Deadline
““Mom! You gotta come see!”
Amelia was in her office composing an e-mail to George Metcalf when the boys rushed in, tracking in sand and practically stumbling over each other in their haste. Their faces were sweaty and flushed.
“What in the world?” It had been less than ten minutes since she’d heard them leaving the house on their way to the beach. “Did a spaceship land on the shore?”
“No, it’s better. You gotta come see.” Hunter took her hand and tried to pull her from the desk chair.
“Hold on.... Where’s Stef?”
“She’s down there. Come on.”
“Okay, I’ll come down, I promise. Just let me finish this—”
“No! You gotta come now.” Grant was bouncing on the balls of his feet. “Come see.”
“If it’s that stupendous, I guess my e-mail can wait.”
Laughing, she let each one take a hand and drag her from the room, down the stairs, and out through the front door. Her laughter subsided when she looked beyond the dunes. Stef, looking sleek and bronze and young, was chatting with “hot, hot, hot”MoreLess
Amelia was in her office composing an e-mail to George Metcalf when the boys rushed in, tracking in sand and practically stumbling over each other in their haste. Their faces were sweaty and flushed.
“What in the world?” It had been less than ten minutes since she’d heard them leaving the house on their way to the beach. “Did a spaceship land on the shore?”
“No, it’s better. You gotta come see.” Hunter took her hand and tried to pull her from the desk chair.
“Hold on.... Where’s Stef?”
“She’s down there. Come on.”
“Okay, I’ll come down, I promise. Just let me finish this—”
“No! You gotta come now.” Grant was bouncing on the balls of his feet. “Come see.”
“If it’s that stupendous, I guess my e-mail can wait.”
Laughing, she let each one take a hand and drag her from the room, down the stairs, and out through the front door. Her laughter subsided when she looked beyond the dunes. Stef, looking sleek and bronze and young, was chatting with “hot, hot, hot”MoreLess
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