Surprise Melody Flintkote. Part Two
Copyright© 2019 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 52
Junior patted him on the cheek and said, “Yes ... you are ... and too big to miss.”
I turned to look ... really look. “He is a big one,” I said. “Tall and thin but broad. What do you weigh, Mr. Austin?”
“One seventy five,” he said.
“79.3 kilos,” I said.
“That was quick,” Junior said.
“I’ve lived ‘metric’ longer than ‘imperial,” I said. “I actually have to think.”
“So ... you’re smarter than you look?”
“I do ditzy well,” I agreed.
“You do.”
“So...” I asked, “The Basilisk is canned but not stocked.” I looked at Junior. “How well do you want to ‘Know’ catamarans?”
She gave me a look, “I can sail monohulls. I have a US Coast Guard certificate up to 200 feet.”
“So you’re not completely ignorant?”
“That sounds like a ‘crack’ to me. Yeah ... I know ‘standing’ from ‘running’ and a ketch from a sloop.”
“How long are you willing to abandon your country to go hotrod on open water?”
“Two weeks if you think I need it.”
“Farmers Market?” I asked David.
“The best local is Ludington... 20 miles.”
“In country?”
“Ooo ... Surprise ... the cut direct ... yes ... in country,” he grinned. “Ludington is north. The Fed A is about 65 miles south.”
“I have this feeling you don’t approve of the separation.”
“I don’t. Michigan should be in one country or the other. I would prefer the Fed. I lost a lot of friends ... good men ... defending the USA.”
Junior looked shocked, “I should have just let it go?”
“Not at all ... Michigan should have voted to join the Princessapality ... all of it. That excuse of a man should have never been elected and She was even worse. Just another lesson about greed. It’s not money that’s evil ... it’s the LOVE of money.”
“David ... think about what you just said,” I suggested.
“Oh ... it SOUNDS like I’m trying both sides against the middle ... but ... Think about it ... without the bomb.”
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