Cages (2001)
“Sixty-six dollars and twenty-five cents. It had seemed like a fortune the last time she counted. Now it was pitifully small, compared to what she owed.
She put forty-five dollars back in the bank, to be used in case someone at school agreed to adopt Lady. Wayne could wait awhile to get his money; Lady needed help right now.
She took a piece of notebook paper and began to write.
Dear Wayne: I’m sorry.
I wish I had never taken the bracelet and I’d give anything if I could undo all the trouble. I ...will repay the $300 with my baby-sitting money. Here is $21.25. It’s all I have right now but I’ll get the rest as soon as I can.
Kit signed her name, folded the letter, and put it in an envelope. Then she put the $21.25 in the envelope, too. Since she had only one dollar bills, she could barely get the bulging envelope sealed.
She thought about all the hours of baby-sitting that the money represented: changing Willy Klompton’s diapers, playing endless games of “Go Fish” with Jennifer Peters, washing two days’ worth of dirty dishes for Mrs.MoreLess
She put forty-five dollars back in the bank, to be used in case someone at school agreed to adopt Lady. Wayne could wait awhile to get his money; Lady needed help right now.
She took a piece of notebook paper and began to write.
Dear Wayne: I’m sorry.
I wish I had never taken the bracelet and I’d give anything if I could undo all the trouble. I ...will repay the $300 with my baby-sitting money. Here is $21.25. It’s all I have right now but I’ll get the rest as soon as I can.
Kit signed her name, folded the letter, and put it in an envelope. Then she put the $21.25 in the envelope, too. Since she had only one dollar bills, she could barely get the bulging envelope sealed.
She thought about all the hours of baby-sitting that the money represented: changing Willy Klompton’s diapers, playing endless games of “Go Fish” with Jennifer Peters, washing two days’ worth of dirty dishes for Mrs.MoreLess
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