough of ...those coupons to play another game somewhere near a place where Patel and I could sit and talk. But I’d been the good babysitter, and we’d gone home at a reasonably decent hour with no private conversation, no kiss, not even a little hand-holding.
Although we’d gone to bed before midnight, I’d had a hard time sleeping. Something kept nibbling at the edges of my mind. I couldn’t quite grasp what I was trying to think. It’s like when I run into someone I know but can’t remember their name and think, “It’s right on the tip of my tongue, but not in my brain.”MoreLess
Nobody had bothered to tell me that Tyrone didn’t have classes because of a teachers’ inservice day. Last night, I’d been worried about getting him to school today when what I’d really wanted to do was give Tyrone enough of ...those coupons to play another game somewhere near a place where Patel and I could sit and talk. But I’d been the good babysitter, and we’d gone home at a reasonably decent hour with no private conversation, no kiss, not even a little hand-holding.
Although we’d gone to bed before midnight, I’d had a hard time sleeping. Something kept nibbling at the edges of my mind. I couldn’t quite grasp what I was trying to think. It’s like when I run into someone I know but can’t remember their name and think, “It’s right on the tip of my tongue, but not in my brain.”MoreLess
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