Chapter 29

She sang with her lips and sang with her heart. For Michael was with Rickey and soon she would be seeing him. Surely he would stay if she was not too long. And when she stopped singing her eyes were smiling. Later when Roger waked, she said, “Your mother is late, so I’m going to take you downstairs with me to see my primrose cat and my Weenie-Wurst dog.” She wrapped him in a shawl and carried him in her arms. He was very light in spite of his six years. When they reached the Bronze Knight on the newel post, Roger t…