Quinn's Story
Copyright© 2026 by writer 406
Chapter 27
Summer arrived, not dramatically, but gradually a degree at a time, the light changing before the temperature did.
Quinn was thinking about the summer. He knew the Colonel would send him somewhere. He was hoping for Montana again. Cody and Rafe had sent a letter in February that was two paragraphs long and ended with, “We overhauled the old jeep so we can do some off-roading up in the breaks.”
He talked to the three girls about the ranch at lunch one day. They were all talking about their summer plans.
Keiko was going to Tokyo for the summer visiting her grandparents, Japanese family obligation pulling her back.
Katherine was going to spend a month in upstate New York with her aunt, which she was genuinely excited about.
Sheila was going to spend the summer working at a theater camp in Marin County.
“Montana,” Katherine said casually. “Will there be barn dances again?”
“Probably,” he said.
“Are you going to dance?”
“I’m going to dance.”
“And is there a girl you’re going to dance with at these barn dances?” Sheila asked.
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