Delinquent Daddy by Linda Kage

Author:Linda Kage [Kage, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
ISBN: 1601548508
Publisher: Wild Rose Press
Published: 2010-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

That Friday night, a thunderstorm rolled over Lawrence. It was bad enough Ellie and Cassie hurried to the Young's house to stay in their basement for the worst of the squall. Keller and Cassie sat cross-legged on the floor playing Go Fish as the adults hovered by the high basement windows and watched strong winds and rain roll in.

In the midst of the windiest weather, a loud crack of thunder hit so close, the windows shook and the air was filled with an electric charge that made the hairs on Ellie's arm stand on end. The lights went out and a huge thud was heard, followed by a crashing sound outside.

Ellie and Nora let out small startled yelps as the two children screamed and leapt toward each other, groping in the dark until they found one another. Mendel, who was actually home for the evening, cursed until he found a flashlight and flipped it on.

The mothers immediately sought their children to comfort them, and Keller's father tried to peek out the small, foggy windows to see what had happened.

"Tree got hit by lightning," Mendel announced. "Took out the electric wire."

"Was it our tree house tree?" Keller asked, hurrying toward his father and trying his best to see out the window, but he was so short he couldn't see anything. Dr. Young didn't bother to answer his son but went to find his cell phone so he could call in the outage.

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Ellie peered out the window to see which tree had fallen.

"It's not the tree house," she assured the children.

Cassie and Keller cheered and hugged each other, dancing in a circle and celebrating until Mendel told them to hush.

Rubbing at her chilled arms, Ellie glanced out the window again and swallowed when she took in the sight of the tree that had fallen.

Half of the massive trunk had landed in her yard.

Boston arrived to quite a scene Saturday morning. He could hear Cassie and Keller in the backyard, only for their voices to be cut off by the sound of a chainsaw firing up. He strolled around the side of the house and came to a surprised halt when he found them. The two kids chased each other, playing tag as an adult male in the Young's backyard sawed at a huge fallen tree. Boston gaped at the mess until he spotted Ellie alone in her yard, wearing a pair of worn jeans, an old college sweater, and gardening gloves. Her face was red with exertion as she tried to drag a single large limb toward a pile she'd already gathered.

He lifted his eyebrows, thinking she had the makings for one hell of a bonfire.

Nora Young stood near the man with the chainsaw, trying to talk to him. He had to shut off his engine to hear her.

"You're going to cut up the limbs on Ellie's side too, right?"

she asked.

Giving her an annoyed frown, the man grumbled, "I don't think I'll have the time."

"But she can't—"

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