Mikey bent down and gave Linda a kiss on the cheek. "Now, I want you to be good today, sweetie. No more silly stories to get out of things. I want you to promise me you'll be good."
"I promise," Linda said.
"Now, have a great day," Mikey said, climbing back into the car. He headed to work.
Linda had worked as a receptionist at a law firm, but Mikey went nowhere near there, heading instead to an entirely different building downtown and parking the car.
Entering his place of business, he spotted to smile at the receptionist at the front desk. "Morning, Jon," he said.
Jon looked up, distractedly, with a slight frown on his face...
