“Mother, do we have time before dinner to go to the shed and get what we need to make our pet a home?” James asked. Susanne nodded as James started out the back door with Katherine at his heels.
“I can go it alone, Katherine,” he said a little sarcastically. Katherine knew what James meant and what he would say if he could. She ignored him and stood her ground. Actually, she had something to talk with him about. There were too many things popping up, and it was never a good omen when things began to pop up, or unravel. First, the incident at school, and now the squirrel that will require her time and the time of her always tired mother. They needed a plan. The two, sister and brother, continued down the porch steps with James walking briskly as if to say, “You are not welcome,” to which K
