Mask On the Cruise Ship (2004)
““Hans and Roman, Madge. Anyhow, I needed a break. How many rabbits do I need to see pulled out of hats? Besides, all that fur was making my allergies act up.” “ “Jack, you don’t have allergies. Now, I want you to leave before I get seasick again, or that really will be it for us. I mean it.”
Their voices woke me. I’d been having one of those cool dreams about flying. The Lord Bithersby playground had been far below. Liesl Dubuque had gaped up at me enviously while tugging on that back wedge of ...hair she was so eager to grow.
By squinting I could just bring Madge and Jack into view. He’d pulled up the other of the two chairs in our stateroom and was sitting beside her. I guessed they’d reached in impasse in their discussion, because they were just looking at each other now. Even though Madge was annoyed, it was one of those mutual gazes neither of them seemed to want to break.
Teen love. YECH.
“Uh-oh,” Madge said in alarm. “I knew this would happen — ”
Jack grabbed the fat-white-ship-on-blue-background ice bucket off the desk and held it under her chin.MoreLess
Their voices woke me. I’d been having one of those cool dreams about flying. The Lord Bithersby playground had been far below. Liesl Dubuque had gaped up at me enviously while tugging on that back wedge of ...hair she was so eager to grow.
By squinting I could just bring Madge and Jack into view. He’d pulled up the other of the two chairs in our stateroom and was sitting beside her. I guessed they’d reached in impasse in their discussion, because they were just looking at each other now. Even though Madge was annoyed, it was one of those mutual gazes neither of them seemed to want to break.
Teen love. YECH.
“Uh-oh,” Madge said in alarm. “I knew this would happen — ”
Jack grabbed the fat-white-ship-on-blue-background ice bucket off the desk and held it under her chin.MoreLess
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