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“What about the kids?” Mom was listening in now too.

“I mean…Mr. Dennison was kind of a jerk, and the beagle puppies are extremely cute. It’s not my place, but I think they made the right call.”

After saying this Paige paused, she could actually feel the space in the room where a dad joke should be. She glanced over to see her dad biting his lip and pushing cranberry sauce around his plate…he was apparently trying to work out how many beagles he’d be worth.

“Here we are, it’s 2021. He’s gone, the kids are back in school again, and Mrs. Dennison’s work wants her in-person four days a week. The first day they’re left alone, Bella and Eddie tear the whole place apart…like, they had to hire people to repair the damage.”

Caleb raises his eyebrows “Really? ‘Bella’ and ‘Eddie’?”

“What’s wrong with ‘Bella’?” Cindy jumps in, “I have a cat named Bella.”

“I’m with Caleb, it’s a bit cringe…Mrs. Dennison named ‘em. So they call me up to see if I can ‘babysit’ the dogs. Which just means I get to do my work from Mr. Dennison’s office with two tubby beagles sleeping on my feet.”

“Do you at least walk them?”

“Nope. They have a dog walker. She comes every day at noon. House cleaner comes once a week, too, and I just have to protect the pups from the vacuum sounds. Most of the timeI just chill and get paid to do my work from their house until the kids get home from school. So there it is, I get paid twice!”

“Well, I’m convinced! You’re right Paige,” Uncle Rob laughs “2021 is fucked...”

“Language!”

>Prompt: Sometimes the trash takes itself out.