Capture the Wind for Me by Brandilyn Collins

Author:Brandilyn Collins
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Zondervan

chapter 29

So much for panoramic color. Katherine went home with us for lunch—our big meal of the day on Sundays—and reality soon came crashing around my shoulders. I still did not trust her one bit even though, after the previous night, I couldn’t deny my gratitude that she’d put me and Greg together. Lunch proved a rather interesting venture. For self-serving reasons, I did my best to act glad of Katherine’s presence. Couldn’t afford to get Daddy upset with me again. Our family made sure to talk about anything and everything but Friday night, finally landing on the subject of Alma Sue. Who, by the way, still hadn’t apologized for the soggy coloring book.

“I haven’t seen her around here much,” I commented to Clarissa. Not that I was sorry.

“She’s been sick with a cold.”

“Oh. How nice.”

“Jackie,” Daddy frowned as Katherine repressed a smile.

A canine nose stuck furtively around the dining room corner. “Winnie,” I said sharply, “we’re still eating. Go lie down.” The nose disappeared. We could hear Winnie’s sigh all the way from the hall as she cast her miserable, lonely self upon the floor.

Back to Alma Sue. “Well, I don’t like her at all,” I said, “and one of these days I’m going to give her a piece of my mind. Since you won’t,” I added with a meaningful glance at Clarissa.

“I don’t want to give her a piece of my mind, and I don’t want you to, either,” Clarissa retorted. “I just want her to be my friend.”

“Why? She doesn’t treat you very nicely.”

“Because . . .” Clarissa chased peas around her plate. “Just because.” “Della’s your friend, you could play with her.”

“I want to be friends with everybody,” Clarissa burst. “I just want everybody to like me!” Her eyes glistened.

Whoa. What was up with this?

“Clarissa,” Katherine soothed, “everybody does like you. Very much.”

My sister said no more, her attention focused on the last pea on her plate. Evidently, it was a very important pea. She and I would have to talk about this later. Clarissa’s need for acceptance should not relegate her to a doormat for the likes of Alma Sue. I thought of Charlotte, how Greg had ever so politely put the haughty girl in her place. I doubted my emotions-on-the-sleeve sister would ever possess such subtlety. But for Alma Sue and all the oppressive people in Clarissa’s future that she represented, a little lack of subtlety would be just fine with me.

“So.” Daddy hit the table with drumming fingers. “Jackie, how was your date?”

Wonderful. I got to discuss my first date with my entire family. “Good.”

Robert eyed me with interest, which surprised me. I didn’t think he cared much about first dates. “Where did you go?” he asked.

“Clayton’s Place.”

“Clayton’s Place, my, my,” said Katherine. She and Daddy exchanged impressed glances.

“What’s so great about it?” Robert wanted to know.

“It’s expensive.” Katherine whispered in a conspiratorial tone. “The most expensive restaurant in Albertsville.”

“Greg’s probably rich.” Clarissa seemed very pleased at the thought, as if somehow the money might trickle her way.

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