Continuation5 Her momma makes it better
“So you're in dad's room," she whispered,
like a villain about to get its victim. "Stay right there, would
you." With her mother in this corner of the house, she could gain
access to the basement stairs and make her way up to the kitchen. But
what would she do once she got there? Would she brigade her mother once
again for the Robert Redford recipe? Would she be locked up in another
room of the house? Out of sight and out of mind, by her mother, who was
most likely calling sponsors for the Cub Scout fundraiser. She didn't
have time to figure out her next position. She made her way up the
stairs, hoping to gain access to the kitchen where her mother left her.
