Millie

Chapter Forty Four- NH

We arrived in New Hampshire the next day. Norman had been with us, in his carrier, and when I tell you that the flight was challenging. I mean mentally!! That cat, he hated his box, he hated the blanket that wasn't heated, and he hated the air con. He smelt our meals, and protested in loud wails, they made me wish I'd been on that flight with a set of newborn twin baby's instead. The looks!! People weren't pleased, but try to sooth an overweight tabby in a small space, and get yourself bitten, no thanks. Luckily, I had remembered after the first two hours about the sedative that the vet had offered me, to make him calm in the air. It was like trying to tranquillise a whale with a dose fit for a hamster. He ate it with his little meal, but it took another hour to start working. And it barely did. That's three hours into the nine hour trip, three!!! With one stop in Newark, a three hour layover. Then thankfully it was only an hour and a half to Manchester.

I had already decided that when we finally went back home to Oregon (because I was being positive and manifesting it like Kate ordered me too) that I would only come back via camper. A long cross country drive, I know, but at least then Norman could live out his dreams of being back on the road again as a copilot, and I could be sane. I wouldn't ever take that dark lord on a flight again in my life. You live and you learn kids, you live and you learn. Deep breaths.

"So" Veda asked as we got into the rental car "Am I going straight to my Grammas or with you to Willa's"

I tucked Norman into the backseat, and got in beside her "I was thinking we could spend today together, and then I'll drop you tomorrow. Is that okay, or do you want me to drop you now?"

She sat her backpack on her lap and got out her cell "Tomorrow is cool" she said nonchalantly.

She was acting chill about it, but inside I bet she felt weird about us parting ways too, because we didn't know when it would be like this again. I had my first mediation with Charlie in a couple days, and I was hoping I could have Veda a couple days a week whilst this was as going on, perhaps weekends. Just to help her transition better.

We made our way across the city using the GPS, to Willa's street, it was leafy, and had large trees of different varieties lining it, all the way down to the cul de sac.

"Wow... it's nice" Veda noted, as we swung into the driveway. She pointed to the house next door "Jo told me that her Moms used to live in that one"

I looked across the yard to the house next door "Yeah, Willa mentioned that. I can't believe they had houses so close. I can imagine it though. I bet it was nice. You know what's weird" I told Veda.

She looked at me and widened her eyes "what" she asked.

I pointed at Willa's house with the gorgeous blue door "Wren was born in this house"

Veda looked back at it and screwed up her nose "eeew"

I rolled my eyes and laughed "It's not ewww... it's cute. I don't know, it kind of feels special, that we get to stay here. It means a lot to the family, so much so that they kept it"

"True" Veda said, texting again on her phone.

"Who is that" I asked. She hadn't been off of that phone all the way here.

"Jo" she revealed "She said school sucks without me. My empty desk made her sad this morning" she said, sticking out her bottom lip.

"I bet" I returned "can I ask... before we get out"

Veda looked up from her phone "mmm"

"Is Josephine okay"

Vedas dark brows came together, in concern. She looked back to the text that came in. "She hasn't been feeling well, she thought, she worried, that it may be something, and she didn't want to worry her parents... but then she was dealing with it on her own"