Angie Barnes looked out the airplane window while the flight landed at Daytona Beach International Airport. She hadn’t been in Florida for quite some time and felt more than a little apprehensive about returning home. Will her parents welcome her? Will they greet this visit with great joy or see it as another opportunity for her to mooch? She had a history of sponging off her parents. Oh, yes, she was really good at holding out her hand and asking for more.
She pulled out her phone and dialed. Better warn them rather than just show up unannounced.
Better warn them rather than just show up unannounced.
“Joe!”
“In the bedroom.”
“I need you.”
Joe Barnes walked into the living room where his wife Rachel was sitting on the couch, the phone in her lap.
“That was Angie,” Rachel said withou
