He even brought out some of his grandmother‘s nice dishes from storage and placed a fresh box of baking soda in the fridge.

All he had left to do was turn on the air-conditioner so that the house would be cool by the time they arrived. After that, he hoped they wouldn‘t be too needy. He had no intentions of babysitting them.

Now more than ever he was a busy man. Job searching hadn‘t been easy. He‘d put in applications and sent off resumes and although he knew ...