Sapphire Falls: Going Zero to Sixty (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Lizbeth Selvig

Author:Lizbeth Selvig [Selvig, Lizbeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-07-18T22:00:00+00:00

The half hour drive to York wasn’t silent, but the unmentioned hippo in the car radiated steamy vibes the entire way. Elle fidgeted, watching the Nebraska farm country roll by, comparing it to the rolling grasslands of southern Minnesota.

“The morning went all right?” he asked.

“It was good. Both guys are really happy to be helpful. Where were you all that time?”

“In the back bay working on a transmission for a man who’s giving his son an older Miata for his sixteenth birthday.”

“Not that red one I saw?” She frowned. “What dad wants his kid to drive a red sports car right out of the box?”

“Agreed. I think it’s a really dumb car to give a new driver, but I’m just the mechanic.”

“Did you say anything?”

“I showed him two really nice cars—a three-year-old Malibu, and a two-year-old Impreza. No dice. The kid wants a Miata, and Daddy wants him happy. You know—one of those kinds of relationships. The car isn’t in horrible shape other than the tranny—but it’s older and doesn’t have nearly the safety features. Jeez, I sound like my dad.”

“You’re just careful. You said so yourself.”

“Damn right. I thought about refusing to fix the thing—what if something happens and I didn’t try to stop it? Then I thought, he’ll just bring it somewhere else. The best I can do is make sure the car is as sound and safe as it can be.”

“Then that’s as much responsibility as you can take.”

Silence fell again. Frustrated, Elle racked her brain for a safe topic. Finally she remembered all the summer festival planning talk she’d been privy to yesterday while hanging out with Hailey, Adrienne and Phoebe at the Come Again bar.

“Tell me more about this summer festival thing that happens next month,” she said. “All I heard about all weekend was what a big deal it is.”

“Because it is a big deal. I don’t know anyone around here who doesn’t get full-on into the festival. Baking things, selling things, advertising, promoting. We’re one of the only festivals I know of that builds a Ferris wheel in the downtown square. And not a wimpy little one either—a full size, see the whole town from the top, big wheel. We’re also the only summer festival I know of with a haunted house. I used to play an ax-wielding zombie.”

“Seriously?” Elle stared, grinning.

“I did. I was frickin’ scary, too. But they let teenage guys and girls play that part as well as the ghosts and dead bodies—anything that reaches out and grabs people. Adults play the bigger scary parts like vampires and the Freddie Kruger types.”

“So who are you these days?”

He shook his head. “I gave that up a while ago. I’m not sure I’ve been in there since Aston died. He was my partner in all things horror.”

Her heart ached a little for him even though he didn’t sound morose or depressed. “I’m sorry,” she said. “It’s really true that nothing is the same once someone dies. Everything seems to make a circle to that person.

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