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Great deals at the day after Thanksgiving sales beckoned and Jenny was afraid she would be doomed to drive Aaron in her car again. Luckily, Penny didn't want to go shopping and both of her Dads didn't really want to take a reluctant five-year-old with them, so Jenny volunteered to babysit. She led Penny downstairs to pick out fun movies to watch for the day while the adults got ready to leave. She heard Aaron return from the clearing and fought the urge to eavesdrop from the bottom of the basement staircase.
In the end, Jenny didn't know who drove which car and what people rode along. All she knew was by the time she and Penny emerged from their first round of movie fun downstairs for a snack the house was empty. Relief tinged with sadness flooded over her, but she decided to focus on
