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Friday, April 13, 2068, 8:15 a.m., Tracy Island
Cherie made her way to the dining room, stretching and yawning. She had spent the past couple of afternoons helping Dom with Joshua, and was surprised how tired it had made her. She said, "Good morning," to the family members still at the breakfast table, and when Kyrano approached, she asked for maple and brown sugar oatmeal.
She watched as her father worked diligently at something on his data pad, so diligently that he hadn't noticed her arrival or her greeting. As he finally sat back, she asked, "What are you doing, Dad?"
Jeff looked over at her and smiled. "Well, good morning, Princess," he said. "I'm just working out the final details of our flight plan to Kansas. We'll be leaving this evening around 6:30 and with a stopover in L.A. for a stretch and refueling, should make it in time for Dominic's appointment at 9 a.m." He cocked his head at her. "Can you tell me what time it will be here at home if we get to Kansas at 8:30 a.m. their time?"
"Let's see. They're on US Central time..." She stuck the tip of her tongue out the side of her mouth as she tried to do the math in her head. "I'd say 2:30 a.m. on the 14th. Am I right?"
"Very close. It would actually be 1:30 a.m. on the 14th because Kansas would be on Daylight Savings Time."
"Oh yeah! I forgot about that. It really confuses things more, doesn't it? Trying to keep track of both the IDL and the Daylight Savings time stuff. Makes my head spin sometimes."
"Mine, too, Princess."
Kyrano appeared with a bowl of oatmeal, and Cherie thanked him, then asked for the insulated carafe with the milk in it to be passed to her. As she poured some milk on her hot cereal then into her glass, she asked, "How long will you be gone?"
"Not long. I have to be back for a meeting here on Monday. I expect we'll get back some time late Sunday night. We'll be staying at the farmhouse."
"I wish I could go and we could visit the ranch so I could ride the horses. Seems ages since we've been there. Hey! Maybe we could go for my birthday!"
"That's a good idea. I'm sure your friends would love the ranch. But I have something special planned for your mother's birthday."
Cherie's face took on a sly, conspiratorial look. "Do I get to know what it is? Maybe I can help with it."
Jeff laughed. "No, you don't, and no, you can't! If I told you, your mother would know all about it by the end of the day today!"
"No, she wouldn't!" Cherie protested. "I can keep a secret!"
Jeff just looked at his teenaged daughter, one eyebrow up in challenge. Finally she sighed, and said, "Okay. You win. But don't think that I won't be trying to find out!"
"Just don't try too hard, okay? I want this to be a total surprise for your mother." He rose from the table. "I've got to file this flight plan and check with Marion about the farmhouse." He leaned over to give her a kiss on the cheek as he passed. "Have a good day, sweetheart, even if it is Friday the 13th."
"I will, Dad. You, too. And watch out. You never know when something weird will happen."
Jeff just chuckled as he left the room. Cherie watched him go and shook her head. ~I have a feeling that strange things are going to happen today.
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