Dancing Up the Ladder by Loy Holder

Author:Loy Holder
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781539021148
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-11-01T05:00:00+00:00

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Chapter twenty-two

Liz went through the motions of her Saturday morning routine. Once the kids were outside playing, she called Lucille.

“Hello.” Lucille sounded annoyed and out of breath.

“Hi, it’s me. You sound rushed, but I need to talk to you. Got a second?”

“Not really. You caught me on the way out. What’s up?”

“I have something to tell you. Can you come over for lunch?”

“Not gonna happen today. Can it wait until tomorrow morning? I could come over for coffee.”

“All right. Around nine?” Liz asked.

“Yeah, I’ll see you at nine. Gotta run.”

When Lucille hung up, Liz was left chewing her lip. What if Lucille objected to her taking a second job dancing? She’d decide to cross that bridge Sunday morning, and moved on to the second item on her to-do list.

She called Western Airlines for flight schedules. There was a 1:30 p.m. flight to Las Vegas on Saturdays and a returning flight Mondays at 9:00 a.m. The Monday-morning flight might be a little tough to make, but she’d just have to suck it up. She grabbed her coffee cup and headed for Josie’s house.

Josie poured coffee into Liz’s cup, handed her a plate with a chocolate doughnut on it, and said, “OK, come sit at the table, and tell me what’s got you so fidgety.”

“I need you to watch the kids on Saturdays and Sundays, too.” She looked Josie in the eye and told her about the offer to dance in Las Vegas. “Please,” she pleaded. “If you don’t, I can’t do it.”

“Why do you want to ruin your health and deprive your children of that precious weekend time you spend with them?” Josie’s tone reminded Liz of her mother.

Liz raised her voice in frustration. “Josie, I can’t dance forever. It’s good money right now, but I’m gonna get old, and then what? With that extra money, I could save up, maybe go to school. I’ll pay you extra.”

“Go to school for what, Liz?” Josie asked, her short, black eyelashes batting with each word.

Liz shook her head. “I don’t know, but there’s no future in what I’m doing now.”

Josie cleared her throat and rubbed her forehead. “OK, let’s see if I understand. You want me to watch the children over ninety hours a week.” She paused for a moment and then continued, “That’s double the time I watch them now. Right?”

“Yes.” Liz nodded and frowned. Where is Josie going with this?

“I couldn’t do it for less than two hundred fifty a week.”

Liz was encouraged and countered, “How about if I pay you an even three hundred dollars a week?”

“Well, OK. I’ll talk to Frank when he gets back from the store. I’m sure it will be all right with him. But you need to hear me out. I don’t think you realize what you’re taking on. You do a lot on the weekends, shopping, cleaning, laundry, spending time with the children. You’re gonna have to cram all that into your weekdays. I’ve seen what you look like when you come get the kids Saturday morning.

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