Innocent Blood
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As usual, the school gateway was jammed with mothers awkwardly trying to maneuver their oversized SUVs in and out, so Lynn steered her Explorer over to the opposite side of the street and parked it with two wheels mounted on the grass.
‘Remember it’s your dance class today,’ she told Kathy, turning around in her seat. ‘That means no dawdling after school, OK?’
‘I don’t feel good,’ Kathy protested, flopping in her seat.
‘Nonsense. I’ve never seen you look healthier. Just because you have a math test.’
‘I think I’m going to barf. I know I’m going to barf. I can feel all of those mushed-up pancakes in my tummy, and they don’t like it down there.’
Lynn snapped her seat-belt buckle back into place. ‘OK, then. If you feel so bad, I’ll just have to take you back home to bed and cancel your dance class.’
‘Not my dance class! That’s not till three thirty! I’ll be better by then!’
‘No, I’ll have to cancel it. You can’t jeté with a tummy full of mutinous pancakes.’