“Don't worry. I done milking.” “Umm.” She pulled the blanket to her ears and turned on her stomach.
Jess crept back to the phone. “It's OK, Miss Edmunds. I can go.”
“Great. I'll pick you up in twenty minutes. Just tell me how to get to your house.”
As soon as he saw her car turn in, Jess raced out the kitchen door through the rain and met her halfway up the drive.
His mother could find out the details from May Belle after he was safely up the road.
He was glad May Belle was absorbed in the TV. He didn't want her waking Momma up before he got away.
He was scared to look back even after he was in the car and on the main road for fear he'd see his mother screaming after him.
It didn't occur to him until the car was past Millsburg that he might have asked Miss Edmunds if Leslie could have come, too.
When he thought about it, he couldn't suppress a secret pleasure at being alone in this small cozy car with Miss Edmunds.
She drove intently, both hands gripping the top of the wheel, peering forward.
The wheels hummed and the windshield wipers slicked a merry rhythm.
The car was warm and filled with the smell of Miss Edmunds.
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