Fire Works in the Hamptons : a Willow Tate Novel (9781101547649) (2011)
Fire Works in the Hamptons : a Willow Tate Novel (9781101547649)
“My grandmother said she’d seen enough fireworks to last through the winter.
I’d rather have more company, but we were on our own. I drove Mom’s Outback because it could hold the most.
Ellen and I brought a blanket, two low beach chairs, sweaters, and a bag of Oreos.
Barry brought a bottle of wine and four plastic glasses.
Martin brought a large cooler, a shovel, one of those little shrink-wrapped bundles of firewood and kindling, a plastic garbage bag and a metal bucket for water to douse the f...ire and then carry home the hot embers. No absentminded professor, Mr. Armbruster. No muscle man either. By the time we got all his stuff from the car to the beach, he was breathing so hard Ellen made him sit in her chair while she fussed about unpacking the heavy cooler. Barry spread the blanket and made a big show of opening the wine bottle.
So it had a cork. Big deal. I didn’t drink wine; it gave me a headache whether it cost five dollars or fifty. I started digging the hole for the fire, figuring one of the men would relieve me shortly.MoreLess
I’d rather have more company, but we were on our own. I drove Mom’s Outback because it could hold the most.
Ellen and I brought a blanket, two low beach chairs, sweaters, and a bag of Oreos.
Barry brought a bottle of wine and four plastic glasses.
Martin brought a large cooler, a shovel, one of those little shrink-wrapped bundles of firewood and kindling, a plastic garbage bag and a metal bucket for water to douse the f...ire and then carry home the hot embers. No absentminded professor, Mr. Armbruster. No muscle man either. By the time we got all his stuff from the car to the beach, he was breathing so hard Ellen made him sit in her chair while she fussed about unpacking the heavy cooler. Barry spread the blanket and made a big show of opening the wine bottle.
So it had a cork. Big deal. I didn’t drink wine; it gave me a headache whether it cost five dollars or fifty. I started digging the hole for the fire, figuring one of the men would relieve me shortly.MoreLess
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