Page 36 of Tangled Emotions

“Nope.”

“Then why the old west?”

“My last name is Holliday.”

The young man sitting beside me smiled. “So they call you Doc like him?”

I nodded. “See, he gets it.”

“I’m Grady.” The red head informed me before pointing to the entire group as more boys joined us. “That’s Frankie, Dillon, Charlie, Harrison, Grady, Tyler, Marissa, June, Alex, and Matt.”

“Nice to meet ya’ll.” I nodded to them all.

The young man sitting beside me looked me over and twisted his lips in thought.

“Can I ask you a question?”

“Depends. What is it?”

“It’s an interrogative form of sentence, used to test knowledge. But that’s not important right now.” He deadpaned.

My head flew back as I howled with laughter. “I love that movie.”

“So do me and my mom.” He smiled. “Most people never get the humor.”

“You’re so weird, Matt.” June wrinkled her nose.

“So?”

I bumped him lightly with my elbow. “What’s your question, little man?”

“Eh, I forgot now.” He shrugged.

An alarm went off and all the kids stood up.

The one called Harrison yelled. “Game on!”

And just like that, all the kids went off and running again. Laughing softly, I got up and walked in the direction they all came from. I’d bet that’s where the school was.

Maybe they needed a substitute?

Pulling out my phone, I texted Romeo.

Damn you

I’m not even there. Now what’d I do?

Tellin’ me to stop in Port Stella, see what I think

What? You job hunting now?

Shut up fucker

Haha, careful though

Why?

Ma will try harder to marry you off