Her Lucky Catch by Amie Denman

Author:Amie Denman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-03-04T23:00:00+00:00

We rolled past the high school football field, the Ford dealership, the SeaGull Motel by the river and both gas stations in Bluegill proper. Die-hard parade fans sweated it out in their lawn chairs on both sides of the road. Bluegill takes the Water Festival very seriously as a Memorial Day weekend tradition. I was still new enough to appreciate the annual event from an outsider’s perspective. Sure it was nice, but I was ready to jump ship when we passed the Dairy Slide. The thought of ice cream tested my powers of resisting temptation.

My favorite fireman must have gotten bored waiting for me to turn around because pretty soon the air horn blasted. Three sharp blasts. Loud enough to blow the feathers off the ass end of my costume. If I were an actual duck being shot at during hunting season, I probably couldn’t have jumped any higher.

Sadly, the only real victim of the air horn blast was Sister Mary Alice.

When I jumped at the sound and temporarily lost my balance, she tried to leap to my aid. Sudden movements are no friend of the short, round woman. Mary Alice tripped into the side of the float and bounced off. She rolled a few feet toward some shocked children holding plastic bags half filled with candy. I don’t think they had expected any of the parade floats to toss middle-aged nuns. They shrank back as she revolved to a stop near the curb.

Sister Mary Doris thumped on the side of Harry’s truck to get his attention, and the whole parade behind us came to a stop. The siren silenced and I heard the door of the fire truck slam. Kurt and I reached Mary Alice at the same time.

“God forgive me, Sister Mary Alice,” he said. “I didn’t mean to scare you like that.”

Because I was under the Kurt spell in general, I found his apology to the scuffed up nun sweet and touching. He carefully examined her foot, which protruded naked from the edge of her black skirt. Her shoe had flown a few feet away, but Mary Doris swept in with it before I could even speak.

“You all right, Alice?” she said as she slipped the shoe back on and tied it decisively.

“Just a bit rattled. And my ankle got twisted a little.”

Kurt looked penitent. “I could splint that for you. Want me to carry you to the truck? You know I still owe you from the auction.”

“Stop fussing, Mr. Reynolds. Sister Mary Doris and I still haven’t decided what we’re going to do with you, but this isn’t it. We don’t want to waste our three hundred dollars on just any old thing.”

If any bystanders heard this conversation, it wouldn’t be good PR for nuns or firemen. I had to do something to get everyone moving forward again.

“Why were you so late for the parade?” Sister Mary Doris was never afraid to ask the tough questions.

“Small fire in the city records office. We got it put out right away,” Kurt said.

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