ASIN: B005YF031W
Publisher: Bob Brown
Pages: 81
After nine year old Lacey's parents die in an automobile accident, a New Jersey judge ordered that she live in Montana with Josh, her seventy-eight year old bachelor grandfather. FIRST NIGHT ON THE ROAD TO MONTANAThe neon sign Sundown Motel, Singles $16 caught Josh’s eye because it didn’t look “stuck-up” like so many he had passed. He coasted into a parking place in front of the office. “Gotta leave the engine runnin’ until we park for the night. When she’s hot I might not get her started again.” “Why are we stopping here?”“I’m tired, ain’t you?“I don’t have enough money for a room.”“All right. I’ll get the room.”“Just one room?”“Sure.”“A lady can’t spend the night in a room with a strange man.”“Gol-durnit. I ain’t a strange man. I’m your granddaddy. I ain’t going to do nothing to you, and I ain’t going get two rooms. I’ll get a room with two beds.”Lacey sulked over that for a time. ...
