“But that will take at least six weeks and we just said I could drive again in two weeks.”
“You still can if you pay me back. Otherwise, you’ll have plenty of time to think about what you did.”
“Alright. Alright. Mr. Connors has offered me a job. That way I can see Maria too.” He laid his head on Grandma Pauline’s shoulder, having no idea what her future would be like, but he’d already planned to be a big part of it. “I’ll use the rest of my time to get to know Grandma Pauline better,” he said. “She’s one of my best friends.”
In the meantime, if he could figure out a way to pay off Myles all at once he could be back behind the wheel in two weeks. He grinned mischievously. Good thing James had a savings account.
Other Award-Winning Books
By David A. Thyfault
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NON-FICTION
Instant Experience for Real Estate Agents
A fun and interesting non-textbook slant on the real estate profession. Features jokes, true stories and an explanation of why agents should be their own best clients.
Stop Flushing Your Money Down the Drain
Find out how and why the typical adult loses nearly a half-million dollars in buying power during his or her lifetime. Easy to read. Packed with good tips.
FICTION SERIES:
The Making of Detective Neal “Stump” Randolph
Episode One: Three Deadly Twins
A trio of twins causes deadly trouble on one side of town while 13-year-old Stump endures the tragic death of his beloved mother in a nearby neighborhood and ultimately discovers he has the knack for detective work.
Episode Two: Monday Girl’s Revenge
Unknowingly, both 16-year-old Stump and young Detective Delores Sanchez get drawn into the same unsavory world of a serial sexual predator at an apartment complex. By the time a body is discovered, Stump is well on his way to becoming an effective, self-taught investigator.
COMING UP
Episode Three: Grandma’s BFF Does Coke
While establishing a funky breakfast restaurant, Stump, now 19 and enrolled in a college of criminology, teams up with a mysterious truck driver to investigate a dementia patient’s claim regarding a lost family treasure. Gunshots and corpses prove the patient knew a lot more than originally thought.
Note: Among other places, readers can find these books on Amazon, Smashwords.com (where the eBooks are FREE) and the author’s website: DavidThyfault.com.
About the Author
Like most Americans I liked my career of several decades but I have to admit that I didn’t always approach the mornings with wild enthusiasm.
But then, I retired and discovered something I never would have guessed: When the day is mine, I love to get up even earlier. Now I’m the guy who wakes up the rooster. I still work as much as I ever did, only I now work on things that bring me a different form of compensation. Like writing books.
Some have asked me where I get my ideas, but it’s no mystery. I had a storied youth with six sisters and a wild family. When I wasn’t engulfed in that world, I spent a fair amount of my time wandering the alleys and streets of our neighborhood. A fellow learns a lot from all of those people even before he arrives for his first day of school. If he has the ability to recall the characters and the activities in which they engaged, and blend that with a dash of make-believe, there’s a goldmine full of fodder from which to draw his inspiration.
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