And what did I do? “Charlie, would you like cream in your coffee? How about another piece of pie? You look like you could use something more to eat.” I wouldn’t let him talk while he was finishing the leftover lasagna, garlic bread, and pie. This was every mother’s dream—someone who really apprec...
"I...I guess," he said, still reclining in my arms, but rubbing his head. "My head sure hurts. What happened?" "I was just going to ask you the same question." By then I noticed how weirdly Chip was looking at me. I looked down and saw the chicken suit. I'd taken the head off but the suit remaine...
Nibby and George both looked at me and said the same thing. “What?” I took my voice down a notch, until I was semi-yelling instead of screaming like a banshee. “Plan our wedding. Please.” I begged pathetically. “But you said ...
“Get out,” were the first words out of my mouth. “But you don’t even know what I—” “Please leave.” He waited a beat, and the look on his face showed both anger and hurt. As George opened the door to leave, he said, “You really need to work on that.” I ran to my bedroom, threw myself on the bed an...
Before going to my afternoon job at the hospital, I ran home during my break to tell Clancy the good news. When I pulled into my courtyard there was another car parked there—Loretta’s. What in the world was she doing at my house? As I got out of my car, Loretta walked up to me, too close as usual...