Cold Flat Junction
“knew than a regular mechanic. Pondering this alternated in my mind with the Florida trip. Walter and I had calculated they’d be driving the Tamiami Trail by now. So naturally I wanted to keep my eye on the clock.
I was sitting on the bench outside Britten’s store. It was the one I always sat on when conferring with the Wood boys and Mr. Root, and right now I was waiting for them to come along, for they always did about this time, after the Woods got back from La Porte and their hot roast beef a...nd mashed potatoes lunch at the Rainbow.
Lunch in the dining room had been fairly quiet. Only once did Miss Bertha raise a rumpus and that was because I’d put a tomato slice in her grilled cheese sandwich. I told her I was just trying to make it more interesting (which I wasn’t; I just wanted to see how she’d react), and she said grilled cheese wasn’t supposed to be interesting.
I heard something like a shout behind me and turned. Ulub and Ubub were coming along the path that ran by Britten’s.MoreLess
I was sitting on the bench outside Britten’s store. It was the one I always sat on when conferring with the Wood boys and Mr. Root, and right now I was waiting for them to come along, for they always did about this time, after the Woods got back from La Porte and their hot roast beef a...nd mashed potatoes lunch at the Rainbow.
Lunch in the dining room had been fairly quiet. Only once did Miss Bertha raise a rumpus and that was because I’d put a tomato slice in her grilled cheese sandwich. I told her I was just trying to make it more interesting (which I wasn’t; I just wanted to see how she’d react), and she said grilled cheese wasn’t supposed to be interesting.
I heard something like a shout behind me and turned. Ulub and Ubub were coming along the path that ran by Britten’s.MoreLess
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