Chapter Four
As they walked out to the car, Beatrice said to her grandson, “I thought we’d go to my house for a while and play. Does that sound good?”
It did to Will. But then, he had a special basket of toys in Beatrice’s house that he only played with when he was visiting her. He was always happy to play either with Beatrice or by himself when he was there. Really, he was a most agreeable child, Beatrice decided.
When Beatrice was unloading Will at her house, Meadow, her next-door neighbor and co-grandmother, spotted them. She pulled right up into the driveway and hopped out of the car. “Is something wrong? This isn’t supposed to be your day with Will!”
Will scampered over and hugged Meadow around a leg. Meadow stooped down and cuddled him, cooing at the boy as she did. “What a big b
