Matters of the Heart by Heather M Green

Author:Heather M Green
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

Sophie

"Thanks for letting me hitch a ride with you," I told James and Andy as I jumped into the car Saturday afternoon.

"You've become quite the freeloader. We expect you to drive next time," Andy said from the back seat.

"So like tomorrow for dinner?" I asked.

"He's kidding," James beat Andy to a response. "I'll pick you up around four if that's okay."

"Yes. Now tell me about these segways. I've suffered through the movie Mall Cop, but that's my only experience with them. Did you know that in some hospitals, admission rates for segway injuries are higher than that of pedestrians being hit by cars?"

"I was wondering when you would favor us next with some off-the-wall-meant-to-be-helpful-but-actually-isn't trivia that makes me fear for my life just a little bit more." Andy leaned between the seats and glared at me.

"I'm sorry," I apologized sheepishly. "You guys know how I get when I’m nervous. I don't even know how I remember such ridiculous and unhelpful information."

James grinned at me. "It's not all unhelpful information, San Antonio. Andy is more scared about this adventure than you are. He just doesn't have enough brain power to make his fear interesting for the rest of us."

I laughed, a little more at ease now with the teasing, as Andy growled behind us.

"We won't let anything happen to you, San Antonio," James assured me.

"James won't, but I'm not promising anything," Andy still glowered in the back seat.

"Come on, Andy," I laughed and turned around to look at him. "Just think, if something does happen to us, we have a doctor on the premises and you can tell us 'I told you so' for years to come. That will be fun, right?"

"Heart doctor," Andy grumbled.

"Well, heart doctor or not, we're here. Strap on your courage, boys. Let's go see Portland." I jumped out of the car and hurried over to Zeke and his friends. I recognized some of them from the beach the other night and greeted them with smiles and hellos.

We moved into the tiny office and listened with rapt attention to the safety spiel. I tried to listen, anyway, but Zeke's constant whispering about keeping me safe accompanied by his hand moving slowly up and down my arm and then my back in a possessive way affected my ability to listen closely.

"Hey, Zeke, keep it down," someone called from behind us.

"Yes, please," the middle-aged worker paused in his instruction giving. "This is the most important part of the tour. Safety first." There were a few snickers as the worker smoothed down his comb over and continued.

What before had seemed life threatening with the segways was looking to be a reprieve from Zeke and his hands now. I looked around the group, wondering how difficult it would be to navigate the people in these close quarters in order to make my escape. I shifted away from Zeke and eyed the door.

"You're that anxious to get started, huh?" a voice whispered close to my ear from behind me, sending chills all the way to my toes.

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