Chapter Eighteen
The next day started late for Beatrice and Noo-noo, who found themselves sleeping in. In fact, it was so late when Beatrice woke up that she was startled at how high the sun was in the sky.
After taking Noo-noo out and feeding her, Beatrice looked to see what food Miss Sissy had left behind the night before. There were eggs in the fridge, but then she looked back at her stove and groaned. She didn’t immediately feel like cleaning up the huge amount of dried chemicals that the fire extinguisher had left behind. She imagined the task was going to involve rubber gloves and both sweeping and vacuuming, plus damp paper towels. Beatrice frowned and looked over at her paper towel holder. She certainly didn’t have nearly enough to tackle the job.
A few minutes later, she was he
