Vampires on the Run: A Quinnie Boyd Mystery

Vampires on the Run: A Quinnie Boyd Mystery — page 7
of the clunky regulation footwear so she must be having a good real-estate day I’m about to say Sure when something catches my eye A car has emerged from the woods at the far end of the access road It’s heading straight toward us leaving a cloud of dust along the quarter mile between the woods and the beach Ella gets on her feet leaning to the left and then the right trying to make out the passengers I better get the keys for the Buttermans place Mom says heading back into her office I call to her How do you know it’s the science people She calls back It’s exactly 1 00 p m and they are science people I’m figuring they’re the ones who will be on time She’s right A silver SUV pulls up to the front of our house and two science parents get out And a boy Not bad Black T-shirt with a small pi symbol on the chest Not-too-baggy jeans Vans Of course there is the issue of the hat He’s wearing a flat-like a-pancake gray-and-brown plaid golf hat It’s the kind my grandpa has on in a photograph hanging in the upstairs hallway except it doesn’t have the pom pom thank goodness 5