That Lucky Old Sun (The Bella Novella Collection Book 4) by Janice Thompson

Author:Janice Thompson [Thompson, Janice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-07-14T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Surfin’ Safari

I watched in horror as the Greek flag, pole and all, sailed through the air, right for Mrs. Nguyen’s head. At the very last moment, Mr. Pappas leaped into the air and grabbed it. In doing so, he very nearly knocked Mrs. Nguyen to the ground. His elbow caught her in the side of the head and she let out a cry as she stumbled.

Mr. Pappas didn’t seem to take notice. He raised the Greek flag in triumphant fashion and shouted, “Opa!”

From the front of the confectionary I caught sight of the police chief. He came storming our way, still wearing his goggles and flippers. As he drew near, the angry fellow yanked off his goggles and swiped at his forehead with the back of his hand. At this point I noticed just how red his face had grown.

“Do you think it’s the heat?” I whispered to Cassia.

“I don’t know. Never seen anything in that shade of red before,” she whispered back. “But if I had to guess, I’d say he looks more like Babbas does, right before he blows.”

“Blows. . .what?” I whispered.

“Blows. . .up!” She nudged me with her elbow as Mr. Nguyen thumped her father on the chest. “Uh-oh.”

We all gathered around in a cluster as the drama unfolded.

“You. Hurt. My. Wife.”

Mr. Pappas’s face paled. “I did no such thing.”

“I watched you raise a hand to her!” Nguyen’s ears turned redder still. “I was standing right across the street and saw it myself. You hurt my wife!”

“No, the flag was falling. I reached out to grab it.” Mr. Pappas raised the Greek flag once more, still appearing more triumphant than repentant. “Opa!”

“It’s true,” Cassia, ever the voice of reason, chimed in. “He was trying to save her, not hurt her, but in the process bumped into her. An honest mistake.”

“You raised your voice at my wife,” Nguyen gritted his teeth.

I wanted to take him seriously, but with the flippers still on his feet, I found myself a bit distracted.

“I might have shouted as I saved her life, yes,” Mr. Pappas countered. “But I often get emotional when I’m in life-saving mode. You’ll have to forgive me. And then thank me, of course, for saving her.”

“She doesn’t speak Greek. You were shouting in Greek.”

“If you were close enough to hear that I was speaking to her in Greek, then you were close enough to know that I was trying to help her, not hurt her.”

“Chien, calm down.” Mrs. Nguyen rubbed at the side of her head. “He wasn’t trying to hurt me.” Her face grew redder, but I had a feeling it had more to do with the heat than anything else. “He was just. . .just. . .” She shook her head and gazed at Twila. “Is that woman o-o-orange?”

Before I could say, “You’re not seeing things. . .she really is orange,” Mrs. Nguyen dropped to the ground. The crowd let out a collective gasp as the poor woman landed with a thud on the sidewalk.

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