"Holly Lisle - Minerva Wakes" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lisle Holly)

She snarled and grumbled her way down the aisles,
checking off Darryl's special items with an extra dash of
venom; Darry! was going on his biennial health kick, which
Minerva knew from experience would last exacdy five days
and would drive the rest of the family nuts in the process.
She also knew from experience that it was easier to give in
to his nonsensical demands than to fight them.

"Wheat germ. Ri-i-i-i-ight. He's going to sprinkle it on a
huge serving of ice cream and clI'll end up sneaking it into ca-sseniles and homemade cook-
ies for a year to get rid of it." Nevertheless, she did find
some wheat germ and tossed it into the cart.
"Sunflower seeds." She just rolled her eyes and sighed.
She brushed her bangs out of her fcice and surveyed die
list critically. Thank God she was almost done. The cart
would give a junk-food junkie nightmaresтАФit was full of
whole-wheat crackers and bean sprouts, exotic vegetables
and strange fruits, and chicken and fish and expensive lean
ground beef. And this mess, most of which she and the kids-
would eat after Darryl got bored playing fitness expert, was
going to cost twice the usual weekly amount.

She cruised into the cereal aisle in a foul temper.
^WHEATIES-IHтАФBIG BOX!!! the list demanded.

That was the last other beloved spouse's special items.
Wheaties, for chrissakes, she thought. Uf^h! Not cucn /
kke them.

She marched the entire length of the aisle, looking for
Wheaties. There weren't any.

"Oh, damn," she muttered. Darryl would throw a royal
tantrum. She turned around and looked hack the way .she

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had come. There, at the very opposite end of the row, on
the very top shelf, a single box of Wheaties sat in lonely

splendor.

She sighed and backtracked, carefully not looking at the

box. If she looked at it, some other shopper was sure to
notice the direction of her glance and decide to beat her to
it. Grocery shopping was a vicious, competitive event even
in good weather. Right before an ice storm, when "Snow-
bound Panic" took over. it became truly bloodthirsty.

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