He Chose My Sister, So I Left Him With Nothing novel · Chapter 28 of 32
Chapter 28: The Lakes Cup
I looked at the photo for a long time.
The notice. The tape. The bait cooler I used to sit on when I was eight and waiting for somebody to notice I was hungry.
Hayes rolled over and read it from the pillow.
"You going?" he said.
"No."
"Okay."
"It's not mine to fix."
"I said okay."
I typed back to Chelsea. "I'm sorry. I can't today. Is he okay?"
She answered in a minute.
"He's just sitting there. I brought him coffee. Go win."
I put the phone face down on the nightstand.
Then I got up and went to work.
The Lakes Cup starts at nine p.m. sharp, one show every fifteen minutes, in the order the committee draws.
Blue Hour and Moss drew last.
By seven, the whole south shore of Larch Lake was blankets and coolers and kids with glow sticks.
People sat on boat decks rafted together three deep off the town beach.
The judges' tower stood on the town dock with a lit scoreboard.
Our two barges sat anchored off the east shore, in the dark water between Moss Brothers and the town.
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