Leap of Faith by Blair Jamie

Author:Blair, Jamie [Blair, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 2013-09-03T00:00:00+00:00

chapter

fourteen

Chris is fiddling with an old guitar he’s fixing up for this guy, Manny, who owns the bar in Jacksonville where his band plays. “It’s a fifty-nine Gibson Les Paul Flame Top,” he says, wrapping a guitar string around his finger.

His drummer, Aaron, stopped by to drop off the guitar. He glances at me for my reaction.

“Yeah, I have no idea what that means.” Addy squawks beside me. I shift the patio chair where I have her lying, nestled in a blanket, out of the sun. It’s got to be ninety degrees out. I would love nothing better than to jump in the pool, but I don’t have a bathing suit.

“It means that guitar is worth more than Chris’s truck,” Aaron says. He laughs and taps a rhythm on the glass tabletop with his index fingers.

Chris laughs too. “It also means that I can charge him an assload to fix it.” He turns a little silver knob that tightens the string. “Not many people know how to repair vintage guitars like this—at least not well.”

“How’d you learn?” I ask, leaning forward to watch him work.

“Gramps.” He tugs on his cap, like a tribute to his grandpa.

“Shit, man,” Aaron says, “you need to ditch that roofing job and do this full-time. You saw that Les Paul sell on eBay the other night for ninety-eight grand. Dude, you’re missing your calling.”

Chris just shrugs. “Yeah.”

I can’t decide if I like Aaron. He’s either the best guy ever, since he’s Chris’s friend, or the complete ass he’s coming off as to me. Considering the difference in definition alone, I shouldn’t have such a huge problem putting my finger on it, but he’s a hard one to peg. Plus, I’ve only known him for a half hour. But he has this swagger and cocky smile that make me want to punch him in the face.

“You work tonight?” Chris asks, glancing up at me through his thick eyelashes.

“No.” I dart a glance at Aaron and watch him take a deep drag on his cigarette. “I’m not sure when I work next. I need to check with Gretchen.”

When Chris found out Mrs. B got me a job, he’d asked where I was leaving Addy while I worked. I’d told him I got a sitter for her and changed the topic. I don’t need him to know I’m the world’s worst person ever for abandoning her at Fitness Plus last night. He’d probably hate me forever. He likes Addy better than me anyway—or at least as much.

I called Gretchen earlier today and told her my childcare fell through. She asked how I was feeling, and I could tell she still wasn’t convinced that I’m sick. I was waiting for her to release me to my destiny by giving me the it’s-not-working-out speech, but she didn’t. Yet. She told me to let her know when I could be put back on the schedule.

“Speaking of Gretchen,” Mrs. B says, banging through the screen door, “she just called me. Why didn’t

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