The little booklet that Charmaine had bestowed on him contained his flight tickets, itinerary, hotel accommodations, and a full booklet outlining his trip to the Paradise Planet. Trent clutched it like it was a holy manuscript.
“I think it’s a splendid idea, honey,” Sally said as she perused the pathways of the Baal flower show and convention. Conventions of all kinds were quite popular on Baal, and there were convention centers seemingly on every street corner, but the flower show was one of the most popular. The center where the show was held four times a year was more like an enormous greenhouse than a building. The people of Baal were fascinated by all kinds of flora, considering that there was so little of it planted in the ground. …show more content…
“Yes, you’ll be able to clear your head a little. I fully approve,” Sally was talking to her son but also distracted by the various flowers on display. She was always obsessing about which flowers to place around the home, and had been known to spend the whole day arranging and rearranging things until she had it just right.
“Look. Hollyhock,” Sally said, touching it with her hand. “Isn’t it ironic?” She moved-on quickly. Even though the situation with the plague was getting quite bad, it was still something that Sally chose not to talk about. After all, it was mostly spreading like wildfire on the other side of the planet. Surely, it would never reach them, she reasoned.
“I want to thank you for supporting me in this,” Trent said, and Sally stopped dead in her tracks. That was the first small sign of affection she’d gotten from her son since he’d been home, and she was pleased by it. She threw her arms around
“I think it’s a splendid idea, honey,” Sally said as she perused the pathways of the Baal flower show and convention. Conventions of all kinds were quite popular on Baal, and there were convention centers seemingly on every street corner, but the flower show was one of the most popular. The center where the show was held four times a year was more like an enormous greenhouse than a building. The people of Baal were fascinated by all kinds of flora, considering that there was so little of it planted in the ground. …show more content…
“Yes, you’ll be able to clear your head a little. I fully approve,” Sally was talking to her son but also distracted by the various flowers on display. She was always obsessing about which flowers to place around the home, and had been known to spend the whole day arranging and rearranging things until she had it just right.
“Look. Hollyhock,” Sally said, touching it with her hand. “Isn’t it ironic?” She moved-on quickly. Even though the situation with the plague was getting quite bad, it was still something that Sally chose not to talk about. After all, it was mostly spreading like wildfire on the other side of the planet. Surely, it would never reach them, she reasoned.
“I want to thank you for supporting me in this,” Trent said, and Sally stopped dead in her tracks. That was the first small sign of affection she’d gotten from her son since he’d been home, and she was pleased by it. She threw her arms around