OMG, A CUL8R Time Travel Mystery by Bob Kat Page B

parents.  “Good people should live a long life.”
    “I can’t get over how desperate she sounded.  What did she mean it wasn’t her and she didn’t do it?  What was it ?”  Scott shook his head.  “I do know this, we can never tell anyone about the radio and what we’ve heard.  This could cause a lot of trouble if anyone knew it existed and what we’ve done with it.”
    “ Actually, we haven’t done anything.  Tomorrow we’ll learn the truth and maybe the answers. But there’s really nothing we can do to help her.” Kelly sighed with frustration.
    “Maybe there is something . . .,” Scott started to say, but stopped abruptly.
    “Okay , throw the cow on the fire,” Jane said as she walked out, dressed in a tank top and shorts. She gracefully sat down on a rattan patio chair next to a matching table.
    “Now you look like you’re off the job.”  Kelly gave her aunt a smile and put another hamburger patty on the grill.  “How was your day?”
    “ It was a real good day . . . got one conviction and two plea bargains, so now my case backlog is down to just two months.”
    “You like being a lawyer?” Austin asked as he delivered her hamburger to her.
    “ Yes, I really do enjoy it.  Every now and then I get bummed out by the horrible way people treat other people, but someone’s got to take up for the underdog.  It feels good when I can right a wrong.  Unfortunately, there’s just no end to it, it seems.  Why do you ask?”
    “No reason in particular.  I just never talked to a lawyer before.”
    “Who knows ?  Maybe one day you’ll decide to become one.  You could shadow me on the job and see if it’s something you’d like.”
    Kelly thought to herself that her aunt hadn’t offered that to her.  And here she’d just met Austin. She shook her head.  “I’d like to do that, Aunt Jane.”
    Jane looked at her and smiled but made no comment.
    “The dogs are ready and the rest of the hamburgers are almost done,” Kelly said.
    “ Why don’t you go ahead and eat, and I’ll take over.” Scott took her place and threatened to give her a hip bump but she was too fast and moved sideways to avoid her.  He held his hand out, and she passed him the spatula.
    Kelly sat down next to Jane and across from Austin. She picked out a bun and a well-done hot dog and squeezed on a generous portion of mustard and relish.
    “This was a good idea Kelly.” Austin devoured another hamburger.  “One more, Chef,” he yelled back to Scott.
    “So why go to the library tomorrow , Kelly?” Jane asked.
    “ I love libraries.  I’ve read all the books on my Kindle, and I want to get a card so I can download more.  Your library does that here, doesn’t it?”
    “I have no idea, but I would assume it does.”  Jane nibbled on her hamburger.  “I’m not surprised that you like to read.  Your mother always spent all summer with her nose in a book.”
    “Yeah, she read to me until I was old enough to read for myself.”
    “You guys have been very nice to Kelly. Thank you,” Jane said, looking at Scott and Austin.  “She probably has already told you that I’m not mom material, and my job has long hours.”
    “No worries.  She’s cool. ” Scott smiled.  “We’ll take care of her at school, too.  Have you gotten her registered yet?”
    “Oh Lord , no.  I need to do that, don’t I?”
    “ If we swing by the school tomorrow, I’ll see if I can pick up the forms you’ll need,” Kelly offered.
    “That would be very helpful, thanks.  We’ll probably need to find you a doctor for a physical and get your shot records sent here, too.  A lot to do.” Her aunt put down her half-eaten hamburger. “Well, I’ve got some emails to get through.  Thanks for dinner, guys.  It was very good.”  Jane got up and carried her plate into the house.
    “She didn’t eat much, did she?” Kelly asked as she thought that maybe that was why her aunt was so thin.  Guiltily, she resisted