quot;,quot; Jamie said cheerfully.
quot;alking ; I could see ttle devil behind Erics smile.
quot;; I said, wishing hed never seen me.
quot;Its a beautiful nigrolling, isnt it?quot; Eric said. I t because Margaret tle bolder t tunity pass sticking it to me.
Jamie looked around and smiled. quot;Yes, it is.quot;
Eric looked around, too, ful look in aking a deep breatell . quot;Boy, it really is nice out t; o it be ually ars, and I you to miss it.quot; h a favor.
quot;O to my ; Jamie said. quot;I o offer Landon a cup of cider. ould you like to meet us ty.quot;
A cup of cider? At mentioned t. . . .
I put my , any worse.
quot;Os all rig o Cecils Diner.quot;
quot;On a sc?quot; sly.
quot;O be out too late,quot; ;but ;
quot;topping to say ; Jamie said, waving.
Eric got t slo , t getting out of trouble ime of ts , Mom, t of no darted out in front of me, and I couldnt stop in time.quot; No exactly dart anyhe way.
Once t of sigurned to me and smiled.
quot;You ;
quot;Sure I do.quot; Notice the careful way I phrased my answer.
After dropping Jamie off-no, I didnt stay for any cider-I started back to my ime. By tory me completely, and I could practically me, all the way from Cecils Diner.
See w happens when youre a nice guy?
By t morning everyone at scarted up a neion about time it I o spend my lunc to get a all.
t nig t one before t to do. Riger sco load all to ted truck to take to t Eddie and I ly t coordinated individual in ory. ed be ems, and every critical moment umble over some dust or an insect on t of t t painful way possible.
quot;S-s-sorry,quot; ;D-d-did . . . t ?quot;
Id stifle t and bite out, quot;Just dont do it again.quot;
But stop umbling around any more top time t even get a co eat before rearted. Moving taken t finisting til a fees before everyone else arrived to begin. it day, suffi