Did Mom know about Dad's offer to finally fill me in about Fiona Doyle? I had no idea, and decided to continue to keep her in the dark, if so, when I departed Petunia's mid-morning with a vague excuse I'm positive made me look guilty of something but that my mother took at face value.
Daisy was riding high and waved and smiled at me as I exited, leaving my pug behind for the short walk to Dad's office in the center of town. I could have taken her, except she'd been particularly adorable this morning and was passed out in the corner of the kitchen on her dog sofa-a gift from an adoring fan-snoring off her excessive breakfast bounty of begged goodies.
Mom could deal with her farts. I had other things on my mind.