My husband Harry called two workers to service the air conditioners and install a new one in the guest house. He gave me money for it a week before. But I spent it. I spent every cent on buying cosmetics, lingerie and drinking with my girlfriends. I realized it too late. And the guys were supposed to come today.
They had already cleaned all the air conditioners in the house and were working in the guest house installing a new air conditioner. I started thinking how I could get out of this situation. They were two strong black guys. One looked like he was about 40, the other was younger, about 25 years old.
I looked all over the house for my husband’s checkbook, but I couldn’t find it. I was in the kitchen when the older one came and said they were done. He told me the amount. I thought, oh shit, where am I going to get that kind of money. I pretended to go get the money. Then I took my old laptop from the bedroom. It was renovated and impersonal. I was planning on giving it to my friend at work.
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