Two days later, when the delivery van again pulled up on Hammond, Monte saw it at once. As much as he wanted to greet the driver, he had a customer and that novelty was not something he could afford to ignore. The customer was just a young man in his teens looking at skate boards. Privately, Monte was unsure he could afford one, but he would not treat customers in a shoddy manner, regardless.
The boy actually bought a board, and when he opened his wallet and took out a debit card, Monte also saw the military dependent ID card. He recognized the last name. It was the same as the wing commander’s out on the air base.
Whew, good thing I didn’t blow him off! Okay, the kid might look scruffy but that’s just the style.
Jed had wheeled in a couple of good-sized boxes on a hand truck. He waited
