A Second Helping by Beverly Jenkins

Author:Beverly Jenkins
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

At the Power Plant, Bernadine, Lily, and Trent read over the parade proposal while Amari sat in a chair and looked on.

Trent asked him, “Are you planning on selling food?”

“Yeah. I’m going to talk to the O.G. and Ms. Rocky, and Tamar and her girls too.”

“What about bathrooms?”

Amari stared, confused.

Bernadine said, “Honey, folks are going to need to use the facilities. Are you going to open up your bathroom at home?”

“No,” he declared as if he found the idea crazy.

Lily grinned. “Stop by my office, Amari, and we’ll talk to the construction crews and find out where they get their Porta Pottis. Should be easy enough.”

Bernadine asked, “How many people do you think will be coming?”

Amari shrugged. “Maybe just the folks around here.”

“So, say a hundred?”

“I guess.”

Amari realized she was thinking of stuff he hadn’t, and now understood the need for oversight. “Anything else you think I need to put in the mix?”

The adults looked to each other but no one had anything else to add, at least for the moment.

Trent said, “Something else is bound to come up, so we’ll let you know.”

Bernadine said, “Again, this is a great idea, Amari. You and Preston might want to print up some flyers explaining the history behind August First, so that folks will understand why it was celebrated.”

Amari liked the sound of that. “Okay, so the parade is good to go?”

Trent nodded. “Good to go, but keep us in the loop, okay?”

“We will.”

Trent asked, “So where are you off to now?”

“The Dog to talk to O.G., then make a quick run out to see Ms. Genevieve, and then home.”

“Why are you going to see Genevieve?”

“Think I figured out a way to thank her for all her help with my reading.”

“That’s nice, just remember to check in when you get home.”

Amari nodded.

“And be careful,” Trent added.

“I will.”

Once Amari was gone, Trent asked, “How much do you want to bet that we’re not going to be kept in the loop?”

“Depends on how much you want to lose,” Lily replied.

Bernadine cracked, “All I ask is that we don’t wind up back in court.”

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