Putting her lunchbox in the refrigerator and her purse away, she decided to choose the breakfast blend and headed to the machine. While it warmed up, she headed off to talk to Mrs. Wilcox.
Lexi admired the fall decorations she’d hung the day before. A garland of leaves wrapped around the ceiling, and pumpkins and black cats hung on the walls and sat on all of the surfaces in the waiting area.
The older woman was sitting behind her desk organizing some papers, and Lexi assumed, getting ready for her day. “Why, Lexi!” she said, obviously surprised. “It’s so nice to see you. Why are you here so early?”
Stifling a giggle, Lexi said, “I know it’s a miracle, isn’t it? It’s a sort of a long story, but I had some car trouble yesterday and ended up borrowing a car from a… friend. I needed to mee
