Sandcastles Under the Christmas Moon (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 9) by McKeehan Vickie

Author:McKeehan, Vickie [McKeehan, Vickie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Beachdevils Press
Published: 2016-11-28T08:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

“I just got off the phone with several of Beckham’s teachers,” Quentin explained to Sydney. “Turns out, the kid isn’t a bad student at all. His science teacher, a Mr. Glasgow, says he’s one of his best students. And Mrs. Fuller, teacher of English, says he often disappears during lunch hour and goes—somewhere, she wasn’t sure where—to hide from the bullies. He’s often tardy getting to her class because he loses track of time studying or simply misses fifth period altogether. But he always makes up the work.”

Sydney seethed. “Are you telling me that this Mrs. Fuller knows these kids are terrorizing Beckham and does nothing to stop it?”

“I asked her that. Her answer was when she catches them at it, she sends them straight to Mr. Pierce’s office. But because Kyle is the son of the principal, the staff usually makes allowances for him.”

“They go easy on Kyle? I knew it!” She made a derisive noise in her throat. “That is so wrong. A couple of things while we have a lull. For the most part, I’ve put Beckham in charge of Jimmy Chew. Those two have been inseparable. That dog is just the right distraction he needs.”

“Good call.”

“Then I’m on a roll. I hope you aren’t mad, but I took the liberty and sent out an SOS to Zach. He’s on his way over to the cannery to discuss what you need done by this weekend. I told him you’d meet him there.”

Quentin blew out a breath. “Thanks for that. While I’m meeting with him will you make sure Beckham puts those drops in his ears. He’s like Jimmy Chew. He won’t sit still long enough to get them in there to work.”

“Will do. I’ll use my super-secret powers of persuasion.”

At the cannery, Zach had brought his design software with him. “I hear you have company coming and need our expertise. Quick.”

Quentin walked around the loft in dismay. “I need walls.”

“Do you have a plan for the eventual layout? Because this is a huge space, a lot of square footage for a home. You’ll need to make sure you think long and hard about where you want those walls.”

An idea popped into Quentin’s head as he stared at Zach. “What did you just say?” His question echoed out into mostly empty space.

“Look, I don’t want to make you mad or anything…”

“No. It isn’t that. This is a gigantic building. Why the hell do I need this much space to live in? The answer is simple. I don’t. Why didn’t I see this before? This old cannery would make a perfect medical facility, a hospital.”

Zach nodded. “As I see it, the only drawback might be getting it handicapped compliant because of that bridge out there.”

“Yeah, but could you do it?”

Zach scratched his head. “Sure, Doc. But you’ve already spent so much money on renovating it.”

“Have I really? Look around and tell me what you see. Have I really committed so much to a home here, Zach? For the most part I still see an empty slate.

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