(eng) Mackey Chandler - April 04 by A Different Perspective

Author:A Different Perspective [Perspective, A Different]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

"Thank you," Linda told her children. "It's good to know how to patch a leak, no matter how unlikely it is I'll ever need to do it. But what makes me feel good, is how concerned both of you were for my safety."

"It felt really weird to actually be shown something useful in school and not presented all dramatic and threatening to try to scare us that terrorists are lurking everywhere. I'm not fully convinced I won't find any downside at all, but Ms. Lewis' school just beats the snot out of school back home so far," Lindsy admitted.

"I'm going to have to give you some lessons at home," Linda felt she should warn them, before they grew too fond of Faye's school. "We just can't afford to send both of you a full week. It's three hundred dollars a day."

"Each or both?" Lindsy asked big eyed. Her parents never discussed money with her. Didn't even talk about it where she could hear. That seemed really expensive.

"Each, but everything is more expensive up here."

"But people make more too," Eric said. "The employment company in the corridor near the cafeteria sometimes posts salaries offered with some of the jobs, on their window screen. The pay looks real big compared to back home, if you had no idea what stuff costs. I mean for stuff like a janitor or home health aide. Not executives or engineers. They offered two-hundred-thirty-five dollars an hour for an experienced cook for a social club. What's a social club anyway?"

"We had them back home," his mom explained. "We just never belonged to one. There was an Italian social club down Brighten Street we passed. They usually have a bar and a restaurant and that one had bocce ball courts. They are kind of like the fraternal orders, or country clubs. Where is this employment place?" she asked, trying not to be too interested.

"Spinward from the cafeteria," he had to stop and think. "To the right when you come out of the cafeteria doors." Eric was oblivious, but Lindsy picked up on how interested her mom was.

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