Evvie At Sixteen
“Sam said, promptly at noon the next day. “How are you today?”
“How should I be?” Aunt Grace grumbled.
“Bored,” Sam replied. “Impatient. Eager to be up and around.”
“Then that’s how I am,” Grace said. “I’d hate to disappoint you.”
“Good,” Sam said. “That’s why I brought you a couple of things.” He held up the grocery bag he was carrying. “We got in a new analysis of Marxist economic theory, and I bought it for you myself. I figured it would make the endless hours move just a little faster.”
“Is ...it any good?” Aunt Grace asked with what appeared to Evvie to be genuine greedy interest.
“I only skimmed it, but he seems to make some valid points,” Sam said. “Not that we would necessarily agree about what a valid point is.”
“Let me see,” Aunt Grace said, and her fingers started inching their way to the bag.
“Not so fast,” Sam said. “This is a barter. I’ll give you the book, if you let me take Evvie out for the afternoon.”
“My niece is not up for barter,”MoreLess
“How should I be?” Aunt Grace grumbled.
“Bored,” Sam replied. “Impatient. Eager to be up and around.”
“Then that’s how I am,” Grace said. “I’d hate to disappoint you.”
“Good,” Sam said. “That’s why I brought you a couple of things.” He held up the grocery bag he was carrying. “We got in a new analysis of Marxist economic theory, and I bought it for you myself. I figured it would make the endless hours move just a little faster.”
“Is ...it any good?” Aunt Grace asked with what appeared to Evvie to be genuine greedy interest.
“I only skimmed it, but he seems to make some valid points,” Sam said. “Not that we would necessarily agree about what a valid point is.”
“Let me see,” Aunt Grace said, and her fingers started inching their way to the bag.
“Not so fast,” Sam said. “This is a barter. I’ll give you the book, if you let me take Evvie out for the afternoon.”
“My niece is not up for barter,”MoreLess
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