by Glory Lennon

Created on: October 26, 2009

Violet's in Bloom: Chapter #5- To the Rescue.

"Wow. Freddy wasn't kidding," Violet mumbled as she pulled into the parking lot of Mio Caro Bambino daycare center. A stream of cars, SUV's, minivans and pickup trucks went by just as she parked and got out of the car. With a perplexed expression on her face she watched the procession enter the steady stream of unusually busy Saturday morning traffic.

"What in the world could make every parent in Catalpa Valley dump their kids off at daycare on a Saturday?" she said to herself.

"Maybe they're giving away free money down at the park," Richard replied.

"You goof! Nobody gives away free money... except the government. And anyway, little kids are closer to the ground so they would have a better shot at grabbing whatever falls," she quipped shrugging her shoulders and heading to the front door.

Richard chuckled. "You're right, Babe."

He followed her into the warm and cheery daycare center and found a most bizarre and a rather disturbing sight before them, something never seen before. Jocelyn Lefleur seemingly not in control of a situation. She stood holding twin four month old babies who were screaming their heads off, and around her long, jean-clad legs ran around a trio of toddlers making quite enough noise of their own. The music blaring out of speakers was not quite of the kind conducive to calming savage beasts but rather to excite them.

Wondering whatever happened to Wheels on the Bus or the usual Disney sing-a-long Violet went behind the front desk and turned off the stereo. Why anyone would play Panic at the disco to a bunch of little kids at a daycare center was not her concern at the moment. Her best friend, however, was. She gaped in utter astonishment. This was not the Jocelyn she had known for some twenty years.

Jocelyn was an impressive woman. She always had been even at age twelve when Violet first set eyes on the girl and thought her the most beautiful person she'd ever seen. She recalled quite vividly how stunned she was to see this tall, skinny, black girl with eyes that hypnotized sitting in an ordinary school cafeteria in the middle of the "sticks". Violet imagined she should be on a throne in Egypt, draped in silk, adorned in precious gems and gold and lording over the commoners.

Jocelyn, expecting a much different reason for Violet staring at her, had promptly stood up ready for a fight. She glared down at little Violet who stood a good fourteen inches below Jocelyn's shoulders. "What the hell are

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