A Deadly Pair O'Docks by Nicole Ellis

Author:Nicole Ellis [Ellis, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-12T23:00:00+00:00

12

After a quick chat with the florist, I left Everton for my shift at the preschool. I wasn’t looking forward to the parking situation as the lot was rather small, and heaven forbid I park in one of the reserved parking spots. I’d already been chewed out by Nancy for that in the past. When I got there, I was pleased to see fewer cars in the parking lot than usual because it was summer and fewer children were enrolled in summer camp than in regular preschool. Of course, Nancy’s van was there.

When I entered the school, I was surprised that they had changed the layout of the classroom since I’d met with Nancy last week. The theme for this week was Sail Away, and someone had taped a giant mural of a seascape on the wall. On the floor, a turquoise-streaked navy blue rug had replaced the ABC rug that the children usually sat on for storytime. A few of the smaller tables had been pushed together to form one large table, and it looked like there was some sort of craft project set up on it.

Children were starting to arrive for the day, including Mikey. Adam had walked over from our house with both of the kids. He held Ella in his arms, and I wondered if he’d left the stroller at home—if so, his arms must be killing him. Mikey saw me and ran over to me.

“Mommy! I missed you this morning.” He wrapped his arms around me, his little hands barely reaching my waist.

I kissed him on the forehead. “I missed you too, little bunny. But you got to spend some time with Daddy. Wasn’t that nice?”

Mikey grinned. “Yeah. He made us chocolate chip pancakes.”

I widened my eyes. “Ooh, lucky! Those sound yummy. I’ll have to try those one day.”

He nodded. “Daddy said Grandpa Lincoln used to make them for him.”

“Ah. Well, good thing the tradition continues.” I stood and ran my hand over Ella’s gleaming red hair that matched mine. Adam held her in his arms with a pained expression on his face.

“She didn’t seem as heavy at home, but by the time we got here I felt like she’d gained twenty pounds.”

“You didn’t push her in the stroller?” I took her from him.

He stretched out his arms. “No, it didn’t seem necessary. I’m regretting that decision now.”

I smothered a grin. “That’s why I usually use the stroller when we walk to school. Do you want to take my car? I don’t need it today, and I could use the exercise from walking home from work.”

“That might be best,” Adam said, a sheepish smile on his face. I handed him my keys and he shoved them in his pocket.

Mikey tugged on my arm. “Mom, Mom! They’re starting.”

“Well, you’d better get in there.” Adam winked at me and nodded his head at the classroom. “Have fun in there, sweetie. I see they’ve got some fun crafting on the agenda for you today.”

I glared at him and handed Ella back.

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