Sisterchicks Down Under by Robin Jones Gunn

Author:Robin Jones Gunn [Gunn, Robin Jones]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-56344-6
Publisher: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
Published: 2011-08-16T16:00:00+00:00

Australia?” I asked. “The wedding is in Sydney, Australia?”

Jill nodded. “James was planning to go with me, but now he’s pulling back because of exams.”

I’d met Jill’s youngest son, James, the day I went to her home to book our on-line tickets for Christchurch. He was a tall, good-looking young man with dark, expressive eyes. He seemed intently interested in everything his mother had to say, which I thought was amazing and admirable.

Then I realized that James probably had been trying to fill the void his father had left and was trying to be responsive to his mom’s concerns.

“I told James I’m fine going to the wedding by myself. It’s a very small family affair, which is why my brother-in-law was so persuasive about James and me being there. We’re the closest relatives on his side in this hemisphere, and there’s no reason for me not to go.”

“But …” I tried to draw out of Jill what she was thinking but not saying.

“But I don’t think I want to go to Australia by myself. Traveling is the last ‘alone’ thing I’ve had to tackle. I didn’t think anything of the trip when James was planning to go, but now …”

“Jill, you don’t have to say anything else. I would love to go with you.”

“Really?”

“Yes, really. I’m sure Tony will be all for it.”

“It’s such short notice.”

“That’s okay. I don’t have anything on my calendar I need to cancel.”

Jill still looked hesitant, as if she were asking too much of me.

“Hey.” I reached across the table and gave her hand a squeeze. “Relax, it’s dolphin time. The sun is shining; the surf is up. Let’s ride the wave together. What did Tracey just tell us? This is the time of our lives to have the time of our lives. We’re going to Sydney!”

A smile came to Jill’s face.

I told her about one of my longtime friends in California who had been sending e-mails to me via Tony’s work e-mail. “Last time she wrote, she said that I’m supposed to have an extra adventure for her. See? I have to go to Australia with you so she can vicariously experience the adventure.”

“Well, then, since she’s counting on it, I guess we can’t let her down. You won’t have to go to the wedding, if you don’t want, and we can stay several extra days to play.”

As I predicted, Tony was all for the excursion. He drove Jill and me to the airport the next Friday and added his encouragement for us to have the time of our lives.

I kissed him good under Gollum’s gruesome gaze, grabbed my gear, and followed Jill into the Wellington airport for the second time that month.

The clerk at the flight desk asked to see my visa. I pulled out my credit card and handed it to him.

“No, your visa, if you don’t mind,” he said in a weary voice, as if one too many travelers had pulled the same prank on him. I wasn’t trying to pull a prank.

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