IN THE GARDEN
by Lisa MortonAdrienne had just discovered the yellow fungus beneath the broad leaves of the squash plant when she heard her brother call.
“Ade…Ade!”
She sagged for a moment, already tired at nine in the morning. Some days he slept longer, giving her a few extra precious moments in her garden. Today was not one of those days.
“Ade!”
Adrienne rose to her feet, making a mental note to return for a look at the fungus when she could. She’d never seen anything like it—a low series of pus-colored bumps, spongy and gelatinous, a colony six inches in diameter. She wondered where it could have come from, if it was dangerous. She’d have to look it up online.
She rose, walked to the back door of the three-bedroom house, slipped out of her gardening clogs, and made her way to the m
