Lakeshore Chronicles 02 - The Winter Lodge by Susan Wiggs

Author:Susan Wiggs [Wiggs, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-10-28T01:40:39+00:00

“I’ve got some ideas, none of which will thrill the old man. And that’s all I’m going to say about it for now.”

“What about you, Joey?” she asked, noticing that he had gotten very quiet.

“I got a plan,” he said. “I’m going to enlist in the army.”

She frowned. “The army? Like boot camp and all that?”

“Sure,” he said. “Starting next fall.”

She knew nothing about the military except through the “be all you can be” TV

commercials that promised you’d get an education and see the world. She was pretty sure there was a catch somewhere. Like you had to go to dangerous places where hostile people were trying to kill you. She turned to Rourke. “What do you think of his plan?”

“I think Joe should do whatever he wants.”

“So do you want it?” Jenny asked him.

Joey looked at her for a long time. They weren’t touching or even standing that close, but she felt that look coasting over her like a warm breeze. “Yeah,” he said. “Yeah, I want it.

I want a lot of things.”

His infatuation—or whatever it was—felt palpable, as though he’d caressed her. Jenny couldn’t help smiling. He always made her smile. “Like what?” she said, and hoped he knew she wasn’t teasing or flirting. “I really want to know.”

“I want to go to college, so serving in the army’ll earn me that.”

“Why college? I thought you hated school.”

“I do, but it’s the best way to make something of myself. I want to be able to get married, support a family. You know, the whole happily-ever-after thing.” He elbowed Rourke and mimicked his friend. “And that’s all I’m going to say about it for now.”

Food for Thought

by Jenny Majesky

Starting from Scratch

Lots of people use this phrase and understand perfectly what it means, although few know its origin. To start from scratch is to begin from the beginning, from square one.

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