Chapter 44
Here we go. “Of course.”
“I’m going to visit my son for an extended stay and I wondered if you might be able to check on things at my house while I’m gone.”
I was speechless. “I… um… wait. What?”
“I wouldn’t normally ask, but my neighbor, who usually checks on things is very ill, and I don’t know anyone else who I can trust.”
“Mrs. Bennett, I don’t know if that’s a good idea.”
“You wouldn’t have to do much. Just check that my plants are watered, and no flyers are left by my door. I can pay you.”
“No, you don’t need to pay me. So, you just want me to water your plants?”
“It would really help me out.”
“I guess I could do that.”
“Here’s my address and my house key. I’m leaving tomorrow morning, so if you could stop in within the next few days, that would be perfect.”
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