Flintkote
Copyright© 2020 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 44
The patrol-car pulled up to the the last NO PARKING sign at the dirt side of the Tee pier ... the sole patrolman got out and surveyed the boats. He opened the backdoor and let out a mob ... yes ... three 8 or 9 year old boys can be a mob.
He sighed and started walking out to the end of the dock and the boat. He was herding the boys. Tyche sighed in turn, she knew. He was coming to see her.
“Junior?” Junior was fixing to join the Ludington Saturday Tanning Club. Meets every Saturday it doesn’t rain. Beginning to be a throng. Junior IS still a teenager. Cyn and Surprise ARE 22 ... young adults. Krys and Cassie are mid teens, Jo is 19 ... just like Junior. Several of the local high school beauties have wrangled invites to the club ... good thing the Flint is big.
The Flint crew is dithering. Their contracted year expired a month ago and they have hopes ... one does not willing leave the job of the century.
“Tyche?”
“Cheese it ... the cops.” Tyche has been watching ‘old movies’ on DVD ... everyone onboard has been suffering through nostalgia.
Junior slipped on a just slipped off Tee Shirt. Although she thought she thought it, she said, “I wonder what he wants.” Then she noticed the boys, “Never mind.”
“Officer?”
“These boys tell me that that,” a finger at Tyche, “child has been flying ... something?” He wasn’t used to being interrupted.
“She has a license,” Junior said. “I should know, I issued it.”
“And who are you?”
Junior hasn’t met Everybody and some older males aren’t used to dealing with women. Some older males didn’t understand about the princessapality vote and some didn’t vote for leaving.
“Wendolyn Elizabeth Wanzor Austin, the Third ... commonly called Junior, the Princess of the Princessapality, ruler of all I survey.”
“Liberated, huh?” the cop said. “I’ll need to see your ID.”
“I’ll have to get it ... it’s not something I carry while sunbathing.”
“Well... ?”
So ... Junior headed for the gangway.
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