Henderson House by Kathi Daley

Author:Kathi Daley [Daley, Kathi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kathi Daley Books
Published: 2018-08-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

By the time we got home it was time to start thinking about dinner. Levi was knee-deep in football season, so I figured he wouldn’t be wrapping up until around five. My dad closed Donovan’s then, and the rest of us were already here. I supposed if we planned dinner for six we could accommodate everyone. There was another storm predicted for the weekend, but tonight was beautiful. I was tempted to suggest a BBQ on the deck. The sun would have set by the time we started eating, but we had a large fire pit, several deck heaters, and plenty of lights if you counted not only the patio lights and the thousands of orange and white twinkle lights Zak had strung. Thursday was usually my book club night, and I was sorry to miss it, but I’d promised to stay home.

“How about burgers on the deck?” I asked everyone gathered in the living room discussing their plans for the upcoming holiday season.

“Sounds good,” Ellie said. “I can make a potato salad.”

“And I’ll make a fruit salad,” Mom offered.

“I figure it’ll be around six if we wait for Dad and Levi, but it should be a warm evening, and we have the fire pit and heaters.”

“It’ll be like a fairyland with all Zak’s lights,” Nona added.

“That’s what I thought.” I smiled. “And it might be our last chance for a while. I heard there’s a storm blowing in tomorrow, to be followed by a cold front. I’m going to call Salinger and check in; then I’ll check on Alex and Scooter. I assume Catherine is napping.”

“Yes, but both babies should be up shortly,” Ellie informed me.

With our plans for dinner firmed up, I headed upstairs to call Salinger. He didn’t answer, so I left a message, then went to see the kids.

Scooter was laying on his bed, tossing a football into the air, catching it, and tossing it again.

“Something wrong, buddy?” I asked.

“Nothing’s wrong, but I decided not to go to the dance.”

I sat down on the edge of the bed. “I thought you were looking forward to it.”

“I was,” Scooter said as he tossed the ball extra high.

“What mind you change your mind?”

Scooter shrugged.

“Did you have a fight with Tucker?” While they’d been best friends for a lot of years, the boys got into spats every now and then.

“No, Tucker and I are cool.”

I paused, trying to work this out. Scooter hadn’t been planning to go to the dance with a date, but that didn’t mean he hadn’t tried to get one. “Does your change of heart have to do with a girl?”

Scooter shrugged again.

I just kept guessing to see where it got me. “You decided to ask someone other than Tucker to go with you?”

“Lacy Martin.”

“Lacy Martin?”

“She’s just a girl in my English class. We hang out sometimes. I guess you could say we’re friends.”

“So you asked Lacy to go with you and she said no?”

“She said her dad was real strict and wouldn’t let her date, but she was going to the dance with a friend, and maybe she’d see me there.

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