the specifications for the cell phone and carrier that you need to get this weekend when your aunt takes you shopping.” As he talked, he wrote in very neat printing a list of features on a page of his notebook. “It must be exactly like this. Do not vary one little bit. Okay?” Scott tore the page out, folded it and handed it to Kelly.
“Okay. ” Kelly didn’t object since she knew absolutely nothing about cell phones anyway, so any advice would help.
“You have to go to the Cell Hut at the Edison Mall and ask for Dave Reed. Got that?”
“Yes. ”
“ He understands what I’m asking for and won’t try and sell you something else. I’ll set the phone up for you, but don’t let anyone talk you into anything except just what’s on that paper.”
Kelly and Austin glance d at each other and rolled their eyes.
“Okay, okay . . . got it.” Kelly stuffed the paper into the pocket of her shorts. She’d almost forgotten that tomorrow was the big shopping day.
CHAPTER EIGHT
SATURDAY
Kelly walked in to the kitchen and was startled to find her aunt sitting at the island, drinking coffee and checking messages on her Blackberry. She was dressed in shorts, a sleeveless blouse and sandals. Outside the sky was dark, brightened by occasional lightning bolts and punctuated with rumbles of thunder. Rain poured with a tropical intensity, dumping out of the over-flowing gutters in sheets, all of which probably explained the absence of her bird friend this morning.
“Morning ,” Kelly said, wiping the sleep from her eyes. “Are we in the middle of a hurricane?”
“No, just a Florida summer thunderstorm. It won’t last long.”
“You didn’t go to work today?”
“I thought we should get an early start.”
Kelly was pleased that her aunt had taken time from her busy schedule to do something so trivial. It meant a lot to her.
“You ready to head out?” her aunt asked.
“Sure am. Where to?”
“First, the Oasis. They serve breakfast all day, so it works well on weekends when I’m up late and can’t get moving early enough. I think you’ll like it.”
“Sounds good.”
“We’ll go to the Edison Mall after that. They have everything there, including cell phones. Ready?”
Kelly got up and followed her aunt out the door. Last night she had showed her the specifics of the cell phone Scott had recommended, and her aunt had had no objections. She, like Kelly, wasn’t too tech savvy when it came to cell phones. It seemed that a new technology came out every week, making them obsolete almost instantly. That’s why Jane clung to her reliable old-school Blackberry. She said she and it understood each other.
Oasis was a charming Florida-style restaurant with lots of windows and live plants. They were seated in a booth and while they were waiting for their food, Kelly filled her aunt in on what she knew about Scott and Austin’s families.
“Why don’t we invite them over for a cook-out tomorrow evening?” her aunt suggested. “I think it’s my duty to get to know your friends better . . . not that I don’t trust them. They seem like really nice boys. But for all I know, their parents are axe murderers.”
“ I doubt that that will come out in the conversation at a barbecue, but I’ve met Scott’s parents and they’re really nice. He’s an engineer and she works at a bank.”
“It will be nice to meet my neighbors. I should have done this a long time ago, but I’ve never really had a compelling reason until now.”
“I ’ll check with them as soon as we get back,” Kelly eagerly agreed.
Her pancakes arrived and she ate them with gusto in spite of noticing her aunt was eating an egg-white omelet with turkey bacon. There was a reason she was so slim and smart-looking in almost anything she wore. Even today, dressed casually, she looked crisp and attractive.
After breakfast, they continued on to the
“Okay. ” Kelly didn’t object since she knew absolutely nothing about cell phones anyway, so any advice would help.
“You have to go to the Cell Hut at the Edison Mall and ask for Dave Reed. Got that?”
“Yes. ”
“ He understands what I’m asking for and won’t try and sell you something else. I’ll set the phone up for you, but don’t let anyone talk you into anything except just what’s on that paper.”
Kelly and Austin glance d at each other and rolled their eyes.
“Okay, okay . . . got it.” Kelly stuffed the paper into the pocket of her shorts. She’d almost forgotten that tomorrow was the big shopping day.
CHAPTER EIGHT
SATURDAY
Kelly walked in to the kitchen and was startled to find her aunt sitting at the island, drinking coffee and checking messages on her Blackberry. She was dressed in shorts, a sleeveless blouse and sandals. Outside the sky was dark, brightened by occasional lightning bolts and punctuated with rumbles of thunder. Rain poured with a tropical intensity, dumping out of the over-flowing gutters in sheets, all of which probably explained the absence of her bird friend this morning.
“Morning ,” Kelly said, wiping the sleep from her eyes. “Are we in the middle of a hurricane?”
“No, just a Florida summer thunderstorm. It won’t last long.”
“You didn’t go to work today?”
“I thought we should get an early start.”
Kelly was pleased that her aunt had taken time from her busy schedule to do something so trivial. It meant a lot to her.
“You ready to head out?” her aunt asked.
“Sure am. Where to?”
“First, the Oasis. They serve breakfast all day, so it works well on weekends when I’m up late and can’t get moving early enough. I think you’ll like it.”
“Sounds good.”
“We’ll go to the Edison Mall after that. They have everything there, including cell phones. Ready?”
Kelly got up and followed her aunt out the door. Last night she had showed her the specifics of the cell phone Scott had recommended, and her aunt had had no objections. She, like Kelly, wasn’t too tech savvy when it came to cell phones. It seemed that a new technology came out every week, making them obsolete almost instantly. That’s why Jane clung to her reliable old-school Blackberry. She said she and it understood each other.
Oasis was a charming Florida-style restaurant with lots of windows and live plants. They were seated in a booth and while they were waiting for their food, Kelly filled her aunt in on what she knew about Scott and Austin’s families.
“Why don’t we invite them over for a cook-out tomorrow evening?” her aunt suggested. “I think it’s my duty to get to know your friends better . . . not that I don’t trust them. They seem like really nice boys. But for all I know, their parents are axe murderers.”
“ I doubt that that will come out in the conversation at a barbecue, but I’ve met Scott’s parents and they’re really nice. He’s an engineer and she works at a bank.”
“It will be nice to meet my neighbors. I should have done this a long time ago, but I’ve never really had a compelling reason until now.”
“I ’ll check with them as soon as we get back,” Kelly eagerly agreed.
Her pancakes arrived and she ate them with gusto in spite of noticing her aunt was eating an egg-white omelet with turkey bacon. There was a reason she was so slim and smart-looking in almost anything she wore. Even today, dressed casually, she looked crisp and attractive.
After breakfast, they continued on to the
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