Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Excerpt: LIVING PROOF (that no good deed goes unpunished), Neighborlee, Ohio, Book 4

 

Back when I was a kid, I hadn't realized that I broke just as easily as any ordinary mortal.

"Hey, you can still fly, with Kurt's help. Thank goodness he's the Handyman." She slipped the lid on the box with Mum's sarong and tossed it to me.

I caught it with brainpower and tossed it down the hall and around the corner to my office. I couldn't see where it landed, but since I didn't hear a crash, chances were good it hadn't knocked over any stacks of papers or CDs or books.

"One down, a dozen to go," I muttered, and mentally marked present number one off my list.

"Speaking of Kurt" She flipped an ominously plain brown plastic bag upside down, emptying a half-dozen sorting-and-storage boxes onto the floor. "What do you think? He can adjust the sizes of the compartments."

"Just right."

The perfect gifts for Kurt had always been mechanical, in one form or another. I admired the sorting boxes she had chosen, in varying depths and widths, and promised to help her wrap the presents.


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