Trailer, Get Your Kicks!: The Time Travel Trailer, Book 3 by Karen Musser Nortman
Author:Karen Musser Nortman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-29T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Thirteen
Linda
We finished our modest supper and Dinah suggested a game of cards. I was tiredâmentally exhaustedâand would have been happy to lay down with my book, but no one can turn down that pleading granddaughter look.
âSure thing, dear. I wish I had a tall glass of ice water.â I turned to my son-in-law. âKurt, do they sell ice in that shop?â
âI donât think anyone sells bags of ice yet like weâre used to, but Iâm sure theyâd put ice in a cup. Thereâs a small bar at one end of the office. Iâll check.â
I waved him off. âI need the fresh air. Iâll get it.â I took a turquoise aluminum tumbler out of the cabinet and pulled on my cardigan.
âDonât go getting picked up by some sleaze, Linda.â Kurt winked at me.
âRight.â I let myself out the door.
The night had a little chill, and I pulled my sweater closer around me. It was a pleasant evening. Laughter and music spilled through the screen door of the small office and store. If it wasnât the wrong time and place, it would be great. I pushed the door open and glanced around. A group of four or five men sat around a small square table at one end of the room playing cards. Several beer bottles teetered on the corners of the table.
I went to the counter and spoke to a grizzled-looking manâJohn, perhaps?â counting money in the cash register drawer. He closed it quickly as I came close. I never thought I looked like a robber, but maybe so.
âCould I buy some ice?â I held out the tumbler.
He looked from the empty glass to me. âIce?â
He seemed puzzled by the term, and I thought perhaps we had ended up in another country.
âI just want some ice water and need some ice cubes.â
The request seemed to dawn rather slowly, but a warm smile spread across his face. His smile changed his visage from threatening to welcoming. âOh, I see. Of course. SorryâI was thinking about something else.â He reached for the glass and took it back into a small kitchen. A plain looking woman of indeterminate age worked at the counter. Someone out of sight coughed almost continuously.
I watched John get trays out of a small freezer and take them to the sink to open them. I rubbed the side of my thumb, thinking of the numerous times I had pinched it on one of those tray handles.
A shout from the table startled me.
âVerl! You old dog! You hiding cards up your sleeve?â
I looked at the group. A blonde man facing me looked up and grinned, and a chill gripped my spine. Verl. It couldnât be. He looked at me with recognition too. âLynette?â he called out.
I turned back just as John came back with my tumbler.
âHere you go. No charge.â
I mumbled my thanks and rushed for the door. A hand grabbed my arm.
âLynette?â he said again.
âYou must have me mistaken for someone else,â I said, turning my face toward him.
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