The Perfect Summer (Hubbard's Point) by Rice Luanne

Author:Rice, Luanne [Rice, Luanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780553897746
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2003-07-29T00:00:00+00:00

“Wildflowers

So rare,

To show you

I care.

You are gold,

I'm brass,

You should kick

My ass

But you know

I'm your friend.

I'll love you

Till the end.”

Bay stood there holding the wildflowers, her chin quivering and eyes flooding, but her face wreathed in an unambiguous smile. She opened her arms to grab Tara into a great hug.

Relief washed over Tara like a wild wave—the storm surge that comes later, after the sun is out and the sea seems calm. She clutched Bay as hard as she could.

“Oh, Bay,” she said. “I'm so sorry for being an idiot, a really big stupid idiot.”

“Tara!” Bay said, pushing her slightly away, sounding very stern.

“What?”

“Love means never having to say you're a big stupid idiot.”

Tara grinned. “No?”

“No. Come in and drink coffee with me, okay?”

“Till we get the caffeine jitters?”

“Yes, exactly. French roast.”

The telephone rang before the coffee could be poured. Tara was assembling mugs and silver spoons and glancing at the want ads spread across the table while Bay answered the phone.

“Yes . . .” Bay said. “I'm sorry . . . I didn't think that . . . Please, no, don't apologize . . . honestly, I understand . . . no, but . . . you're sure . . . well, actually, she's with me now . . . we can be there in fifteen minutes.”

Bay hung up and turned to regard Tara with amused eyes.

“Command performance,” she said.

“What?” Tara asked. “Someone heard about my poem already and wants me to go on Star Search?”

“Something like that,” Bay said. “Augusta Renwick wants to see us. Together. At her house, in fifteen minutes.”

“Gulp,” Tara said.

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