Chapter Sixteen
Sage
“I’m sorry, River. We can’t do the zoo this time around. We’ve got to get going.” I’d made up an excuse as to why we had to leave a day earlier than I’d said we would. “If we wait until tomorrow, it will be dangerous for me to drive because there will be terrible weather.”
“Then we could stay an extra day,” he argued. “There is more than one way to skin a cat, Mom.”
“I hate that saying. Whoever came up with it must’ve been in some kind of a satanic cult.” I zipped up River’s bag that he’d refused to pack himself. “Here we go. We’re all packed now. Tell your grandparents goodbye. We’ve got to get on the road.”
“Yeah, why now? It’s after lunch already. You told me that you liked to leave early. So, why did you decide this all of a sudden?” He crossed his arms over h
