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excuse myself.
    “Hello.”
    “Hey Hun. How
are things?”
    “Well. I’m at
the music store with Aiden.”
    “Yeah? Did you
find a drum set?”
    “Found a few,
thing is we can’t agree. He wants a $1,000 set.”
    “Ha. Good Luck.
So, what are you doing after that?”
    “He’s got
Football and then home.”
    “Any chance you
can do me a solid?”
    Right then
Aiden starts banging on the expensive drum kit.
    “What? I can’t
hear you, just a minute.” I move away from the drums. “OK now what
did you say?”
    “I need a
favour. I have a client who says he has a cheque to pay what’s
outstanding. I’m busy here on a job site and this guy’s been a pain
about paying last payment. Can you run out and get it?”
    “Where?”
    He gives me the
address and it’s in the next town over, it’ll take me 45 minutes
just to get there, too far to go while Aiden is at football
practice.
    “Hun. The guy
might bail again, if I don’t get the cheque cashed right away.”
    “OK. I’ll go
get it. How much is it?”
    “Five grand.
Deposit it into the bank account right away.”
    There goes my
afternoon and I still have to get a drum kit. I look around some
more trying to find other options.
    “What about
this one Aiden? It’s nice. It has everything and is only $500”
    “I want the
other one.”
    “Look Aiden.
It’s this one or the beginner one. That’s it. Unless you have
$500.”
    “I do.”
    “No you
don’t.”
    “In the bank
account grandma has for me.”
    “Nice try.
That’s for University. Now which drum set do you want?”
    He sits down at
the $500 set. It is the right size for him.
    “It doesn’t
have the high hat cymbals”
    “Do you sell
those separately?”
    “Yes we do they
are over here.”
    “I don’t need
to see them. Aiden, if you get this one, when your instructor says
you need the high hat, I’ll come back and get it. Deal?”
    “I don’t know.
The other one is so cool.”
    “Why?”
    “It’s
black.”
    “Does this come
in black?”
    “Yes. I have a
set in the back.”
    “There it comes
in black. We have to go. Do you want this one or the beginner
kit?”
    “I’ll take this
one.”
    What a way to
take the fun out of spending $500 plus taxes. He’s supposed to be
excited not disappointed. The salesman rings it up and Aiden helps
load it into the van. Next stop Football then to get the cheque
from Gus’ client. I should make it home by 7 at the latest.
    What am I going
to do about Dinner?
     

 
Present
Sophie
     
    Lindsay’s place
is a palace in the sky.
    I can’t believe
we are going to be staying here.
    The kid’s eyes
are huge when we walk off the elevator right into her apartment.
Yep. No hallway. You walk off the elevator and all you see is the
bay straight ahead. Once you walk further in, through a wide and
large entrance area you notice that to the right are neighbouring
buildings, as well as to the left. The place is floor to ceiling
windows.
    “So what do you
think?”
    I try to take
it all in. The décor is luxurious, the artwork expensive, the
kitchen state of the art and the view, breathtaking. What can I say
about it? It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before, except in
magazines.
    “Wyatt, don’t
touch anything. I can’t afford to replace it if you break it.”
    “Don’t worry
Sophie, it’ll be fine. You’ll be careful won’t you Wyatt?”
    “Yes mam.”
    “See. Come on
in. Me casa eh your casa or something like that. Are you hungry? We
could order in some –“
    “I’ll make
something.” I say.
    “Ah I’m pretty
sure I don’t have much in the way of food.”
    I go to the
kitchen and open the biggest stainless steel fridge I’ve ever seen.
It’s almost empty. There is some bottled water, some white wine,
doggy bag restaurant boxes, and a jar of pickles. The cupboards
aren’t much better.
    “I’ll get some
groceries later and make dinner. We are good for now.”
    “Well too late,
I already ordered a couple large pizza’s for