Angel Sister by Ann Gabhart

Author:Ann Gabhart
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group

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At Graham’s pond, Lorena wasn’t the first bit squeamish about squishing one of the wiggly worms onto the fishhook the way Tori showed her. It was Kate who made a face and shivered.

“Kate don’t like worming hooks,” Tori explained to Lorena. “But it’s something you gotta do if you want to catch fish.” She wiped her hands on the grass, and Lorena did the same.

“Am I ready to catch a fish now?” Lorena asked.

“Almost. Soon as you throw your line out in the water.” Tori flipped her line expertly out onto the pond surface and watched her hook sink. “Be careful not to catch your hook on a tree limb.”

“Or your ears,” Kate added. “Maybe you’d better let me or Tori toss your line in the first few times.”

“No, I can do it.” Lorena clutched the cane pole and raised it above her head to throw the hook out in the water. It landed a few inches from the bank.

“No fish worth catching there,” Tori told her. “Better try again.”

Kate moved out of hook range and sat down in the shade. She had hoped Graham would be there at the pond, but he’d think it was too hot to fish. Even Tori said there wasn’t much chance of catching anything, but Lorena had been so determined to give it a try. Just as she was determined now to throw her own hook out into the water. On the fifth try, she landed it far enough away from the bank that Tori said she might get a bite. Tori settled into her silent fishing mode, and Lorena settled down beside her, copying her every move.

Kate leaned back against a tree and wondered how long before Lorena got bored with it all. Soon, she hoped, because she was definitely bored with it already. Going fishing with Tori in the springtime wasn’t so bad. There weren’t so many bugs and the sun didn’t try to burn off the top of a person’s head. But now here in late June it was hot. Even in the shade. Mosquitoes buzzed around Kate’s ears, and she could almost feel the chiggers crawling up into her underwear. She should have dabbed coal oil around their ankles before they left. They’d be scratching chigger bites for days.

Lorena’s line bobbed in the water, and she let out an excited shriek as she yanked on her pole. She lost half her worm and didn’t hook the fish, but that didn’t dampen her enthusiasm. She scooted what was left of the worm down to the end of the hook and happily threw it back into the water. A few chigger bites might not be such a bad trade for Lorena having so much fun.

Kate smiled and waved away a fly that wanted to settle on her nose. Maybe Graham would hear them and come out to see what all the racket was about. Then at least she’d have somebody to talk to. But it wasn’t Graham who came to investigate first.

She didn’t see anybody right away.

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