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Authors: Matthew Morris
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this time would have been long gone and out on his boat, was staring at the computer screen with a pencil in one hand and a mouse in the other, clicking and writing at the same time.
Shay got off the phone and asked, “Mark, what do you have for me?”
“Tomorrow from Logan and…” The phone rang and Shay held up her hand to stop him while she answered the phone.
“Mark , it’s your sister.”
He picked up the phone. “Hey , Molly, thanks for calling me back… Yeah, mostly Sean, just for a week… I can’t stop fishing, and Eileen can take care of herself, so I need help with Sean.” There was a long pause. “She’s actually going with her mother.”
Mostly Sean? She’s actually going with her mother? What, exactly, was going on?
Just then, Shay, who had taken up Mark’s place at the computer, noticed Meg at the table.
“Morning , honey. Make yourself some breakfast. I have some exciting news to tell you,” she said, not looking up from the screen.
Meg shook her head as she looked down at her half-finished bowl of cereal. She turned to Sean and said, “Parents!”
Her dad hung up the phone, “Okay, so Molly is going to come up, stay here at the house, watch Sean while I’m out, and help with Eileen. She’s happy to spend some quality girly time with her.”
“I want to spend girly time with Aunt Molly too!” chimed in Meg.
“Oh , Meg, I don’t think you will care about time with Molly when you hear what your mom has to tell you.”
Shay walked away from the computer and stood next to Mark. “I got JFK tonight, and a much better price, Mark. Hi, Meg. Want to go somewhere special with me?”
“Um, I guess . Do I have a choice?”
Shay told Meg about the message that had been left on their answering machine. Nanny Sullivan had called the house last night while they were at dinner and confirmed that her father—Meg’s great grandfather—had indeed just died back in Ireland. His neighbor had found him after Nanny called to ask them to check, and arrangements were being made for his funeral. Nanny was too frail to fly and Shay really wanted to go to Ireland to represent the family at her grandfather’s funeral. She decided it would be a great trip to take Meg on to learn about their family history together.
“Ireland ? Really?” Meg was thrilled with the idea but still taken aback at the suddenness of it all.
“We are flying out tonight . So you need to get back upstairs and pack a bag for a week.”
“What about Eileen? Why isn’t she coming?”
“I asked her. But she has her big dance competition next week, and a soccer tournament, so she wanted to stay home. Plus,” Shay raised one eyebrow, “Inishbofin is an island reachable only by ferry, and you know how we feel about motorboats, so I chartered us a sailboat to get there. It will be a good chance for me to teach you how to use the compendium while seeing the place where we came from. It will be great!”
“Are you forgetting something?” asked Meg.
“I don’t think so.”
“I’m in school . What about school?”
“I ’ve already emailed your teachers. They’ve given me all of your school work for the next week, and you are going to do a presentation on our trip when you get back, for extra credit.” Shay saw the worried look on Meg’s face. “Don’t worry. You’ll have plenty of time to do the work on the plane.”
“Extra credit . Great,” said Meg patronizingly “You really thought of everything, didn’t you.” She thought about it a little longer and said, “Well, a trip to Ireland for Halloween sounds pretty good to me.”
“Oh no ! I totally forgot about Halloween! Mark, you are going to have to take pictures of Sean and Eileen trick or treating, and maybe you should cancel our annual party.”
“ Don’t worry. I’ll take plenty of pictures. Just because you two get to have fun in Ireland doesn’t mean we can’t have fun back here.” Mark did a little dance, which made them laugh.
Shay got off the phone and asked, “Mark, what do you have for me?”
“Tomorrow from Logan and…” The phone rang and Shay held up her hand to stop him while she answered the phone.
“Mark , it’s your sister.”
He picked up the phone. “Hey , Molly, thanks for calling me back… Yeah, mostly Sean, just for a week… I can’t stop fishing, and Eileen can take care of herself, so I need help with Sean.” There was a long pause. “She’s actually going with her mother.”
Mostly Sean? She’s actually going with her mother? What, exactly, was going on?
Just then, Shay, who had taken up Mark’s place at the computer, noticed Meg at the table.
“Morning , honey. Make yourself some breakfast. I have some exciting news to tell you,” she said, not looking up from the screen.
Meg shook her head as she looked down at her half-finished bowl of cereal. She turned to Sean and said, “Parents!”
Her dad hung up the phone, “Okay, so Molly is going to come up, stay here at the house, watch Sean while I’m out, and help with Eileen. She’s happy to spend some quality girly time with her.”
“I want to spend girly time with Aunt Molly too!” chimed in Meg.
“Oh , Meg, I don’t think you will care about time with Molly when you hear what your mom has to tell you.”
Shay walked away from the computer and stood next to Mark. “I got JFK tonight, and a much better price, Mark. Hi, Meg. Want to go somewhere special with me?”
“Um, I guess . Do I have a choice?”
Shay told Meg about the message that had been left on their answering machine. Nanny Sullivan had called the house last night while they were at dinner and confirmed that her father—Meg’s great grandfather—had indeed just died back in Ireland. His neighbor had found him after Nanny called to ask them to check, and arrangements were being made for his funeral. Nanny was too frail to fly and Shay really wanted to go to Ireland to represent the family at her grandfather’s funeral. She decided it would be a great trip to take Meg on to learn about their family history together.
“Ireland ? Really?” Meg was thrilled with the idea but still taken aback at the suddenness of it all.
“We are flying out tonight . So you need to get back upstairs and pack a bag for a week.”
“What about Eileen? Why isn’t she coming?”
“I asked her. But she has her big dance competition next week, and a soccer tournament, so she wanted to stay home. Plus,” Shay raised one eyebrow, “Inishbofin is an island reachable only by ferry, and you know how we feel about motorboats, so I chartered us a sailboat to get there. It will be a good chance for me to teach you how to use the compendium while seeing the place where we came from. It will be great!”
“Are you forgetting something?” asked Meg.
“I don’t think so.”
“I’m in school . What about school?”
“I ’ve already emailed your teachers. They’ve given me all of your school work for the next week, and you are going to do a presentation on our trip when you get back, for extra credit.” Shay saw the worried look on Meg’s face. “Don’t worry. You’ll have plenty of time to do the work on the plane.”
“Extra credit . Great,” said Meg patronizingly “You really thought of everything, didn’t you.” She thought about it a little longer and said, “Well, a trip to Ireland for Halloween sounds pretty good to me.”
“Oh no ! I totally forgot about Halloween! Mark, you are going to have to take pictures of Sean and Eileen trick or treating, and maybe you should cancel our annual party.”
“ Don’t worry. I’ll take plenty of pictures. Just because you two get to have fun in Ireland doesn’t mean we can’t have fun back here.” Mark did a little dance, which made them laugh.
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