TWENTY-ONE
Summer came. Johnny had fully anticipated driving to North Dakota, but, out of nowhere, my condition took a turn for the worse. I was suffering from chronic fevers accompanied by internal bleeding. Jayden and Dr. Rocca were closely monitoring the situation. Some days were so bad I couldn’t get out of bed. Johnny had written to London as well as my mother to see if either one could come out to Portland for the summer.
As it happened, news of my sickness moved fast. I was in bed when I heard the house phone ring. Hearing Shauna say hello in the hallway, I instinctively picked up the bedside line. Izzy’s screams of excitement damn near blew my ear out.
“You’ll never guess who’s here!”
“Who?” Shauna asked.
“London Sharp! We’re headed to the guesthouse!”
Shauna matched her scre
