Chapter 10Evelyn
That morning Cory was called into work to cover for someone whose wife went into early labor, so Evelyn was left with time on her hands once again. The house wasn’t in need of another cleaning already, so she wandered around in search of some way to entertain herself. No sewing machine, not even an ironing board in sight. Though Cory had sworn the enormous black screen in the living room was a TV, Evelyn was at a loss as to how to control the strange device. There was nothing on it that resembled an ON/OFF switch. When she had come out of the bathroom after brushing her teeth the evening before, Cory had already turned it on. She wished now that she’d asked Cory how it worked, but she was getting so weary of looking like a fool.
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