A mother and an African American woman, I would be the last person to want to write anything negative about a sister and business owner. But as a mother and parent, I have a moral obligation and I have no choice. My daughter and I stopped into Coco Berry Kids in Idyllwild Ca. We walked in and the owner Essie introduced herself as Essie the owner. I noticed right away she was not wearing a mask. She took my daughter's hand and picked something up with her other. Just as I was going to ask her to please put on a mask she started to cough three times. I was in shock is this really happening. She apologized and began saying sorry when I took my daughter out of there as fast as possible and drove home. I told my husband what happened and he called Mrs. Grundy. She said we have nothing to worry about and that she usually wore a mask but was putting things away and took it off because she was having trouble breathing and had set it down somewhere. The next day to my horror my daughter woke up in a pool of sweat and had a high fever. I ran and woke my husband who is a physician. My husband canceled his patients for that week. Through the Grace of God, her fever broke 4 days later. I feel a moral obligation to tell this story as I feel torn. As a black woman, I don't want to say anything but as a mother who just had the scare of her life I have an obligation and my conscious won't allow me to have any parent to go through this. And there are laws in place for reasons and wearing a mask is one. And grabbing her by the hand is not social distancing. I know Mrs. Grundy didn't purposely mean to get my daughter sick but her irresponsible behavior is unacceptable no matter what race or how painful this is to write. I'm sorry Essie. Sincerely feverishly sad mom read more