Caryn then took us down to the restaurant. I walked in and saw it was gutted. They’d gotten a lot of work done this week. We walked out back, and she showed me the lots we’d bought to expand parking. The county had made us buy an extra lot. Caryn explained that because of the hard surfaces, they were worried about runoff into the neighbors’ when it rained. The extra lot was for a runoff pool. It was a dry lake that when it rained would catch the water from our parking lot.
“We should make it look nice,” Megan chimed in.
“What did you have in mind?” I asked.
“We could make it into kind of a wetlands area. We can plant some flowering bushes like lilacs to attract butterflies. I think it would also be nice to attract birds. We could put up some feeders and maybe some birdhouses for swallows and purple martins. They have the added benefit of eating bugs,” Megan said.
“I’ll leave it to you, then,” I said to agree with her plan.
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Chapter 35 – Baseball Playoffs Begin Monday April 25
Prom was in the air. It seemed Tracy was elected to talk to me about it.
“Who are you taking to Prom?” she asked.
“Kara Tasman. Why do you ask?”
“Halle, Brook, Zoe, and Pam wanted to know if they needed dates. Brook said there was a rumor that you might hook us up with your model and movie-actor friends.”
“Really?” I asked incredulously.
“Oh, and Jim, Wolf, and Alan want you to get them dates as well. Cassidy and I wouldn’t turn down a hot guy either.”
“So, I’m supposed to find nine celebrities for you dorks?” I asked.
“We’ve compiled a list of who we want,” Tracy said helpfully, holding up a sheet of paper.
I snatched it out of her hands. I don’t know why they even bothered to ask me. This should be good.
“Did you talk to them about this? Because I see one who’s an absolute
“Which ones?” Tracy asked.
“Craig Wild is the no. I wouldn’t allow him within 500 miles of any of you. Zak Verwood is a complete horndog. Brook can handle his come-ons, I’m sure, but just ask Halle, she can’t stand him. Personally, I like him, but he’s let his Hollywood celeb status rule his sex life, and he’s thrilled with it. I think he was with a new girl at least once a day if not two or three times. If Brook goes to the bathroom while she’s on a date with Zak, he might disappear with a waitress for a quickie.”
Halle and Ben would be okay. He was great to work with on
For the guys, I knew Alan had picked Leah because of the media coverage of
“I want to warn you about something. Have you heard the term ‘hung like a horse’?”
Tracy rolled her eyes at me.
“Yes, David, you have a big one,” Tracy almost moaned.
“Not me … Ryan,” I shared.
“That sounds nice.”
“I bet you wouldn’t think so if you saw it. I’m not kidding. The boy is huge. He told me about the problems he has with it. Think in terms of a Coke bottle. Instead of using the neck for fun, turn it around, look at the base, and you get an idea of what I’m talking about.”
“I call bullshit,” Tracy said.
I pulled out my phone and called Tyler, Adrienne’s partner. She’d seen it with her own eyes.
“Hey, it’s David. I have a friend who wants to ask Ryan Barlow to our prom,” I said and handed the phone to Tracy.
“David says that Ryan is … uh … hung,” Tracy stammered out.
“No shit!” she exclaimed.
She hung up, and I read the look in her eyes. She planned to get Ryan here and make him show what he had to all the girls. Poor bastard.
“So, who can you get to replace Craig Wild for Pam?” Tracy asked.
“How about Aden Reich? I met him in the UK, and I heard he got the young Han Solo role I tried out for,” I suggested.
“I’ll ask her. You don’t know Blake Seaver, do you?”
“Not just
“Pam thinks he’s cute,” Tracy teased.
I was starting to hate that guy. I just threw my hands up and walked away before I said something rude.
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