Mrs. Shady

On the day I agree to help Susie and Shady clean out Mrs. Shady’s house I realize my life is truly at a low point. Susie Peel and Ricky Shady, known locally as Shady, is Mrs. Shady’s youngest child. They are the type of people who take over when they arrive, eat all your food and use your phone when you are not around. Six weeks later you get a phone bill that takes a year to pay, and they are nowhere to be found. Susie and Shady come around once every couple of years and no one says a word. It is this type of town, secrets and smirks and sin. I gather my thoughts and make a mental list of pros and cons. I find this approach useful when I am about to make a bad choice. Lately I had been making many of those.