Mandie Collection, The: 8
“I have some business I’d like to attend to in Asheville as soon as possible. So if we could go to the Woodards’ tomorrow after church, I could go on to Asheville from there, and then come back to get you whenever you are ready to return home. What do you think?”
Mandie smiled and replied as she laid down her fork, “Oh, Uncle John, that would be just fine.”
“Amanda,” her mother said from the end of the huge table. “You just got home, and you are going away?”
“I’m sorry, Mother,” Mandie quickly t...old her. “But if I could go to the Woodards’ with Uncle John tomorrow, I could come back in a few days ... whenever he could get me.”
John Shaw looked at his wife from the head of the table and said, “If you don’t want us to do this, we can postpone her visit a few days. But you know I do have to go to Asheville and see our lawyer.”
“Well, maybe it would work out better the way you’ve planned it,” Elizabeth slowly agreed. “So just go ahead tomorrow.” Turning to Mandie, she said, “Just don’t plan on staying at the Woodards’ the whole two weeks you will be out of school.MoreLess
Mandie smiled and replied as she laid down her fork, “Oh, Uncle John, that would be just fine.”
“Amanda,” her mother said from the end of the huge table. “You just got home, and you are going away?”
“I’m sorry, Mother,” Mandie quickly t...old her. “But if I could go to the Woodards’ with Uncle John tomorrow, I could come back in a few days ... whenever he could get me.”
John Shaw looked at his wife from the head of the table and said, “If you don’t want us to do this, we can postpone her visit a few days. But you know I do have to go to Asheville and see our lawyer.”
“Well, maybe it would work out better the way you’ve planned it,” Elizabeth slowly agreed. “So just go ahead tomorrow.” Turning to Mandie, she said, “Just don’t plan on staying at the Woodards’ the whole two weeks you will be out of school.MoreLess
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