For Crying Out Loud
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Now, with our feet propped up on the railing, we gazed out across the quiet golf course, where no golfers or carts marred the landscape. It was like a piece of heaven on earth, this bit of muted landscape, cupped in the green hands of palmettos and live oaks, complete with a darkening blue backdrop. We sighed in tandem.
“This is nice,” Bernie said.
“Oh, yeah.”
“Look at that sunset.”
“Yeah.” I sighed again.
Then we both sat up and squinted at the horizon. We turned to look at one another and then back again at the extraordinary vista before us.
At the farthest end of the course, practically obscured by the palmettos and Spanish moss, almost hidden in the deepening shadows, a long, fat, dark gray-green reptile crawled out of the lagoon and lumbered across the golf course.
Bernie groaned, shifted in her chair, glanced at me and lifted both hands in surrender. I leaned back in my chair, smacked my lips and beamed. “Soooo, dearest of dear chums, what do you have to say to that?” I put my feet back on the railing and folded my hands on my unshackled chest.
Bernie inhaled, exhaled, then drawled, “For crying out loud…”
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by Cathie Wayland and Theresa Jenner Garrido
The intrepid duo, retired teachers, Bernadette “Bernie” North and Michaela “Mike” Rosales are kicking up their heels again, this time on a cruise in the Bahamas. What could possibly go wrong on a self-contained ship out in the middle of the Caribbean? Plenty. The girls find themselves up to their necks in another mystery—one they are determined to solve.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Theresa Jenner Garrido is a graduate of the University of Washington, Theresa taught middle school language arts and drama for over twenty-five years before retiring to devote more time and energy to her passion of writing. She loves walking on deserted beaches, country roads, and eating chocolate. She thinks living in Alaska would be great but is content to stay in her small town in South Carolina.
Cathie Wayland is a lifelong Midwesterner, a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a friend. After achieving a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and a Master’s Degree in Administration she has spent her entire adult life working with children in schools, first as a junior high level teacher, and then as an elementary school principal. Early on in her life, she developed a love for reading and writing, and enjoys interlacing her books, stories and articles with real-life incidents, accidents, anecdotes and memorable characters that have shaped her world. Her friend Theresa ranks among the very best of memorable characters! She has been blessed with a long and happy marriage, and an incredible family. Cathie would claim that defining moments of who you are and who you hope to be come when you least expect them.