Thomas finished off the milk in the bottle with a long, hollow slurp just as she wiped off the last dish and put it in the dishrack to dry. She turned and returned to him with a smile on her face, to unlock the tray on the high chair and unbuckle the strap that secured him in the high chair. When she had freed him from his restraints, she took the bottle from his hands and set it on the kitchen table before lifting him out of the high chair. His mother hoisted him up to the level of her chest, securing him to her bosom with a single hand splayed out across the breadth of his diapered bottom while she carried him into the family room.
Little Doubting Thomas Scene 147
