“Alexis your mom is here to pick you up,” the teacher announced.
Alexis tilted her head and frowned. Why would her mother be there? She should be at work. It was Monday and three days since she met their father at the aquarium. They had been waiting for him to make his next move but so far he hadn’t made an appearance. She was beginning to think they might have scared him off. But now her mother was here?
She didn’t have a doctor’s appointment and it was strange her mother would only ask for her. Her hair stood on end as another thought occurred to her. Biting her lip she said, “Okay. Can my brothers escort me since I left my cane at home?”
“Of course, sweetie. Go right ahead but boys come back quickly.”
With nods her brothers stood helping her pack away her work. Alexis seldom brough
