Chapter 26
BELLA
Mom and Sherie worked on Rebecca for ages, then put her into Mom’s bed to rest. It was getting late, and dark, but no-one was going home. Our tiny house had never held so many people.
“Can we sleep here tonight?” I asked Tommy.
He glanced at my mom, then back at me. “If we’re welcome?”
I nodded, then looked at Mom. “I’m exhausted. Can we set up some food for everyone, then head to bed?”
Mom nodded, then smiled. “Good idea.”
She created a large, long table in the middle of the room and began magicking up food: hot meat pies, bowls of chips, rice, and fried chicken.
I stood and stared, impressed with my mom’s versatility. She didn’t usually make so much at once.
When she was finally done, she said, “Dig in, everyone, please. Then we’ll work out where everyone’s goin
