Last Chance Summer: A Short Story by Hope Ramsay

Author:Hope Ramsay [Ramsay, Hope]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
ISBN: 9781455549030
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2013-08-06T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Nancy Cosgrove’s gravelly voice sounded in Grant’s ear. “We’ve got a surprise interview for you.”

He flipped the switch to talk to his producer, who was sitting in an air-conditioned trailer right behind the Demolition Derby track. “Bring it on, Nancy. I’ve never had so much fun in my life. Who we got?”

“Someone who might actually challenge you. Lester’s bringing him over.”

“Him?”

“You know, Grant, Miriam Randall’s prediction for you is going to come true, but maybe not immediately. And I’m willing to bet that it will have nothing to do with the actual Lost and Found.”

Grant chortled. Miriam Randall had sure stirred up a swarm of busy bees this morning. And Grant was enjoying every minute of it. He sincerely hoped that what people said about the little old matchmaker was true. Grant was ready to find a soul mate. His first wife had been anything but.

And until that miracle happened, Grant would be forever grateful to the God of crazy notions who had blessed him six months ago. One morning, he’d awakened in his Chicago penthouse apartment and realized that his day was going to be the same as it had been yesterday and there wasn’t anything in that day that was making him happy.

He was lonely in a big city, dating women who were more interested in what was in his bank account than what was in his heart. His successful career as a broadcaster had given him a comfortable life, with lots of savings, and a virtual black book with the phone numbers of many eligible, long-legged women, none of whom he liked very much.

He had awakened that morning and stared out his picture window, with his beautiful view of the lake, and felt a hole in his middle. He missed Galena, the little town northwest of Chicago where he’d grown up. He was sick of city living.

Two weeks later, he retired from his top-forty radio job and was deep into a search for an inexpensive, low-powered radio station located in a small town somewhere in the middle of nowhere. He’d wanted to move to the Midwest, but when WLST became available at a price he could afford, he packed his bags and moved south. He’d only been here a few months, but he thanked the lucky star that had led him to this place.

He had fallen in love with Allenberg County, and the little town of Last Chance, South Carolina.

He checked his watch. It was ten to noon. Just enough time for one last interview.

He toggled the switch and spoke to Nancy. “So who am I interviewing? What’s his story?”

“He’s got an interesting theory on how radio works. And I think you’ll enjoy it.”

Nancy was playing coy. She’d been testing him all day, throwing quirky people at him. He’d never had more fun.

Grant’s fairground “broadcast booth” wasn’t more than a couple of card tables, with a boatload of wires going back to the remote trailer, located behind him. He was stationed right by the ticket kiosks for the rodeo corral, which became a Demolition Derby track every year at festival time.

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