Chapter Sixteen
AND, IN FACT, MISS Sissy trotted off with Piper and Ash as soon as they came back and Will was finished with the train ride. Wyatt broke away from his conversation with the church member and joined Beatrice. Ash said to Meadow, “Take plenty of pictures of Dad getting the award, please. I’m going to pop in the back for a few minutes to try to see it, but I won’t be close enough for pictures. Just trying to make sure Piper doesn’t have to wrangle Will by herself at the fair for too long.”
“I’ll take gobs of them,” said Meadow, beaming. “It isn’t every day that a member of our family wins an award. But I bet that will change when Will gets a little older!”
Ash gave Beatrice a wry look and then said to his mother, “We’ll see, Mama. He’s just a baby, you know.”
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