The Continuing Adventures of Surprise Flintkote
Copyright© 2022 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 7
The statuesque blonde ... you remember her ... she was the one who introduced Tyche to ‘keep Austin weird’ ... and beer. She also has an older brother, The one Tyche insulted. Yeah ... her. The one who is in competition with Tyche for grades.
The blonde said, “Mom?” That got a glance ... umh ... glare. “I call foul!”
“I’m not her birth mom,” said Surprise.
“Even worse ... adopted ... YOU CHOSE HER!” Now the blonde had GOSSIP!
Tyche grinned.
The blonde noticed. “Why are you grinning? Wait. That’s a smirk!”
“I wasn’t adopted ... I was sent!” Tyche said.
“What?” From the blonde.
“Yeah,” Surprise agreed. “She was in the states before I knew she was coming.”
“Ludington, mom. I was in Ludington,” Tyche said. “On the bus.”
“Your mom...” suggested Surprise.
“Your SISTER ordered me sent from Fiji. My mom wanted to keep me,” Tyche commented.
Surprise rounded on her, “Keep you? Zoe? JW?”
“Dad ... not so much, Mom ... well I was just out of the terrible twos...” said Tyche ... as if that would explain it.
“Ludington? Where is Ludington?” Time for the blonde to get back in the debate.
“North west Michigan,” Tyche said.
This is Texas ... Texans have a general idea about the rest of the Western Hemisphere ... general ... you know ... there’s a lot of directional pointing ... There’s Texas ... Mexico ... Oklahoma ... That place where Mardi Gras is ... umh ... LousyAnna ... yeah. That state west ... Arizona? New Mexico? One or the other ... doesn’t matter, it’s not Texas ... Sometimes Texas is explained...”West Texas ... King Ranch. East Texas ... Piney woods. North Texas ... The Panhandle ... umh ... Armadillo. South Texas ... SPRING BREAK!!”