Sunshine Valley

The expensive stuff

     Rebecca was sitting on the porch with her feet propped up on the banister. Simon joined her with 2 cups of coffee. 

     A puff of dust was getting closer to the house from the road. It was a Prompt service van. 

     Sunshine Valley had 2 main internet providers. 1. FiberSource was inexpensive. It worked. MOST of the time. The 2nd was Prompt. All the big agencies had Prompt. The hospital. The school. Truth be told, law enforcement. Fast, reliable but you were going to pay for it. 

     As they set on the porch watching, the Prompt service van left. 30 minutes later a FiberSource van pulled up. “Now why would you need both?” Rebecca scoffed. 

     Simon thought for a moment sippin’ his coffee, “you always have service? When one goes out, you have the other for a back up? You know the new business in town that Riley’s daughter started?”

     She hummed, “oh yeah.”

     “She has both.”

     “You finished the inside of that.”

     “Yelp.”

     “I went in there for her grand opening. It’s a clothing store. Why does a clothing store need both?”

     “I heard her talking to Sarah. Her logic is uninterrupted service. She can’t afford to be in the middle of a sale and the internet go out.”

     “Interesting thought.” They were both silent for a moment. “What do you think she’s doin’ that she needs both?”

     Simon laughed, “we may never know.”

     “Evie, what you reckon Evie is short for?”

     Simon took a drink of his coffee, “Eve?”

     “Eva?” Rebecca countered.

     “Evangeline?”

     “Everly?”

     “Evelyn?”

     “Hmm,” Rebecca moaned. “I bet you’re right.”

     “The sheriff’s name we now know.”

     “Dillon.” She hissed.

     They looked at each other and started laughing. Rebecca laughed so hard she spilt her coffee. In unison they said, “Gunsmoke.”

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