Flintkote
Copyright© 2020 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 35
“Do I?” Tyche asked. “Do I?”
JW turned away. Had Tyche noticed ... or been taller ... she would have seen her dad’s shoulders shaking ... trying to keep from laughing ... but ... while tall for four ... she was still short for kid ... and didn’t notice him trying NOT to laugh.
The Vet said, “What do you think.” Not necessarily a question. Not a statement of fact, either.
In later years, as she grew from a tall four year old to a rather spectacular teen, she mentioned to prospective boyfriends that her daddy always knew where she was.
“I’m chipped,” she said.
Talk about a game changer...
Right now ... she wasn’t sure ... but ... the possibility...
That and Crossroads ... Hey ... possible. And the Powers that Be could always find her ... yeah ... none of her friends ... but they were older ... and most of them knew the Powers too.
Chipped ... I’m Chipped. She was sure.
Sometimes ... sure is all it takes.
The Vet nodded ... he was nodding about her instructions concerning the felines ... but she didn’t know that. She thought he was nodding about ‘the chip’.
“Twenty-five dollars each ... you sure you want them chipped?”
“How much do you charge?”
“The state pays me,” he said.
“Daddy? Two hundred dollars.”
The girl behind the counter took her picture ... this kid was going on Facebook with the cats.
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