Light the Fire by Mary Manners

Author:Mary Manners
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: White Rose Publishing

Light the Fire

12

“Nice whiskers.” Cody eyed the dark wispy lines Rena had penciled from her button nose across both cheeks. “And those red and white striped tights really take the cake. Your legs look like two delicious candy canes.”

“Thank you...I think.” She adjusted a tall striped hat over cinnamon-blonde curls pulled into a tight bun.

“I know what you’re gonna read!” Seth jumped up and down at Cody’s side. His dark hair billowed in gravity-defying waves. “The Cat in the Hat, right?”

“What a great detective you are! I’m so glad your Uncle Cody brought you to help today.” Rena marveled at how closely Seth resembled Cody. They both had expressive deep-blue eyes capped by wavy, dark hair. To the unknowing stranger, Cody might have been Seth’s father instead of his uncle. “You’re exactly right.”

“We read that at preschool. The cat is really naughty. Mrs. Nielson said he shoulda had a time out, or maybe even two time outs.” Seth scrunched his face, clearly imagining the horror of this fate.

“Maybe it was the whiskers that made him naughty.” Cody teased.

Rena leveled a look. “Perhaps you need to go stand in the corner for a time out of your own, Mr. Jamison.”

“You’d better behave, Uncle Cody.” Seth gave him a solemn look. “Miss Rena looks like she means it. And you don’t wanna miss the story. It’s really, really good!”

“You bet it is.” Rena agreed. “And then I’m gonna read Green Eggs and Ham and guess what?”

“What?” Seth’s eyes were round as blueberry bagels.

“We’re gonna make some.”

“You mean green eggs and...and ham?”

“Yes.”

“Can I eat it, too?”

“Of course. That’s the best part.”

“Awesome.” Come on, Uncle Cody. Let’s find a place to sit.”

“You go on, sport. I’ll be right there.” Cody released Seth’s hand and the boy scampered across the carpet.

“He’s so sweet.” Rena smiled as he settled down beside Jilly in front of the rocking chair. “I’m glad you brought him.”

“He’s a living, breathing little ball of unrestrained energy.”

Rena saw the love in Cody’s eyes. “Takes after his uncle, huh?”

“That’s right.” Cody nodded. “When he heard about Sammy playing the part of Clifford last week, he begged me to bring him along this time. And I thought it would be a good opportunity to spend a little quality time with him without Jackson, who’s in school right now, and Tommy, who’s at daycare. Seth needs that once in a while, being the middle kid and all. Sometimes he gets lost in the shuffle.”

“Well, he and Jilly seem to be hitting it off.”

“Yeah, smooth with the ladies. He gets that from me.”

Rena laughed. “You’re a legend in your own mind.”

“Ouch, that hurts!” Cody laughed, too. His gaze slid across a table where she’d set out supplies for creating green eggs and ham. “So, what can I do today?”

Rena reached for a whisk and pressed it into his hands. “How good are you at scrambling eggs?”

He twirled the whisk as if it was a revolver and he was Doc Holliday. “I’ve been through the honors classes at the College of Egg Scrambling.

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