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complained.
“You have several boxes of chalk,” Jasmine said.
“Not from Aunty,” Renee said as if that made all the difference.
Jasmine sat back with a sigh. Did they not understand? Silas insisted she allow them to make up their own minds but she had one more card to play. She glanced at her watch. It was almost time.
“Nurse, help them get dressed to go outside.” Each face lit with excitement as they hopped up and ran toward their clothing cubicles. Jasmine waited near the door with a determined stance. God and the Goddess allowed Sarita to come into their lives at a time when hearts mellowed and were filled with good will toward all. She’d gone about her Christmas festival wrong, her kids had gotten the wrong message.
She hoped to correct that.
Chapter 12
Jasmine and the kids stepped into the courtyard and stopped. “What happened?” Adam, dressed in a navy blue long jacket, with matching boots, gloves and hat, asked looking around. “Where’d the rides go?” He and the other three looked up at her.
Jasmine stared at her girls. Both so different. Renee looked spit polished, with a pink and yellow coat with white piping, matching pink boots, gloves and hat. Her hair had been pulled back into a ponytail but looked chic. Jackie wore the same outfit, with a similar ponytail. But the coat tilted to the side and didn’t lay on her shoulders correctly. The hat covered most of her forehead and strands of hair escaped the band holding her hair in place. David wore a black coat, same style as Adam. Maybe it was the color, but he looked older than the others.
“We put them away for now to do something different, something important. Come on, let’s take a seat over there.” She pointed to the bleachers where quite a few people sat, looking around.
“But I wanted to ride the big wheel again,” Adam whined, moving slowly across the courtyard but picked up speed when one of the kids he had played ball with yesterday waved at him.
“What’s this, Mama?” Jackie asked as she took a seat next to Jasmine. “Who’s playing with animals?” She pointed to the makeshift stage with two sheep, a horse and a cow in a loosely made corral Jasmine had housekeeping erect early this morning.
“Wait and see.” She patted Jackie’s leg and half listened to Adam talk to his friends.
“I heard she got caught running in the snow and fell down. Did she die?” one small voice asked.
Jasmine had forgotten to tell the children not to repeat what she’d told them about Sarita and cursed at the oversight. Jasmine strained to hear the answer when Jackie stiffened and looked over her shoulder in Adam’s direction.
“No, she’s not dead. Just hurt,” Adam said turning in his seat to face the stage.
“But what happened? How’d she get hurt?” the voice pressed.
“Did she get in a fight and someone leave her out there?”
“Probably, she’s so mean.”
Jackie turned. Jasmine grabbed her hand to keep her from responding. David and Renee sat in the row in front of her, and she gave them each a stern look, warning them not to get involved. Adam had to learn how to interact with others on his own.
“She’s not mean. Not really. You just have to know her,” Adam said softly. Jasmine released a pent up breath.
“I don’t want to know her,” one kid said.
Adam shrugged and continued to look ahead.
“Here comes daddy,” Jackie said pointing at Silas. The moment he entered the courtyard, everyone stopped talking and moving about.
Jasmine’s chest lifted in pride at the man she’d grown to love with every fiber of her being. Earlier, when she voiced her concerns, he listened and worked with her to make things right. They worked as a team to do this for their den and pack.
“Tomorrow is Christmas,” Silas said into the quiet. “A lot of you have been good all year waiting for this special day.”
Someone snorted.
Silas laughed. “Yeah, not in my den either. I’m remembering a picture of a
“You have several boxes of chalk,” Jasmine said.
“Not from Aunty,” Renee said as if that made all the difference.
Jasmine sat back with a sigh. Did they not understand? Silas insisted she allow them to make up their own minds but she had one more card to play. She glanced at her watch. It was almost time.
“Nurse, help them get dressed to go outside.” Each face lit with excitement as they hopped up and ran toward their clothing cubicles. Jasmine waited near the door with a determined stance. God and the Goddess allowed Sarita to come into their lives at a time when hearts mellowed and were filled with good will toward all. She’d gone about her Christmas festival wrong, her kids had gotten the wrong message.
She hoped to correct that.
Chapter 12
Jasmine and the kids stepped into the courtyard and stopped. “What happened?” Adam, dressed in a navy blue long jacket, with matching boots, gloves and hat, asked looking around. “Where’d the rides go?” He and the other three looked up at her.
Jasmine stared at her girls. Both so different. Renee looked spit polished, with a pink and yellow coat with white piping, matching pink boots, gloves and hat. Her hair had been pulled back into a ponytail but looked chic. Jackie wore the same outfit, with a similar ponytail. But the coat tilted to the side and didn’t lay on her shoulders correctly. The hat covered most of her forehead and strands of hair escaped the band holding her hair in place. David wore a black coat, same style as Adam. Maybe it was the color, but he looked older than the others.
“We put them away for now to do something different, something important. Come on, let’s take a seat over there.” She pointed to the bleachers where quite a few people sat, looking around.
“But I wanted to ride the big wheel again,” Adam whined, moving slowly across the courtyard but picked up speed when one of the kids he had played ball with yesterday waved at him.
“What’s this, Mama?” Jackie asked as she took a seat next to Jasmine. “Who’s playing with animals?” She pointed to the makeshift stage with two sheep, a horse and a cow in a loosely made corral Jasmine had housekeeping erect early this morning.
“Wait and see.” She patted Jackie’s leg and half listened to Adam talk to his friends.
“I heard she got caught running in the snow and fell down. Did she die?” one small voice asked.
Jasmine had forgotten to tell the children not to repeat what she’d told them about Sarita and cursed at the oversight. Jasmine strained to hear the answer when Jackie stiffened and looked over her shoulder in Adam’s direction.
“No, she’s not dead. Just hurt,” Adam said turning in his seat to face the stage.
“But what happened? How’d she get hurt?” the voice pressed.
“Did she get in a fight and someone leave her out there?”
“Probably, she’s so mean.”
Jackie turned. Jasmine grabbed her hand to keep her from responding. David and Renee sat in the row in front of her, and she gave them each a stern look, warning them not to get involved. Adam had to learn how to interact with others on his own.
“She’s not mean. Not really. You just have to know her,” Adam said softly. Jasmine released a pent up breath.
“I don’t want to know her,” one kid said.
Adam shrugged and continued to look ahead.
“Here comes daddy,” Jackie said pointing at Silas. The moment he entered the courtyard, everyone stopped talking and moving about.
Jasmine’s chest lifted in pride at the man she’d grown to love with every fiber of her being. Earlier, when she voiced her concerns, he listened and worked with her to make things right. They worked as a team to do this for their den and pack.
“Tomorrow is Christmas,” Silas said into the quiet. “A lot of you have been good all year waiting for this special day.”
Someone snorted.
Silas laughed. “Yeah, not in my den either. I’m remembering a picture of a
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