“Leabe it dere,” Brian told her.
“I awmost got it,” she insisted.
“Don’ push it, we get it after,” he told her.
So she stopped trying and left it on the floor. She could have gotten her belt off and picked it up, but not without Sara noticing. Meanwhile Meggy had finally calmed down, her wailing trailing off to quiet sobbing and hiccups. Rachel decided that as soon as Brian’s Mama freed her from the seat, she’d grab the book.