Macy closed her eyes and thudded her forehead on the table as Carl came up with two mugs of hot chocolate, one with marshmallows, one without. Tim had long since switched over to coffee in the mornings, but didn’t see any point in making a fuss.
“Problem?” Carl asked Tim as Macy continued thunking her head.
“No. Seems about normal. I’ll take two toad-in-a-holes with a side of bacon and another of the deer sausage.”
Macy looked up at him.
“What? I’m a growing boy doing a man’s job. Firefighting is hungry work.”
Macy sighed, “Give me what he’s having, but half as much.”
Carl patted Macy’s shoulder as if telling her to be strong before he moved off.
Tim wondered what that was about.
Macy checked in with herself. Weak spot in her brain for Tim Harada still installed? Yep! There for eve
