though this was the precise moment everyone was waiting for. ‘Easy does it.’
Jimmy could only wonder what Julia was thinking upstairs. She was probably going to let him have it for not having the balls to turn the intruder away. Of course, he didn’t want to answer the door to begin with. He simply couldn’t win.
She ignored him, sternly addressing her husband. ‘We need to go.’
Agreeing with her, Jimmy realized what he had to do.
‘Sir, I’m very sorry,’ Jimmy began. ‘But we need to go. We’re running late.’
The salesman refused to take no for an answer. As he continued to struggle and fumble to assemble his boasted easy-assemble vacuum, Julia grew more impatient. A small piece of plastic snapped off, but the salesman didn’t seem to notice.