Spellbent by Lucy A. Snyder

Author:Lucy A. Snyder [Snyder, Lucy A.]
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Contemporary, Fiction, Fantasy fiction, General, Fiction - Fantasy, Occult fiction, Science Fiction And Fantasy, Fantasy - Contemporary, Ohio
ISBN: 9780345512093
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2009-12-27T20:00:00+00:00

chapter fourteen

Potion Motion

I splurged on some burgers and sodas for Kai and myself at a nearby McDonald’s drive-through, and then I directed him up High Street to Worthington.

Once we got onto the side streets, I gave directions with my eye half closed as I concentrated on the little girl’s location. “Take a left when you can, then go straight for a while. . . okay, take another left, and then. . . stop.”

The girl was close by. I looked around, and across the street was the Mon Petit Chou Child Care. Bingo.

“I need to go into that day-care center, but don’t park right in front. Please go around over there to the side where it’s sort of out of sight.”

Kai parked in the shade of a tall elm and killed the engine.

“I won’t be gone very long. Pal, you stay here with him, please.”

Pal climbed down off my shoulder, and I got out of the car and walked across the street and through the day care’s parking lot toward the front doors. Cooper and I had talked about having a baby in a few years once our living and work situations were a bit more stable. I dearly hoped we’d still have the chance to make a family someday. Mon Petit looked like a nice place, at least from the outside; I couldn’t.see any kids from the parking lot but I could hear happy shrieks and laughter coming from the fenced play yard in the back.

I put on my friendliest smile and pushed through the door.

The young woman at the counter looked up. “May I help you?”

“Yes, hi, my name’s Karen, and I was staying at home with my little girl—she’s just turned two—but I was in this bad accident recently and I just can’t keep up with her anymore. She’s staying with my sister, but that’s really not working out, so I’m looking for a good day care for her. Just for a couple of days a week.”

The woman at the counter smiled at me pityingly. “Well, that’s certainly understandable. I can give you a tour if you’ll just give me your driver’s license—”

“I lost it in the wreck; I haven’t got a replacement yet, sorry,” I said.

“Do you have any other form of picture ID, like an old student ID?”

“No, I’m sorry, it all burned up with my purse.”

“Well, I’m afraid I can’t let you look around without it.”

I sighed. “I was afraid of that. . . oh well, I can come back after I’ve been to the DMV. Just hate dealing with the lines down there, you know? And the people are so grouchy. Do you have any brochures or anything like that I could take home to show my husband?”

“Sure.” The woman brightened. “I can do that.” She pulled a glossy Welcome to Mon Petit Chou! brochure out of a cubbyhole behind the counter and folded up a Little Cabbages Newsletter to go along with it.

“Thank you so much.” I took the papers and slipped them into my sling.

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