Four
Things change. Get over it.
Sister Bea Wilder Mermaid
David and Maria did the dishes. Myla started to remind David that the house had a dishwasher, but she watched the two of them trying to talk to one another, and she decided to leave them alone. Theresa and Cathy sat in the living room talking about job possibilities. Luisa and Stefan played cards at the kitchen table. Lily watched.
“What are you playing?” Myla asked.
“Old Maid,”1 Luisa said. She smiled as though she had said something very clever. “You wanna play?”
“Yeah, it’s kind of boring with just two players,” Stefan said.
Myla sat at the table with them. “How do you play this game?”
“First you take away one of the queens,” Luisa said. “Then you pass out all the cards to the players. Every player puts down all the pair
