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“Hey, it’s not my fault that there’s still another month until school,
and I’m just about out of new things for the kids to do.”
“They don’t need to do something special every day.”
“I know. And they don’t. But I don’t want them watching
television all the time, either.”
“Your kids don’t watch a lot of television.”
“That’s because I take them to see the rodeo monkeys.”
“And next week?”
“That’s easy. The carnival will be in town. One of those traveling
things.”
She smiled. “Those kinds of rides always made me sick to my
stomach.”
“And the kids love them, anyway. But that reminds me. Are you
working next Saturday?”
“I’m not sure. Why?”
“Because I was hoping you’d come to the carnival with us.”
“You want me to be sick to my stomach?”
“You don’t have to go on the rides if you don’t want to. But I
would like to ask a favor.”
“What’s that?”
“I was hoping you’d watch the kids later that evening. Joyce’s
daughter is flying into Raleigh, and Joyce asked if I could drive
her to the airport to pick her up. Joyce doesn’t like to drive at
night.”
“I’d be glad to watch them.”