An Expensive Meal and an Unexpected Meltdown
Before I, Elden Huff, could answer, his much-younger wife, Hilda Ross, who'd been listening in nearby, snatched the phone away and started cursing at him over the line.
"Cut us slack? Get back what? You're trash, Barron! Do you have a death wish?"
"Stop the act, both of you. I run the house now, and today, not a single penny is getting knocked off."
With that, she hung up with a sharp snap.
Holding my phone, I stared at her, a woman barely my age, and found it all utterly absurd.
My girlfriend, Mildred McClure, tugged on my sleeve and whispered, "Elden… Maybe we should just call the police?"
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