(eng) Merrie DeStefano - Crescent Bay 01 by Fathom

Author:Fathom [Fathom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

Kira:

Sunday. The day of rest. Although right now it felt more like a day of unrest. I sauntered in the kitchen door, pretending that I couldn’t hear Gram’s endless ramble about how the yard needed more work. I knew that she expected me to rush into my room, change my clothes and start pruning the bougainvillea. Just then I noticed that the light on the answering machine was blinking, two messages were flashing. Before Gram or Dad could stop me, I punched the button, heard a familiar voice.

“Kira, can you please take my shift down at Crescent Moon Souvenirs this afternoon? I have to take my dog to the vet. He’s been sick all night and I—” It was my cousin, Celia, and her voice cracked and the voice mail ended in a long beep.

The next message was from her too. Both Dad and Gram stood beside me in the kitchen now, listening. This time Celia was crying when the message started and the tone in her voice brought tears to my eyes.

“I’m really sorry. I just can’t make it in today. If you could please take my shift, I’d really—” A long moment of silence. I thought I could hear her talking to her dog in the background, something like, it’s okay, baby, you’re going to be fine, okay? Then she spoke into the phone again, “Anyway, if you could work today from three to close, then I—” She didn’t say any more. I glanced at the clock. It was already a quarter past two. I gave Dad one of my Can I? looks.

He nodded.

I called Celia back and talked to her for about fifteen minutes. I made sure she was okay—she was already on her way to the vet and her dog, a little terrier, yipped in the background. She kept telling him to lay down and I kept telling her to keep her eyes on the road and watch out for other cars. I didn’t hang up until she finally reached the vet. Then I dashed into my room and changed my clothes. When I came out, Dad handed me my new cell phone.

“I know. It’s a day early, but you’re not going anywhere without it from now on,” he said. “Understand?”

“Yeah. Thanks!”

He took a few minutes to show me how everything worked and, like a good daughter, I pretended like I didn’t already know. By the time we finished, I had my e-mail account, Twitter and Facebook all set up. And I had his phone number hooked up on speed dial. Really quick, I snapped his photo and attached it to his phone number. He grinned, probably realizing that I had already known how to do all of this.

“Come on, I’ll give you a ride,” he said.

Neither one of us paid any attention to Gram. I didn’t notice her until I was walking out the door. She hulked in a kitchen chair, arms crossed, sullen expression on her face. I could tell that she didn’t like what I was doing.

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