CHAPTER 6
The next morning, Gloria pulled her old scooter out of the garage and checked it over. It had been sitting in the garage, unused, since she received her car for her seventeenth birthday. She was almost eighteen, so it had been sitting up for almost a year.
Gloria turned it on and cranked it. It ran beautifully. “This will do,” said Gloria.
She turned the scooter off and went inside to talk to Charise. Charise was in her bedroom getting ready to go out.
“Hi,” said Gloria entering Charise’s bedroom.
“Hi,” said Charise.
“Do you know anyone with a truck? I want to take my scooter to Barton for him to use until we have to go to Kansas City,” said Gloria.
“Nessie’s brother has a truck. Maybe he will help,” said Charise.
Charise picked up her phone and called Nessie.
“Good morn
