End of summer
and not a warm summer, either.
Mona perches on bathroom radiator. There's no heat on yet, but she thinks there should be, so Dee puts her towel on top, per winter custom.
Mona, knowing it's 49 degrees outside, tries hard to pretend the furnace is on.
But she knows it's not. Asks for her velcroed lion's mane, put away for the season. And her red trousers, also stashed.
