CHAPTER 4
Madeline ran up to Lacy. “Daddy says I get to have an ice cream because we didn’t stay late enough at your house and you didn’t even give me any dessert.”
Lacy forced a smile. “That was awful nice of him.” She avoided Kurtis’s gaze.
“Daddy says now I have to be good and promise to sleep in until eight o’clock tomorrow.”
“Really? Well I bet a big girl like you can do something like that, can’t you?”
She puffed out her chest. “I slept until eight-thirty last Sunday. Daddy was mad because we were late for church, because he promised he would help me make pancakes, but I spilled …”
“All right, Munchkin,” Kurtis interrupted. “You take this ten dollars here and go tell Miss Cathy up at the counter what you want, ok? And be sure to bring back my change.”
Madeline’s eyes widened.
