You've Got Male novel · Chapter 16 of 24
Chapter 16: Francine
Saturday morning was the sailing clinic, and I ran it.
Eleven kids in orange life vests lined the dock, and Maisie stood at the end of it with a whistle in her teeth.
Two kids wanted to be skippers.
Nine wanted to be pirates.
I had never needed the noise more.
Down the yard, Kellen worked on the Rosalind with his back to the dock, planing a plank in long, even strokes.
He had not spoken to me since Friday.
He had also not left.
I was clipping a life vest on a girl with missing front teeth when the cane started tapping on the planks.
Francine came down the dock slowly, one hand on the rail.
She wore a gray cardigan and a thin silk scarf, and she carried a paper bag from a pharmacy.
She had powdered her face to the color of paper.
Two parents by the gate watched her pass with concern.
"Cassidy, dear," she said, in a cracked voice. "Please. Just five minutes."
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