His secret

After cleaning for only two hours, I realized how much work Emma had to do and I made a mental note to give her some much-needed commendation. By noon, I had only cleaned half of the house and I was going at a really fast pace in my opinion. Thankfully, I found out early enough that most of the rooms in the house were guest rooms and only had to be cleaned once a month, so I had much less work to do, laundry, shopping, and cleaning. I was already done with laundry and most of the cleaning and intended to go shopping after picking the kids up from school.

Just as I decided to take a break, my phone rang in my apron, and I felt some relief to see my best friend's name flashing on the screen.

"What's popping bess," I asked, grinning as I wiped the hallway windows on the third floor. I had never ventured this far