Skipping stones

To their left, the Olympic valley shimmered in the afternoon heat. To their right, the visitors’ lot was crammed with tour buses. Good thing the Argo J] was moored a hundred feet in the air, because they never would’ ve found parking.
Leo skipped a stone across the river...

What?’ Percy asked.
Leo stirred. ‘What, what?’
“You were staring at me, like, angry.’
‘Was I?’ Leo tried to muster a joke, or at least a smile, but he couldn’t. ‘Um, sorry.’
Percy gazed at the river. ‘I suppose we need to talk.’ He opened his hand and the stone Leo had skipped flew out of the stream, right into Percy’s palm.


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