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“I’m here to see if your mother will go somewhere with me tomorrow.”
Оглавление“Oh.” Jane picked up the end of the boa and twirled it around. “She can go.”
“Not so fast, Jane,” Claire said. An idea occurred to her, one that had the advantage of easing her anxiety immensely. “There is the little matter of my nine-year-old daughter. Of course, if Jane can go with us…”
“Mommy, no,” Jane said. “Did you forget again? I’m going to make bags of potpourri with Aunt Pet to give to girls for Halloween. We’re putting in lavender and lemongrass, and…”
“That’s right. I did forget. You can stay with Aunt Pet.”
“Then you’ll go?” Jack asked.
“I guess so. Since you said it’s important.”
“Good.” He smiled down at Jane. “But I have a question. If you’re giving the girls nice smelly things, what are you giving the boys?”
“Aunt Pet says we’re going to give them little bottles of toad juice, and they can all get warts.”
Claire started to reprimand her daughter, but she was suddenly engrossed in watching Jack’s attempt to hide a smile.
“Remind me not to trick-or-treat at your house,” he said.
