Rogues to Riches by Lincoln Jerri Kay
Author:Lincoln, Jerri Kay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ralston Store Publishing
Published: 2019-01-11T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
I WOKE UP early that morning and had no inkling of the dread and double dread that lay before me. Snow dripped from the sky. It was that temperature outside too warm for snow and yet too cold for rain. When Bingo came in from doing his businessâwhich he concluded as fast as he couldâhe was covered with the wet clumps. Taking a towel from the linen closet in the bathroom, I dried him off, while he wiggled and smiled from under the towel.
I shook my finger at Bingo so he wouldnât go in and wake Aiden. He might or might not have understood me, but he followed me into the living room where I planned to read. Aiden often got up early and read in bed, but when I peeked in his room, he was still sleeping.
When it was time, I called from the living room for Aiden to get up and get ready. Sometimesâno usuallyâhe would read in bed before school in the morning. I would pretend I didnât know, and he would pretend that I didnât know, and all was well. Not that I minded him reading in the morning, but it was just our routine, and we stuck to it.
I fixed him his cereal and juice. He liked the juice with pulp in it, and although I originally didnât, I learned to like it, too. Aiden said it was healthier, and with all the reading he did, I believed him. Then I put two eggs on to soft boil and while I was waiting, I made his lunch. He liked a salami sandwich with mustard on one piece of breadâwhole wheat, of courseâand mayonnaise on the other piece of bread. Then I put in a large chunk of cucumber and two Oreo cookies.
When Aiden came in, he sat at the table, poured his milk onto the cereal, and said, âMommy? Can I have chocolate cheesecake pie for dessert instead of Oreos today? Pl-ease?â He drew out please into two syllables for effect.
But I didnât fall for it. âSorry, kiddo, itâs too messy.â
He started arguing, âNo, it isnâtââ but I stopped him short by holding up my hand.
âAll right, then. You want me to tell you the real reason?â He nodded. I leaned over and put my face two inches from his. âMore for me!â Then I laughed an evil sounding laugh, and we both giggled. And contrary to public belief, giggling is not reserved for children. Adults are perfectly capable of it, as well. Aiden liked it when I giggled. I tried not to do it around Billy, so I didnât know what he thought of it.
âOkay, then. Promise me you wonât have any for lunch today!â Aiden had an arrogant look on his face, like he won. And he had.
Raising my nose into the air, I said, âFine. Then Iâll have double for dinner!â
âNooooooo!â said Aiden.
And we both giggled again. We had that kind of relationshipâplayful. He wasnât ever really disrespectful; it was all part of the game.
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