« Maybe Melissa can handle it? »
There was also the babysitting incident.
Melissa had let Emma watch IT because, according to Melissa, Emma had promised she « wouldn’t get scared. »
Emma slept between Ryan and me for four nights. She still deeply distrusted balloons.
So we kept looking.
There was also the babysitting incident.
Then one afternoon, Travis found me standing beside my car in our driveway, complaining to my mother on the phone about after-school care.
When I hung up, he was leaning against his fence.
« What time does Emma get out? »
« Three. »
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