Chapter 3
Katie changed into her witch costume while Kiko pulled Mother out of his pen to draw the children over. The current plan was to read two or three books and then have the costume contest. Everyone and their children should be out by eight or eight-thirty at the latest, and Kiko could get home to see what mess Travis had left him today.
The mother who mistrusted candy, of course, also had her misgivings about Mother. While Kiko let the bouncing children stroke the goose’s back, she held her three kids back, glaring. The door opened and a few latecomers trickled in, including Martha Bobo, which was a surprise considering her children were at least twelve and fifteen years old.
“Who’s ready for a story?” asked Katie, appearing in her flowing costume. Kiko returned a now irritated
