“Ok, sweetie, go ahead. I’ll just be here watching some tv while you cook.” Jon nodded and smiled before he headed to the kitchen.
After Linda showed Miss Fine out of the house, she decided to check on him. “I wonder how Jon is getting on?” She thought as she decided to pop her head into the kitchen. She found Jon was already boiling water for the pasta.
"How are you doing?"
"I just started," Jon said. "If you want to help...you could set the table..."
"No....I'll let you handle things," she said, wanting to enjoy the sudden enthusiasm on his part for as long as possible.
She went back to the living room and turned on the TV. A few minutes later, she spotted Mikey and Zoe heading down the stairs with a basket of dirty clothes.
"What's that?"
"Miss Fine put all the laundry in the hamper, we're going to put it in the machine," Mikey said.
Linda was about to question it again. Jon being helpful was surprising enough. Mikey wanted to be helpful, but he was easily distracted. And Zoe...Zoe being helpful bordered on shocking. "You...laundry?"
Zoe looked at her, with complete seriousness. "Do you have a problem with that?"
Linda backed off, telling herself again that she should let them handle things as long as she could.
