44 Book Five by Jools Sinclair

Author:Jools Sinclair
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781479181230
Publisher: You Come Too Publishing
Published: 2012-07-31T23:00:00+00:00

Claire

I closed my laptop and put it aside, thinking about what she wrote while I flipped through the TV stations.

From what Claire was saying, it was a lose-lose situation.

Either Paloma had a very dangerous ghost attached to her or she was crazy.

Either way, it didn’t look good.

***

“Hope you guys are all right up there,” Kate said, staring up at the sky.

We had heard the first thunder clap while cleaning up after dinner. I pulled the lawn chairs over to the patio so we could watch the storm protected from the rain.

“Yeah, me too,” I said. “But it’s getting to be now or never. The hiking season up there is just for a few more weeks, unless you don’t mind camping in the snow.”

I kicked off my sandals.

“Boy, those are thrashed,” Kate said, looking at them.

“Yeah. I’ll have to get some more for next year.”

“So you’re signing on again, huh?” she asked.

“Think so.”

There was a long time between here and next summer and there was a chance that I would try something else, something more like a career. Someday I’d have to think about my plans for the future.

Lightning streaked across the sky, followed by distant thunder as we watched two squirrels jumping through the garden, playing and chasing each other.

“Thunderstorms are the best,” Kate said. “Reminds me of when we were kids. Remember? Mom would always sit with us out here and watch.”

“Yeah,” I said. “I remember. Hey, I called the restaurant and scheduled my classes. I start in a few weeks.”

Kate had bought me a month’s worth of Italian cooking classes for my birthday from a local chef who owned a restaurant in town. I had been too busy to start, but now I had some time and was really looking forward to it.

“Awesome,” she said.

“Thanks, Kate. I can’t wait.”

It was nice sitting back here, with not much to do. Ty said he was packing everything up, that all I had to do was be ready.

“Backyard looks really nice this year,” I said. “The pond, and all the flowers. It’s very peaceful out here.”

I put my feet up on the small wooden table. Another flash streaked down, this time in a jagged vertical line. The thunder followed, sharp and loud.

“So what time are you heading out tomorrow?”

“Nine.”

A strong gust blew past us, knocking over a stack of empty plastic plant containers by the side of the house and scattering them across the yard. As Kate ran to collect them, a few drops fell out of the sky.

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