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Sweet Thyme Baby – 25

Written by Drusilla on October 31st, 2012

 

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The tennis ball thunked the wall, rattled the framed photo of Sharon and Hamish, and bounced back into Lance’s hand. He tossed it again.  Thunk again. Bounce. Catch. Toss. Thunkbouncecatch.


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Sweet Thyme Baby – 24

Written by Drusilla on October 30th, 2012

 

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Eddie Mann didn’t act surprised when she showed up at his office.


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Sweet Thyme Baby – 23

Written by Drusilla on October 29th, 2012

 

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This was Victor’s big break. “I’ll get some experience, we’ll make money and we’ll be together. After this, things can take off for us, Honey girl.”


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Sweet Thyme Baby – 22

Written by Drusilla on October 28th, 2012

 

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Dee left the wagon full of hens and chickens on the path by the pepper tree and walked the long way back to the house, passed the largest pond and north to the path that connected the gate on Wood Road to the bluffs. She stopped on the way to check a field of cosmos where the first batch of pink and magenta flower heads had begun to wilt. She would gather seed in a few weeks and begin the fall seedlings.  Along the creek, the mounds of impatiens were doing well including the delicate triple pinks. These needed to be divided and potted. Impatiens were dependable sellers year ‘round. Or was she fooling herself, losing her anxiety in plans that would never came to fruition and if they did would be utterly wasted on the City Treasurer?


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Sweet Thyme Baby – 21

Written by Drusilla on October 27th, 2012

 

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Lance sat at his gun metal gray desk in his office at the Cabrillo Community Church with his elbows on the accounts ledger spread open before him on the green blotter. He chewed the inside of his cheek and tasted blood as he scanned the predictable monthly expenses – telephone and electric, the lease on the copy machine and the computer he still had not mastered, the mingy pittance paid out in wages, money for the government, the outlay for Christian education and an occasional good deed.

 
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Sweet Thyme Baby – 20

Written by Drusilla on October 25th, 2012

 

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Dee ate a saltine to settle her stomach and went back to the house. From Con Ryan’s study she placed a call to the Whiterose offices in Connecticut. She identified herself, and asked to be connected with the company’s president, Ted White. She was a little surprised when the operator put her through immediately.


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Sweet Thyme Baby – 19

Written by Drusilla on October 24th, 2012

 

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That morning Dee was in the garden shop before seven answering e-mail, paying bills, and installing new inventory software. There was plenty of work to occupy her mind. Even so, Victor and the taxes were wounds that continued to bleed through their bandages; and when Pinkus came in just before eight with Sweet Thyme in a baby-carry on his back, she was grateful for distraction, glad for someone to get mad at.


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Sweet Thyme Baby – 18

Written by Drusilla on October 23rd, 2012

 

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He ignored Lovey.

 

Sharon said, “You didn’t have your shower.” He was across the room pouring a cup of coffee, fully dressed in shirt and tie and trousers. Working clothes.


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Sweet Thyme Baby – 17

Written by Drusilla on October 23rd, 2012

 

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In the middle of the night, Sharon lay still and listened for sounds in the sleeping house.


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Sweet Thyme Baby – 16

Written by Drusilla on October 21st, 2012

 

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A thousand years ago when Dee and Victor went to court with Grandma and Grandpa, there were reporters and cameras. Later she saw a picture of herself holding Victor’s hand. The headline under it said, “Love Triangle Orphans.” That’s how Dee felt now, holding the bill in her hand. Orphaned.

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