Project (2011)
“To make up for putting her in the corner, he let Laura read to him until their mother returned from her meeting.
She found them on the back porch. Her high heels clicked on the cement. “Come, James, it’s time to go.”
“Go where?” Jim held his head and pretended to be in agony.
“Don’t you remember? President Kincaid would like to see you.”
He stood and followed her through the house. “How am I supposed to remember anything with this king-sized headache?”
The new car had leather upholstery. It smelled as if it was fresh off the showroom floor. Mrs. Stanton backed it out of the driveway and drove toward the laboratory.
Jim rested his head against the window and watched his mother out of the corner of his eye. Her expression was blank. Nothing seemed to register. She didn’t say a word all the way to the compound.
She parked the car in front of the business complex. “President Kincaid said that you should go in by yourself, James.”
Jim opened the car door. He stopped and leaned close to her.
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