“Not even the smell of a scrumptious pan of lasagna baking in the oven could tempt him to hang around.
With our tummies full and our moods uplifted—and me with a bunny on my lap while Ted drove the Jeep—Ted, Angus, Clover, and I headed off to see the wizard. Okay, she wasn’t the wizard, but she might as well be given the fact that she was the great and powerful Veronica . . . Ted’s mom. The first time I met the woman, she basically put a federal agent in time-out. I could hardly believe she was the person Ted thought would want Clover.
“Are you sure about this?” I asked Ted for the umpteenth time.
“I’m positive. I can’t guarantee that Mother will take him . . . her?”
“I have no idea,” I said. “I’ve been calling the bunny a her because Clara did. I guess she’d know.”
“Anyway, I can’t promise you anything, but I think Mother is our best bet,”
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