Music in the Night (Logan 4)

"You've got to start studying for exams, Cary,"

I called as he started away.

He just waved back at me without turning and

continued to walk past the pink wild beach grass,

strands of his hair lifting in the wind. I stood there

watching him for a few moments and then made my

way back to the house, feeling I had won some sort of

victory, but not sure what it was.

However, the following Monday at school,

things were different. Cary was friendly to Robert, so

friendly, in fact, that even I was taken by surprise. "Laura tells me about all the work you and your

folks are doing on the Sea Marina. I'd like to check it

out one of these days," Cary offered, glancing at me

quickly after he had said it.

"Great," Robert said. "I could sure use some

advice about the dock. It has to be reinforced, only I'm

not sure how to go about it."

"Maybe Wednesday," Cary said, "after school."

He turned to me. "We'll pick up May and take her

along."

"She'd love that," I said, bursting with so much

happiness, I thought I might explode.

"We'll have to tell Ma," Cary said. "Let's not

mention it to Dad," he added in a lower voice. I

nodded.

Despite my father's need to have a market for

his lobsters and his cranberries, he parroted Grandma

Olivia's complaints about the tourist industry and the

damage it had done and would continue to do to the

Cape. I was grateful Cary hadn't brought it up in front