Stones
“I didn’t care. He apologized for the change in plans and said I was welcome to stay in the trailer as long as I wanted. I thanked him and told him no. Paying for the dented siding on the rear of the trailer took all the money I had been able to save, and Roy gave me a quizzical look when I explained that a couple of drunks must have done it.
I was glad to put the African Methodist Church behind me when I turned onto the Old Barrie Road. I moved into the house on Matchedash — it was hard to thin...k of it as “back home” — taking the front upstairs bedroom with the balcony and the view of Lake Couchiching.
“Watch it up there,” Dad had warned with the elfish look on his face that he was never able to hide when he was kidding, “it’s an old house. There might be a ghost or two up there.”
“Very funny, Dad.”
I decided to go to school regularly, get my credits, finish the year properly, and graduate. It would make Mom happy. I missed her and wanted her home where she belonged.MoreLess
I was glad to put the African Methodist Church behind me when I turned onto the Old Barrie Road. I moved into the house on Matchedash — it was hard to thin...k of it as “back home” — taking the front upstairs bedroom with the balcony and the view of Lake Couchiching.
“Watch it up there,” Dad had warned with the elfish look on his face that he was never able to hide when he was kidding, “it’s an old house. There might be a ghost or two up there.”
“Very funny, Dad.”
I decided to go to school regularly, get my credits, finish the year properly, and graduate. It would make Mom happy. I missed her and wanted her home where she belonged.MoreLess
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