Rough Waters by S.L. Rottman

Author:S.L. Rottman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV001010, JUV039030, JUV032060
ISBN: 9781561456116
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Published: 2011-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Ihardly saw Gregg or Roger at all until Monday. I guess Gregg stayed at Roger’s house on Friday night. Then on Saturday I only saw them briefly in the morning, because Bob and I went on the weekend trip. We had a great time. Joe, Carol, and Barb were the guides. Not only did all of the staff members get along really well, but our patrons were a really fun group as well. Everyone was relaxed and worked together.

It was the best weekend I had had since my parents died. I thought of how much Mom would have loved the wildflowers at the campsite, and I could almost hear Dad whooping it up through the rapids. I missed Gregg too. I wished he was there to talk to.

Sunday night when I got back from the trip, I was amazed to walk into the house and find Rocky cooking. So far I had been the only one, other than Gregg when he had the cooking spree on our day off, to do anything more complicated than boil water or turn on the oven and insert a frozen pizza.

“Wow! Something smells fantastic!”

Rocky grinned and I almost thought he blushed, but I wasn’t sure because of his sunburn.

“What is it?”

“My specialty.”

“Which is?”

“Chicken Cordon Bleu.”

“That’s your specialty?”

“Yep.”

“Man, you should have been cooking the whole time!”

He laughed. “How’d the trip go?”

“Excellent. There were absolutely no problems. I had a blast.” I laughed.

“This river is so awesome. It’s never the same. I mean, I’ve done the short section of Brown’s Canyon how many times this week? And every time it’s different, even though it’s the same rapids and the same rafts.”

“So what do you think changes?”

I thought about it for a minute. “The people. You know, the different levels of experience of the groups, and the way they treat each other. And the way we run the rapids. Every time it’s just a little different, and that makes the whole thing different.”

“You like it though.”

“No! I love it.”

“Glad to hear it.”

“How were things at the base?”

“Oh,” he said, “they were okay.” There was a definite lack of enthusiasm in his voice.

“Any major problems?”

“No. But I had to reassign Gregg. He’s been doing pretty well as a guide working with me, but he’s awful in terms of attitude, both toward me and toward the patrons.”

“Who’d you assign him to?”

“I teamed him up with Ray. I’m hoping Ray can settle him down and undo the damage that Roger did.”

“Such as?”

“Such as the belief that the guide is the most important person on the raft.” He sighed and shook his head. “I thought if I gave Roger the responsibility of training Gregg, it would be good for both of them. I don’t know what happened to Roger during the off season, but I don’t like it. He keeps this up, he won’t be here much longer.”

“I think you’ve said that before.”

Rocky looked up at me.

“You’ve said it twice since I’ve been here, and according to some of the other staff members, you threatened to fire him several times before that.

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