Road to Paradise
“It was time to start thinking about dinner, and we hadn’t gone but ten miles from Aunt Betty’s house, our sum total for the day. I couldn’t believe I told Emma I’d be back in two and a half weeks. I must’ve been delusional.
“Hey, you want a Blue Jay pumpkin? Look, they’re only a quarter.”
“No.”
“Look at the name of the town.” Gina laughed. “Valparaiso. Isn’t that funny?”
I didn’t know what was so funny.
“We’re in Indiana. You’ve got Joe’s Bar and Grill, and you’ve got Tony’s... Car Repair next to Pump’s On Restaurant, next to Tasty Taco, in Valparaiso?”
“So?”
“You don’t think Tasty Taco is a little too hoi-polloi for Valparaiso?”
“No. I just think the people who named the town came from Chile.”
“I think, Miss Literal,”MoreLess
“Hey, you want a Blue Jay pumpkin? Look, they’re only a quarter.”
“No.”
“Look at the name of the town.” Gina laughed. “Valparaiso. Isn’t that funny?”
I didn’t know what was so funny.
“We’re in Indiana. You’ve got Joe’s Bar and Grill, and you’ve got Tony’s... Car Repair next to Pump’s On Restaurant, next to Tasty Taco, in Valparaiso?”
“So?”
“You don’t think Tasty Taco is a little too hoi-polloi for Valparaiso?”
“No. I just think the people who named the town came from Chile.”
“I think, Miss Literal,”MoreLess
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