The Good Mother
In her next life, Evie was going to think things through just a little bit more carefully. Think about things like good old cause and effect.Brrrinnnggg! Bring, breeng! Bringgg!
Case in point. How come she hadn’t considered just how terrible the shrill ring of a fake cell phone would sound in her baby daughter’s hands when she was in Grab-A-Lot Dollar Store two days ago? Thinking ahead would have done her a lot of good.
Briinnggg! “Momma, make Missy stop! Her stupid cell phone is drivin’ me crazy!”
Leave it to Jenna to tell it like it was. “Missy, stop,” Evie said, more to please her seven-year-old than to bring about any change in her toddler.
Jenna had never been one to suffer fools, or to suffer her baby sister’s needs and wishes. Actually, from the moment her little redheaded darling had been born, she hadn’t been in the mood to put up with much of anything, which was really too bad, since Evie could have used some support at the moment.
Briiinnnngggg! “Momma! She’s not stopping.”
A better mother would be more patient and kind. But Jenna had come about her personality rightfully& ... read full excerpt from The Good Mother ebook
