CHAPTER 41
Meg came home with Subway sandwiches a little over an hour later.
“It doesn’t look like that fever’s done much to suppress his appetite, does it?” Meg asked, glancing at Pip.
Kimmie hadn’t seen her brother eat so much before in a single sitting. Then again, between the rationed meals at the daycare and Chuck’s bread heels and chili leftovers, this may have been the first chance Pip ever had to eat however much he wanted. How sad would it be to learn that all of his delays were simply a symptom of malnourishment? Then again, maybe that would be good news because his body and brain would catch up as soon as he got the calories and nutrients he’d been denied for so long.
It was nearly impossible for Kimmie to keep up any sort of conversation while they ate. She wanted to ask Me
