Chapter 114

She tip-toed along the way, worried that someone else would see them. "What do you want to eat tonight? Mama will make you anything!" Anne said. "I want ice-cream!" Charlie chirped. "Me too!" Chris and Chloe agreed in unison. She smiled with resignation. "I mean dinner. Dinner, not dessert." "Ice-cream can be dinner," Chloe said. Anne did not agree no matter how much she wanted her children to indulge. Just then, her phone rang. She patted them on the heads and said, "Go play. I need to answer a phone call…hello?" "Anne, it's me. I'm okay now. They have no proof that I've committed murder. Just because they found Cheyenne's phone inside my car, doesn't mean I killed her! What a joke! Let's come out for dinner tonight, Anne." "I've just come back from the graveyard after burying my mom. I'm not in the mood for food today. Maybe next time." "I know. I want to just say I'm sorry for your loss. Maybe it's just fate. I am only asking you out because I don't want you to be too upse