Saturday Job
Tommy was 15 and had a Saturday job helping Mrs Appleby with her house and garden. He’d answered an add at the grocery store in town and two or three times a month he’d go around to her big old house and help with the heavy stuff. Mrs Appleby was in her thirties and quite trim. There was no Mr Appleby about but there were pictures of him in military uniform all around the house. Tommy didn’t know if he was dead or alive, Mrs Appleby never spoke of him. One Saturday Tommy went around and Mrs Appleby took an age to answer the door which was unusual. When she did answer the door Mrs Appleby was still in her gown and she didn’t look too good. If it hadn’t been 9am Tommy would have …