Seventeen Against the Dealer
“In the dimmed brightness under an overcast sky, she emptied the truck bed, stacking the firewood under the worktable. Then she lay plastic sheets down over the floor and began working the first of the finished rowboats around to the shop door.
It wasn’t cold enough to snow, but it was cold. She inched the boat carefully along, wondering if it would be possible to bring two of the unfinished rowboats at one time on the trailer. That would cut down at least on that end of the job. She thought abo...ut how with two people working, some things—like moving boats around, for example—took less than half the time, more like a quarter.
She wished she did have the money to hire someone. Not for all the time, just part of it. She didn’t feel right always asking Sammy and Maybeth—and she hadn’t even told Gram there were boats to be moved today. Gram’s cold had cleared up, but she was still having trouble shaking the cough. Yesterday, after dinner, Gram had made a pot of tea, declaring her intention of floating the cough out to sea on a tide of tea.MoreLess
It wasn’t cold enough to snow, but it was cold. She inched the boat carefully along, wondering if it would be possible to bring two of the unfinished rowboats at one time on the trailer. That would cut down at least on that end of the job. She thought abo...ut how with two people working, some things—like moving boats around, for example—took less than half the time, more like a quarter.
She wished she did have the money to hire someone. Not for all the time, just part of it. She didn’t feel right always asking Sammy and Maybeth—and she hadn’t even told Gram there were boats to be moved today. Gram’s cold had cleared up, but she was still having trouble shaking the cough. Yesterday, after dinner, Gram had made a pot of tea, declaring her intention of floating the cough out to sea on a tide of tea.MoreLess
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