Step to the Side by Grant Holland

Author:Grant Holland [Holland, Grant]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781973629290
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2018-06-27T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 24

Bought With a Price

Both Berly and Maggie had initiated a chain reaction of support for Billy in the Chess Club. And they were not alone. The entire school showed their concern for Clay and frequently inquired about his condition. Because Mike had addressed the student body (and because he was the most vocal of the group), he had become the unelected spokesperson on this issue. Besides, Mike had stopped by to visit Clay every day since the accident.

About a week and a half went by and Clay was mending quickly. The day had finally come when he got his discharge from the hospital. The word excited could be used to describe how the gang felt about him coming home - - but so could the word nervous. What would they all talk about? How could they keep things from getting awkward?

“Why could the elephant NOT get in his car?”

Rather than a long universal moan from the others, Maggie was the one to answer Eugene. “So, this is the Chess Club, a quiet respite for the supposed intellectual elite.” She looked around the room; the use of the term ‘intellectual elite’ may be questionable, but she continued to pursue her thought just the same. “ …and you ask why an elephant is unable to get into a car? Who let you in here anyway?”

Eugene pressed the issue of his unanswered question. “Come on, guys. This is a good one. Why could the elephant NOT get in his car?” He proudly looked around for an answer.

A sneaky grin suddenly appeared on Joey’s face. “Eugene, each day you come in here and treat everyone with another joke. But let’s do something different today. Let’s make this fun. I propose that, if you tell us the answer, you will owe everyone in this room a dollar.”

Suddenly, the students were all showing great interest in what was happening. It would seem that not all interesting plays were being done on the chess board.

This was a first. Eugene’s eye squinted as if he were weighing something in his mind. “A dollar, huh? Is that a dollar to be divided up evenly between all of you?”

Joey victoriously sat back in his chair. “No. I’m talking about one dollar for each of us. So you do the math. Is this joke worth five dollars? When Berly gets here, that would make it six. It’s seven, if you count Mr. H.” Joey waved over at an amused Mr. Harris sitting at his desk. The teacher waved back cheerfully.

Eugene looked disappointed, but everyone else in the room was delighted. In fact, Maggie chuckled while Joey and Alejandro high-fived each other. Eugene’s eyes shifted back and forth as he looked around from person to person. “What sort of sorcery is this?”

Berly entered the room. She instantly began talking as she put down her stuff and took a seat across from Quotes. “Sorry I’m late everyone. I had to find out how Rodney is doing.”

“LONG LIVE RODNEY.”

“He had his wisdom teeth taken out today.

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