Chapter 4
After I hung up with Angela, I delivered the bad news to my mom. We laid down on her bed and talked for a while. Afterwards I called Andy. Andy and Brad left work early and Andy stayed with my mom the rest of the day.
I later called CeeCee, told her what was going on with the whole co-anchor's death, and she suggested I take my mind off things until Jesse came to hang out with me.
So I decided to hang out with Doc (aka David).
"So when does Cosmos start?" I asked Doc as I waited for my turn. We were playing pinball on his computer. Cosmo's is a science/astronomy camp that Doc hasn't been able to stop talking about since he got accepted. Yes, it was a summer camp that you have to apply to.
"Not till the end of July." Doc replied not taking his eyes off the screen. "Shoot. I lost."
We switched places. I started playing with the keyboard.
"Suze…Something's bothering me." Doc confessed.
"What's that?" I risked a glance over at him.
"How did Jake get the money for the Camero?"
"What do you mean?" I asked still working the keyboard.
"Well…Mom and Dad took all his money away last year…and the Camero costs at least $25,000." Doc picked up his rubrics cube. "So, how did he get the cash so fast?"
I paused the game and turned around. I hadn't thought about this. He had bought it a few weeks after summer vacation started.
"And where does he spend all his time?" Doc continued while lining up a row of red squares.
"At the summer school class I suppose…" I replied scrunching up my nose.
"It only meets three days a week for two hours. And he's been gone all day all week." Doc looked up at me.
"Surfing?" I suggested.
Carmel was known for having the nicest beaches for surfing.
"His board is in the garage. I checked."
"David you need to find something to do to occupy your time." I replied. This was probably Doc's last free summer before having to get a job. He was going to be a freshman next year.
He looked back down at his rubrics cube sheepishly. "I was just thinking…"
"No, actually, that is a good...observation." I told him and put my hand on his shoulder.
"So what do you think? Drugs?" He asked.
"David! Its not drugs. At least I don't think." Although he is always asleep.
The doorbell rang.
"That'd be Jesse." I stood up and smoothed down my white Betsy Johnson dress I got 75 off last summer at a sale.
"Have fun. And think about what I said." David said.
"I will. Who knows how he got the cash? We can figure it out." I replied.
I trotted down the stairs, all my worries about the day gone. Jesse, my one true love was here.
I threw the door open and smiled up at him.
"Susannah!" He breathed and gave me a hug.
"Jesse. I missed you so much!"
Just then Brad walked in from the front door. He must have taken the Rambler out to go meet friends or something.
"God. Get a room." He snorted.
I released my hug from Jesse and rolled my eyes at him.
Jesse and I ended up going to Bubba Gumps for dinner down in Monterey, which is a half hour drive away from Carmel. After dinner we sat on a bench, me with my head against his shoulders, and him with his arm around my neck.
I gazed across the street and noticed a Psychic sign lit up in neon letters. Underneath it, it said, Palm Reading.
Jesse must have noticed my gaze because he said, "Do you want to go get our fortune read Susannah?" He smiled down at me making my heart gooey.
"Sure." I replied smiling, thinking about the last time I'd gotten my fortune told with Gina by Madame Zahara.
We walked across the street into the small shop. The walls were painted a light purple and there where beads in replace of a door leading to the room where the "psychic" sat.
"Do you two wish to get your fortune told?" She asked not looking up from her magazine.
Her hair was red and curly and her eyes a dark blue.
"Yes we do." Jesse replied with a grin on his face. He was holding my hand. Something he rarely liked to do in public. He was a true gentleman and not really big on PDA (public display of affection). He practically had a coronary giving me a hug goodbye in front of my mom and Andy one time.
"Both of you?" She asked finally looking up at us and set the magazine aside.
"Yes." I replied.
"Alright. You first." She pointed to me.
I walked into the small room. Jesse sat down on one of the chairs in the adjacent room and watched. She told me to hold out my palm.
I did as I was told.
She picked up my hand and closed her eyes.
"You have a long life line. Also a long love life." She was tracing lines on my hand. I glanced at Jesse when she said long love life and smiled.
"Oh dear." She opened her eyes and frowned.
Oh dear? Oh dear is not something you want a psychic to say.
"You have a 6th sense… And it's going to put you in danger soon."
Soon? Sorry sister but it already has put me in danger countless times.
"What kind of danger?" I asked cautiously.
"I cannot tell you more. You must leave now." She simply stated dropping my hand like it was on fire.
"Now listen. You just told me I'm in trouble and now you aren't going to tell me why?" I stood up, hands on my hips, ready to fight.
Jesse took my hand and muttered, "Querida. Lets go. This wasn't a good idea."
The two of us walked out of the store into the streets.
"Hey, lets get some ice cream." Jesse stated trying to distract me I suppose, and we started off for the gelato place a block down from Bubba Gumps.
After getting our ice cream, we sat down. I was still in a daze about what the psychic said to me.
"What reason do you think it is this time?" Jesse asked me.
"What?" I asked snapped out of my daze.
"What reason is it for you being in trouble? What have you been up to while I've been gone?" He asked taking a bite of vanilla.
"Honestly? Nothing. I haven't done anything." I replied.
Jesse gave me that, yeah-right-I-completely-believe-you look.
"What? I'm innocent."
For now at least.