Chapter 5: Life and DeathOnce everyone was together and the kids were shown their rooms, they gathered in the kitchen and Elvira started cooking some hot dogs.
“How are you kids doing?” Elvira said. “Did you enjoy the horse ride?”
“Oh, yeah,” Gage said. “Uncle Macon even made the horse go fast when we were in the field.”
“Nice way to rat me out, kid,” Macon said.
“I didn’t know I wasn’t supposed to say anything or I wouldn’t have.”
“It’s okay,” Elvira said. “Nobody’s in any trouble. I hope everyone likes hot dogs. There’s ketchup in the fridge, as well as mustard and relish.”
“Mommy liked hot dogs,” Deena said.
“Mommy was so clumsy she’d spill water all over the place making them,” Gage said, then got off the stool in front of the kitchen island and paced. “Heck, we should be glad s
