Cougar: Part 5

By HELEN V. GRIFFITH

"I'm not going to kick you out." The man turned, headed back toward the flickering TV light. Everybody just stood there for a minute. Then Joe followed his father.

The woman looked at them sort of helplessly, as if getting them here had been her whole plan and she didn't know what to do next.

"I'll tell you what, Mrs. Clendaniel," Starla said. "I'm just about starved to death, and so is Nickel."

The woman acted like that was the best news she had ever heard. Hurried to the refrigerator. Pulled out little covered bowls, dumped things into pans, put pans on all the burners. Starla got up and tried to help, but "No," the woman said. "Just sit and rest, tell me how you are, how Josiah has been."Starla sat.

"Joe's fine. Looking for a better job."

Publisher: HarperCollins
Price: 14.95
Age group: 8-12 years

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