This choice: I'll just text Jamie and Jay," he adds, and whips out his mobile phone. • Go Back...Chapter #5I'll just text Jamie and Jay by: fat_hiker   "But seriously, do you need any help unloading?" the guy asks again. "Could be just me, or I could roust up some friends."
"Sure," you reply. "The more the merrier."
"Great!" he says. "I'll just text Jamie and Jay," he adds, and whips out his mobile phone. A few keystrokes later and he puts the Nokia back in his pocket and smiles at you - a dazzling white smile. "I'm Van. Now, show me some boxes!"
"I'm Pete," you reply. "Let's head out to the truck.)
You trundle outside, realising that you do feel better with only the t-shirt on, and you're glad that Van is friendly, not sneering. Maybe he could even be a friend? You get to the front door just as your father is headed in with another armload.
"Dad, this is Van, he's going to help us!"
"Great! Maybe you and he could tackle that sofa?" your dad replies.
"Uh, sure," you reply, remembering how heavy the sofa was when you put it on the truck in Chicago.
Van follows you into the truck, and the two of you try lifting the massive six-foot sleeper bed sofa. "You know, this will be a lot easier to move once Jay and Jamie are here," Van opines, then grabs a couple of boxes.
"Sure!" you reply, grabbing a big box yourself. You've found, to your surprise, that you can carry quite big and heavy boxes as long as the bottom edge is resting on your belly.
"That looks like a good use of a gut," remarks Van, as you come down the ramp from the truck. In companionable silence the two of you haul in quite a bit more stuff. You're just coming out of the truck as a car pulls up. Out of it come two guys, and Van stops to say hi to them. You see the two look...
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