"see you monday ,: sandy said ."
"so what i'm thinking is , when some of big checks come in , yo'll get your raise retroactive to today ." nina said .
sandy shaded her eyes and looked east toward the mountains .
"okay ?"
" iwas just yhinking i better get home right away . clounds risin ' up from the coast . might storm . joe's getting lazy . he needs to make sure the animala make it into the barn ."
late in the afternoon , just as nina , bob , and their dog . hitchcock , reach the far side of sponer . lake , the cliounds did boil up and blow , offering them the choice to run for twenty minutes thropugh the downpour or seek shelte .they decided to run for it . bob recklessly crashing along the trail with clutter of roots and pine cones . hitchcock at his heels , ruuning with his nose to the ground , nona picking her way behind ,the brim of hrer baseball cap pulled low . they jumped into the bronco , laughing wildly , hitcjcock making a mess in the back seat .
nina turned the key in the ignition , and stopped laging "our truck appears to be dead ," she said , rain pounded on the roof , and she shivered and reached back for her emergency sweatshirt .
bob scratched his head and leaned over ." t's in gear . it won't start in second gear , y'know mom ."
"of course i know . did you put it in second for some reason ?" she moved into park , started up , shifted to drive , and turned on the wipers , bob found some paper towels in the glove compartment and dried his face . hitchcock poked his fuury head between them and bob carefully wiped the dog's face too . saying "that 's it , blame me ."
"well , i didn't do it ."
"so what i'm thinking is , when some of big checks come in , yo'll get your raise retroactive to today ." nina said .
sandy shaded her eyes and looked east toward the mountains .
"okay ?"
" iwas just yhinking i better get home right away . clounds risin ' up from the coast . might storm . joe's getting lazy . he needs to make sure the animala make it into the barn ."
late in the afternoon , just as nina , bob , and their dog . hitchcock , reach the far side of sponer . lake , the cliounds did boil up and blow , offering them the choice to run for twenty minutes thropugh the downpour or seek shelte .they decided to run for it . bob recklessly crashing along the trail with clutter of roots and pine cones . hitchcock at his heels , ruuning with his nose to the ground , nona picking her way behind ,the brim of hrer baseball cap pulled low . they jumped into the bronco , laughing wildly , hitcjcock making a mess in the back seat .
nina turned the key in the ignition , and stopped laging "our truck appears to be dead ," she said , rain pounded on the roof , and she shivered and reached back for her emergency sweatshirt .
bob scratched his head and leaned over ." t's in gear . it won't start in second gear , y'know mom ."
"of course i know . did you put it in second for some reason ?" she moved into park , started up , shifted to drive , and turned on the wipers , bob found some paper towels in the glove compartment and dried his face . hitchcock poked his fuury head between them and bob carefully wiped the dog's face too . saying "that 's it , blame me ."
"well , i didn't do it ."
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