Videvik(kogu raamat Inglise keeles)
Then he smiled at me apologetically. "So I guess it's good you'll be gone
Saturday... I've made plans to go fishing with the guys from the station. The weather's supposed
to be
real warm. But if you wanted to put your trip off till someone could go with you, I'd stay home. I
know I
leave you here alone too much."
"Dad, you're doing a great job." I smiled, hoping my relief didn't show. "I've never minded being
alone --
I'm too much like you." I winked at him, and he smiled his crinkly-eyed smile.
I slept better that night, too tired to dream again. When I woke to the pearl gray morning, my
mood was
blissful. The tense evening with Billy and Jacob seemed harmless enough now; I decided to
forget it
completely. I caught myself whistling while I was pulling the front part of my hair back into a
barrette, and
later again as I skipped down the stairs. Charlie noticed.
"You're cheerful this morning," he commented over breakfast.
I shrugged. "It's Friday."