I scowled at all the little red bodies bee bopping toward me as I stood outside talking to Miss Pearl. I had hoped the fresh air would do her good. After I got home, I'd gone to her apartment to check on her; she was having quite the coughing fit. But standing here, watching my children run toward me totally sunburned, had me upset. Emmy didn't need sun poisoning on top of coinfections.
"Eww, Jase is in trouble," Trace sang out. Jase took up the rear of the group and was equally as burned as the kids were.
"I'm not in trouble." He glared at Trace, and I had to hold back a laugh.
"Then you don't know my mommy very well." He pointed to my face. "That look right there is mad."
He held up his hands in surrender. "I forgot sunscreen."
"I see that."
Emmy started rattling off the stuff th
