And for the finale, Jason would never forget the time he was watering plants, mowing the lawn, and bringing in mail for their next-door neighbors, the Clarks, who were off on a cruise for two weeks the summer before Jason’s senior year. Their teenage son John didn’t go on the trip, but apparently was too unreliable or lazy to take care of the house. He was kind of a hellion, as Jason’s father would say. So with the offer of fifty dollars, Jason eagerly said yes. On the third day of his duties, he went upstairs to water the plants in front of the window at the end of the hallway. He didn’t really think he was being especially quiet, and he never expected John to be home in the morning since he was working the fields—or something—for the local nursery as his summer job. But when Jason reache
