I Can See For Miles by Worrall Lisa

Author:Worrall, Lisa [Worrall, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2013-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“IS EVERYBODY up to speed with what’s happening today?” Charlie asked, looking around at the assembled faces of his staff. “I’m not sure what time I’ll be back, and I don’t really want anyone knowing where I’ve gone.”

“We all know what we need to do,” Mike said, then sniggered when they heard the sound of a car horn being depressed yet again. “And I think you know you need to get in the car—your pop has been leaning on the horn for ten minutes, dude. I can see it getting ugly…,” he sing-songed when the kitchen door was thrown open so hard its handle bounced off the wall. “Too late—”

They all turned to see a rather red-faced Sharon standing in the doorway. “Charles William Cooper, if you’re not in that car by the count of three, you won’t be able to sit down for a week, because I will personally kick your heinie all over this kitchen!” Sharon’s voice was controlled and barely raised, but there was a wealth of meaning in every word, said with the ease of a woman who didn’t need to shout to get her own way.

“Mom, I’m thirty-two—”

“One….”

“Mom, I’m not a child—”

“Two….”

“Okay, okay, I’m coming,” Charlie muttered, not needing to see his friend’s faces to know they were happily amused by his embarrassment. “Just call me if anything urgent crops up.”

“Good-bye, Charles William,” Maggie drawled. She grinned from ear to ear when Charlie flipped her off and promptly received a slap to the back of his head for his rudeness from his mother as they headed out the door.

Charlie threw his backpack onto the backseat and climbed in, then shut the door behind him. He reached for the seatbelt and caught his father’s eye in the mirror, and smiled sheepishly when his father tipped him a wink as he started the engine.

“You ready, son?”

Charlie nodded and did his best to give his mother his best “nothing can faze me, I can face anything” look and then leaned his head back against the headrest. Looking out the window, Charlie watched the scenery that whizzed past the car as they left the greens and browns of the countryside for the sparseness of the highway. His stomach roiled with unease and the gripping fear of what today would hold. Closing his eyes, he forced himself to picture his favorite spot by the river, where they had stopped on the first pony trek, where he had sat for a while with Josh. He hoped he could paint it vividly in his mind, knowing after today was over, it might be the only way he would ever see it.

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