Foster's Fall (Foster's Life) by Jake Williams

Author:Jake Williams [Williams, Jake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jake Williams
Published: 2014-04-05T21:00:00+00:00

The Dinner Date

When we landed and taxied to a small building at the edge of the airport Rob told us to wait a minute, and he hopped out of the plane as soon as the cabin door was opened. He walked over to another Secret Service guy with the trademark sunglasses and ear bud and the two of them shook hands. The other guy pulled on Rob’s lapel with gentle fingers and then Rob spun around in what I hoped was him showing off his suit, and not some secret Secret Service greeting or handshake or whatever. He popped his head into the cabin and motioned for us to follow him. When I got out of the plane the first thing I noticed was how warm and balmy the air was. Rob and the other agent opened the doors of a long dark sedan and we all climbed in as somebody from the ground crew threw our bags into the trunk. Now that I knew how bumpy and dark it was back there I almost felt sorry for the luggage.

Spence looked around the car and said, “No wonder your father’s going to lose the election.”

“You mean other than Megan?” Maybe it was the beer or a pill or a joint or something but I couldn’t figure out what he was talking about.

He nodded. “Aren’t the conservative politicians always lecturing about buying American? This is a Mercedes limo.” I looked around and he was right.

The limo shot out of the airport and we hopped onto an interstate for about five minutes then exited on to a road that was lined with hotels, fast food places, and gas stations. The traffic was backed up at every light and we crawled forward. After the clean, blue, deserted atmosphere we had been in this scene felt over lit with gray, hostile, afternoon sunlight and the air pushing through the air conditioner had a burning-asphalt kind of smell.

It wasn’t my first time at the travel rodeo but I couldn’t see a single landmark that helped me figure out what city or state or whatever we were in. I thought about pulling my phone out to check but it really didn’t matter where we were.

Dave studied both sides of the street and wondered out loud, “Where do you think we’ll have dinner? Looks like there are a lot of options. Oh!” He leaned forward in his seat and pointed to the right. “It’s Red Robin! I wonder if your Dad and Megan are craving a big ol’ burger?”

I shook my head, “Megan is a vegan.”

Rob looked back from the front seat. “Are you sure about that, Foster? It sure seems like she was swallowing a lot of sausage this summer.” He and the agent who was driving both cracked up and I found the switch to raise the partition.

“Okay, well, how ‘bout Ruby Tuesday’s? They have a decent salad bar.”

I shook my head no. “Yeah, but I’m not really in the mood for that.”

Spence spoke up.

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