by Diana Orgain | Jun 28, 2021 | Maternal Instincts Mysteries, Sneak Peek, Uncategorized
Did you miss Chapter One? Did you miss Chapter Two? From Killer Cravings Chapter Three After lunch, we caravanned over to the theater. On the drive, Laurie giggled and did her cutsie baby babble, putting me in an unusually chirpy mood. We pulled into the back-parking lot of the theater, and I parked next to Paula and my mom who’d ridden there together. I scurried out of the driver’s seat and removed Laurie’s portable car seat from the car. As soon as she got near me, she went straight for my earring. “Ack!” I yelped, taking hold of her tiny wrist. “Sweetie, no – no!” I said, and my mom hurried over to step in to my aid. “Yeah, I never wear earrings anymore,” Paula said as she locked up her car. “Laurie, let go of your mommy’s earring!” my mom said, laughing a little too hard at my uncomfortable misfortune. “I suppose I should know better by now,” I groaned as my mom wiggled my earring and the lower half of my ear free of my daughter’s tight grasp. I passed Laurie off to my mom so I could rub my tender earlobe, then remove my earrings altogether. I tossed them into my front seat cup holder, as Laurie squealed and giggled about what she’d just done. “You little stinker,” I said to Laurie. Paula pointed to her teal necklace. “Check this out,” she said. “Def‐ initely going to snag you one of these for your next baby shower.” “What? A plastic necklace?” I asked. “It’s a teether,” Paula said, taking Laurie from my mom. Laurie went straight...
