”She did, too, Jake realized. And she was smart. He thought that Julie would do her part.“You may end up being the glue that holds it together. Bo...h Carol and I want you. Besides, you have a brother and a sister. Carol and I are only children. You’re the only one who knows how people are supposed to get along.”“Then you trust me on this, Jake. We’re going to make it work.”Instead of turning left on Van Vlissingen, which would have taken them to Julie’s house, they turned right and Julie took. Since Kitchener is the host team of the Memorial Cup, Belleville was guaranteed entry into the Memorial Cup tournament.”“The Spokane Chiefs’ road to tonight’s game was paved with a sweep of the Everett Silvertips, defeating the Vancouver Giants in six games, the Tri-City Americans in seven games and surprisingly swept the Lethbridge Hurricanes for the WHL championship.”“During the Memorial Cup round robin, Belleville lost 5 to 4 in overtime to Spokane, defeated the Gatineau Olympiques, QMJHL. You need to keep up your grades, so that we don't need to keep you in school. I also spoke with our accountant, and we'll be meeting with him next Tuesday morning to start getting your business in order." Yeah, I'll miss school again." Watch it Kiddo."I gave her a hug, and packed everything in my truck that I thought that we'd need the next day. I told Mom that we were going up to the Poles in Jacksonville in the morning. She said, "That's nice," not caring what it meant. At least she'd know. In fact with her slim figure andnaturally shoulder length wavy hair she would put many of the other'girls' to shame!It was nice to sit and chat almost normally to her as well; she reallyseemed to be relaxing into her new role in life. I learned a littlemore about her as we ate, her tastes in music, movies, her short lifestory, etc. She even giggled and looked away all demurely when Iflirted with her; which was nice as it displayed to me her willingnessto please! As we had finished eating I.