Waiting for Dusk by Nancy Pennick Page B

grandfather came
to New York from Italy leaving his family business behind, a very
famous Italian fashion house. He wanted to strike out on his own
and break away from his brothers. Andrew’s grandfather saw the
talent in Nicolas at an early age and decided that the United
States would be a great place to start over. They were the Martino
family in Italy but his grandfather decided to drop the ‘o’ and
become more Americanized. ”
    Katie remembered her family talking about
people who came from other countries at the turn of the century.
They came through Ellis Island in New York. Sometimes their name
would be changed right away to make it more familiar to Americans,
like Johansson could be Johnson...
    “Kathryn, are you still there?” Anna waved
her hand in front of Katie’s face. “I take it you didn’t know any
of this.”
    “How did you know?”
    “Daniel and I spent time with Andrew earlier
this summer. We rode together when we were out at the ranch. We all
shared our stories. I knew Andrew worked at the park but seemed to
do whatever he wanted. I teased him one day about it. He finally
gave in and told me his family donated lots of money to the park so
now it made sense. He didn’t abuse the power, don’t get me wrong.
He truly cares about the environment. It’s his life’s passion.”
    Katie already knew Drew loved the park. It
made sense why the help could sit on the porch that first day and
eat their lunch, and why they found his horse in the barn after
just leaving it tied to a post at Yavapai. She didn’t care if he
was rich or not. It didn’t really matter since they were from two
different centuries. What was she thinking? Drew was not real. It
was time to enter the real world and stay there.
     

Chapter Thirteen
     
    The next two weeks
went by quickly. Katie was getting closer to the start of school.
She hung out with Lindsey and Jordyn. Erin kept texting her to try
out. Ty came over to swim and she’d go across the street to play
basketball with him. Katie noticed he was getting a little more
serious about the girlfriend thing. She didn’t want to hurt his
feelings, though, because they were friends for such a long time.
She planned on going to Homecoming with him and would continue tell
him she wanted to remain friends. She discussed her dilemma with
Lindsey and Jordyn one day in her bedroom.
    “Ty already asked you to Homecoming? How
lucky can you be?” Jordyn bounced up and down on Katie’s bed.
“Let’s start dress shopping, all of us. If Lindsey and I don’t get
dates, we’ll go with each other.”
    “You’re too funny, Jordyn. I can see you
trying to get a date the first day of school,” Lindsey laughed.
    “Or Katie can ask Ty to fix us up with some
basketball guys!” Jordyn stared off into space. Katie thought she
was imagining all of them at the dance. “We can triple date
then.”
    I was right. Katie patted herself on the
back.
    Jordyn grabbed Katie by the arms and said,
“What do you think?”
    “Um, I’ll think about it.” Little did Jordyn
know that Katie had way more on her mind than a Homecoming
dance.
    Katie still went to the boardinghouse every
night in her dreams. She saw Drew more and more every day. It was
like he knew she’d be gone soon and didn’t want to waste any time
either. She also snuck off to the train station and looked at
schedules, picking a day and time, Friday at 1:30 p.m., for her
return. That would give her time to get up, dressed and run to the
station. She wasn’t sure what she’d do next. Hide until the train
came? She laughed aloud.
    “What’s so funny, Kates?” Lindsey
frowned.
    “I was just picturing me hiding in a train
station.”
    “What did you just say?” She held her hand to
Katie’s forehead. “I think you’re coming down with something.” She
then flashed a knowing look. Katie was keeping her informed of the
dreams.
    Jordyn jumped up and said, “I’ve got to get
going. I promised the moms they could take me