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Chapter 34
September 6th
Ella’s point of view
At lunchtime on Sunday, I stirred the soup on the stove as Cato’s hand came swooping in once again. I slapped him away, and he gave me a disgruntled frown.
“I don’t want your licked fingers in our lunch, Cato,” I snapped, “Plus, it’s boiling. You’ll burn yourself.”
He groaned and leant against the counter, “I’m hungry, Mama.”
“Maybe you’ll think twice about growing five inches in three months next time.”
Cato now towered over me at 6 ft 4. He ate six full meals today and every time I saw him, he was bigger.
As I turned off the stove, a light pair of footsteps came into the kitchen. It was Marie. She clutched her hands together and sidled up to me.
“Mom, am I allowed a boyfriend?” she asked, looking up with large round eyes.
“No,” Cato said immediately.
Mari
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