Irresistible Impulse
““Mah-om! Get up! I’m going to be late for school, and they’re screaming their stupid heads off!”
They certainly were.
Marlene sat up, rubbed her face, and shook her head. Clearly Karp was gone. No surprise on the first day of that miserable trial, but … “What—where’s Posie?” she asked around a thick tongue.
“I don’t know. Anyway, she’s not here,” was the reply. Marlene groaned and slipped back into automatic mode: dress, no shower, babies cleaned and fed, dog walked, Lucy to school, Marlene to the office, with the little boys.
“Sym, did Posie call or anything?”
“No.” The girl looked doubtfully at the pair of squirming rug rats. “Do I have to take care of them?”
“No, Sym, I’ll do it myself,” said Marlene, taking the proffered coffee and sticking the sheaf of message slips between her lips. “I’m sure they’ll be fine playing out on the fire escape,” she mumbled, and regretted it immediately when she saw Sym’s expression. Sym would kill for Marlene, or take a bullet, but watching babies w...as out, at least for now.MoreLess
They certainly were.
Marlene sat up, rubbed her face, and shook her head. Clearly Karp was gone. No surprise on the first day of that miserable trial, but … “What—where’s Posie?” she asked around a thick tongue.
“I don’t know. Anyway, she’s not here,” was the reply. Marlene groaned and slipped back into automatic mode: dress, no shower, babies cleaned and fed, dog walked, Lucy to school, Marlene to the office, with the little boys.
“Sym, did Posie call or anything?”
“No.” The girl looked doubtfully at the pair of squirming rug rats. “Do I have to take care of them?”
“No, Sym, I’ll do it myself,” said Marlene, taking the proffered coffee and sticking the sheaf of message slips between her lips. “I’m sure they’ll be fine playing out on the fire escape,” she mumbled, and regretted it immediately when she saw Sym’s expression. Sym would kill for Marlene, or take a bullet, but watching babies w...as out, at least for now.MoreLess
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