about witches?
Ms. Marrow
Marigold! I haven’t seen you in ages.
And not that I can remember, Honey.
Carolina Vázquez
But the WW hasn’t been this quiet before either
Arna Jean Claywell
oooh shall we revive the betting pool?
put me down for 10 on noxie’s husband
Carolina Vázquez
You’ll never win that bet, he’s immortal
Not literally, but you know
Mom
Shame on y’all
mom
Mom
Fine, I’ll put 20 on him
Chapter Eleven
SUNDAY, APRIL 24
58 DAYS UNTIL THE SUMMER SOLSTICE
Honey’s Helpful Hint, from
Honey Frost’s Southern Cookbook for Recipes Gone Wrong:
Opposites can be great complements, especially when it comes to texture. Animal crackers hold their crunch in banana pudding better than vanilla wafers, and their drier texture supports the intense sweetness of the pudding. They are one of the rare, perfect secret ingredients that Do The Most. Except when they’re a mortifying means of unintentional seduction.
After another week of Farewitch best hits from the Frost family’s kitchen grimoires—delicious, but no success with a cure—I decide it’s time for an intervention.
“Did you know that poodles don’t have fur, they have hair? Like us?”
“I admit, my knowledge of poodles is lacking,” I say, listening to Lazlo as I shuck corn. Evening sun slouches through the windows, and bowls of fresh corn and leeks and okra cover the counter. My eyes dart to a clock on the wall by the pantry.
They better not be late. Food or time, a Farewitch doesn’t like to waste anything.
Lazlo looks up from his notebook and a doodle that looks half dog and half flamingo. “It’s why they don’t shed. And did you knowpoodleis frompudeln—that’s German for ‘to splash.’ Like a puddle. ’Cause they’re water dogs.Pudelhund. They used to hunt ducks.”
I move on to mincing serrano pepper. “I see German with Governess Zeen is going well.”
Her homeschooling clearly doesn’t include art.
