Appaloosa Summer (Island Trilogy Book 1) by Robins Tudor

Author:Robins, Tudor [Robins, Tudor]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-06-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Hard to believe I’m getting paid to sit in the sun on the edge of the ferry dock, and watch the boat come in.

Fronds of seaweed swirl and sway under my kicking feet, with quicksilver fish darting in and out. The last person who waited here dropped a potato chip, and I nudge it into the water; watch the fish swarm it.

I jump as my phone vibrates in my back pocket. I’ve almost forgotten what it’s like to have cell service.

Slate: So, are you dead, or just ignoring me?

Me: Death is an extreme assumption.

Slate: I got a job serving lunch at Restwell. I think about death a lot.

Me: Restwell?!?

Slate working in the retirement residence down the road from our school is a mind-stretching thought.

Slate: It’s more fun that you’d think. I curled my hair and they said “another girl named Slate works here, but her hair’s different.” Old people can be funny.

Me: Do you have a polyester uniform?

Slate: Yes, and I rock it, TYVM. Anyway, since not dead, then what?

Me: Working. Running. Taking care of my horse …

Slate: ??!!??!!??!!

Me: Don’t get excited. She’s green and / or rusty. Straight out of a cow field. 15.3. Appy. Craig would hate her.

Slate: So? Major Disaster ring any bells?

She’s got me there. I smile, shake my head. Major Disaster. It seems like a long time ago.

I poise my thumb to text her back when my phone pings again:

Crap. Gotta go. Tapioca time! Byeeee!

The ferry engines are churning just metres from where I’m sitting anyway. I hop up and wait while the big boat grinds into dock, and the massive ramps lowers into place. Then I scamper across the temporary iron bridge and smile at the ferry operator. “Package for Carl Waitely?”

He hands it over. “Say hello for me.”

“I will.” And, clutching the part Carl’s been needing to fix his ride-on mower, I head up to the main street to find Betsy at the bakery, post office, or general store and help her pack her purchases into the car.

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