Ally hurried through her clean up, taking care to hang everything up to dry and to put all her tools away properly so she could find them next time. She didn’t have to call the animals in, as they were used to coming back as it got close to dark, and it was a little later than she usually fed them now, so they were bleating and loudly demanding their dinner. Practice made short work of the milking and before the hour was up, she’d taken care of all her evening chores and was headed for the house. She shook her head as she climbed the back stairs. The right motivation made things go much faster, it also made it seem to take forever. She kicked off her grimy shoes next to the mat before opening the door. The heavenly scent of chicken and some kind of tomato sauce assailed her as she stepped
