Jack Strong Takes a Stand
““I’m going out of town for two days. Business trip,” he told me. “Been scheduled for a while.”
I rubbed my eyes but didn’t look at him. “Okay.”
“Mom told me about this TV guy who’s coming to talk to you today.”
“Brody Newhouse. He has a show everyone watches. He might want to put me on Wednesday night.”
My dad stared down at me. “Why would you assume I would let this happen?”
So here it was, finally. My dad waited and waited—after I told everyone I knew about the TV show—and now, at the last mi...nute, he was going to cancel the whole thing.
“I have no idea,” I said, waiting for the ax to fall.
Finally my dad let out a big sigh.
“You can meet the guy,” he said. “We’ll talk later about the rest of it.” He took a deep breath. “You have your assignments for this week?”
“Mrs. Bender sent me everything,” I said, still not quite believing that my dad was going to maybe let me go on TV and talk about the strike.
My dad picked up his briefcase.MoreLess
I rubbed my eyes but didn’t look at him. “Okay.”
“Mom told me about this TV guy who’s coming to talk to you today.”
“Brody Newhouse. He has a show everyone watches. He might want to put me on Wednesday night.”
My dad stared down at me. “Why would you assume I would let this happen?”
So here it was, finally. My dad waited and waited—after I told everyone I knew about the TV show—and now, at the last mi...nute, he was going to cancel the whole thing.
“I have no idea,” I said, waiting for the ax to fall.
Finally my dad let out a big sigh.
“You can meet the guy,” he said. “We’ll talk later about the rest of it.” He took a deep breath. “You have your assignments for this week?”
“Mrs. Bender sent me everything,” I said, still not quite believing that my dad was going to maybe let me go on TV and talk about the strike.
My dad picked up his briefcase.MoreLess
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