SIXTY FOUR

JULIE

"I want chocolates, Cupcakes, no ice-cream. I hate ice cream" He stated.

"He hates ice-cream? That's odd, 'cause I've never seen a kid that's not crazily in love with it. What caused this, Julie?" She asked.

"It's a long story, my dear. In summary, he took too much ice cream and it landed him in the hospital. So, he hates it with everything in him now" I explained.

"Oh wow! I would have to write that down too. You'll have to give me a list of things he's allergic to" She said.

"That won't be a problem. I don't think there's really much. It's just the ice cream and it just started not long ago"

"Look, mum! Pop Pickles in on. Come watch with me, Madam Morello" He leaped off her laps towards the television.

Pop Pickles was his favourite TV show. A musical animation about a bunch of talking pickles living together in a farm.

I felt my skin crawl whenever the show came on. I mean, what were the creators thinking? What's the next we would see? Talking Garlics?

But it gave the boy so m