The Perfect Disaster by Abby Tyler

Author:Abby Tyler [Tyler, Abby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Casey Shay Press

Chapter 13

Ginny knew she was in for an incredible experience the moment that Carter parked next to the replica of the ship that held the Titanic Museum in Branson.

Their drive up until that moment had been pretty typical for them. They talked about Roscoe and how they might train him next. A little bit about the school. They avoided the topic of his football team, after their discomfort about it on Tuesday.

But as they sat in his truck in front of this amazing building that looked exactly like the historic ship, Ginny leaned forward and pressed her hands on the dashboard. “Is it the same size of the original ship?”

“Oh no. It’s about fifty percent. Still pretty impressive.”

Ginny couldn’t take her eyes off the boat. The massive chimneys, the portholes, the image that exactly matched her impressions from movies and photographs. If it hadn’t been plunked in the middle of the city, surrounded by buildings and trees, she would never have believed it wasn’t the actual ship.

She couldn’t help but let out a little squeal as they got out of the truck.

Carter laughed. “I’m glad you’re so excited. Were you a fan of the movie?” he asked.

“Yes and no,” she said. “There were great costumes, and the story was important. But I found some of it a little hard to believe.”

“I don’t think I’ve ever stayed awake all the way through it.”

“What! They’re on a sinking ship! How can you fall asleep?”

“I don’t know. I just can.”

Ginny shook her head at him, but they smiled at each other as they entered the museum.

As Carter had promised, there was almost no line to purchase tickets. They were each handed a boarding pass that listed the name of an actual Titanic passenger. A woman in a black-and-white servant outfit told them that, at the end of the exhibit, they would find out whether their passenger arrived safely or perished in the waters.

They walked close together as Ginny read about her passenger. She was just a little girl about the age of Ginny’s students. She could already feel her eyes welling up with tears. “I hope she makes it,” she said. “I don’t know if I can take it if she doesn’t.”

“You have a teacher’s heart,” Carter said. “It’s always nice to see people who were absolutely meant to be in the school system.”

No one had ever said that to her. Ginny hadn’t intended to be in schools. Most occupational therapists worked in clinics or on a home basis, like she did before. But he might be right. The classroom felt like where she was meant to be.

They walked through the exhibits, touching the frigid iceberg and placing their hands inside water chilled to the temperature that people endured as they abandoned the ship. Carter made it a full thirty seconds before finally pulling his hand out, but Ginny didn’t fare nearly as well.

“Good to know what your pain threshold is,” Carter teased when she jerked her hand out after only ten seconds.

Ginny shook her freezing hand, and Carter took it, pressing it between his.

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