Grounded
“for a couple days—except he had tipped over his food bowl and pooped outside his litter box in the basement, and his water bowl was empty. Maybe leaving him alone wasn’t such a good idea. Did Grace dare ask Tavis or his sister to come over once a day to check on the cat and scoop the litter box? She’d have to give the mother a house key … No, no, she didn’t know the family that well. Not yet, anyway.
It was still spitting snow mixed with rain on Sunday—ha! So much for being the first day of spr...ing—but Grace drove to Faith Chapel anyway, arriving a few minutes late. “Hey, should’ve told us you were coming!” her brother whispered as he and Denise scooted over to make room for her in the pew. “We’ve been invited to hang out with some friends this afternoon; they’ve got kids the same ages as our boys. Thought you were gone all weekend—”
“Mark, it’s fine. I don’t have to have dinner with you every time I come to church. Go. I’m good.”
Grace stood with the rest of the congregation as the praise band launched into a lively tune.MoreLess
It was still spitting snow mixed with rain on Sunday—ha! So much for being the first day of spr...ing—but Grace drove to Faith Chapel anyway, arriving a few minutes late. “Hey, should’ve told us you were coming!” her brother whispered as he and Denise scooted over to make room for her in the pew. “We’ve been invited to hang out with some friends this afternoon; they’ve got kids the same ages as our boys. Thought you were gone all weekend—”
“Mark, it’s fine. I don’t have to have dinner with you every time I come to church. Go. I’m good.”
Grace stood with the rest of the congregation as the praise band launched into a lively tune.MoreLess
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