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worry about.'

"Mrs. Kiakra's children have been located (it a friends
house, where they say their mother only told them she was
tired before she sent them off to visit They all three agree
that 'her eyes were real fimny when she looked, at iw,
though.'"
Minerva leaned on the counter and rested her bead in
her arms. Weird, violent fantasies, and images of dragon*;

and fighting kids and Dan-yl-the-wonder-spouse and her stu-
pid job and her boring life all crowded together, and she
scrunched her eyes closed and wished them all away.

When she reopened them, hoping for a miracle, nothing

had changed.

MINERVA WAKES 11

She sighed, screamed at the kids to quit fighting, hissed
at MurpтАФand began unloading groceries.

Bamey quit playing with his can* and wandered over. He
hugged Minerva's leg.

"Hi," he said.

"Hi, yourself."

She stopped what she was doing for a moment and
picked him up and squeezed him tightly.

"I love you, Mommy," he told her.

She sighed, and smiled. "I love you. too, punkin."

She put him down. He watched her a moment longer, an
intent expression on his litde race. "I will miss you when
you're gone," he informed her.

She nodded, a bit puzzled. Of all her lads, Bamey was the
one who spent the most time out in left field. He was
famous for his cryptic remarks. He probably just meant lie
missed her when she went shopping or somesuchтАФbut she
wasn't about to ask. Bamey's answers to questions tended to
be even weirder than his out-of-the-air comments.

She gave him a tired smile. "Go play, sweetheart, and let
me get done here."