"Yeah, I know where the IHOP is." He goes there when he has no food in the house and no resolve to go the grocery store. So he turns at the intersection and heads out that way, not really meaning to keep Dave on the phone it sorta just happened. "She wants an ice cream cake?" Well okay, that child wanting something is not surprising. But that choice of want was surprising.

"I'll just call Rose when I get to IHOP and tell her we're keeping Lily for a little while. I mean no harm in letting her have the cake at the Baskin Robins, or I could get us something while we're at IHOP." John totally had enough money for that now that he thought about it. His gas tank would suffer for a day or two and then everything would be peachy keen.