Rainbow's End by JB Bonds

Author:JB Bonds [JB Bonds]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
Published: 2018-07-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Help From Our Friends

Book club and mahjongg were meeting at 7:00, and I wanted to touch base with Ida and McGhee to see if they were still planning on attending. After getting Max out of his crate and hooking him up to his leash, we took him for a walk up to their house. When we got to the door, we had to knock a couple of times before Ida answered.

“Sorry I didn’t get to the door faster, girls. Me and McGhee are in the back bedroom storing away all those little things we might use once a year, and don’t want under foot,” Ida said.

“Have you gotten everything unpacked?” I asked.

“We’re done. Are we still on for mahjongg tonight, Roz?”

“Yes, and book club, if McGhee is planning on going,” I said.

“I’m pretty sure she wants to attend. She read the book in about two days. She said she can’t wait to hear the discussions.” Ida gave us a great big smile.

“I can only imagine where our discussions will lead. I’m just hoping we have a good turn out tonight,” I said.

“We’ll pick you two up around 6:45, if that’s all right,” Roz said.

When the four of us got to the Recreation Center, we could see the place was packed. There were so many golf carts, cars, and bicycles parked around the building, we had to leave our golf cart parked down the street.

“I wonder what else is going on here tonight,” I said.

“I don’t know, but whatever it is, there’s a lot of people attending,” McGhee said.

We all went into the Recreation Center. Ida and Roz went down the hall to the mahjongg room and McGhee and I went down the hall toward our meeting room. We could hear a lot of talking coming out of the book club room, and couldn’t have been more shocked when we walked in the door to find the room packed; there was standing room only.

“My stars, what is all this about?” I asked McGhee.

“I can tell you what this is all about. When word got out your book club was reading an erotic book, interest blossomed. People got curious,” McGhee said.

I went to the front of the room, but my being there didn’t even begin to bring down the talking. A man in the back saw me trying to get everyone’s attention and whistled loudly. The room went silent.

“Welcome, everyone. It looks like we have quite a few new people here tonight. I’m Joanie O’Hara. I’ll pass a notebook around so everyone can sign in. Please give me your phone number and email address. There are a few refreshments in the back that Alberta has supplied for us tonight since the book choice we’re discussing tonight was hers.”

A woman I didn’t know jumped to her feet and said, “OK, OK, that’s all good, but let’s start discussing this book!”

And so it began. I have never seen a group of people have so much to say about a book club read. The group was animated, loud, and at times, very candid.

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