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“Was there so you wanted, Joe?”

He paled “I was hoping youa donation I shouldn't really be saying this, but we really need help We have a lot of clients, and to be perfectly honest, things are getting pretty desperate I just had soh they're not supposed to do that”

“What's an eviction?” Jess asked

“When someone has to leave their house”

“Oh”

“We need ”

“I would like to help How ?”

“Five thousand would be a good start There are a lot of people we are trying to help, and they have alht now”

“You'll have one hundred in your personal bank account by the end of the day on Monday”

“One hundred thousand?”

“Yes”

“Wow!” Jessica exclai number

“Thanks Will you want a tax receipt?”

“No need, take care,” I said

“You too, bud”

No sooner had I ended the video call than another alert popped up It was from my h she called me I never called her But Jessica had asked to speak to her grandma, so there ere

“Oh !”

“I'randma”

“Are you?” Moh I had been intentionally teaching Jess literalism

“I think so,” Jess said, less sure and looking to me for confirmation

“You're a bit bigger,” I said

“Did you do her hair like that?”

I could tell by the tone of her voice she didn’t like the braids

“Yes, where did I go wrong?” I teased