Chapter Fourteen
Miss Sissy decided to sing a few songs to Will, which he drank in with fascination, although Miss Sissy wasn’t exactly a chanteuse and she made up most of the lyrics she’d forgotten. Beatrice strongly suspected one of them was a sea shanty. While the old woman was occupied, Beatrice left a message on Piper’s phone to let her know Meadow was planning on fixing Piper’s nonexistent food problem. Ramsay should be very pleased to have Meadow cooking supper once again.
The doorbell rang and Noo-noo gave an excited yelp, which made Will jump and Miss Sissy scowl.
Beatrice peered out and saw Savannah there with her little gray cat, Smoke. Smoke was wearing a red bow tie. Beatrice looked down at Noo-noo. “Can you be a good girl?”
Fortunately, Noo-noo was fond of cats. She’d got
