Beaming Sonny Home by Cathie Pelletier

Author:Cathie Pelletier
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2014-06-03T16:00:00+00:00

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It had seemed as if one day Mattie was living a quiet life in Mattagash, Maine, discussing the ravages of time with her dear old friend Elmer Fennelson and tending to a yearly garden. Then, for no reason, she had decided not to plant a garden for the first time in thirty-four years. Next, Elmer and his dog, Skunk, had disappeared, as if into one of those black holes scientists talked about on television, thanks to that big Hubble telescope, an apparatus Lola Monihan would dearly love to own. And then Sonny Gifford, her only boy, had turned up on Channel 4. Now it seemed Sonny was everywhere. Theresa had called to say that she’d seen a news clip on CNN, way down there in Connecticut. And now Mattie could almost feel the air around Mattagash growing tense, the way it does before a storm, or a big woods fire, or a flood. Something was breaking, like the ice in the spring river. Something was on the wing. And it all had to do with Sonny Gifford barricading himself in a trailer with two women and a dog. No, it was more than just that. It was Sonny the actor, the best-looking man in Mattagash since his father, Lester Gifford, had made his exit. It was Sonny courting those damn news teams, as though the eyes of those cameras were the dark, loving eyes of women. Sonny’s own charm was now creating quite a stir, and Mattie was forced to sit back and watch it all unfold on television.

Rita and Gracie had driven up to Lola’s to see what kind of news that big satellite dish was bringing to Mattagash, Maine, now that Theresa Something-Polish had let them know that CNN was carrying the story. Mattie preferred to stay at home and listen to what Channel 4 had to say, which was plenty for her. A special report at two o’clock had carried the story again, with a promise of live coverage just ahead. Marlene and Mattie had waited patiently in front of the television as the hands of the kitchen clock moved closer and closer to three thirty, when Sonny would make his second appearance. Mattie was glad the other two girls were gone. Marlene was a better person without them, softer, less judgmental. But she was still Marlene.

The special report would carry another live interview with Sonny Gifford, or so Donna told her Channel 4 listeners. She was back, with her little chihuahua face, giving another rundown on what had happened: Sonny, John Lennon, the bank, the mystery of the gun, the women, the dog, the house trailer. Was there anyone left in Maine who didn’t know the particulars of the event? Mattie guessed that maybe there was. Or that Channel 4 had to believe that there was. She personally wanted something new to chew on, something that might move them all to a conclusion, once and for all. But it seemed that while the police were sorting

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