Chapter 19

“Cole, I just remembered that I’m allergic to garlic. I can’t eat here. Can we go someplace else? Just the smell can trigger it. I’ll wait outside.” promised Christine as she turned and quickly exited the restaurant.

Ten minutes later, Cole and Christine were seated at a steak house. “I’m sorry about the garlic thing, Christine. I had no idea you had that condition. I hope this place is okay,” worried Cole.

“This is fine, Cole. I should have mentioned it to you. When we entered that restaurant, I thought I could fight off any adverse effects, but I quickly realized it was getting to me. But enough about that. Can you give me any ideas about how you could help the seniors raise substantial sums of money?” quizzed Christine.

“I thought of a couple of ideas. It’s too cold this time of year, but I thought you and some of your better built girlfriends could do several weekend car washes in our lot when the weather improves,” suggested Mitchell. “Or we could get a group of the better-lookin