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Eddie preened “Aren’t they nice? Gideon and his radio station sponsor us” Her expression turned sly “Of course, if you were interested in sponsoring us instead, we could talk”

“They’d have to wrestle for the privilege,” Gladys said flatly “Naked”

“Naked would be very nice” Eddie sat across from Jonny “Interested?”

“Let ”

Eddie didn’t look convinced “You’rewith us, aren’t you? You have no plans to wrestle naked”

“Or clothed,” he adift to you”

The old ladies looked at each other, then back at hiood one,” Gladys admitted

The lasses and opened the folder in front of her

“We’re going to have both the potbellied pig and the fainting goat at the Live Nativity,” she stated “Unless the goat can’t handle it No one wants to see the poor ani”

“I do,” Eddie murmured

“Is sooat home?” Madeline asked

“May Stryker has volunteered to wrangle the goat” Dr Galloway frowned “Is that the right word? Wrangle? Or do you do sooat?”

“In some parts of the world, they put them in stew,” Gladys offered

“I’ up fro

“You always do”

Jonny leaned toward Madeline “You gotta love this,” he murmured “It’s classic”

“So to bite you in the butt,” she whispered back “I can practically guarantee it”

Thirty minutes later all the last-ed Jonny and Madeline walked outside The temperature was still unseasonably warm Snow melted everywhere and the streets et and muddy

“When it freezes, the roads are going to be a mess,” Madeline said

Jonny leaned in and kissed her “Then we’ll make sure when that happens you’re out at ain”