Jenny and John
Copyright© 2018 by DDMarshall
Chapter 9: Off to College
The four of us were sitting at the kitchen table a couple of weeks before Ted and I would be heading off to the university. We had called a meeting to discuss what we would do with our lawn maintenance and snow removal business. The three of us had each made about $2,700.00 for the summer. Carl still had another year before he graduated. We decided Carl should take over entirely, hire help, and pay them by the hour. I volunteered to ask Mr. Korenski if he would do the books, take care of taxes and do the payroll for a 3% fee. Ted and I retained a 10% interest in the business. Carl was confident he could get a couple of reliable guys from school.
My dad walked in just as we finished up and said, “So the three of you will be heading off to college in a couple of weeks.”
Carl laughed and said, “Not me, Mr. Paterson. I still have another year of high school.”
“I didn’t mean you, Carl. I meant those three.” as my dad pointed to Ted, Jenny, and me.
Jenny waved her hand in protest, “I’m not going to college. I have to get back to work.”
Dad pulled up a chair and said, “I understand that, Jenny. But you can do just as well in a college town as anywhere else, and these two boys will look out for you. It would be a load off my mind if the three of you stuck together and got an apartment off-campus. It’s not my place to tell you how to run your life, Jenny, but I worry about you and don’t want anything to happen to you. I looked into it, and if the three of you shared expenses, it would be cheaper than two of you living on campus.”
Ted perked up and said, “Shit, yeah, Jenny come with us. It will be great. Next year, when Carl graduates, the four of us will be back together again.”
Jenny furrowed her eyebrows and looked at me, “You and your dad planned this little talk?”
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