![]() ![]() 1 put him out with a broom at night because I don't like to touch him. He lies around the house all day long and looks at me with those strange, muddy eyes-as if he'd seen something that had blasted away most of whatever intelligence a cat has. Rachel was carrying Gage in her arms, and he saw Louis when Ellie shouted. ![]() "I dreamed that Church got run over," Ellie said. Louis frowned and then glanced at Rachel. It was a question Louis had expected, but not Ellie's anxious face, and the deep worry line that appeared between her dark blue eyes. "Daddy, how's Church?" Ellie asked as he set her down. ![]() When I had that dream, I was sure he was dead." "Oh," Ellie said, and that furrow between her eyes smoothed out. Louis bent between his two kids and planted a kiss on her mouth. Apparently Gage thought pretty was the code word for I've got to throw up now, so sorry, stand clear. This time he whoopsed all over Louis, who had put on a new pair of double-knit slacks for the plane-meeting occasion. They had gotten as far as the station wagon in the parking lot when Gage began saying "Pretty, pretty," in a strange, hiccupping voice. She looked like a professional photographer at the end of a long, grueling assignment. I'LL BE A BIG BOY SOON was printed on the side of the diaper bag, a sentiment probably meant more to cheer up the parents than the diaper-wearing child. Rachel came up then, her traveling bag and pocketbook slung over one arm, Gage's diaper bag slung over the other. "Chili" Ellie screamed in Louis's ear, transported with delight and excitement. "Hi, Daddy" she bellowed and smacked his cheek heartily. But as the plane is banking over the city, Gage looks down and says, 'Pretty, pretty,' and then whoopses all over himself." "Let's get your suitcases and blow this joint. "Chiwwi" Gage screamed in Louis's other ear, which at least equalized the ringing on," Louis said. "She woke up screaming over the weekend," Rachel said quietly. "Come on, gang," Louis said, and they started down to the baggage area. ![]()
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