5/24/2023 0 Comments House of Goths by Maria Bernard![]() ![]() What was he up to? This wasn’t like him at all. She hesitantly picked up the spoon and spun it around slowly in the yummy smelling substance. ![]() “Chicken soup, just what the doctor ordered,” he said, sitting down on the edge of the mattress and placing the tray on her lap.īecky looked skeptically from him to the bowl of soup. Could she not show him the least bit of gratitude? He’d gone over and above the call of duty here. She had that all too familiar frown on her face. Whatever it was, it smelled wonderful and her belly roared to life once again.Ĭrispin stood at the side of her bed and rolled his eyes at her. “What have you got there?” Becky asked, sitting up in bed. Without knocking, Crispin entered her room with who could have imagined it, a steaming bowl of soup on a tray. Sadly, though, she was actually quite hungry but way too humiliated to do anything about it.Ī little less than a half hour later, Becky was paid a surprise visit from none other than her self-appointed nemesis. The heck with him! He could laugh all he wanted. Mortified, Becky ran past him and dove back into bed, pulling the quilt over her eyes. ![]() Then if that wasn’t bad enough, Crispin burst into laughter! So much so, he had to bend over to catch his breath. To her horror, her stomach decided to speak for her with a most unfortunate but undeniable loud grumble. ![]() “Pardon? What was that, little mouse?” he asked in a rather menacing manner. ![]()
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