At Home on Ladybug Farm by Donna Ball

Author:Donna Ball
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781101140635
Publisher: Penguin USA, Inc.
Published: 2011-07-11T07:32:28+00:00

Ida Mae was clearing away the remnants of the lovely breakfast casserole when Lori came into the kitchen. Everyone else was lingering over coffee.

“Sit down,” Ida Mae commanded. “I kept your breakfast warm.”

“Ida Mae, I love you!” Lori beamed, and tried to kiss her cheek, but Ida Mae shrugged her away.

“Where’s Noah?” Cici asked.

“He wasn’t in the barn,” Lori hedged, taking her seat at the crowded table. “Or the studio.”

“Well, where is he?” Bridget wanted to know. “What took you so long?”

Ida Mae came to the table with two breakfast plates held in hot pads. She sat one before Lori, and another in the empty place reserved for Noah. Lori said, “Thank you, Ida Mae, you’re the best. Pass the butter, Mom?”

But she looked at Bridget’s curious face, and noted the anxiety creeping into Lindsay’s eyes, and the expectation in her mother’s expression as she passed the butter to Paul, who then passed it to Lori. Lori put down her fork. She took a breath.

“Sorry,” Noah said gruffly, unzipping his jacket as he came into the kitchen. “Damn deer got lost. Had to go chasin’ him.” He took his place at the table and tucked into his breakfast.

“Noah, please don’t swear at the table,” Cici said.

And Noah, surprisingly, replied, “Yes’m.”

Lori buttered her muffin, and didn’t say anything at all.

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