Four Color #1072

Jo scrambles through her cluttered room, desperate to find her missing roller skates, only to have her mother insist she tidy up first—leaving her scrambling all over again when the skates vanish once more.

In "Split-Timing," Blythe finds herself caught between her mother’s errands and a surprising twist of timing—first convincing Wally to race to the store for training, then coaxing George into a sugar run. With each request, the pace quickens and the stakes feel lighter, but the rhythm of the day begins to shift in ways neither Blythe nor her friends expect.