Code White (The Sierra View Series Book 4) by Max Walker

Author:Max Walker [Walker, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Walking Press
Published: 2017-09-26T16:00:00+00:00

An hour later and Nick was wide awake and totally wrapped up in his conversation with Shepard. Time had completely flown by. One second, Nick was dragging himself out of bed, and the next he was sitting on the edge of it, an uncontrollable smile on his face as Shepard recounted the time he swam with manatees and was hit in the face by a big floating “poo ball”. Literally, just a big ball of manatee poop floating through the water.

Nick felt bad laughing, but he just couldn’t stop when Shepard was recounting the story. Nick hadn’t laughed that much in a long time, and it felt really damn good. “That has to mean you got good luck,” Nick said.

“I did win twenty dollars off a scratcher two days later… hmm, maybe you’re onto something.”

Nick chuckled. He got up off the bed and started walking around his bedroom. “Let’s open up an online shop where we sell manatee poo lucky charms?”

“Honestly… I totally think that would sell like hotcakes. Like hot poo cakes.”

“You’re something else.”

“I’m just saying,” Shepard was laughing, too, “I think we’ve got a billion-dollar idea here. It’s going to be the next big thing. Move over rabbit feet, you’ve hogged the lucky charm spotlight for far too long.”

A few more minutes of this and both of them seemed to crash simultaneously, both men giving off equally impressive yawns, both at the same time.

“Did you just yawn at the same time as me? Did we transmit yawns without even seeing each other?”

“I think we did,” Nick said, smiling at Shepard’s playful enthusiasm.

“Interesting… very interesting.”

“Why?”

“No reason, just that I think it means we’re meant for each other. But yeah, no big deal.”

“Not a big deal at all,” Nick said. He could tell Shepard was joking, but wasn’t there always supposed to be some kernel of truth inside every joke?

“Alright, I’ll let you get some rest. You don’t work today, do you?”

“No, I’m off.” Nick didn’t want this to end, but he logically knew they both needed at least a couple of hours of sleep. It was going to be hard shutting off when he was already so wired up from talking with Shepard. That’s when Nick got an idea. He may not have been able to extend their phone conversation, but he could set something up for a few hours from now. “I’m taking Emma to the park for a stroll tomorrow. Or, well, I guess it’s in a few hours now.” Nick was pacing a circle into his soft beige carpet, the light color turning a darker shade around the path he had been taking. “Want to meet us? Thinking of going to Griffith Park.”

There was barely a second of silence. No hesitation. Shepard immediately answered with a “that sounds great”. It was genuine excitement and it was infectious. It pushed away the nerves Nick had been feeling.

“Ok, great,” Nick said, sounding a little more relieved than he had intended. He caught his reflection in the mirror he had propped against the wall.

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