10 One Summer by David Baldacci

Author:David Baldacci [Baldacci, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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After lunch they were walking back to the van when Charles pointed across the street and said, “Speak of the devil.”

Jack saw where he was pointing. Bonnie and Fred were just entering a gift shop. Mikki walked up beside him and said in a low voice, “Okay, Dad, what is going on with Grandma? Why is she really here?”

“She just came by to make an offer.” Mikki waited expectantly. “For us all to go and live with her in Arizona.”

“No way. You’re not thinking of doing that, are you?”

“No, I’m not.”

Mikki was about to say something else when she saw Blake Saunders coming down the street with two beefy young men. They were all wearing mesh football jerseys with CHANNING HIGH printed on the front.

“Hi,” said Mikki. Jack looked at her questioningly. “Blake and I met on the beach when I was going for a run,” she explained. “And we’ve run a few more times together since then.”

“Thanks for telling me.” He eyed Blake. “You look familiar.”

Blake looked embarrassed. “I was in the car that almost ran you off the road that day.”

“The girl’s name is Tiffany,” said Mikki. “And she’s superrich. What a shock.”

Blake said, “I told her to slow down, but she doesn’t listen to anyone.”

“Yeah, I bet,” said Mikki.

Blake turned to her. “Hey, we’re having a little party on the beach next Saturday. I was wondering if you’d like to come out and hang with us. There’s food, a bonfire, and we play some tunes.”

“And no alcohol, of course,” interjected Jack.

“No, sir,” said Blake right away, though his friends gave goofy grins.

“Right. She’ll have to get back to you on that, sport,” said Jack, while Mikki scowled at her father.

“Nine o’clock. About the midpoint of our run, near where the big yellow house is,” he added.

“Right.”

“Okay, hope to see you there.”

The young men walked off.

“What was that all about?” demanded Jack.

“Do you have a boyfriend?” a grinning Cory wanted to know. “I thought you liked this Liam guy.”

Mikki’s face reddened. “Will you two just knock it off?”

“That guy doesn’t even have an earring, and his hair is perfectly normal,” said Jack. “He’s not your type. He’s a football player, for God’s sake. You hate football players.”

“Who told you that?”

“Your mom. She made a big joke out of it because she married a football player.”

“I think I can decide for myself what my type is,” Mikki said hotly.

“Well, I’m still your dad and I don’t like the idea of—”

“Hey, Miracle Man!”

Jack jerked around to see where the voice had come from.

“Over here, Miracle.”

Jack turned to see two large men sitting in the cab of a pickup truck staring at him. One man stuck his head out of the truck. “I need me a miracle. You want’a come over here and sprinkle some water on my head?” He waved a five-dollar bill. “I ain’t expecting miracles for free. I’ll pay good money for it.” Both men burst out laughing. They got out of the truck and leaned against it, their big arms folded over their thick chests.

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