“Olivier, can you run up and tell the trio of terror lunch is ready?” Bobbie asked as she finished setting the table with Prue’s help.
Meri was still outside on the porch talking on the phone and Grady and Everly were speaking in whispers on the sofa snuggled up. Their hope was floating around Bobbie, and she prayed for their sake it wouldn’t be the false kind.
He nodded and went up the stairs and the loud startled shriek made the four adults in the living room freeze in terror. “What is this?” The hoarse echo of his voice bounced down the stairs in their direction.
Grady tore up the stairs Bobbie half wondered if he hadn’t jumped the back of the sofa to get there.
“What the heck?” Grady’s voice boomed from upstairs.
“It was an experiment!” Max’s voice was shrill and defensive.
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